The day that Hilary & David have been waiting for has finally arrived & as the church bells ring out for the arrival of the bride everyone's fingers are crossed for the day to go without a hitch The festivities set the tone for the year ahead & there's more love in the air in Burracombe as planning continues for both Dottie & Joe's & Frances & James's nuptials There's nothing like a wedding to bring the village together Times are changing in Burracombe & as young & old embark on new adventures it's time to say goodbye But with friends like these a goodbye is rarely for ever so instead we'll say a very fond farewell Return to Burracombe in Lilian's next book A Child in Burracombe a prequel to the series that will show you where it all began ...

The hit BBC TV series CALL THE MIDWIFE is based on the memoirs of Jennifer Worth chronicling her life as a midwife in London in the 1950s FAREWELL TO THE EAST END is the third book in the trilogy Following on from the bestselling CALL THE MIDWIFE & SHADOWS OF THE WORKHOUSE Jennifer brings her story to a conclusion Post-war life could be a struggle
- the devastating effects of TB dangerous backstreet abortions people driven to extremes by poverty
- but there was also warmth & humour Like Megan&mave the identical twins who share the same browbeaten husband; the eccentric Sister Monica Joan; & gauche debutante Chummy who wants to be a missionary FAREWELL TO THE EAST END shines a light on the lives culture & stories of a bygone era & is both moving & heartwarming in equal measure

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The third & final book in the bestselling CALL THE MIDWIFE series the basis of the major BBC TV series This final book in Jennifer Worth&s memories of her time as a midwife in London&s East end brings her story full circle As always there are heartbreaking stories such as the family devastated by tuberculosis & a ship&s woman who &serviced& the entire crew as well as plenty of humour & warmth such as the tale of two women who shared the same husband! Other stories cover backstreet abortions the changing life of the docklands infanticide as well as the lives of the inhabitants of Nonnatus House We discover what happens with the gauche debutant Chummy & her equally gauche policeman; will Sister Monica Joan continue her life of crime? Will Sister Evangelina ever crack a smile? & what of Jennifer herself? The book not only details the final years of the tenements but also of Jennifer&s journey as she moves on from the close community of nuns & her life takes a new path ...

Quick-witted sharp-tongued Connor Lambert won't take it any longer the bullying the secrets the sympathy He's been dying from cancer for years but he's not dead yet He's going down fighting Forming an unlikely friendship with fellow juvenile delinquent Skeates the pair stage a break out & set off on a crazy tour across Scotland -- dodging the police joy riding & extreme partying -- to find Connor's dad an inmate at Shotts prison But Connor's left two things behind -- the medication he needs to keep him alive & the girl who makes living bearable A fresh & bold debut novel full of heart guts & raw emotion Farewell Tour of a Terminal Optimist is a brilliantly funny thrilling exploration of friendship identity & mortality populated with witty sharply drawn characters ...

In this tale of goodies & baddies set on the Adriatic coast Dada is on a hunt for her own heroes & the truth behind her brother's unexpected suicide 180 pages Savicevic Olja ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play Offbeat grisly black comedy from the Coen brothers Minnesota car salesman Jerry Lundegaard (William H Macy) deeply in debt arranges for the kidnapping of his wife in order to obtain a sizeable ransom from her father to pay off both his henchmen & his debts However all does not go according to plan Frances Mc Dormand won the Best Actress Academy Award for her portrayal of the heavily pregnant Police Officer assigned to the case while the film also won Best Original Screenplay ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play The Coen Brothers& Best Picture Oscar nominee transforms into the season&s most talked about TV debut Fargo features a new "true crime" story & new charactersall chilled in the trademark dry wit murderous mayhem & " Minnesota nice" of the original classic film Oscar-winner Billy Bob Thornton stars as Lorne Malvo a anipulative master criminal who changes the life of insurance salesman Lester Nygaard (Martin Freeman) Gus Grimly (Colin Hanks) & Molly Solverson (Allison Tolman) are the small-town police officers who join forces to uncover Lester&s secrets & stop the relentlessly destructive Malvo ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play William H Macy plays Jerry Lundegaard a Minneapolis car salesman who is by all accounts a loser He is desperately in debt so decides to hires two thugs (who are bigger losers than he is) to kidnap his wife in the hope that his wealthy father-in-law (who bullies him regularly) will pay the ransom When one of the kidnappers goes off the rails & events career out of control it falls to Marge Gunderson Chief of the Brainerd Police Department to set things right Arguably the best of the Coen brothers films (they won an Oscar for the script) featuring two of their best usual suspects Steve Buscemi & Frances Mc Dormand who won the Best Actress Oscar for her performance in this role The film raked in a range of other prestigious & International Awards 36 in total
- including best direction at Cannes & David Lean Award for Direction at the 1997 BAFTA awards Actors Frances Mc Dormand William H Macy Steve Buscemi Peter Stormare & Harve Presnell Director Joel Coen & Ethan Coen Certificate 18 years & over Year 1996 Screen Widescreen 169 Anamorphic ; Fullscreen Languages English ; French ; Spanish
- Dolby Digital (51) Subtitles Croation ; Dutch ; English ; English for the hearing impaired ; French ; Polish ; Portuguese ; Spanish Duration 1 hour & 34 minutes (approx) Region Region 2
- Will only play on European Region 2 or multi-region DVD players


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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Offbeat grisly black comedy from the Coen brothers Minnesota car salesman Jerry Lundegaard (William H Macy) deeply in debt arranges for the kidnapping of his wife in order to obtain a sizeable ransom from her father to pay off both his henchmen & his debts However all does not go according to plan Frances Mc Dormand won the Best Actress Academy Award for her portrayal of the heavily pregnant Police Officer assigned to the case while the film also won Best Original Screenplay ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play The complete second season of the anthology crime drama inspired by the 1996 film directed by the Coen brothers Set in the town of Fargo North Dakota the series follows beautician Peggy Blumquist (Kirsten Dunst) & her butcher husband Ed (Jesse Plemons) as they endeavour to cover up a fatal hit-&-run that killed Rye Gerhardt (Kieran Culkin) the son of organised crime family matriarch Floyd Gerhardt (Jean Smart) The episodes are & Waiting for Dutch& & Before the Law& & The Myth of Sisyphus& & Fear & Trembling& & The Gift of the Magi& & Rhinoceros& & Did You Do This? No You Did It!& & Loplop& & The Castle& & & Palindrome& ...