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Dance Moms meets Little Fires Everywhere in award winning author Tammy Greenwood's addictive new novel set in the hyper cutthroat world of ballet girls and their mothers as they compete for a prestigious prize...
"The Still Point is a must-read full of love, hope, desire and jealousy – a vivid, compelling and deeply nuanced look at a place where lives are forever shaped and changed." –Mary Kubica, New York...
"The Still Point is a must-read full of love, hope, desire and jealousy – a vivid, compelling and deeply nuanced look at a place where lives are forever shaped and changed." –Mary Kubica, New York...
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A.J. Fikry meets The Bookish Life of Nina Hill in this charming, hilarious, and moving novel about the way books bring lonely souls together.
Two young lovers. Sixty long years. One bookish mystery worth solving.
Librarian Chloe Sampson has been struggling: to take care of her three younger siblings, to find herself, to make ends meet. She's just about at the end of her rope when she stumbles across
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From one of Australia's most celebrated authors comes a powerful mother-daughter drama that explores the fault lines between love and control, pairing the claustrophobic intensity of Room and My Year of Rest and Relaxation with the youthful angst of Freshwater.
Sixteen and pregnant, Karuna finds herself trapped in her mother's Melbourne public housing apartment for one hundred days awaiting the birth of her child-and her mother's next move in...
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Internationally acclaimed poet Lang Leav's debut adult novel combines her poetical lyricism and emotional acumen to create an enthralling coming of age narrative set against the backdrop of anti-Asian sentiment sweeping Australia in the late 90's. A stirring portrayal of guilt, loss, and memory, Others Were Emeralds explores the inherent danger of allowing our misconceptions to shape our reality.
What comes first, the photograph or the memory?
The...
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The Year of Jubilee is a lyrical coming-of-age novel set against the backdrop of the turbulent South in the early 1960s.
Stifled by tragedy, thirteen-year-old Grace Mockingbird yearns to escape her mother's controlling, grieving hand and find her voice in a small Kentucky coal mining town. A tragic family loss has driven a wedge between Grace and her mother, who seems to be silently punishing Grace by withholding her love. Grace does penance in every...
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From the author of the cult hit Boy Parts comes a chilling, brilliantly told story of murder among a group of teenage girls-a powerful and disturbing novel as piercing in its portrait of young women as Emma Cline's The Girls.
On a beach in a run-down seaside town on the Yorkshire coastline, sixteen-year-old Joan Wilson is set on fire by three other schoolgirls.
Nearly a decade after the horrifying murder, journalist Alec Z. Carelli has written the...
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There's no place like home…
Although dog trainer Sally is relatively new to Wagging Tails, the team she works with have quickly become her family and the dogs her friends.
But when Andy, the one that got away, turns up for a brief respite from the city, she is at a crossroads. As tempting as a life with him is, she loves her home of West Par, and anyway, she has responsibilities here.
Number one on that list is ensuring the dogs' home stays in...
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"Nora Decter has written a wrenching, knowing, and wry novel about coming of age into a rough world." - Meg Wolitzer, author of The Female Persuasion
For fans of Miriam Toews, an absorbing, darkly funny story of family, addiction, and survival
The summer Bria Powers turns 16 is sinister. Waves of insects plague her hometown of Beauchamp, where fentanyl has recently infiltrated the drug stream. Forest fires muddy the normally wide-open skies,...
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Mia is telling me a story. It's about a princess, who lives in a castle, on a street that bears a remarkable resemblance to ours. About a kind old lady who's the queen. I'm distracted for a moment by her little hand softly slipping into mine. My daughter. My angel.
But then she says something that pulls me from my reverie. She says that the queen doesn't treat the princess well. She punishes her and doesn't let her eat anything…
Helen, my neighbour,...
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Welcome to Dressmakers' Alley, a twisted place filled with dark and deadly secrets
London's East End 1923
In the heart of Dressmakers' Alley Madame Pauline's sweatshop is rumoured to be a particularly unpleasant place to work. Filled with seamstresses paid a pittance who turn a blind eye to what darker activities are hidden behind locked doors.
Young Winnie Brown is keen to prove her value to the Women Movements and secures a job as a seamstress...
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With German bombs falling on London, one brave young woman will rise to the occasion…
England, 1940. Only given two days leave after barely escaping Nazi troops in Paris, Lily Baker visits her fiancé's family and is dismayed to learn he's still missing in action. And going from an exciting overseas telephonist post to a routine office assignment leaves her bored… until the Blitz begins.
Joining the Air Raid Protection service, Lily's perilous...
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Pre-order in the next instalment in the Pilot's Girl series from bestselling author Fenella J Miller.
January 1944
Heavily pregnant, Barbara is looking forward to welcoming her new baby. But with her husband Alex still away flying and fighting the Germans, she fears he will miss the arrival of his longed-for child.
But after the birth, Barbara is gripped with a terrible fear that she will lose her family completely – that this dreadful war will...
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Can love blossom in times of trouble?
Life-long friends Louisa, Jeannie and Kate are following in the footsteps of their families, working at the Clarks shoe factory.
But when Britain declares war on Germany, the Somerset village of Street is shaken to its core. The Clarks factory is at the heart of life in the village, but the Clark family are Quakers and pacifists. Before long, there are fierce debates amongst the workers and tensions between...
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Meet Tilda Wright…
Tilda has done everything she can to make her life neat, protected, tidy. No longer the girl who was scared of everything, whose family pushed her away, who hit rock bottom. Now she runs her life – as she does her successful business – with the utmost organization. As long as she keeps everyone at arm's length, she will be fine. She will be safe.
But then a chance encounter with a man who's fallen on hard times changes everything....
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'Nicola's writing is so vivid and beautiful and perfectly pitched, her plotting addictive.' Jenny Ashcroft
1671 – London
The Civil War is over and Charles II, the 'Merry Monarch', is revelling in the throne of his murdered father and all the privileges and power that comes with it. Sharing the spoils is his favourite companion, the celebrated beauty, actress Nell Gwyn. Beloved of the English people, Nell has come a long way from selling oranges...
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In this heartbreaking multimedia debut-filled with drawings, poems, and journal entries-author Jenny Laden draws on her own experience to create a story of grief and transcendence, perfect for fans of Francesca Zappia and Jennifer Niven.
Danielle Silver is a Philadelphia high school senior at the dawn of the '90s. Ever since her parents split up, she has known her father was gay, but she never expected to be hit with the bombshell that he is HIV...
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Going to the chapel, but will they get married?
After the holiday romance to beat all other holiday romances, it's back to regular life for Holly Berry, and the sweet shop is busier than ever. With Jamie and Finn's wedding coming up, Holly is rushed off her feet, making sure their big day is perfect.
So when her handsome boyfriend comes to visit, she is both elated to see him and overwhelmed. She wants to show Evan all the things she loves about...
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PRE-ORDER now the new gorgeous rom com by Jo Lovett
One New Year's Eve, Georgie James and her friends come up with a genius plan to help them stick to their resolutions… They all write down secrets, seal them in envelopes and then post them to each other. The secrets will be revealed at the end of the year if they haven't kept their resolutions.
It's perfect. Except…
Georgie's secret is BIG... and revealing it could destroy their friendships....
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Robbie MacKenzie is a shy and kind-hearted boy who lives on a remote island in the Outer Hebrides. He dreams of flying like the seabirds that soar over the island of St. Margaret. One day, his life changes when a storm brings an injured albatross to his doorstep. Robbie and his mother Joanna nurse the bird back to health. His name is Alfonso. Robbie and Alfonso form a special bond and become inseparable friends.An evil widow named Fiona Tornleaf,...
20) Saving Raine
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Raine Reynolds stands at the crossroads of despair and opportunity. When the life you've built crumbles and the past refuses to release its grip, sometimes, all you need is a fresh start-a new beginning that promises hope and redemption. Once a successful author, Raine's life unraveled, sending her fleeing to the picturesque streets of Paris to escape the tormenting heartache that threatened to consume her. Yet, no matter how far she traveled, the...
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