‘The poignant story of a family of Irish women who are each looking for the real meaning of home’– The Ghostlights [ About the Book ] Can anyone really choose to be forgotten?An elderly gentleman checks into a B&B in a small village in rural Ireland where he knows nobody. Four days later, his body…
‘And, with a slight left, there it is. All this space suddenly, exhale. Butter yellow buildings, with their faded blue windows. Some apartments have flower boxes, some are bare. If it were a little darker, I’d be able to see inside.Spectacular things in Rome can just happen like this, with no warning. Around a non-descript…
New from the Sunday Times bestselling author of QUEENIE– People Person [ About the Book ] Dimple Pennington knew of her half siblings, but she didn’t really know them. Five people who don’t have anything in common except for faint memories of being driven through Brixton in their dad’s gold jeep, and some pretty complex abandonment issues. Dimple has…
‘She enjoyed answering questions when she felt she had the right answer, an approved answer. I understood that when I was very small, and could provide the prompts accordingly. Then talking to her was like a game, or a rhyme we were saying together.’– My Phantoms [ About the Book ] Helen Grant is a…
“I thought I’d reached the end… thought that whatever happened or didn’t, wasn’t nothing to do with me anymore. Now I’m wondering is this the end of my own story or the start of someone else’s? Or are we all tangled up in a middle that goes on and on?”– The Deadwood Encore [ About…
‘The funny, heart-breaking and uplifting new novel from the bestselling author of The Flatshare’– The No-Show [ About the Book ] Three women. Three dates. One missing man… 8.52 a.m. Siobhan is looking forward to her breakfast date with Joseph. She was surprised when he suggested it – she normally sees him late at night in her hotel…
‘It was the club you’d kill to join; the launch event to which the A-list were dying to be invited. What no one could have anticipated was how tragically things were about to go wrong’– The Club [ About the Book ] There’s no place like Home . . . The Home Group is a…
‘ SHORTLISTED FOR THE FOLIO PRIZE 2022SHORTLISTED FOR THE GOLDSMITHS PRIZE 2021SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKS ARE MY BAG FICTION AWARD 2021The acclaimed word-of-mouth hit and break-out debut of the year. Selected as a Book of the Year 2021 by booksellers, writers and readers: Observer Best Books of 2021Guardian Books of the YearThe i paper Books of the YearNew…
‘That’s what life turns on, isn’t it?The choices and moments that change everything.’– Em and Me [ About the Book ] A mother.A daughter.A secret waiting to be discovered. For too long – since the sudden death of her mother as a teenager, since the birth of her daughter, Em, when she was just seventeen…
‘And I thought: now there is no turning back.No more regrets for what I haven’t done.Now only regrets for what I have done.’– The Paper Palace [ About the Book ] On a perfect August morning, Elle Bishop heads out for a swim in the pond below ‘The Paper Palace’ – her family’s holiday home…