by Emma Beddington (Macmillan) ISBN: 9781447285793 This is a memoir by lawyer-turned-writer, Emma Beddington. As an adolescent, she decides to Become French and so immerses herself in French culture, relationships and France. She grows up, inevitably life happens, and she begins questioning if the French fantasy matches reality. Ultimately she is seeking “home” and this memoir […]
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by Jo Spain (Quercus) ISBN: 9781784295639 From the moment this book begins, you are plunged into the edgy, creepy Irish atmosphere. The plot is based on actual occurrences in the Magdalene Laundries – houses for “fallen women”. You probably have a notion that that these places existed, but did you know that the last one
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by Lucinda Riley (MacMillan) ISBN: 9781447288565 This is the second in a series where Pa Salt, reminiscent of GUM in Ballet Shoes, collects babies and sends them home – to his “palace” in Geneva. Now Pa Salt is deceased (maybe), leaving each daughter clues about her real parentage. Ally is The Storm Sister, an accomplished sailor
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This One Time by Alex van Tonder (Macmillan) ISBN: 9781770104235 Alex van Tonder has used her advertising experience to create a social media thriller, with multimedia, reality TV and advertising as players in a terrifying game. Superstar blogger, Jacob Lynch, AKA Brodie Lomax, has 11 million followers and his own reality show. This unlikeable protagonist is
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