{"id":15191,"date":"2023-07-09T14:00:24","date_gmt":"2023-07-09T12:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/lowveld\/?p=15191"},"modified":"2023-07-07T15:15:37","modified_gmt":"2023-07-07T13:15:37","slug":"julys-top-reads-you-wont-want-to-put-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/lowveld\/blog\/2023\/07\/09\/julys-top-reads-you-wont-want-to-put-down\/","title":{"rendered":"July\u2019s top reads you won\u2019t want to put down"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><strong>It&#8217;s the perfect weather to stay inside, make yourself a hot drink and snuggle up with a good book. We have some great suggestions for your next read.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1236356 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/caxtondigital.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/110\/2023\/07\/Broken-Light-420x630.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"630\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Joanne Harris of <em>Chocolat<\/em> fame gives us <em>Broken Light<\/em>, a book on 50-something Bernie Moon, who\u2019s special powers turn her from \u201cinvisible\u201d, menopausal, middle aged woman into Superwoman. With popular tropes of disenfranchised women finding their power and menopause (menopause is currently hot news in the publishing world), this book is bang on trend and has all the touches of magic realism that readers love from Harris\u2019 previous work.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1236355 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/caxtondigital.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/110\/2023\/07\/9781526660343-420x646.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"646\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Isabel Allende, who made her mark with <em>House of Spirits<\/em> those many years ago, now delivers <em>The Wind Knows my Name<\/em> \u2013 a quintessentially Allende tale of love, loss, and self-discovery, set against the backdrop of a world undergoing major<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>social and\u00a0political upheaval. As always, Allende&#8217;s rich and evocative prose draws readers into these characters\u2019 tumultuous lives and leaves them with a profound sense of hope and inspiration.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-1236353\" src=\"https:\/\/caxtondigital.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/110\/2023\/07\/9781035013562-420x634.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"634\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Kristin Hannah, famous for <em>The Nightingale<\/em> and others, gives us <em>Another Life<\/em>, not a new title, but a book that never released in our territory, so certainly new to us. Expect the Kristin Hannah touch in a powerful, moving and hopeful story of the life-changing impact of the connections we form.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-1236352\" src=\"https:\/\/caxtondigital.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/110\/2023\/07\/On-That-Wave-of-Gull-FC-HR-420x658.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"658\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Hieronymus Vos is an overweight, white architect who has fallen on hard times. He is married to a beautiful, black British-Caribbean woman. Although he hates the ocean, his practice has, until recently, been doing very well by designing glitzy, millionaires\u2019 mansions on the Atlantic Seaboard. Pooi is a homeless man, recently arrived from the Kalahari, with a patchy grip on reality. He thinks he is the moon and wants to teach himself to swim so that he can reach Robben Island and fulfil a promise. The third narrator is Calypso, a female seagull who needs to find a mate and lay an egg to pass on her legacy and her identity. By times heartbreaking and thrilling, this unforgettable novel propels the author into the lives of the novel\u2019s three main characters, throwing light on living and being in Cape Town \u2013 a Cape Town that is part wilderness, part glamorous high-rise developments, part ocean.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-1236357\" src=\"https:\/\/caxtondigital.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/110\/2023\/07\/Genius-PB-420x641.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"641\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Genius tells the stories of some of the extraordinary individuals, companies and industries whose ideas, products and raw materials solve problems and add value across the globe. Greatness comes from acting on purpose, and there is a generation of South Africans solving problems for the future.<\/p>\n<p>All available from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.exclusivebooks.co.za\/\">Exclusive Books<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s the perfect weather to stay inside, make yourself a hot drink and snuggle up with a good book. We have some great suggestions for your next read. 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