Published By: Mirror BooksPages: 300Released On: 27/10/2022 Capital DJ Roman Kemp has achieved much success but he hasn’t had an easy ride. He’s battled depression since the age of 15, once contemplated suicide, and has bravely fought to smash the stigma surrounding medication and mental health. The lifelong Arsenal supporter grafted his way to Capital’sContinue reading “Are You Really OK? – Roman Kemp”
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Small Things Like These – Claire Keegan
Published By: Faber and FaberPages: 128Released On: 03/11/2022 It is 1985, in an Irish town. During the weeks leading up to Christmas, Bill Furlong, a coal and timber merchant, faces into his busiest season. As he does the rounds, he feels the past rising up to meet him – and encounters the complicit silences ofContinue reading “Small Things Like These – Claire Keegan”
Promise Me – Jill Mansell
Published By: HeadlinePages: 400Released On: 19/01/2023 One minute Lou is happily employed, with a perfect flat. The next, her home and job have gone. Suddenly she has to start over. The last thing Lou wants is to move to a tiny Cotswolds village. She certainly doesn’t intend to work for curmudgeonly eighty-year-old Edgar Allsopp. ButContinue reading “Promise Me – Jill Mansell”
Demon Copperhead – Barbara Kingsolver
Published By: FaberPages: 560Released On: 18/10/2022 Demon’s story begins with his traumatic birth to a single mother in a single-wide trailer, looking ‘like a little blue prizefighter.’ For the life ahead of him he would need all of that fighting spirit, along with buckets of charm, a quick wit, and some unexpected talents, legal andContinue reading “Demon Copperhead – Barbara Kingsolver”
Playing Under The Piano – Hugh Bonneville
Published By: AbacusPages: 384Released On: 13/10/2022 Hugh Bonneville is one of Britain’s most accomplished actors, familiar to audiences worldwide for his roles in Notting Hill, the Paddington films and Downton Abbey. From getting his big break as Third Shepherd in the school nativity play, to mistaking a Hollywood star for an estate agent, Hugh creates a brilliantly vivid picture ofContinue reading “Playing Under The Piano – Hugh Bonneville”
What We Remember – Sarah Echavarre
Published By: Lake UnionPages: 303Released On: 10/01/2023 It’s been two years and two months since trauma shattered hospital chaplain Isabel Myles’s world. Since that day, she has stopped answering calls. She’s shut out her family, friends, and coworkers. Even her faith seems to have faded. Except for her connection with her younger sister, Chantel, IsabelContinue reading “What We Remember – Sarah Echavarre”
Dear Dolly – Dolly Alderton
Published By: Penguin Fig TreePages: 240Released On: 27/10/2022 Since early 2020, Dolly Alderton has been sharing her wisdom, warmth and wit with the countless people who have written in to her Dear Dolly agony aunt column in The Sunday Times Style. Their questions range from the painfully – and sometimes hilariously – relatable to the occasionally bizarre. They includeContinue reading “Dear Dolly – Dolly Alderton”
The Simple Truth – James Buckler
Published By: Random HousePages: 368Released On: 05/01/2023 A young woman is dead. A very wealthy client needs a favour. You’re newly qualified as a lawyer and this could be your big break, so you jump at the chance. The case is about to be closed. All you have to do is talk to a family,Continue reading “The Simple Truth – James Buckler”
The Bet of the Monsters – Sotto Voce
Pages: 406Released On: 03/11/2022 After giving up every possession he has in exchange for peace of mind and getting away from everything that betrays him, Leo finds himself in a weird situation. He discovers a fortune falling onto his lap, in the shape of a generous amount of money in his new bank account andContinue reading “The Bet of the Monsters – Sotto Voce”
The Dazzle of the Light – Georgina Clarke
Published By: Verve BooksPages: 256Released On: 17/11/2022 Ruby Mills is ruthlessly ambitious, strikingly beautiful – and one of the Forty Thieves’ most talented members. Harriet Littlemore writes the women’s section in a local newspaper. She’s from a ‘good’ London family and engaged to an up-and-coming Member of Parliament – but she wants a successful careerContinue reading “The Dazzle of the Light – Georgina Clarke”
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