Ten books of 2016 to keep you reading over the summer holidays

By Jason Steger
Updated January 11 2017 - 10:08am, first published December 30 2016 - 11:10am
An ideal day at the beach - with a great read in hand. Photo: Ant Clausen Photography
An ideal day at the beach - with a great read in hand. Photo: Ant Clausen Photography

Mothering Sunday: A Romance, Graham Swift
Mothering Sunday is a beautifully structured short novel with clout and heart. Jane Fairchild is an orphaned housemaid working at a stately home in 1924. This Sunday is a watershed day – the last she will spend with her lover, the heir of another upper-class family, who is shortly to be married. It is a day that will change both their lives, a day she will never forget. It is a day with a story that she will never tell, even in later life when she has become a famous novelist. Swift describes the novel as a fairytale, because it is the day when Jane starts to take control of her life. If you liked Ian McEwan's On Chesil Beach, this one is certainly for you.

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