Published By: HarperCollinsPages: 400Released On: 27/10/2022 CAT LADY [n.]Single, independent, crazy, aloof, on-the-shelf, lives alone . . . It’s safer for Mia to play the part that people expect. She’s a good wife to her husband Tristan, a doting stepmother, she slips on her suit for work each morning like a new skin. But beneath theContinue reading “Cat Lady – Dawn O’Porter”
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Things I Wish I Knew Before My Mom Died – Ty Alexander
Published By: Mango PublishingPages: 154Released On: 29/09/2016 The grieving process. Ty Alexander of Gorgeous in Grey is one of the top bloggers today with a wonderful personal connection with her readers. This is never more apparent than when she speaks about her mother. The pain of loss for mourners is universal. Yet, we all grieve differently. For Alexander,Continue reading “Things I Wish I Knew Before My Mom Died – Ty Alexander”
Afterwards – Charlotte Leonard
Published By: Simon and SchusterPages: 464Released On: 14/04/2022 When Emma gets home after work one evening, she calls hello to her husband Jay, as she always does. Stepping into the kitchen, she sees he has done the shopping, as she had reminded him to; remembered to buy peppercorns; has bought her flowers. Everything is neatlyContinue reading “Afterwards – Charlotte Leonard”
The Reading List – Sara Nisha Adams
Published By: HarperCollinsPages: 432Date Released: 22/07/2021 Widower Mukesh lives a quiet life in the London Borough of Ealing after losing his beloved wife. He shops every Wednesday, goes to Temple, and worries about his granddaughter, Priya, who hides in her room reading while he spends his evenings watching nature documentaries. Aleisha is a bright butContinue reading “The Reading List – Sara Nisha Adams”
Love, Interrupted – Simon Thomas
Published by: Trigger PublishingPages: 200Date released: 20/06/2019Date read: 19/07/2019 Simon Thomas (former Blue Peter presenter, and for so long, the face of Sky Sports Football) reveals how grief nearly destroyed him in his heart-breaking memoir. When Simon lost the woman he had loved for 16 years, the future he’d imagined for their happy family disappearedContinue reading “Love, Interrupted – Simon Thomas”
An Extra Pair of Hands – Kate Mosse
Published by: Wellcome CollectionPages: 208Date released: 03/06/2021Date read: 04/06/2021 As our population ages, more and more of us find ourselves caring for parents and loved ones – some 8.8 million people in the UK. An invisible army of carers holding families together. Here, Kate Mosse tells her own personal story of finding herself a carerContinue reading “An Extra Pair of Hands – Kate Mosse”
Last Night – Mhairi McFarlane
Published by: HarperFictionPages: 416Date released: 01/04/2021Date read: 21/05/2021 Eve, Justin, Susie, and Ed have been friends since they were teenagers. Now in their thirties, the four are as close as ever, Thursday night bar trivia is sacred, and Eve is still secretly in love with Ed. Maybe she should have moved on by now, butContinue reading “Last Night – Mhairi McFarlane”
Writers & Lovers – Lily King
Published by: PicadorPages: 256Date released: 28/05/2020Date read: 28/05/2020 Blindsided by her mother’s sudden death, and wrecked by a recent love affair, Casey Peabody has arrived in Massachusetts in the summer of 1997 without a plan. Her mail consists of wedding invitations and final notices from debt collectors. A former child gold prodigy, she now waitsContinue reading “Writers & Lovers – Lily King”
Dear Reader – Cathy Rentzenbrink
Published by: PicadorPages: 230Date released: 17/09/2020Date read: 28/09/2020 “Reading has saved my life, again and again, and has held my hand through every difficult time”. For as long as she can remember, Cathy Rentzenbrink has lost and found herself in stories. Growing up she was rarely seen without her nose in a book and readContinue reading “Dear Reader – Cathy Rentzenbrink”
The Last Goodbye – Fiona Lucas
Published by: HQPages: 432Date released: 18/03/2021Date read: 27/03/2021 How can you move on if you can’t let go? Spencer was the love of Anna’s life: her husband, her best friend, her rock. She thought their love would last forever. But three years ago, Spencer was tragically killed in an accident and Anna’s world was shattered.Continue reading “The Last Goodbye – Fiona Lucas”
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