I was blown away The Girlfriend is the most marvellous psychological thriller '
- Jilly Cooper The Number One bestselling debut
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Dark secrets a devastating mystery & the games people play the gripping new novel from the bestselling author of The House We Grew Up In & The Third Wife You live on a picturesque communal garden square an oasis in urban London where your children run free in & out of other people's houses You've known your neighbours for years & you trust them Implicitly You think your children are safe But are they really? Midsummer night a thirteen-year-old girl is found unconscious in a dark corner of the garden square What really happened to her? & who is responsible? Utterly believable characters a gripping story & a dark secret buried at its core this is Lisa Jewell at her heart-stopping best ...

THE WORLDWIDE BESTSELLERIf you're lost they'll find you Evie Boyd is fourteen & desperate to be noticed It's the summer of 1969 & restless empty days stretch ahead of her Until she sees them The girls Hair long & uncombed jewelry catching the sun & at their centre Suzanne black-haired & beautiful If not for Suzanne she might not have gone But intoxicated by her & the life she promises Evie follows the girls back to the decaying ranch where they live Was there a warning? A sign of what was coming? Or did Evie know already that there was no way back?A coming-of-age tale like no other the book of the summer' Grazia ...

The Sunday Times Top Ten Bestseller The New York Times Top Ten Bestseller The UK's best selling hardback debut novel of 2016 Selected as a Book of the Year 2016 in the Evening Standard Observer & The Times California The summer of 1969 In the dying days of a floundering counter-culture a young girl is unwittingly caught up in unthinkable violence & a decision made at this moment on the cusp of adulthood will shape her life ' This book will break your heart & blow your mind' Lena Dunham Evie Boyd is desperate to be noticed In the summer of 1969 empty days stretch out under the California sun The smell of honeysuckle thickens the air & the sidewalks radiate heat Until she sees them The snatch of cold laughter Hair long & uncombed Dirty dresses skimming the tops of thighs Cheap rings like a second set of knuckles The girls & at the centre Russell Russell & the ranch down a long dirt track & deep in the hills Incense & clumsily strummed chords Rumours of sex frenzied gatherings teen runaways Was there a warning a sign of things to come? Or is Evie already too enthralled by the girls to see that her life is about to be changed forever? ...

Disc 11 Here Come the Girls
- Ernie K-Doe 2 I Kissed a Girl
- Katy Perry 3 Don&t Stop the Music
- Rihanna 4 About You Now


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Beautifully packaged reissue of one of Muriel Spark's best loved novels The Girls of Slender Means' Long ago in 1945 all the nice people in England were poor allowing for exceptions' In the May of Teck Club
- a London hostel 'three times window shattered since 1940 but never directly hit'
- the young lady residents do their best to act as if the war never happened They practice elocution & jostle one another over suitors & a single Schiaparelli gown But behind the girls' giddy literary & amorous peregrinations they hide some tragically painful secrets & wounds' You girls are my vocation I am dedicated to you in my prime'' Reading the novel as a young woman was a random gift; rereading it today is to encounter the rarest of fiction & to appreciate the early & enduring genius of Muriel Spark' Carol Shields Guardian' One of Spark's most evocative novels' Anne Taylor Muriel Spark was born & educated in Edinburgh She was active in the field of creative writing since 1950 when she won a short-story writing competition in the Observer & her many subsequent novels include Memento Mori (1959) The Ballad of Peckham Rye (1960) The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1961) The Girls of Slender Means (1963) & Aiding & Abetting (2000) She also wrote plays poems children's books & biographies She became Dame Commander of the British Empire in 1993 & died in 2006

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July 2016 Margot Goodwin arrives as the new curate at St Mark's Highbury She's one part exhilarated ten parts terrified This is the most important twelve months of her life Can she convince everyone
- herself included
- that she's more than a five foot eight redhead with a Ph D & a penchant for Max Factor's Mulberry Lipfinity? 328 pages Rowland Louise

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A friendly reassuring & positive guide for girls as they approach puberty explaining the changes that will happen to their bodies as they grow up & how these changes might make them feel Covering everything from periods & breast development to body hair & personal hygiene puberty & parenting expert Anita Naik addresses any worries that girls may have relating to what is 'normal' She reassures readers & boosts their confidence encouraging them to feel positive about the changes they will experience as they go through puberty The book also

Includes:: lifestyle advice on topics like healthy eating & exercise & information on how puberty affects boys Topics covered What is puberty? Your puberty timeline Breasts & bras Same age different stage Skin changes Sweat smells & personal hygiene Hair in new places Down there What are periods? The practical side of periods Coping with periods Sex explained Making babies New feelings Managing your moods Healthy eating The power of exercise Self-esteem & body image Privacy & your body Puberty for boys Boys have worries too

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Tracklist Yanks Stones & Sunlight 2 Being True (band version) This Is Love Greener Grass Public Girls (demo) How To Be The Landmark C Me Working It Out You Were The One Unsettled Hash Here Comes Love 2 Piano Piece Stones & Sunlight 3 Mistakes In Love ...

A profound essay collection from the beloved author of Gilead Houskeeping & Lila now including Marilynne Robinson's conversation with President Barack Obama Robinson has plumbed the depths of the human spirit in her trilogy of novels
- Pulitzer Prize-winning Gilead Orange-Prize winning Home & National Book Critics Circle Award-winning Lila
- & in her moving essay collection When I Was a Child I Read Books Now in The Givenness of Things she brings a profound sense of awe & an incisive mind to the essential questions of contemporary life & faith Through fourteen essays of remarkable depth & insight Robinson explores the dilemmas of our modern predicament How has our so-called Christian nation strayed from so many of the teachings of Christ? How could the great minds of the past Calvin & Locke-and Shakespeare-guide our lives? & what might the world look like if we could see the sacredness in each other? Exquisite & bold these essays are a necessary call for us to find wisdom & guidance in our cultural treasures to seek humanity & compassion in each other The Givenness of Things is a reminder of what a marvel our existence is in its grandeur
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