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From the New York Times number one bestselling author of The
Nightingale and The Four Winds, comes Kristin Hannah's provocative
and timely portrait of hope, honour, loss, forgiveness - and the
elusive nature of love. An intimate look at the inner landscape of
a disintegrating marriage and a dramatic exploration of the price
of war. From a distance, Michael and Jolen Zarkades seem to have it
all: a solid dependable marriage, exciting careers and children
they adore. But after twelve blissful years together, the couple
has lost their way. They are unhappy and edging towards divorce.
Then an unexpected deployment tears their already fragile family
apart, sending one of them deep into harm's way and leaving the
other at home, caring for the children and waiting for news. When
the worst happens, each must face their darkest fear and fight for
the future of their family.
Just as he is about to leave the RAF, Brian Seaton finds that he
has TB. This disrupts his plans to return home - his marriage was
in any case in difficulty - and the novel switches between
Nottingham and the RAF sanitorium. Seaton is also torn between
women - having affairs with two of the nurses at the sanitorium,
while becoming involved with a young woman in his home town, who
also has TB.
Gorou is a gynecologist and idol fan who’s in shock after his
favorite star, Ai, announces an impromptu hiatus. Little does Gorou
realize that he’s about to forge a bond with her that defies
all common sense! Lies are an idol’s greatest weapon in this
outrageous manga from Aka Akasaka (Kaguya-sama: Love is War) and
Mengo Yokoyari (Scum’s Wish).
Sometimes it’s a simple as meeting the boy next door. Â
Jini lives alone with her cat Oscar – yes, she’s single
but, after breaking up with her boyfriend, she’s more than
content to be living alone. Sometimes she worries she might be
playing things too safe, but she’s had enough of taking risks.
 Ben is a firefighter and, if he’s honest, he’s finding
life hard. The arrival of a small tabby cat, who Ben decides to
call Fred, helps him feel less isolated. But then, one day, Fred
appears with a note tied to his collar from someone called Jeanie,
accusing Ben of stealing her cat! Â As the two near
neighbours start corresponding via the cat, their notes to each
other reveal the truths they are hiding from even their closest
friends, and themselves. Â Inspired by a true story, The Cat
Share is a heartwarming and uplifting rom com – the perfect book
for fans of Sarra Manning, Beth O'Leary and Laura Jane
Williams
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The stunning debut story collection from the author of Foster and
the Booker Prize shortlised Small Things Like These 'A beautiful,
tender work of great clarity.' Sebastian Barry 'Among the finest
contemporary stories written recently in English.' Observer A
secret one-night tryst in the city. A sister's revenge. A
love-struck doctor. A missing girl. In Antarctica, an astonishing
sequence of stories, one of our most gifted writers illuminates
human longing and fallibility in all its variety.
'Lynette Noni is a marvelous and inventive storyteller' Sarah J
Maas She'd failed them. All of them. And now she was paying the
price. Kiva thought she knew what she wanted-revenge. But feelings
change, people change . . . everything has changed. After what
happened at the palace, Kiva is desperate to know if her friends
and family are safe, and whether those she wronged can ever forgive
her. But with the kingdoms closer to the brink of war than they've
ever been, and Kiva far away from the conflict, more is at stake
than her own broken heart. A fresh start will mean a perilous
quest, forcing mortal enemies and uneasy allies together in a race
against the clock to save not just Evalon, but all of Wenderall.
With her loyalties now set, Kiva can no longer just survive-she
must fight for what she believes in. For who she believes in. But
with danger coming from every side, and the lives of everyone she
loves at risk, does she have what it takes to stand, or will she
fall? PRAISE FOR LYNETTE NONI 'Lynette Noni is a master at her
craft' James Dashner 'Very talented' Terry Brooks 'Lynette Noni's
compelling stories keep readers turning pages to the very end'
Juliet Marillier 'A masterful storyteller' Maria V. Snyder
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'Everything a novel should be: compassionate, unpredictable, and
questioning. Haven is Donoghue at her strange, unsettling best.' -
Maggie O'Farrell, author of Hamnet In seventh-century Ireland, a
priest has a dream telling him to leave the sinful world behind.
Taking two monks with him – young Trian and old Cormac – he
travels down the Shannon in search of an isolated spot on which to
found a new place of worship. Drifting out into the Atlantic, the
three men find an impossibly steep, bare island inhabited by tens
of thousands of birds, and claim it for God. But in such a place,
far from all other humanity, what will survival mean? ‘Haven is a
beautiful, bold blaze of a book’ Rachel Joyce, author of The
Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry ‘Beautiful and timely’ -
Sarah Moss, author of Summerwater ‘Sinister, heart-wrenching and
beautifully written’ The Times ‘Combines pressure-cooker
intensity and radical isolation, to stunning effect’ Margaret
Atwood via Twitter ‘Book of the Year’ pick in The Irish Times,
The Guardian, The Irish Post, RTÉ and The Times.
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