01/09/2026
We 💛 books, so every week we showcase one chosen by a Nairn Library member.
This week's title 'The Heavens' by Sandra Newman comes highly recommended by Mel who writes:
"This is an intriguing and thought-provoking novel that time travels between modern New York and the London of Shakespeare. Definitely worth a read!"
New York, late summer, 2000. A party in a spacious Manhattan apartment, hosted by a wealthy young activist. Dozens of idealistic twenty-somethings have impassioned conversations over takeout dumplings and champagne. The evening shines with the heady optimism of a progressive new millennium. A young man, Ben, meets a young woman, Kate and they begin to fall in love.
Kate lives with her head in the clouds, so at first Ben isn't that concerned when she tells him about the recurring dream shes had since childhood. In the dream, shes transported to the past, where she lives a second life as Emilia, the mistress of a nobleman in Elizabethan England. But for Kate, the dream becomes increasingly real, to the point where it threatens to overwhelm her life. And soon shes waking from it to find the world changed pictures on her wall she doesn't recognize, new buildings in the neighborhood that have sprung up overnight. As Kate tries to make sense of whats happening, Ben worries the woman hes fallen in love with is losing her grip on reality.
Both intoxicating and thought-provoking, The Heavens is a powerful reminder of the consequences of our actions, a poignant testament to how the people we love are destined to change, and a masterful exploration of the power of dreams.
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https://hlh.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/FULL/WPAC/BIBENQ/489240065/61678059,3
If you've read a library book you'd like to recommend, let us know and it could be next week's ☺️
