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Renita D’Silva loves stories both reading and creating them. Wartime Comes To West India Dock Road, the second book in her historical saga series set on West India Dock Road, is out on July 23, 2025. Her books have been translated into several languages. Her short stories have been published in The View from Here, Bartleby Snopes, this zine, Platinum Page, Paragraph Planet, Verve among others, have been nominated for the Pushcart prize, the Best of the Net anthology, shortlisted for the LoveReading Very Short Story award and The Alpine Fellowship Writing Prize and longlisted for the BBC National Short Story award. Her short story, Eavesdropping Shamelessly, is published in the Arts Council England funded Bridges Not Borders anthology of pri ...more

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Average rating: 3.97 · 14,575 ratings · 1,497 reviews · 21 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Forgotten Daughter 4.03 avg rating — 1,644 ratings — published 2014 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Mother's Secret 4.13 avg rating — 1,551 ratings — published 2016 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Beneath an Indian Sky 4.15 avg rating — 1,220 ratings — published 2018 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Sister's Promise 4.15 avg rating — 1,190 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Neighbours 3.25 avg rating — 1,361 ratings — published 2024 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Dream Wedding 3.33 avg rating — 1,268 ratings — published 2025 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Monsoon Memories 3.99 avg rating — 999 ratings — published 2013 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The War Child 4.37 avg rating — 732 ratings — published 2021 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Stolen Girl 4.08 avg rating — 777 ratings — published 2014 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Spice Maker's Secret 4.09 avg rating — 762 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Heartache on West India Dock Road, my new book in the West India Dock Road Historical Saga series, is out now!

Heartache on West India Dock Road, my new book in the West India Dock Road Historical Saga series, is out now!
You can get it here: https://mybook.to/HeartacheWestIndiaDock
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1941 - Amid the bombs falling over London’s East End, the residents of West India Dock Road endure wartime with courage, defiance and a good dose of humour.

From nights spent sheltering togethe

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“She liked the way a ray of mild autumn sun infiltrating the thick cluster of trees caught a reddish orange leaf swirling in the wind and transformed it golden yellow. She liked that it wasn’t a leaf she recognised, that she could name or associate with her past.”
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“What wouldn’t my people give for a few bites of the biryani she ordered me to throw away yesterday because she said it smelt?”
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Time to vote now for the June Members Choice book selection. This poll will remain open until the end of the day on May 14th.

The Silent Patient

by Alex Michaelides

18 votes, 32.7%

A Mother's Secret

by Renita D'Silva

10 votes, 18.2%

A Place for Us

by Fatima Farheen Mirza

8 votes, 14.5%

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

by Anne Brontë

7 votes, 12.7%

A Parchment of Leaves

by Silas House

5 votes, 9.1%

Pictures of You

by Caroline Leavitt

5 votes, 9.1%

Truth Like the Sun

by Jim Lynch

2 votes, 3.6%

55 total votes

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