Women’s stories lead the way in May. Jo Peck’s Suddenly Single At Sixty is a witty and uplifting memoir about the journey from a devastating marriage break-up to a fabulous new life. Joan He is back with Sound the Gong, the intriguing and masterful fantasy follow-up to Strike the Zither. Translated from the original Italian by Katherine Gregor, Valeria Ursala explores the search for independence across generations in A Woman in Sardinia. Fríða Ísberg’s multi-award winning The Mark, translated from the original Icelandic by Larissa Kyzer, is a novel of big ideas about misinformation, partisanship and how societies polarise. And Kate Grenville’s Restless Dolly Maunder, about the battles and triumphs of a woman in early 19th-century Australia, is new in paperback.