It is hard to describe how I felt about this book. There were times when I was so frustrated with it that I almost gave up on it but there was always enough going on to make me keep reading, to persevere. Mags is a wealthy and successful lawyer in […]
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I’ve always been attracted to the idea of the large extended Italian family. That idealised Dolmio advert group of people sitting down around a huge table to noisily eat pasta and share their lives. Maggie finds herself joining that dynamic when she marries widower Nico. Life on the council estate […]
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This time last year Caroline Mitchell was still a serving police officer and preparing to spend the festive season hard at work. Specialising in working with abused and battered women that experience more than qualifies her for this story. Becky lives in an idyllic village in Wales. Her husband is […]
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Ella, Max, Corey, Fallon and Zane were the Fearless Five. A group of teens living in a small sea-side town. They used to do everything together but drifted apart after the tragic death of Max’s older sister Jessica. She had been a friend and big sister to them all and […]
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UK Publishing Date: 11 Feb 2016 336 pages Beautiful Broken Things will resonate with any woman who had a best friend to share their secrets with during their teenage years. Marketed as a YA book this debut by Sara Bernard explores the relationship and friendships between three sixteen year old […]
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UK Publishing Date: 22 Oct 2015. 736 pages. I can honestly say that it took me the best part of a month to get through this book. “A Little Life” is a deceptive title for a tome that weighs in at over 730 pages and is one of the most […]
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