Before an official ordered them to house the murderer Agnes Magnúsdóttir in the days leading up to her execution, the Jónsson family lived quiet lives on their small Icelandic farm. 

Chatelaine Book Club review: Burial Rites by Hannah Kent

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Elizabeth Gilbert shifts focus from her best-selling memoir to a new tale about a woman growing up in 19th-century America who searches for love while exploring the mysteries of science.

Q&A: The author of Eat, Pray, Love tackles adventure and love in her new historical novel

Elizabeth Gilbert

Twin sisters Isolte and Viola were inseparable, growing up in a tiny Welsh village with their beloved hippie mother. Life was full of daydreaming and endless exploration — until an innocent mistake with irrevocable consequences sets the sisters on hugely divergent paths.

Chatelaine Book Club review: The Twins by Saskia Sarginson

As many fortysomething moms waiting for their children in the playground can attest, not much changes from girl to grown-up: There are the same social hierarchies, the same jealous insecurities and the same formidable cliques. 

Chatelaine Book Club review: The Hive by Gill Hornby

When he suffers a broken heart, our unlikely hero, Henry, travels from his home in Newfoundland to Afghanistan to work as an army-affiliated contractor. His existential crisis deepens after a roadside attack kills a friend.

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An emotional tale about the last person executed in Iceland

Elizabeth Gilbert shares the inspiration behind her latest book

The Twins by Saskia Sarginson

The Hive by Gill Hornby

Minister Without Portfolio by Michael Winter