Joanne Harris and Islam Issa

We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson, chosen by Joanne Harris

Mother Mary Comes to Me by Arundhati Roy, chosen by Harriett Gilbert

Akhenaten: Dweller in Truth by Naguib Mahfouz, chosen by Islam Issa

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