Family life fiction

'Hilarious and totally Townsend.

'My comfort read.

The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole is the second book in Sue Townsend's brilliantly funny Adrian Mole series.

Betty is running for her life .

'Till death us do part' is starting to have a whole new meaning .

'If you liked David Nicholls' One Day or Jojo Moyes' Me Before You, you'll love this uplifting read' Take a BreakTwo people.

The Number One bestselling author of The Reading Group will capture your heart with this heartrending yet magical exploration of love, loss and family*A Richard & Judy Book Club Pick*For Maggie and Bill it was love at first sight .

One woman's hidden past will be exposed in the intense and gripping story from the international bestseller Lesley Pearse'If you want a gripping, enthralling, wonderful read, full of characters crafted to perfection, this is it' 5***** READER REVIEW'Intriguing, heart-tugging, beautifully written' CLOSER'One of those books that can hardly be out down .

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WINNER OF THE CARNEGIE MEDALFINALIST FOR THE PULITZER PRIZEFINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARDSWINNER OF THE STONEWALL BOOK AWARD - BARBARA GITTINGS LITERATURE AWARDFINALIST FOR THE LA TIMES FICTION AWARD'Stirring, spellbinding and full of life' T a Obreht, New York Times bestselling author of The Tiger's WifeIn 1985, Yale Tishman, the development director for an art gallery in Chicago, is about to pull off an amazing coup: bringing an extraordinary collection of 1920s paintings as a gift to the gallery.

Shortlisted for the Gordon Burn Prize and Portico Prize for Literature'As funny and sad as anything by Dunbar herself' Observer, Books of the Year'One of the great debut novels of the century, and one of my very favourite books ever.

How far would you go, to protect your child?

A stunning novel, spanning generations and continents, Ghana Must Go is a tale of family drama and forgiveness, for fans of Zadie Smith and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERWhat happens when you learn the inconvenient truth about your family?

Seit Jahren hatte Emma keinen Kontakt mehr zu ihrer Tante Milly.

To Las Vegas .

'If you haven't read it, you should' Patrick Rothfuss, New York Times bestselling author of The Name of the Wind'Fresh, original and engrossing' George R.

As Zimbabwe emerges into independence, Tambudzai Sigauke embarks on her second year at the Young Ladies' College of the Sacred Heart.

'Sparkling.

'Beautifully textured .

AN IRISH TIMES BEST IRISH BOOK OF THE 21ST CENTURYSHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZESHORTLISTED FOR THE KERRY GROUP IRISH NOVEL OF THE YEAR AWARDLONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2022'Vivid and memorable.

'A panoramic, ambitious tale.

**Shortlisted for The Goldsmiths Prize 2021****Shortlisted for The Desmond Elliott Prize 2021****An Observer 10 Best Debut Novelists of 2021**'An extremely perceptive depiction of power and agency.

The Millers, an ordinary American family, are travelling to a small island off the coast of Maine where they will celebrate their father's 75th birthday.

FROM THE TWICE-WINNER OF THE COSTA BOOK OF THE YEAR'Thrilling and enchanting.

FROM THE WRITER OF BBC SMASH HIT DRAMA CROSSFIRECaptivating and beautifully written.

FROM THE WRITER OF BBC SMASH HIT DRAMA CROSSFIRE'An epic novel .

You were brought up on mythology.

Homecoming is a big-hearted, bittersweet drama about how a family falls apart and comes back together again from a hugely talented new writer.

Justine and Alan need to get away from it all.

Fintan Buckley is a pleasant, rather conventional and unimaginative man, who works as a legal adviser in an import/export firm in Dublin.

'Already hailed as a Cold War classic.

Some people love goodbyes.

It was so simple .

Judy's my mom.

Yongju is an accomplished student from one of North Korea's most prominent families.

A haunting and unforgettable debut spanning the last seventy years of Korean history, including the BBC Short Story Prize shortlisted story 'The Goose Father'.

Harry wants to leave an Inheritance for his sons.

Brooklyn Heights, the fourth novel by award-winning Egyptian author Miral El-Tahawy, revolves around the character of Hend, an Arabic teacher and would-be writer in her late thirties, who emigrates to the United States from Cairo with her eight year old son after the painful break-up of her marriage.

Duck Macatarsney cares for her biker dad, Duke, whose MS is getting worse.

-You're having some kind of crisis.

When Shagun leaves Raman for another man, a bitter legal battle ensues.

The stifling, reclusive life of nineteen-year-old Irma Voth, recently married and more recently deserted, is turned on its head when a film crew moves in to make a movie about the strict religous community in which she and her family live.

From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Mayflies and Caledonian Road** Order Andrew O'Hagan's new novel Caledonian Road now **How much do we keep from the people we love?

'Sensory and visceral from page one .

';Why are you so unhappy?

Donald Hall draws on his own childhood memories and gives himself the thing he most wanted but didn't get as a boy: a Christmas at Eagle Pond.

Two men meet briefly in a hospital, where both are visiting their dying fathers.

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