Fifty-three, long married, and in the throes of menopause, Laura is dismayed. She’s always tolerated her journalist husband’s belittling insults and manipulation—but at least she got some peace when he was busy at his job. Now he’s working from home, and her life is becoming a nightmare. Laura’s blessed escape comes in the form of book-club meetings where her female friends commiserate and joke about raging hormones and rogue chin hairs. She also runs into an ex-boyfriend, and their renewe...

A BBC Radio collection of dramatisations and readings of Maeve Binchy’s sparkling storiesIrish writer Maeve Binchy was one the best-loved and most successful authors of her time. Her bestselling books sold over 40 million copies worldwide, and were translated into 37 languages. This comprehensive anthology of her finest fiction, as heard on BBC Radio, demonstrates all the warmth, wit and compassion that made her so popular.It opens with Firefly ...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA WHODUNNIT DAGGER 2026LONGLISTED FOR THE ILP JOHN CREASEY FIRST NOVEL DAGGER 2026'Utterly delightful and crackling with wit, I could not put this down!' KRISTIN PERRIN, New York Times bestselling author of HOW TO SOLVE YOUR OWN MURDER'Alluring and impressive . . . a powerful new voice to the genre' ELLE COSIMANO, New York Times bestse...

A collection of full-cast dramas from one of Ireland's foremost writers - plus Elizabeth Bowen's thoughts on the novelist's craftElizabeth Bowen was one of the 20th century's most distinctive writers. An associate of the Bloomsbury Set, she was a keen observer of upper-middle-class life and relationships. Best known for her novels of the Anglo-Irish gentry and wartime London, her fiction displays recurring themes of loss, rootlessness and displacement. This collect...

Using high-quality evidence from around the world, this essential text draws together experts to critically examine our knowledge and understanding of elements of physiological labour and birth care, looking at how it can be translated into real-world midwifery practice.This textbook evaluates what we know about how skilful midwifery care improves outcomes and experiences for childbearing women, discussing different models of midwifery and maternity care and their impact on the org...