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The hilarious international bestselling novel that has had
pensioners ditching their sticks and zimmers to follow the
age-defying, youth inducing antics inside The Secret Diary of
Hendrik Groen, 83 1/4 Years Old . . . 'Terrific. This geriatric
Adrian Mole made me laugh' Woman and Home 'Funny and touching' BBC
Radio 4 Meet Hendrik Groen. An octogenarian in a care home who has
no intention of doing what he's told, or dying quietly. To that
end, he creates the Old-But-Not-Dead Club and with his fellow
members sets about living his final years with careless abandon.
Such anarchism infuriates the care home director but pleases Eefje,
the woman who makes Hendrik's frail heart palpitate. If it's never
too late to have fun, then can it ever be too late to meet the love
of your life? 'So much more than just a comedy' John Boyne 'A story
with a great deal of heart' Graeme Simsion, The Rosie Project
'Amusing and wickedly accurate. A handbook of resistance for our
time.' Sunday Express 'Very funny' Jeremy Paxman Financial Times
Marijke Schermer's Love, If That s What It Is gives a kaleidoscopic
view of a divorce, permitting the reader to enter the heads of not
only the spouses, but also of the two daughters and their new
lovers. Through several characters, the reader is presented with
just as many views on relationships, while Schermer remains
impartial and thus confronts readers with their own - perhaps shaky
- romantic principles. What is love? With fresh flair and
provocative perspectives, Schermer manages to provide an original
and versatile answer
For fans of Marriage Story and Elena Ferrante's Days of Abandonment
Terri runs off with a lover, abandoning her children and her
marriage of twenty-five years. Her husband, David, is left to take
care of their two daughters, one of whom is falling in love for the
first time. These four people start to question their identity
outside the nuclear family. What remains of a disintegrated home,
and what changes? Marijke Schermer's Love, If That's What It Is
gives a kaleidoscopic view of a divorce, permitting the reader to
enter the heads of not only the spouses, but also of the two
daughters and the divorcees' new lovers. Through several
characters, the reader is presented with just as many views on
relationships, while Schermer remains impartial and thus confronts
readers with their own--perhaps shaky--romantic principles. What is
love? With fresh flair and provocative perspectives, Schermer
manages to provide an original and versatile answer.
An award-winning, internationally bestselling author makes her
American debut with this taut, riveting domestic drama with the
compulsive intensity of The Good Girl, The Pocket Wife, and The
Stranger, about a long-lost brother convicted of a horrifying crime
and a sister's fight to clear his name. A single mother and lawyer,
Iris has a colorful caseload, a young son with behavior issues, and
a judgmental mother. She also has a brother-shocking news she
uncovers by accident. Why did her mother lie to her for her entire
life? Why did she hide the existence of Ray Boelens from her?
Curious about this sibling she has never known, Iris begins to
search for long-buried truths. What she discovers surprises-and
horrifies-her. Her older brother is autistic-and in prison for
brutally murdering his neighbor and her daughter. Visiting Ray, she
meets a man who looks heartbreakingly like her own son. A man who
is devoted to his tropical fish and who loves baking bread. A man
whose naivete unnerves her. There is no question that Ray is odd
and obsessive, unable to communicate like the rest of us. But is he
really a killer? Told in the alternative voices of Ray and Iris,
Girl in the Dark is a compulsive, page-turning thriller about lies,
murder, and the tenacity of a family determined to stay together
even as they are pulled apart at the most vulnerable seams.
Eighty-five-year-old Hendrik Groen is fed up to his false teeth
with coffee mornings and bingo. __________ Along with fellow
members of the Old-But-Not-Dead Club, he embarks on a wild spree of
octogenarian anarchy. But the home's director will not stand for
any more drunken bar crawls, illicit fireworks or geriatric
romance. The good name of the care home will not be disgraced. But
when Hendrik learns of a plan to close the home down he realises
life outside it could be much worse. He and the gang must stop the
closure before it's too late. Or drop dead trying . . . __________
'A joy to read. An entertaining and uplifting story of a man in the
winter of his days' John Boyne, Irish Times 'Highly entertaining,
utterly convincing. A delightful and touching saga of one man's way
of coping with old age'Daily Express 'Terrific. This geriatric
Adrian Mole made me laugh' Fanny Blake, Woman and Home 'A funny but
also touching diary praised for its wit and realism' BBC Radio 4
Front Row
A sixty-ton humpback whale lies stranded, gasping for breath, on
the sands of Cape Cod... and there's just one girl in the world who
knows who he is. When Jessaloup is transformed into a boy, Isabel
has to teach him to walk, talk, and act human, so that together
they can raise the alarm about a terrible natural disaster that's
threatening the East Coast. With the calamity's deadline drawing
near, the two teens must overcome skepticism, jealousies,
misunderstandings, and even some atrociously bad music, if they are
to Save the Humans. A follow-up to the "magical" Isabel of the
Whales, Jessaloup's Song clears up the mystery of Isabel's origins,
while exploring teenage love and celebrating the family ties that
bind all species.
A literary page-turner about one man's macabre ambition to create
life-and secure immortality
The village of Wolfheim is a quiet little place until the
geneticist Dr. Victor Hoppe returns after an absence of nearly
twenty years. The doctor brings with him his infant children-three
identical boys all sharing a disturbing disfigurement. He keeps
them hidden away until Charlotte, the woman who is hired to care
for them, begins to suspect that the triplets-and the good doctor-
aren't quite what they seem. As the villagers become increasingly
suspicious, the story of Dr. Hoppe's past begins to unfold, and the
shocking secrets that he has been keeping are revealed. A chilling
story that explores the ethical limits of science and religion,
"The Angel Maker" is a haunting tale in the tradition of "The
Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" and "Frankenstein."
Brought to life by internationally bestselling author Stefan Brijs,
this eerie tale promises to get under readers' skin.
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