Family life fiction

Stephanie had a rat of a husband.

For Maxine Williams, being married to Blake was an amazing adventure.

After the wedding of Diana Goode and Andrew Douglas, Diana teases that they will make a baby on their honeymoon.

Sometimes, your happily ever after can surprise you .

'THRILLING.

Now a major BBC drama starring Benedict Cumberbatch'Only Ian McEwan could write about loss with such telling honesty' Benedict CumberbatchOn a routine trip to the supermarket with his daughter one Saturday morning, Stephen Lewis, a well-known writer of children's books, turns his back momentarily.

In the arid summer heat, four children Jack, Julie, Sue and Tom find themselves abruptly orphaned.

Black Dogs is a dark and brooding masterpiece from Booker-prize winning Sunday Times bestselling author Ian McEwan.

Isamay's unusual name comes from her two very different grandmothers, Isa and May, who were both present at her birth and who have both formed and influenced her whole life in very particular ways.

Winner of the Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2011Staring at the Sun charts the life of Jean Serjeant, from her beginning as a naive, carefree country girl before the war through to her wry and trenchant old age in the year 2020.

Meet the Wapshots of St Botolphs.

From the winner of the 2011 Man Booker Prize for Fiction comes a novel of profound insight and comic flare.

Fans of Elizabeth Noble, Erica James and Amanda Prowse will love this absorbing, emotionally charged and beautifully written novel from multi-million copy bestselling author Joanna Trollope.

Everyone knows that Amy and Dan are made for each other.

Like mother, like daughter.

The unforgettable, award-winning debut novel and modern classic from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Life After Life and Shrines of Gaiety.

From the NUMBER 1 bestselling author of LIFE AFTER LIFE, SHRINES OF GAIETY and NORMAL RULES DON'T APPLYOn a peat and heather island off the west coast of Scotland, Effie and her mother Nora take refuge in the large mouldering house of their ancestors and tell each other stories.

Nevil Shute wrote this prophetic novel just before the start of the Second World War.

Stephanie Stanford, recently widowed, must tell her family the truth.

Hal Treherne is a soldier on the brink of a brilliant career.

This volume brings together under one cover Roddy Doyle's three acclaimed novels about the Rabbite family from Dublin.

'A ghostly love story and a lovely ghost story' - TatlerWhen Elspeth Noblin dies she leaves her beautiful flat overlooking Highgate Cemetery to her twin nieces, Julia and Valentina.

'An expert craftsman.

'An exceptional debut' IndependentAlex is twelve, and he lives with his younger brother and his parents in a dirt-poor white neighbourhood in 1980s South Africa.

Mr Ahuja, Delhi's Minister of Urban Development, has too much on his hands: thirteen children and another on the way.

**WINNER OF THE ORANGE AWARD FOR NEW WRITERS** A remarkable first novel.

Winter, 1860.

When Tom Fellows proclaims that a Venn diagram is a far better way of illustrating modern family ties than a traditional tree, his young daughter Andrea has no idea that he is referring to their own situation.

It is the blazing summer of 1981 and Catherine is laid low by childhood illness.

From multi-million copy and SUNDAY TIMES bestselling author Ruth Rendell, this is a strange, seductive and suspenseful psychological thriller with a cunning final twist that will get right under the skin.

Louisa and Clem: two sisters who love each other more the further they move apart Louisa is the elder one, the conscientious student, precise and careful, who yearns for a good marriage, a career, a family.

The compelling novel from the number 1 bestselling author of Five Days, The Moment and The Pursuit of Happiness.

It is 1982 and Thatcher is in Downing Street, Human League is in the charts and Dallas is on the telly.

Another unforgettable novel from the bestselling author of Light a Penny Candle and Circle of Friends.

Sparkling characterisation and inventive plot from one of the best known and beloved detective novelists of all time.

'Pure joy from start to finish' Dorothy L Sayers____________________________________The stabbing of irascible General Sir Arthur Billington-Smith fails to stir up grief in anyone - least of all his family, which is no wonder considering the way he had treated them all during the fateful weekend.

Meet the Rabbitte family, motley bunch of loveable ne'er-do-wells whose everyday purgatory is rich with hangovers, dogshit and dirty dishes.

Fans of Sophie Kinsella, Milly Johnson, Heidi Swain and Holly Martin will love this delightfully funny romantic comedy with real heart and warmth from bestselling author Claudia Carroll - the perfect dose of escapism!

'A genuine voice of our times' - The Times A gorgeous Christmas read for fans of Lucy Diamond, Trisha Ashley and Carole MatthewsAs Christmas approaches, everything seems to be falling into place for Dossie.

Colin is in many ways an ideal citizen.

'An extraordinarily powerful, deeply moving novel' Amitav GhoshNOW A MAJOR FILM ON NETFLIX In the world of his large family - affluent Tamils living in Colombo - Arjie is an oddity, a 'funny boy' who prefers dressing as a girl to playing cricket with his brother.

Can a mother ever hand over her son to another woman?

Powerful and heart-wrenching; fans of Louise Douglas, Dinah Jefferies and Kristin Hannah will love this Edwardian saga by the million copy and Sunday Times bestselling author Charlotte Bingham.

Let million copy and Sunday Times bestselling author Charlotte Bingham sweep you away with this sparkling, moving and emotionally charged novel of the complexities of female friendship.

It is the 1960s, in suburban New York City, and twelve-year-old Maggie Scanlan begins to sense that despite the calm surface of her peaceful life, everything is going strangely wrong.

THE FIRST NOVEL IN THE BESTSELLING No Child of Mine TRILOGY*Books two and three - Don't Let Me Go and You Said Forever - are available to buy in paperback and ebook NOW*What if you knew a child was in danger and no one believed you?

It is the autumn of 1945 and identical twins Joy and Gillian Lawrence are on their way home to Liverpool, having been evacuated to Devonshire five years earlier.

In this captivating debut novel, Julia Glass depicts the life and loves of the McLeod family during three crucial summers spanning a decade.