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2014
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GREENHILL HOUSE is set in a Residential Treatment Center mainly housing adolescent street kids who have been designated abused, neglected and/or remanded by the courts after being apprehended for criminal behavior. Their treatment, care and recreation is entrusted to professional and line staff who struggle to rehabilitate their charges, most often a frustrating and unrewarding task, further complicated by working under a tyrannical director. The antics of GREENHILL residents are often ver...
In Sickness, in Health ... and in Jail
What happened when my husband unexpectedly went to prison for two years
2016
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'So why did you marry Dad?' my daughter asked. 'Well, over time I got to know him and he made me laugh, and . . . and I knew deep down that, that . . . even though we were really different . . . he was a good person.' Without skipping a beat, she said, 'He's not that good, he's in jail!'After fourteen years of marriage, Mel Jacob's life looked as perfect as the roses perched above her white picket fence. The nice house in the suburbs, two great kids, a good husband. Until . . ....
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2016
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What happens when six pampered Westerners on a spiritual retreat in Bali end up fighting for their lives? A gripping novel from the bestselling author of The Mothers' Group.A breathtaking new novel from the bestselling author of The Mothers' Group and Wife on the Run.Six strangers from across the world meet on the tropical island of Bali to attend a course designed to help them face their fears. Their backgrounds are as diverse as...
One Day in Winter
An absolutely perfect feel-good festive read!
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- A Winter Day Book
2017
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On a cold December's morning...Caro sets off to find the truth: has her relationship with her father been based on a lifetime of lies?Cammy can't wait to surprise the woman he loves with a proposal. All he needs is the perfect ring.Lila can no longer hide her secret. She has to tell her lover's wife about their affair.After thirty years, Bernadette knows it's time. She's rea...
Blame
A searing family drama full of twists
2016
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A tender and terrifying page-turner from the master of white-knuckle suspense and searing family drama.'If you love writers such as Jodi Picoult, Nicole may just be your cup of tea.' The Hoopla'I am here because they suspect me of something. I am here because I am a suspect. I know that, she knows that. Everyone knows that.' Anna'It wasn't my fault. None of this is my fault!' CaroCaro and Anna are best friends... t...
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- The Lovely Lane Series
2017
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A heartbreaking novel from the bestselling author of The Four Streets.Noleen Delaney is one of an army of night cleaners at St Angelus Hospital. Son Finn has done something unheard-of and passed his Eleven Plus exam. How on earth will they pay for his books, his grammar school uniform and shoes?Bronia Ryan has battled depression since her husband died and now one of her sons is in prison. Her youngest, Lorcan, wants no part of a life of crime, but h...
The Anti-Cool Girl
The award-winning, bestselling brutal and hilarious memoir and the first Jennette McCurdy book club pick for 2023
2015
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Brutal, brave, hilarious -- a full-frontal memoir about surviving the very worst that life can throw at you.Rosie Waterland has never been cool. Growing up in housing commission, Rosie was cursed with a near perfect, beautiful older sister who dressed like Mariah Carey on a Best & Less budget while Rosie was still struggling with various toilet mishaps. She soon realised that she was the Doug Pitt to her sister's Brad, and that cool was not going to be her currency in this life.
2017
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What if you only discover someone's secrets when they are gone?30-year-old Dee Harper and her husband, Luke, are blissfully happy. Everyday she makes her loyal parents Val & Don incredibly proud.Jen has been her best friend and 'adopted sister' since their days of teenage crushes, bad 90's make-up and huge hair.They are just like any other group of family and friends, living life, getting by with ...
The Secrets in Silence
A hard-hitting, unputdownable page turner
2014
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A stunning novel about secrets and silence - and how sooner or later the truth must be spoken. Another hard-hitting, gripping and unputdownable read from the queen of white-knuckle suspense and searing family drama.There was so much anger brewing in the child that sometimes Alicia feared for all of them. And now she had gone and done this terrible thing. This terrible, terrible thing.Tara has lost her voice. She knows there was pain and fear but sh...
2017
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An unputdownable drama from the bestselling author of The Girl With No Name.Wynsdown, 1949. In the small Somerset village of Wynsdown, Charlotte Shepherd is happily married and now feels settled in her adopted home after arriving from Germany on the Kindertransport as a child during the war.Meanwhile, the squire's fighter pilot son, Felix, has returned to the village with a fiancée in tow. Daphne is beautif...
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- The Lovely Lane Series
2017
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The perfect read for Christmas, from bestselling author Nadine Dorries.1950s Liverpool.Christmas is the most harrowing time of year for the nurses of St Angelus Hospital.A brilliant nurse secretly battling a fatal illness over Christmas... A starving baby boy abandoned in the freezing cold... A cruel, controlling mother, determined to block her daughter's nursing career at all costs...In the run up to Christm...
My Husband's Wife
A powerful and emotional family drama from the queen of heartbreak fiction
2016
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From the multimillion copy bestseller Amanda Prowse, the queen of heartbreak fiction.***Once a week, Rosie Tipcott counts her blessings.She goes to sit on her favourite bench on the north Devon cliffs, and thanks her lucky stars for her wonderful husband, her mischievous young daughters, and her neat little house by the sea. She vows to dedicate every waking hour to making her famil...











