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Lose yourself in this captivating and heart-wrenching saga from much loved author Jess Foley, written in the bestselling tradition of…
Josephine Cox, Catherine Cookson and Dilly Court. You will not want to put it down...READERS ARE LOVING TOO CLOSE TO THE SUN'Good story couldn't put it down' -- ***** Reader review'Keeps you gripped to the end'-- ***** Reader review'A stunning read'-- ***** Reader review'An emotional rollercoaster of a book'-- ***** Reader review**************************************************HOW HIGH A PRICE MUST SHE PAY TO KEEP HER FAMILY SAFE?Grace Harper's world falls apart when she is orphaned and she and her little brother Billy are left homeless and alone. Putting her grief and fear aside, she must think practically.When she finds a job as companion to the wealthy, lonely Mrs Spencer, she and Billy are relieved to have a roof over their heads again, but just as Grace starts to find her feet disaster strikes again.Things look desperate, and when she is offered marriage and a good life for herself and Billy, Grace is tempted.But is her suitor to be trusted? Or is she, desperate in her search for safety for her little family, flying too close to the sun?Love and friendship blossom when strangers are brought together by tragedy in this enchantingly captivating novel from multi-million copy seller…
and Sunday Times bestselling author Susan Sallis. Fans of Rosamunde Pilcher, Maeve Binchy and Fiona Valpy will not be disappointed. 'Susan Sallis has a natural touch' -- Woman's Realm'Susan Sallis never disappoints' -- ***** Reader review'Highly recommend this book' -- ***** Reader review'A page-turner' -- ***** Reader review'Could not put it down! -- ***** Reader review'Don't miss this one' -- ***** Reader review********************************************************ONE JOURNEY THAT WILL CHANGE THE LIVES OF MANY FOREVER...1951: the 8.45 from Bristol to Paddington is preparing to leave.Albert, the driver - whose father and grandfather before him worked on the railway - says goodbye to his wife with mixed feelings. Their seeming inability to have a child has overshadowed their happy marriage.Jenny, clumsy but loveable, longs to make a success of her job in the restaurant car, where she attracts the interest of Marvin, the steward.The passengers - some regulars on the line, others making a rare visit to London - settle down for the journey. Some talk and get to know each other, some while away the journey working or sleeping.But as they near their destination, disaster strikes...Three Women: The Epic And Heartbreaking Story Of Three Extraordinary Women Fighting For Ireland's Freedom
Par Marita Conlon-McKenna. 2012
Kate Cassidy is about to celebrate twenty five years of marriage to Paddy. But the secret she has kept all…
this time is about to be discovered.Erin Harris has always known that she is different from the rest of her family. Over the years she has begun to put the pieces together and now she has to discover who she really is and where she comes from. Nina Harris has always put her marriage and family before everything. But now she must face up to the truth as her daughter is prepared to run off and search for a woman she doesn't know. There is no escaping the past. Kate, Erin and Nina all have to come to terms with what happened so many years before, and to find their own way of dealing with it.Fall in love with the most heartwarming and uplifting story of love and second chances set between London and Dublin,…
from the author of BABY IT'S COLD OUTSIDE 'A beautifully poignant read. I thoroughly enjoyed every page' 5***** Reader Review 'I adored this book. Beautiful, heartbreakingly sad, laugh-out-loud funny and scorchingly romantic. This will be a huge hit this winter' 5***** Reader Review**WINNER OF ROMANTIC NOVEL AWARD FOR BEST FESTIVE ROMANTIC NOVEL** ________When Celeste loses her best friend Hannah, she'll do anything to keep her spirit alive.So when she uncovers her friend's old list of New Year's resolutions, Celeste vows to complete them all.One adventure at a time, she rediscovers how wonderful life can be.But when one resolution leads her to someone from her past, Celeste can't help but wonder . . .Could the biggest adventure of all be falling in love?________'A lovely story of friendship and love. Heartwarming and thought-provoking' 5***** Reader Review'A perfect novel to cosy up with a nice cuppa' 5***** Reader ReviewPRAISE FOR EMILY BELL:'The perfect festive treat! A charming love story' KATE EBERLEN, bestselling author of Miss You'The perfect uplifting Christmas read, Emily is this year's Queen of Christmas!' VERONICA HENRY'Baby It's cold Outside captures the magic of Christmas in Dublin perfectly! A heartfelt and irresistibly romantic read to cosy up with over the festive season' CARMEL HARRINGTON'I did not have the opportunity to devour this book - it devoured me. I loved the descriptions of Dublin, I felt like I could have been there myself' 5***** READER REVIEW'I read this in a day and loved every single page. A wonderful, heartwarming, festive tale of love, loss and finding what really matters' 5***** READER REVIEW'A flipping fantastic five-star read. Norah Jones you are my hero' 5***** READER REVIEW'A beautiful, atmospheric read that has stolen my heart' 5***** READER REVIEW 'It will leave you smiling from ear to ear!' 5***** READER REVIEWThe Things We Left Unsaid: An unforgettable story of love and family
Par Emma Kennedy. 2019
'So tender and thoughtful. I loved it!!' MARIAN KEYES'A gorgeous, rich treat' JANE FALLON'Warm, intriguing, brimming with tenderness. An utterly…
joyous book' RUTH JONES_____________________Only the truth will set her free . . . After her wedding is cancelled just hours before she is due to walk down the aisle, Rachel is newly single and must move back in with her mother, Eleanor.But their relationship is far from perfect, and their family home is filled with secrets.It'll take a devastating turn of events for Rachel to finally unravel a powerful truth. One that Eleanor has kept close to her heart for decades.Will unlocking the past help Rachel find the key to her future?_____________________'This book is so incredibly special. . . I already miss the characters so much!!' GABY ROSLIN'Involving and emotional' JANET ELLIS 'Warm and compelling' WOMAN________________________Early readers love The Things We Left Unsaid:'A really enjoyable book''Truly beautiful. I adored this book. I cried and know that when I read this again and again I'll cry each time''A real and full story that was completely relatable''An excellent read and I would certainly recommend it!''The sense of time and place was very authentic''I loved the characters and both them and London felt so alive. The story unfolded at a good pace with lots of treasured moments and the story felt new''The little details portraying the different time periods really make this book special. This is definitely one I'll be recommending!!''A beautiful story of relationships and their complications''Would recommend without hesitation''I absolutely loved it!''Set in two time periods, present day and the sixties, this is a compelling tale of two women coming of age and coming to terms with themselves. I absolutely loved this book!''I loved this book, from start to finish it had me wanting to keep reading''It's funny, sad and intriguing, a must read. I was honestly sad to get to the end''A funny, touching story''This novel is an absolute gem! I loved absolutely everything about it''I loved the way the characters were developed in the story. They worked their way into my heart''This author has insight and compassion and is an excellent storyteller, wise and full of empathy'There'll Be Blue Skies (The Cliffehaven Series #1)
Par Ellie Dean. 2011
THE FIRST CLIFFEHAVEN NOVEL BY SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR ELLIE DEANWhen sixteen-year-old Sally is evacuated to the English south coast,…
she is terrified by what lies ahead of her. All she knows are the sights and sounds of London's East End - but Sally swallows her tears as they leave the familiar landmarks behind, knowing that she has to be a Grown-Up Girl and play mother to her six-year-old brother Ernie. Playing mother is nothing new for Sally - their real mother Florrie, a good-time girl, hasn't even come to the station to wave them off and Ernie, crippled at an early age by polio, is used to depending on his older sister. When they arrive in Cliffehaven, they're taken to live at the Beach View Boarding House where they're welcomed by the open-hearted Reilly family headed up by warm, loving Peggy, and life begins to improve. Sally gets a job in a uniforms factory to help pay her way - and to pay for Ernie's expensive medicines - but then Florrie arrives in Cliffehaven, bringing disaster with her. And Sally is forced to work out where her true loyalties lie ...A fabulous, heart-warming Second World War novel in Ellie Dean's bestselling Cliffehaven series (previously called the Beach View Boarding House series).Swimming Pool Summer
Par The Estate of Rebecca Farnworth. 2013
Frankie hasn’t had a proper relationship for years. But though she tells everyone this is how she wants it, secretly…
she’s in love with her best friend Patrick. Tor didn’t think she could have a baby, but now she is pregnant by her younger lover. Could this mean the end of a romance that has started to mean more to her than she expected?Leila seems to have it all – a happy marriage, a beautiful daughter and a successful career. But Leila is harbouring a secret that could destroy her marriage forever.On an idyllic Greek island, the three women try to keep their secrets hidden. But emotions are running high, and when an unexpected guest arrives, events start to spin out of control…In this compelling story, by multi-million copy seller and Sunday Times bestselling author Susan Sallis, one day changes the lives…
of many forever. Fans of Rosamunde Pilcher, Maeve Binchy and Fiona Valpy will not be disappointed...'Susan Sallis's West Country novels have...a character insight that is all her own' - DAILY MAIL'I truly loved it' -- ***** Reader review'Excellent read, very enjoyable.' -- ***** Reader review**************************************************************************************AN IDYLLIC SUMMER ENDS IN TRAGEDY...Cornwall 1960: A whole new world unfolds for young Connie Vickers as she holidays with her brand-new fiancé William. Finding the prospect of marriage a little daunting, Connie relishes the freedom that the Cornish coastline offers her and revels in solitary walks to gather her thoughts.But a strange encounter with a beautiful blond boy on the beach leads to a terrible tragedy, the consequences of which are to affect Connie and William for the rest of their lives.Let bestselling author Iris Gower sweep you away with this captivating and mesmerising saga. If you like Dilly Court, Rosie…
Goodwin and Kitty Neale, you will love this!READERS ARE LOVING SWEET ROSIE! "The storyline and the characters make this book come alive" -- ***** Reader review"Didn't want it to finish" -- ***** Reader review"Keeps one wanting more" -- ***** Reader review"Brilliant read" -- ***** Reader review********************************************************************A YOUNG GIRL'S LOVE FOR A MAN...A MAN WHO IS DESTINED TO LOVE ANOTHERRosie, sixteen, beautiful and vivacious, is in love with Watt Bevan, the manager of the famous Mainwaring Pottery. Content to adore him from afar, when he comes to her seventeenth birthday party she realizes that he is the only man she will ever love. But Watt, unaware of her feelings, is becoming increasingly drawn into the problems facing pottery owner Llinos Mainwaring, whose romantic marriage to Joe, the American Indian who stole her heart all those years ago, now seems in trouble. Before long, Rosie discovers that she is changed for ever from the innocent girl she once was, as she becomes involved with a man whose love she is destined never to have. Sweet Rosie is the third novel in Iris Gower's Firebird series. The saga continues in Daughters of Rebecca. Have you read Firebird and Dream Catcher, where the story began?Sweet Memories of You (The Cliffehaven Series #10)
Par Ellie Dean. 2015
THE TENTH CLIFFEHAVEN NOVEL BY SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR ELLIE DEAN‘I’m not working on a factory floor or digging for…
victory, but in my own small way I do what I can for those I love.’ It’s 1943 and Peggy Reilly is at her best when the troubles of war come knocking at the door of Beach View Boarding House – especially when it concerns her younger sister, Doreen.Doreen is divorced from Eddie, but his letters have taken on a more threatening tone of late. When Doreen barely survives a traumatic disaster whilst on leave in London, she returns home to Peggy and Cliffehaven in the hope that the love and comfort she will find there can help her recover.However, Eddie continues to be an unsettling reminder of her past - and Doreen’s life is about to change dramatically.A fabulous, heart-warming Second World War novel in Ellie Dean's bestselling Cliffehaven series (previously called the Beach View Boarding House series).Sweet Home
Par Carys Bray. 2012
They say there's no place like home. It's where the heart is...Meet the little boy who believes in miracles.Meet the…
mother who loves to bring babies home from the newborn aisle of her supermarket.Meet the husband who carves a longed-for baby out of ice as a gift for his wife.Meet the widow who is reminded of romance whilst pegging out the washing.Awarded the Scott Prize for short story writing, Sweet Home weaves together moments of joy, heartache, sadness and unwavering love as told through seventeen very different notions of home.Fans of Louise Douglas, Dinah Jeffries and Kristin Hannah will love this unputdownable romantic read from bestselling author Charlotte Bingham.…
Portraying the highs and lows of love and marriage, it's an unforgettable read and the perfect dose of escapism.'The author perfectly evokes the atmosphere of a bygone era... ' -- Woman's Own'This is great summer escapism from an award-winning romantic novelist' - CHOICE'Compulsive reading!' -- ***** Reader review'Truly impossible to put down' -- ***** Reader review******************************************************************************************AN ESCAPE TO THE COUNTRY...OR AN ESCAPE FROM HIM?When Trilby meets Lewis, the all-powerful proprietor of a newspaper group, she suspects that her life might be about to change, but not, as it transpires, forever. For not only does Lewis wish to acquire her cartoon strip, but Trilby herself.She is inevitably drawn to this handsome, older, and far more sophisticated personality, just as Lewis is, from the first, determined to marry the insouciant Trilby, despite the opposition of her friends and family. But having won her,Lewis reveals himself to be irrationally possessive.Becoming a virtual prisoner in her own home is not something that Trilby had ever dreamt could happen to her, a young woman in 1950s London, but it is not long before she realises that Lewis is prepared to go to extraordinary lengths to keep her to himself. Quite by chance, she discovers the real reason for her husband's unforgivable behaviour.Trilby must come to terms with the truth about Lewis, and more importantly, herself, before she can experience the kind of carefree happiness she once knew before her marriage.Fans of Rosamunde Pilcher, Maeve Binchy and Fiona Valpy will love this beautifully moving and evocative novel from multi-million copy…
seller and Sunday Times bestselling author Susan Sallis. Can one place and one woman really make a family whole?'Love this book - I've read it several times' -- ***** Reader review'Excellent story - true Susan Sallis' -- ***** Reader review'A great read' -- ***** Reader review'This book kept my interest up to the last page' -- ***** Reader review'Captures the reader so thoroughly that you just cannot put it down' -- ***** Reader review***********************************************************ONE FAMILY, ONE PLACE AND THE WOMAN WHO HELD THEM TOGETHER...Madge was four years old when she first saw the Cornish sea and fell in love with it, and it was there that her family grew and suffered and loved.It was there she and her mother went to recover from a heartrending family tragedy; there she was forced reluctantly into marriage; there she fell into a wild and passionate wartime love.And it was there she saw her children grow and love and cope with the secret legacies the years had left them, until finally they became more than just summer visitors.Such Sweet Sorrow
Par Katie Flynn. 2008
A family divided by war but united by love.Marianne seems to have everything. She is married to a handsome naval…
officer, Neil Sheridan, commander of a corvette. They have a daughter, Libby, and a beautiful home near Prince's Park in Liverpool.When war comes, Marianne takes war work and moves into Crocus Street with her mother, Mrs Wainwright, and younger sister. Neil disapproves because the Wainwrights live so near the docks, which are bound to be a bombing target, but Marianne is firm.Meanwhile, Libby is evacuated to the country to stay with Miss Williams, who lives in an ancient house, Tregarth, at the head of a valley in North Wales and Libby, the wheelchair-bound Matthew and Miss Williams assume they can settle down to see out the war in comparative safety.But Libby is forced to return to the city when her mother suffers an accident and her gran finds herself unable to cope ...Where We Live (The Lund Sibling Series #3)
Par Karen Hofmann. 2024
The third and final novel in the Lund sibling series, Where We Live continues the story of four Vancouverites, separated in childhood,…
reunited and now middle-aged, as they navigate urban life, work, relationships, and parenting in the late 2010s. With their familial bond shaped by their divergent adult experiences as well as their shared early childhood in a rural West Coast community, the lives of these siblings cross, separate, and rejoin yet again, in paths informed by nature and by nurture. Subject to the pressures of their environment and remembered or forgotten family history each sibling struggles to realize their aspirations in their search for a true home.The Last Thing He Told Me: A Novel
Par Laura Dave. 2021
Don&’t miss the #1 New York Times bestselling blockbuster and Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick that&’s sold 3 million copies…
strong—now an Apple TV+ limited series starring Jennifer Garner! The &“page-turning, exhilarating&” (PopSugar) and &“heartfelt thriller&” (Real Simple) about a woman who thinks she&’s found the love of her life—until he disappears.Before Owen Michaels disappears, he smuggles a note to his beloved wife of one year: Protect her. Despite her confusion and fear, Hannah Hall knows exactly to whom the note refers—Owen&’s sixteen-year-old daughter, Bailey. Bailey, who lost her mother tragically as a child. Bailey, who wants absolutely nothing to do with her new stepmother. As Hannah&’s increasingly desperate calls to Owen go unanswered, as the FBI arrests Owen&’s boss, as a US marshal and federal agents arrive at her Sausalito home unannounced, Hannah quickly realizes her husband isn&’t who he said he was. And that Bailey just may hold the key to figuring out Owen&’s true identity—and why he really disappeared. Hannah and Bailey set out to discover the truth. But as they start putting together the pieces of Owen&’s past, they soon realize they&’re also building a new future—one neither of them could have anticipated. With its breakneck pacing, dizzying plot twists, and evocative family drama, The Last Thing He Told Me is a &“page-turning, exhilarating, and unforgettable&” (PopSugar) suspense novel.Such Kindness: A Novel
Par Andre Dubus III. 2023
A working-class white man takes a terrible fall. Tom Lowe’s identity and his pride are invested in the work he…
does with his back and his hands. He designed and built his family’s dream home, working extra hours to pay off the adjustable rate mortgage he took on the property, convinced he is making every sacrifice for the happiness of his wife and son. Until, in a moment of fatigued inattention, shingling a roof in too-bright sunlight, he falls. In constant pain, addicted to painkillers at the cost of his relationships with his wife and son, Tom slowly comes to realize that he can never work again. If he is not a working man, who is he? He is not, he believes, the kind of person who lives in subsidized housing, though that is where he has ended up. He is not the kind of person who hatches a scheme to commit convenience-check fraud, together with neighbors he considers lowlifes, until he finds himself stealing his banker’s trash. Who is Tom Lowe, and who will he become? Can he find a way to reunite hands and heart, mind and spirit, to be once again a giver and not just a taker, to forge a self-acceptance deeper than pride? Andre Dubus III’s soulful cast includes Trina, the struggling mom next door who sells her own plasma to get by; Dawn, the tough-talking owner of the local hairdressing salon; Jamie, a well-meaning pothead college student ready to stick it to “the man”; and a mix of strangers and neighbors who will never know the role they played in changing a life. To one man’s painful moral journey, Dubus brings compassion with an edge of dark absurdity, forging a novel as absorbing as it is profound.Mania: A Novel
Par Lionel Shriver. 2024
Set in a parallel yet all too familiar near past, a brilliant subversive novel about a lifelong friendship threatened by…
culture wars, from the New York Times bestselling author.In an alternative 2011, the Mental Parity movement takes hold. Americans now embrace the sacred, universal truth that there is no such thing as variable human intelligence. Because everyone is equally smart, discrimination against purportedly dumb people is "the last great civil rights fight." Tests, grades, and employment qualifications are all discarded. Children are expelled for saying the S-word (“stupid”) and encouraged to report parents who use it at home.A college English instructor, the constitutionally rebellious Pearson Converse rejected her restrictive Jehovah’s Witness upbringing as a teenager, and so has an aversion to dogma of any kind. Made impotent in the university classroom, she’s also enraged by the crushing of her exceptionally bright children’s spirits in primary school. Fortunately, she enjoys the confidence of a best friend, a media commentator with whom she can speak frankly about her socially unacceptable contempt for the MP movement. Or at least she thinks she can . . . until one day the political chasm between the two women becomes uncrossable, and a lifelong relationship implodes.With echoes of Philip Roth’s The Human Stain, told in Lionel Shriver’s inimitable and iconoclastic voice, Mania is a sharp, acerbic, and ruthlessly funny book about the road to a delusional, self-destructive egalitarianism that our society is already on.Honey: A Novel
Par Victor Lodato. 2024
Meet a woman as tenacious as Elizabeth Strout’s Olive Kitteridge and as irresistible as Andrew Sean Greer’s Arthur Less: Honey…
Fasinga, the glamorous daughter of a notorious New Jersey mobster, is returning home at last, ready to reckon with her violent past.As a rebellious teenager, Honey managed to escape her father’s circle of influence and reinvent herself in a world of art and beauty, working for a high-end auction house in Los Angeles. Now in her twilight years, she decides to return home and unexpectedly falls in love. But in her family, nothing has changed. When her grandnephew Michael bursts into her life in what appears to be a drug-fueled frenzy, and her Lexus gets jacked, it’s hard to keep minding her own business. As old cruelties begin to resurface, Honey is no longer sure what she really wants—to forgive or to avenge.This electrifying literary breakout from PEN USA Award-winning author Victor Lodato is a masterful and deeply moving portrait of love in all its forms, of moral ambiguity, and of inspiring change—a story of female rage that asks the question: What are the limits of compassion in a world gone mad?The Alternatives: A Novel
Par Caoilinn Hughes. 2024
&“A tale about sisterhood, a novel of ideas, a chronicle of our collective follies, a requiem for our agonizing species,…
The Alternatives unfolds in a prose full of gorgeous surprises and glows with intelligence, compassion, and beauty.&” —Hernan DiazFrom the writer Anthony Doerr calls &“a massive talent,&” the story of four brilliant Irish sisters, orphaned in childhood, who scramble to reconnect when the oldest disappears into the Irish countrysideThe Flattery sisters were plunged prematurely into adulthood when their parents died in tragic circumstances. Now in their thirties—all single, all with PhDs—they are each attempting to do meaningful work in a rapidly foundering world. The four lead disparate, distanced lives, from classrooms in Connecticut to ritzy catering gigs in London&’s Notting Hill, until one day their oldest sister, a geologist haunted by a terrible awareness of the earth&’s future, abruptly vanishes from her work and home. Together for the first time in years, the Flatterys descend on the Irish countryside in search of a sister who doesn&’t want to be found. Sheltered in a derelict bungalow, they reach into their common past, confronting both old wounds and a desperately uncertain future. Warm, fiercely witty, and unexpectedly hopeful, The Alternatives is an unforgettable portrait of a family perched on our collective precipice, told by one of Ireland&’s most gifted storytellers.