Abbie Martin has grown up in squalor in one of Liverpool's most deprived areas. The youngest of three, she longs to be loved by her mother, but Ellen spends all her time with her eldest son, while Abbie & her brother, Sam, take refuge with their neighbours, Sandra Lewis & Peter Ryan.

Although vibrant & attractive, Abbie pushes people away with her constant need for reassurance. Infatuated with Peter, she longs for the day when he tells her that he loves her. & Sam is courting Sandra. But Peter & Sandra have a secret
- one that could destroy the friends' relationship should it become known.

Will Abbie finally find the security & affection she has been searching for all her life, or will she always be looking for love...?




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Joy, sorrow, jealousy & awe
- these & other feelings are the stuff of our daily lives. Presumed to be too private for science
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Mary Margaret Hamilton was educated in Scotl&. She was born there too. These may not have been the best possible options, but they were the only ones on offer at the time. Although her father did his best, her knowledge of life is perhaps a little incomplete. Margaret knows the best way to look at the moon, how to wake on time & how to breathe fire. Now she must learn how to live. A. L. Kennedy's absorbing, moving & gently political first novel dissects the intricate difficulties of human relationships, from Margaret's passionate attachment to her father & her more problematic involvement with Colin, her lover, to the wider social relations between pupil & teacher, employer & employee, individual & state. ...

Mary Margaret Hamilton was educated in Scotl&. She was born there too. These may not have been the best possible options, but they were the only ones on offer at the time. Although her father did his best, her knowledge of life is perhaps a little incomplete. Margaret knows the best way to look at the moon, how to wake on time & how to breathe fire. Now she must learn how to live. A. L. Kennedy's absorbing, moving & gently political first novel dissects the intricate difficulties of human relationships, from Margaret's passionate attachment to her father & her more problematic involvement with Colin, her lover, to the wider social relations between pupil & teacher, employer & employee, individual & state. ...

Tim Rushby-Smith is six foot two & highly active, with a love of high places & the great outdoors. Three years ago, with a booming garden design & landscaping business & his wife five months pregnant with their first child, Tim fell six metres out of a tree & broke his back, confining him to a wheelchair.

As he came to terms with his injury, treatment & rehabilitation, Tim faced an entirely new life, in which suddenly many of life

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' There is a new boy I like. I see him every other day when our classes let out at the same time. He has long, dark hair & unbelievably beautiful eyes. Almost immediately I can feel the energy between us, the promise of something to come.'

Kerry first noticed the power she had over the opposite sex at the age of eleven. By the time she was in her teens she was obsessed by boys, & soon she needed sex just to feel alive.

Sleeping with countless partners, Kerry's misguided search for love was getting out of h&. But would she ever find what she really needed?



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' There is a new boy I like. I see him every other day when our classes let out at the same time. He has long, dark hair & unbelievably beautiful eyes. Almost immediately I can feel the energy between us, the promise of something to come.'

Kerry first noticed the power she had over the opposite sex at the age of eleven. By the time she was in her teens she was obsessed by boys, & soon she needed sex just to feel alive.

Sleeping with countless partners, Kerry's misguided search for love was getting out of h&. But would she ever find what she really needed?



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Salamandastron, under the guardianship of old Lord Stonepaw, is under threat from an enemy of immense & terrifying power. Ungatt Trunn, the wildcat who can make the stars fall from the sky, has attacked with his Blue Hordes & is determined that the fortress should be his. The mountain's defences are weak & it seems that nothing can stand in his way. Nothing, that is, but the badger Lord Brocktree, who is drawn to Salamandastron by an undeniable sense of destiny. But if he is to rescue the mountain from Trunn & his verminous hordes, he must gather about him an army capable of defeating them in battle. Together with the irrepressible haremaid, Dotti, & a host of brave creatures, Brocktree journeys to Salamandastron to fulfil his destiny.

A captivating blend of heroism & adventure set against a backdrop of the legendary mountain fortress of Salamandastron.

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