The titles chosen for this sampler are linked by a certain tenderness - but that is where the similarity ends. These extracts are set in many different times and places and the tenderness in the novels emerges in a variety of ways - some familiar, some more surprising.
Although all the samplers take the same theme, titles on the lists may vary according to what is available in each format.
A Tender Touch - Braille list
Louis de Bernieres - Captain Corelli's Mandolin
Nick Hornby - About A Boy
Alan Hollinghurst - The Swimming-pool Library
Michelle Magorian - Goodnight Mr Tom
Tony Parsons - Man and Boy
Carol Shields - The Stone Diaries
Ahdaf Soueif - A Map of Love
John Steinbeck - Of Mice and Men
Anne Tyler A Patchwork Planet
Robert James Waller - The Bridges of Madison CountyA Tender Touch - Calibre cassette list
Louis de Bernieres - Captain Corelli's Mandolin
Romesh Gunesekera - Reef
Nick Hornby - About a Boy
Laurie Lee - Cider with Rosie
Alison Lurie - Foreign Affairs
Michelle Magorian - Goodnight Mr Tom
Elizabeth McCracken - The Giant's House
Carol Shields - The Stone Diaries
Anne Tyler - A Patchwork Planet
Robert James Waller - The Bridges of Madison CountyA Tender Touch - RNIB Talking Books CD list
David Guterson - Snow Falling on Cedars
Angela Huth - Land Girls
Nick Hornby - High Fidelity
Louis de Bernieres - Captain Corelli's Mandolin
Alan Hollinghurst - The Swimming-pool Library
Robert James Waller - Love in Black and White
Romesh Gunesekera - Reef
Michelle Magorian - Goodnight Mr Tom
Carol Shields - The Stone Diaries
Laurie Lee Cider with RosieA Tender Touch - Large Print Books list
U = Ulverscroft I = Isis C = Chivers M = Magna
Helen Attwater - My Gorilla Journey (U)
Melissa Bank - The Girls' Guide to Hunting & Fishing (C)
Maeve Binchy - Tara Road (C)
Nicholas Evans - The Loop (C)
Sebastian Faulks - The Girl at the Lion d'Or (C)
Angela Lambert - Golden Lads and Girls (U)
Lorrie Moore - Who Will Run the Frog Hospital? (C)
Gretta Mulroony - Araby (I)
Carol Shields - Larry's Party (I)
Alan Titchmarsh - The Last Lighthouse Keeper (U)
