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The unforgettable story of a young woman's odyssey through a series of Los Angeles foster homes on her journey to redemption. Astrid is the only child of a single mother, Ingrid, a brilliant, obsessed poet who wields her luminous beauty to intimidate and manipulate men. Astrid worships her...

Filth ( Failed in London, Try Hong Kong) is a successful lawyer when he marries Elisabeth in Hong Kong soon after the war. Reserved, immaculate, and courteous, Filth finds it hard to demonstrate his emotions.

But Elisabeth is different - a free spirit. She was brought up in the Japanese internment camps, which killed both her parents but left her with a lust for survival and an affinity with the Far East. No wonder she is attracted to Filth's hated rival at the bar - the brash, forceful Veneering.

Larry Brown is hailed as one of today's most talented Southern writers. With the release of each book, reviewers and fans offer increasingly enthusiastic praise for the astonishing characters he creates.

At 17, Fay Jones leaves her family's squalid home with $3 in her bra and ragged sneakers on her feet. As she heads for Biloxi, people befriend her (a policeman, his wife, a bouncer) but her impact on their lives is seductive and unpredictable.

After hitting her head, Lucy Sparks awakens in the hospital to a shocking revelation: the man she’s known and loved for years - the man she recently married - is not actually her husband. In fact, they haven’t even spoken since their breakup four years earlier. The happily-ever-after she remembers in vivid detail - right down to the dress she wore to their wedding - is only one example of what her doctors call a false memory: recollections Lucy’s mind made up to fill in the blanks from the coma.

Brooklyn Melody James has finally gotten the punishment she deserves after leaving a web of lies, heartache, and betrayal behind her. As her life slips away, Brooklyn remembers the events that shaped her into the cold, calculating creature she became.

"What I did to them was terrible, but you have to understand the context. This was London, 2016." Bohemia is history. Paul has awoken to the fact that he will always be better known for reviewing haircuts than for his literary journalism. He is about to be kicked out of his cheap flat in east London and his sister has gone missing after an argument about what to do with the house where they grew up. Now that their mother is dead this is the last link they have to the declining town on the north-west coast where they grew up.

Alex finds his mother's political ideas embarrassing; but he is determined that nothing will stand in the way of his desire to become a leading figure in the emerging field of aeronautics - neither his mother nor his growing affection for Tasmin.

RICHARD AND JUDY BESTSELLING AUTHOR 'Gripping, emotional, utterly engrossing' Lisa Ballantyne 'Stunning writing and wonderful nuanced characterisation. I was hooked' Rosamund Lupton For fans of Maggie O'Farrell and Celeste Ng, How It Ends is a sweeping and turbulent drama about the anxieties of...

The Billionaire story is one of the best stories of Danny.

Sie ist jung und erfolgreich, als Schwarze Frau hat sie es in den Olymp der Londoner Hochfinanz geschafft. Ihr Freund kommt aus dem alten Empire, aus betuchtem Hause. Doch als sie zu einer Gartenparty bei seiner Familie eingeladen wird, muss sie am eigenen Körper erfahren, dass erlittenes Unrecht tiefere Wurzeln geschlagen hat, als sie dachte. Ein außergewöhnlicher Roman, der die toxische Wirkung der Vergangenheit in unseren Worten und in unserem Besitz nachzeichnet. Natasha Brown macht das Drama der Gegenwart erfahrbar, das sich aus dem jahrhundertalten Erbe von Sexismus, Rassismus, Klassismus und Kolonialismus ergibt.

Bliv voksen midt i finanskrisen. Vær flink i fjendske omgivelser. Gå på universitetet. Få en uddannelse. Få et job. Gør alt det rigtige. Køb en lejlighed. Køb kunst. Køb en form for lykke. Men vigtigst af alt: Duk hovedet. Vær stille. Og fortsæt. Fortælleren i "Samling" er en ung sort britisk kvinde. Hun forbereder sig på at skulle til en fornem havefest hos sin kærestes velhavende forældre. Samtidig reflekterer hun over, hvem hun egentlig er. Denne samling af alt det rigtige.

The Other Half is a unique collaboration between the leading lights of mystery fiction and country music. An original story by bestselling crime writer Mark Billingham, soundtracked by the powerful and poignant songs of internationally acclaimed Americana duo My Darling Clementine. Pain, loss...

Daphne "Dee Dee" Dupree has arrived at age 41 with a career she loves but a romantic life she doesn't. Insecure about her weight and protective of her often-broken heart, Dee Dee is an expert at hiding her inward struggles from the thousands of Chicago residents who hear her on the radio every night. A successful, charismatic DJ for the local blues station, Dee Dee is still looking for the type of love she's missed since her divorce.

Dr Martin Homer is a GP with a naturally sunny disposition. Honourable, attentive and trusted by all of his patients, Martin has only ever loved one woman - his wife, Sarah. When his mother dies suddenly, Martin's comfortable life is thrown into complete disarray. After sinking into the black dog of grief and depression, he ascends to new heights in a frenzied, manic high.

In the wake of their son's death, the owners of a roadside diner find themselves struggling to make sense of their own roles in a small Yukon town.