Review of reviews: Books

GH ’s books director, Joanne Finney, shares her pick of this month’s new hardback releases

Best books… Roy Foster The emeritus professor of ...

by Heather Rose (£20, HB, John Murray) Set in the wild, untamed beauty of 1840s Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania), this sweeping historical novel follows Caroline, a courageous and determined woman carving

Our books editor Zoe West’s favourite picks for the month

Judy Blume’s Superfudge was in our tiny school library, and I wolfed it down at the age of eight. From then, I was side-by-side with all of Judy’s kids, right the way up to 17-year-old Katherine in Fo