When her twin brother breaks a promise and returns to their childhood home in Sri Lanka on his own, Valentina decides that it's time to make some changes in her life.
Entirely satisfying, an expert balance of warmth and compassion, terrific supporting characters, a little steamy sex, and just enough suspense to keep you from guessing how it will all go down.
FOR FANS OF SARAH MOSS, EMMA STONEX AND MAGGIE O'FARRELL 'A bold, magical story' JO BROWNING WROE, Sunday Times bestselling author of A Terrible Kindness'A majestic work of the imagination .
'Leaves you with a smile on your face and hope in your heart' MILLY JOHNSONEscape this summer with the page-turning new novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author'A fantastic, compelling story .
ESCAPE TO THE CORNISH COAST IN THIS DELIGHTFULLY HEARTWARMING SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER 'THE PERFECT SUMMER READ' SOPHIE KINSELLA'Beautifully describes Cornwall and whisks you away to sunny beaches' 5***** Reader Review Flora's been in love with her husband for twenty years.
THE POWERFUL AND MOVING NOVEL OF NEW BEGINNINGS AND OLD FAMILY SECRETS FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ASK AGAIN, YES'A fearless writer' LISA TADDEO'An epic story about immigration, identity and family' Guardian'Atmospheric, moving and brilliantly well-written' Daily Mail'Engrossing .
Transport yourself to mid-century New York in this compelling and evocative story of secrets, jealousy and hidden love'Book of the Month' WOMAN & HOME'Dazzling debut' GOOD HOUSEKEEPING'So vividly evoked' CLARE CHAMBERS'I was gripped from the first page' SARA COX__________NEW YORK CITY, 1955.
This collection of previously unpublished poems offers the author's take on squabbling neighbours, off-kilter lovers, would-be hangers-on, and the loneliness of a man afflicted with acute powers of observation.
Paris, the storybook capital of romanceof strolls down cobblestone streets and kisses by the Seinemay not be the ideal location to mend a wounded heart.
Ten masterworks of short fictionby turns tender, comic, powerful, and devastatingfrom the highly praised author of The Madonnas of LeningradA surprised Southern matriarch is confronted by her family at an intervention.
Marisa de los Santoss Belong to Me is my favorite discovery of the past years: a terrific page-turner thats also poignant, funny, surprising and deeply heartfelt.
**Winner of a Lefty Award for Best Mystery****Edgar Award and Anthony Award Finalist**'Stand-out' Caz Frear'Razor-sharp'Laura Lippman'Sharp and sassy'HeatShe found out her sister was back in New York from Instagram.
THE RICHARD & JUDY PICK Deliciously dark and utterly addictive my favourite Ruth Ware yet' LUCY FOLEYEveryone wanted her lifeSomeonewanted her dead It was Hannah who found April's body ten years ago.
Everyone knew the Earl of Penhollow needed a wife, so one thunderous night the villagers gathered together to ask the ocean to deliver a bride to the bachelor lord .
You never know, when it happens, what's going to change your life, what's going to bounce you out of the rut you've been in, send you flying off in some new direction.
The poems in Robert Hass's new collectionhis first to appear in a decadeare grounded in the beauty and energy of the physical world, and in the bafflement of the present moment in American culture.
A Bullet for Buffalo BillNo one knows better than the great showman William Cody what a burden fame can be, especially when he has to move quickly to narrowly dodge an assassin's bullet.
Caroline Venable has everything her Southern heritage promised: money, prestige, a powerful husbandand a predictable routine of country-club luncheons, cocktail parties, and dinners hosting her husband's wealthy friends, clients, and associates in his successful land-developing conglomerate.
Hill Towns is a classic novel of remarkable emotional power, insight, and sensitivity from Anne Rivers Siddons, whose books live on the New York Times bestseller list and in the hearts of millions of her adoring fans.
He would make her whole againLeaving behind a disastrous marriage, Andy Calhoun moves to the small town of Pemberton, Georgia, "e;in search of banality.
Anne Rivers Siddonss novels are womens stories in the best sense, pulling you into the internal landscape of her characters lives and holding you there.
Chloe Morgan is a thirty-three-year-old part-time waitress, small-time horse trainer, and full-time thoroughly toughened Western woman living in a corner of the dwindling canyonlands of Southern California.
Filled with a cast of lovable, quirky characters, punctuated with simple wonders, the everyday truths found in this book offer much needed clarity to our own befuddled world.
The compulsively readable and sinfully gossipy tale of five Hollywood personal assistants who band together to turn the tables on their celebrity employerswritten by a former personal assistant to a star.
Question:What do Amy, the new mom; Meriel, the West-Indian housekeeper; Claude and Naomi, the alternative couple; Faith, the elegant widow; and Talia, the super-skinny ballerina have in common?
In the fall of '73, Brooklyn, New York, is home to worn-down hotels, wiseguys, immigrants, the disturbed, the disenfranchised, and a few people just trying to make an honest buck.
