Beyond the Book Cover

My Whereabouts

‘The woman moves through the city, her city, on her own.’

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My Mrs Dalloway

‘Mrs Dalloway said she would buy the flowers herself.’

Apr 1 • Holly Sykes

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March 2026

My Gustav Sonata

‘At the age of five, Gustav Perle was certain of only one thing: he loved his mother.’

Mar 15 • Holly Sykes

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My House of Spirits

‘Barrabas came to us by sea, the child Clara wrote in her delicate calligraphy.’

Mar 1 • Holly Sykes

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February 2026

My Rebecca

'Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again.'

Feb 15 • Holly Sykes

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My Bel Canto

‘When the lights went off the accompanist kissed her.’

Feb 1 • Holly Sykes

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January 2026

My Arrival

There is no first line to quote from this book because The Arrival is, in the author’s words, a silent narrative.

Jan 15 • Holly Sykes

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My Another Country

‘Leela, self-conscious, released into the world, walked down the boulevard de Sebastopol.’

Jan 1 • Holly Sykes

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December 2025

My Woman in Black

“It was nine-thirty on Christmas Eve.”

Dec 15, 2025 • Holly Sykes

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My Wolf Hall and Bring Up The Bodies

‘His children are falling from the sky.’

Dec 1, 2025 • Holly Sykes

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November 2025

My Brother of the More Famous Jack

‘I met Jacob Goldman when he interviewed me for a university place in London, during my final year in the genteel north London day school to which my…

Nov 15, 2025 • Holly Sykes

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My Rainbow

‘The Brangwens had lived for generations on the Marsh Farm, in the meadows where the Erewash twisted sluggishly through alder trees, separating…

Nov 1, 2025 • Holly Sykes

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