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AS FEATURED ON EMMA KENNEDY'S BOOKSHELF 'IMMERSIVE, AMAZING,
REMARKABLE' MARIAN KEYES 'JANET ELLIS WRITES WITH TENDERNESS AND
WISDOM' ERIN KELLY 'AN ATMOSPHERIC, CLEVER NOVEL THAT WILL GET
UNDER YOUR SKIN' RED Marion Deacon sits by the hospital bed of her
dying husband, Michael. Outwardly she is, as she says, an
unremarkable old woman. She has long concealed her history - and
her feelings - from the casual observer. But as she sits by
Michael's bed, she's haunted by memories from almost forty years
ago . . . Marion Deacon is a wife and mother, and not particularly
good at being either. It's the 1970s and in her small village the
Swinging 60s, the wave of feminism, the prospect of an exciting
life, have all swerved past her. Reading her teenage daughter's
diary, it seems that Sarah is on the threshold of getting
everything her mother Marion was denied, and Marion cannot bear it
- what she does next has terrible and heart-breaking consequences
for the whole family. Janet Ellis writes of the exquisite pain of
being in the wrong place at the wrong time, the complexity of
family and a mother-daughter relationship that is as memorable as
it is utterly believable. 'ELLIS WRITES BEAUTIFULLY' DAILY MAIL 'AN
EMOTIONAL EPIC' GOOD HOUSEKEEPING 'AFFECTING, ENGAGING AND
READABLE' OBSERVER 'A TALE OF SILENCES, SECRETS AND
MISUNDERSTANDINGS' MAIL ON SUNDAY 'ENGROSSING' MIRROR
'IMMERSIVE, AMAZING, REMARKABLE' MARIAN KEYES 'WONDERFUL' EMMA
KENNEDY 'JANET ELLIS WRITES WITH TENDERNESS AND WISDOM' ERIN KELLY
'AN ATMOSPHERIC, CLEVER NOVEL THAT WILL GET UNDER YOUR SKIN' RED
Marion Deacon sits by the hospital bed of her dying husband,
Michael. Outwardly she is, as she says, an unremarkable old woman.
She has long concealed her history - and her feelings - from the
casual observer. But as she sits by Michael's bed, she's haunted by
memories from almost forty years ago . . . Marion Deacon is a wife
and mother, and not particularly good at being either. It's the
1970s and in her small village the Swinging 60s, the wave of
feminism, the prospect of an exciting life, have all swerved past
her. Reading her teenage daughter's diary, it seems that Sarah is
on the threshold of getting everything her mother Marion was
denied, and Marion cannot bear it - what she does next has terrible
and heart-breaking consequences for the whole family. Janet Ellis
writes of the exquisite pain of being in the wrong place at the
wrong time, the complexity of family and a mother-daughter
relationship that is as memorable as it is utterly believable.
'ELLIS WRITES BEAUTIFULLY' DAILY MAIL 'AN EMOTIONAL EPIC' GOOD
HOUSEKEEPING 'AFFECTING, ENGAGING AND READABLE' OBSERVER 'A TALE OF
SILENCES, SECRETS AND MISUNDERSTANDINGS' MAIL ON SUNDAY
'ENGROSSING' MIRROR
With half of the UK's grandparents aged under 65, being a granny is
no longer all blue rinses, hip replacements and bingo. Happy,
healthy and energetic, the modern gran is worlds away from the
little old biddy stereotype. If you're a new gran, or about to
become one, The New Granny's Survival Guide is your essential
handbook for grandparenting. Packed full of sanity-saving advice
from Gransnet - the number one online platform for grannies - this
book covers everything you need to know to be a brilliant gran.
With practical guidance, hilarious insights and fresh ideas, you'll
discover: * Top tips for entertaining your grandchildren * Advice
on building great relationships with in-laws * Guidance on how to
cope with broken families, competitive grannies and difficult
situations * Suggestions for how to juggle your own social life
with being a hands-on gran With a foreword by Janet Ellis and full
of wit and wisdom, The New Granny's Survival Guide is the perfect
companion for today's dynamic grannies.
***LONGLISTED FOR THE DESMOND ELLIOTT PRIZE 2016*** 'KNOWS HOW TO
KEEP HER AUDIENCE HOOKED' The Times 'A MASTERFUL STORYTELLER' Clare
Mackintosh 'DARK, WEIRD AND GLORIOUSLY FEMINIST' Elle Georgian
London, in the summer of 1763. At nineteen, Anne Jaccob, the elder
daughter of well-to-do parents, meets Fub the butcher's apprentice
and is awakened to the possibilities of joy and passion. Anne lives
a sheltered life: her home is a miserable place and her parents
have already chosen a more suitable husband for her than Fub. But
Anne is an unusual young woman and is determined to pursue her own
happiness in her own way... ...even if that means getting a little
blood on her hands. 'A SHARP EYE AND A SHARPER WIT' Guardian 'A
SPIRITED, DARK DEBUT' Woman & Home 'STRANGE, DARK AND UTTERLY
MESMERIC' Hannah Kent *And Janet Ellis's second, darkly compelling
novel, How It Was, is out now*
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