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More than two decades after his brother Finn fell to his death, Calum still relives the event and struggles to find peace of mind. It isn't so easy, however: his mother, Mary, has Alzheimer's Disease and his estranged daughter Catriona has arrived out of the blue.

More than two decades after his brother Finn fell to his death, Calum still relives the event and struggles to find peace of mind. It isn't so easy, however: his mother, Mary, has Alzheimer's Disease and his estranged daughter Catriona has arrived out of the blue.

Nicholas's lifelong passion for his wife has not turned out as imagined... '..successfully highlights Shreve's specific style of decribing the same events from the perspectives of several characters in this multi-voice recording... this is a book which holds your attention right to the end.' - Disability Times

CJ Wishart is a hardworking country girl with a heart of gold but a life that can be tough. Her job as a wool classer is back-breaking, her family life is a disaster and, after a string of dating debacles, she's put men in the too-hard basket.
When strong, handsome Lindsay arrives on the scene as their ...

'The Brand Messiah' is a fitting modern-day parable and a compelling apocryphal tale of our times. It challenges readers to consider today's values, relevance of ancient ethics, the role of the media as well as faith in their own principles and aspirations.

An arresting un-coming-of-age story, from a breathtaking talent

Becca has always longed to break free from her small, backwater hometown. But the discovery of an unidentified dead girl on the side of a dirt road sends the town--and Becca--into a tailspin. Unable to make sense of the violence of the ...

The second instalment in the feminist retelling of the story of the formidable and misunderstood villainess Morgan Le Fay, nemesis of the sorcerer Merlin

A WHITE REVIEW BOOK OF THE YEAR
'It leaves the reader moved and subtly changed, as if she had become part of the story' Hilary Mantel
'So moving and delicate and terrifying and haunting' Maggie O'Farrell
The highly anticipated new novel from the Costa-award winning, three-times Booker-longlisted author of Reservoir 13.

Part of the Open Door series of short books for emerging readers.

1992, and Ben Tallis is coming to terms with the recent death of his father. His ability to cope isn't helped by the fact he's secretly in love with one of his best friends. At least keeping a daily journal helps him make sense of events, and he believes it's the perfect preparation for his plan to one ...

A dazzling debut novel weaving together Caribbean myth and the contemporary story of multiple generations of one immigrant family

Winner of The National Book Critics Circle Award

Winner of the 2015 Seizure Viva La Novella Prize Lives turned upside down by a bureaucratic error in this Kafkaesque work of neo-absurdism. 'Original, intelligent and compelling - a rare combination. Formaldehyde pulls off a complex narrative with frequent time and point-of-view shifts without ever losing ...

With a background as a special forces soldier, Holger Berg is framed as a deniable pawn in a murky plan to rescue the hostage.

This novel was the first of Hardy's Wessex novels (1874) and remains one of his best known and most popular works. Part of the attraction lies in the character of Bathsheba Everdene, who arrives in the sleepy village of Weatherbury to take charge of her late uncle's thriving farm. Strong-willed and beautiful, ...

They want to move on-but one terrible truth could shatter it all.As a widowed mother of three, new love seems impossible for Freya-until she meets Duncan, and suddenly she feels alive again. But there are secrets afflicting Freya's family, some more sinister than others, that could destroy their relationship ...

Harlem, the black soul of New York City, in the era of Aretha Franklin and Ray Charles. The narrator of Baldwin's novel is Tish nineteen, and pregnant. Her lover Fonny, father of her child, is in jail accused of rape. Flashbacks from their love affair are woven into the compelling struggle of two families ...

Originally written in 1952 but not published till 1985, Queer is an enigma - both an unflinching autobiographical self-portrait and a coruscatingly political novel, Burroughs' only realist love story and a montage of comic-grotesque fantasies that paved the way for his masterpiece, Naked Lunch. Set in ...

'Gorgeous. Very, very funny in a knowing wry way but so tender, so beautiful. I loved all the characters.' Marian Keyes
'Warm, witty, touching - and frequently hilarious' David Nicholls, author of Sweet Sorrow
'You put the book down and feel glad to be alive' India Knight, Sunday Times

Heart-breaking, hilarious, profound, Not for Glory is an unforgettable collection of interlinked stories, delivered in a Scottish prose style unique to this gifted writer. Archie spices up his old age by defrauding the shops down the town and the police are after Howie while Treesa, his pregnant girlfriend, is about to give birth.