When We Were Birds - February 2022 Book of the MonthMesmerising, mythic and timeless the most unmissable debut novel of 2022 for fans of Arundhati Roy, Toni Morrison and Monique Roffey 'Exceptional' Jacob Ross 'Exquisite' Avni Doshi 'Combining the richness of myth with razor sharp observation of contemporary life, When We Were Birds marks the emergence of a distinctive and powerful voice' Pat Barker 'It's a knockout, and Ayanna Lloyd Banwo is a star. I want to read everything she writes' Niven Govinden

Will is torn between his oath as a Templar

but the richly textured exploration of life in rural America stayed with me long after I finished

nor even the startling beauty of Gizelle Haupmann

Each one more horrifying than the last

The magical new novel from the bestselling author of The Night Circus

Hobbes End protects those who need to be safe and nobody is more in need of protection than Jonathan

Determined to protect himself

has gone to the front in an attempt to forget his sorrows

Travis McGee receives an unexpected guest

it is now considered a classic

The sisters are so physically alike that they can fool people into thinking that one is the other

An angel come to shake the Fetherhoughtonians from their stupor