Tooly’s quiet life as a bookshop owner becomes cacophonous when an ex-boyfriend writes with news. Read the book review of The Rise and Fall of Great Powers.

Review: The Rise and Fall of Great Powers, Tom Rachman - Chatelaine Book Club

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The adventure begins when Vivian is summoned to retrieve a battered suitcase at a nearby post office. Read the full review of The Secret Life of Violet Grant.

Review: The Secret Life of Violet Grant, Beatriz Williams - Chatelaine Book Club

Harrowing and heart-lifting by turns, Anthony Doerr’s masterful new novel, All the Light We Cannot See, gives history a human face and finds intimacy amid the chaos of war. 

Review: All the Light We Cannot See, Anthony Doerr - Chatelaine Book Club

The author of Ghost Moth shares her thoughts on desire for passion, the inspiration behind the book, and the art of Celtic storytelling.

Chatelaine Book Club: Interview with Michèle Forbes, author of Ghost Moth

Author Meg Wolitzer on why books by men and women on the same subjects – love, sex and marriage – are perceived so differently.

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A girl retraces her puzzling and chaotic childhood

A debutante uncovers her aunt’s deadly love affair

A blind French girl and a young Nazi set off on a collision course

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