From the author of The Woman in White: In nineteenth-century England, a man's hard-earned happiness is threatened by a priest who covets his inheritance .
As his laugh-out-loud secret diary extends into his later teens and young adulthood, everyone's favorite angsty Brit remains "e;a brilliant comic creation"e; (The Times, London).
"e;The trouble with trying to read passages from the Adrian Mole diaries aloud is that you find yourself laughing so hard you can't go on"e; (Kansas City Star).
America's greatest golf writer cracks wise in this humorous peek inside the life and mind of an up-and-coming young proIf Hogan had to wait 15 years before winning the Open I guess even a natural athalete like me has to wait a couple of years huh?
An author of racy novels heads to picturesque Vermont to finish his manuscript-but finds his retreat less than peaceful-in this "e;bright, slapstick comedy"e; (The New York Times).
**As read on BBC Radio Four**Uplifting, joyous, hopeful - a novel about late love and second chances, shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award and winner of the Paul Torday Memorial Prize'A moving tribute to friendship and love, to the courage of the ordinary, and to starting again' RACHEL JOYCE, author of Miss Benson's Beetle'Full of grace and humanity' Sunday Times________________________This story begins with a letterFrom a housewifeto the gentle curatorOf an extraordinary museumWhere lies peacefullyAn ancient exhibitThat holds the keyTo EverythingWe are.
FROM THE AUTHOR OF 2024 BOOKER PRIZE WINNING ORBITALIn the middle of a winter s night, a woman wraps herself in a blanket, picks up a pen and starts writing to an estranged friend.
The Emperor Constantine crosses the Alps at the head of a great army from the Rhineland in AD 312, and marches south to take Rome from the tyrant Maxentius.
A love letter to Jane Austen and to the power of reading by an icon of British literature'Wise and wonderfully funny' The Times'Splendid'Guardian'It should be required reading'New York Times Book ReviewA special new edition of a modern classic, celebrating Jane Austen's 250th birthday: blending truth and fiction, the delightful collection of letters Fay Weldon sent her 'niece' about reading Jane Austen, the act of creation and the joys of writingIn this charming sequence of fictional letters - inspired by those Jane Austen sent to her own niece - 'Aunt Fay' writes to her niece Alice, an eighteen-year-old student and aspiring writer with green hair and zero interest in reading Austen for her college English class.
When Richard Slater receives a letter of complaint from one of his constituents, a Margaret Hayton, he merely responds with his standard letter of empty promises.
"e;An engrossing, often laugh-out-loud tale of two unlikely lovers"e; told in an epistolary style "e;to brilliant comic and dramatic effect"e; (Publishers Weekly).
"e;Bittersweet, funny and achingly real,"e; this mother-daughter relationship novel "e; delivers a strong, emotional reminder about the importance of loved ones"e; (Publishers Weekly).
Richly expansive and deeply moving, an intimate novel of secret lives and painful histories from one of the finest storytellers we have'This brilliant novel examines lives lived, losses accumulated, and the slipperiness of perception.
This enhanced ebook of Tolkien's timeless classic brings together all the original handwritten letters, some never before published, with Tolkien's original colour illustrations and audio recordings of every letter read by Sir Derek Jacobi and a full cast.
This ebook version of Tolkien's timeless classic presents readers with a plethora of full colour images of the original letters alongside the transcribed text, offering a truly engrossing reading experience.
FROM THE COSTA AWARD-WINNING, WOMEN S PRIZE-SHORTLISTED AUTHOR OF UNSETTLED GROUNDTwelve years ago Flora's mother Ingrid disappeared, vanishing from a Dorset beach, presumed drowned.
