Alice McDonald has escaped all the obvious traps that lie in wait for women. She loves her job but enjoys her clever, spirited children too; her husband (Dan the New Man) does his share at home, and their London house is always full of friends. At her thirty-seventh...

Editeur : Hodder & Stoughton
Parution : 2002-12-05

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'Throw it to the dogs! Do as I say or by Christ I'll do it myself and throw you in after it!'Tyler Cadell's cruel order spells heartbreak for his wife Garnet and their new-born baby. She flees to save herself, but cannot save her child and the memory of that tragic...

Editeur : Hodder & Stoughton
Parution : 2002-06-06

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Julia and Mark are stuck in a loveless relationship.Julia thinks a baby will help, but perhaps that isn't the answer to her problems. Maeve is totally allergic to commitment - she breaks out in a rash whenever she passes a buggy. Then a one-night-stand results in an...

Editeur : Penguin
Parution : 2002-05-30

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'I felt as if this book was my addiction . . . A truly remarkable author' - 5-star reader reviewAt eighteen, Cathie longs for more than life as a settler in the Australian bush. So when her uncle offers her the chance to send her to England, she grabs the opportunity...

Editeur : Hodder & Stoughton
Parution : 2002-02-21

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The Number One bestseller.When Tam's brother Benjie is wrongly accused of theft, and locked in a prison cell, his sister makes a solemn promise that she will not let the little lad down. But Fate makes her break her word almost immediately: Benjie is transported to...

Editeur : Hodder & Stoughton
Parution : 2002-01-03

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A compelling tale of good and evil for fans of Josephine Cox.Emma Price is only a pit bank wench, but her corn-coloured hair and blue eyes win the love of Paul Felton, younger brother of the colliery owner. Carver Felton has no intention of seeing his brother throw...

Editeur : Hodder & Stoughton
Parution : 2000-06-01

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Cath and Si are best friends. Total opposites, always together, and both unlucky in love.Cath is scatty, messy, and emotionally closed. Si is impossibly tidy, bitchy, and desperate for a man of his own. When Portia steps back into their lives, her reappearance sets off...

Editeur : Penguin
Parution : 2000-06-01

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Set against the backdrop of World War I, this is a heartbreaking tale for fans of Josephine Cox.Having suffered much cruelty at the hands of her father, Isabel Kenton is shocked to hear after his death that he was not her real father.Isabel inherits their house while...

Editeur : Hodder & Stoughton
Parution : 1999-06-03

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In the grand tradition of Josephine Cox and Catherine Cookson.Stunned by her stepmother's accusation that she killed her beloved little brother, Rachel Cade is even more shocked to find she is at the mercy of the village's evil Magistrate Bedworth who sends her to the...

Editeur : Hodder & Stoughton
Parution : 1999-01-07

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The Nile brought them life, but the Nile was not their friend.A small farming village in North Sudan wakes up one morning to the news that a little boy has drowned. Soon after, the animals die of a mysterious illness and the date gardens catch fire and burn to the...

Editeur : Invisible Publishing
Parution : 2025-04-01

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Written and published in 1929 by the dedicated social activist Agnes Smedley, this chronicles a woman's escape from grinding rural poverty into a predominantly male world of politics and revolution. "My aim in life was to study, not to follow a man around," asserts...

Editeur : Rare Treasure Editions
Parution : 2025-01-01

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In the winter of 2007, Zulaikha is travelling from Amsterdam to Tehran when she is approached by Kia, a family acquaintance she hasn's seen for many years, who is on the same flight. Kia's father has passed away and she is flying home to attend his funeral.In a shocking...

Editeur : Inanna Poetry and Fiction Series
Parution : 2024-06-30

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Eva’s dad is dead. Her mother isn’t, but ought to be, says Aunt Mathilde. Time to move on . . . Moving from Nova Scotia, Eva tries not to care. She’s already dropped out of school and is washing dishes for a living. Despite her aunt’s encouragement, she can’t speak...

Editeur : Tidewater Press
Parution : 2023-08-15

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When Lizzy is forced to move to the Adventist commune of Stillwater, she is sure the end times have begun. She’s not wrong.Sixteen-year-old Lizzy is trapped, caught between her passion for science and the teachings of her Seventh-day Adventist father and Mennonite...

Editeur : Tidewater Press
Parution : 2023-05-22

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Vulnerable and hallucinatory, Rhonda Waterfall writes an alarming and vivid West Coast novel. Set in the rain forest on the outer coast of Vancouver Island, Sombrio takes us into the dark heart of lost childhoods. Three men, an artist, his apprentice, and an ex-bank...

Editeur : Gordon Hill Press
Parution : 2022-09-07

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Growing up in an isolated island town with her siblings and absentee artist parents, Grace has an insatiable need for attention. She looks for it first in her playmates, taking innocent games too far, and then in men, delighting in the power her body has over them, and...

Editeur : Nimbus
Parution : 2022-09-06

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Growing up in Singapore, Simran always knew what was expected of her: to learn how to be a good mother and wife. The only problem? Simran has no interest in any of this. After a close escape (almost at the altar!), Simran earns a reprieve to attend the University of...

Editeur : Stonehouse Originals
Parution : 2022-05-01

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Mrs. Dalloway chronicles a June day in the life of Clarissa Dalloway–a day that is taken up with running minor errands in preparation for a party and that is punctuated, toward the end, by the suicide of a young man she has never met. In giving an apparently ordinary...

Editeur : The Classics
Parution : 2021-01-25

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A funny and poignant story about coming of age after you’ve already grown up.Sloane Sawyer had it all planned—she and her best friend Stephie would graduate from high school, get out of Tippett Valley and have dazzling complementary careers. She would also have a loving...

Editeur : Tidewater Press
Parution : 2020-10-23

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Ivy’s Tree is the story of a 78 year old woman learning to navigate one of the largest cities in the world: Tokyo. With a distinct sense of place – Tokyo in the fraught economic times of 2007-08 –Ivy’s Tree is also the description of an old woman coming to terms with...

Editeur : Thistledown Press
Parution : 2020-09-15

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