THE SUNDAY TIMES & NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. ` If you liked GONE GIRL & THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN, you might want to pick up THE WIDOW by Fiona Barton. ” Engrossing. Suspenseful”. (Stephen King). We`ve all seen him: the man
- the monster
- staring from the front page of every newspaper, accused of a terrible crime. But what about her: the woman who grips his arm on the courtroom stairs
- the wife who stands by him? Jean Taylor`s life was blissfully ordinary. Nice house, nice husb&. Glen was all she`d ever wanted: her Prince Charming. Until he became that man accused, that monster on the front page. Jean was married to a man everyone thought capable of unimaginable evil. But now Glen is dead & she`s alone for the first time, free to tell her story on her own terms. Jean Taylor is going to tell us what she knows. Du Maurier`s REBECCA meets WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN & GONE GIRL in this intimate tale of a terrible crime. ” The ultimate psychological thriller”. (Lisa Gardner).


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`I CAPTURE THE CASTLE meets THE VIRGIN SUICIDES. An eccentric & totally irresistible read` Glamour Rosalind. Bianca. Cordelia. The Weird Sisters. Rose always first, Bean never first, Cordy always last. The history of our trinity is fractious
- a constantly shifting dividing line, never equal, never equitable. Two against one, or three opposed, but never all together. Our estrangement is not drama-laden
- we have not betrayed one another`s trust, we have not stolen lovers or fought over money or property or any of the things that irreparably break families apart. The answer, for us, is much simpler. See, we love each other. We just don`t happen to like each other very much.

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Set in the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur, The Wife is the story of three professional women who have to reconcile the contradictions of modernity & traditional Islamic conceptions of a woman`s role. Rosmini Shaari draws heavily on her own experiences in this very personal novel. Sofia, a savvy, college- educated woman with modern sensibilities, now plays the role of the traditional Muslim wife to womaniser Halim. In a dramatic opening scene, she confronts her husband`s young mistress, Nora, & realizes that the life she had imagined is nothing but a fantasy. Faced with the threat of polygamy, can Sofia recapture her husband`s affection once again, or should she rebel? The Wife`s take on female emancipation within Islamic cultures will resonate widely. There has rarely been a novel by a Muslim woman that talks so openly about sexuality, heartbreak, love or lust. ...

Now a Richard & Judy Book Club pick & New York Times top-ten bestseller.`A fiendishly clever thriller in the vein of Gone Girl & The Girl on the Train. This one will keep you guessing.`
- Anita Shreve, author of The Stars are Fire When you read this book, you will make many assumptions. It`s about a jealous wife, obsessed with her replacement. It`s about a younger woman set to marry the man she loves. The first wife seems like a disaster; her replacement is the perfect woman. You will assume you know the motives, the history, the anatomy of the relationships. You will be wrong. The Wife Between Us is the first collaboration between Greer Hendricks & Sarah Pekkanen; a gripping thriller with film rights sold to the creators of The Girl On the Train.
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The extraordinary story of an indomitable 95-year-old woman
- & of the most extraordinary century in Ethiopia`s history. A new
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FROM THE WINNER OF THE GUARDIAN CHILDREN`S FICTION PRIZE. This is the story of a boy named Kester. He has rescued the last wild animals in the world, & saved his capital city from destruction. But now he must face his greatest challenge yet, because: 1. The only blue whale on the planet has brought news from across the ocean; 2. A mysterious steel dome has risen from the Four Towers; 3. Out there, somewhere, a brave mouse holds the key to the future... ...

In this compelling & elegant travel memoir, John Gimlette returns to Guyana, the Wild Coast in South America, to discover his ancestral colonial history
- one of brutal, cruel & often uncomfortable truths. Intrigued by the tale of a distant ancestor who perished on the Wild Coast in 1630, John Gimlette returns to South America to find out what has become of this primeval l&. It is a journey that takes him through the old colonies of British, Dutch & French Guiana, through some of the most fantastic forests in the world & through four hundred years of shameless
- & often horrifying
- colonial history. Gimlette's ancestor, Robert Hayman died in agony on the Wiapoko River, where the Wild Coast comes to an end. In death, he realised something that other Europeans would take several centuries to discover: that Guiana, formed by slaving & civil conflict would exact a terrible price for its beauty, & would rarely share out its wealth.


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This wild flower identification guide was first published in 1981 & is still widely accepted as the best of its kind for its combination of meticulous illustrations & the use of keys to aid recognition. For this new edition, the Latin names have been revised in accordance with the current classification system. It is now published as the ideal book for the serious student of British & north-west European wild plants, providing a bridge between picture identification guides & the non-illustrated academic floras. ...

Once there were six sisters. The pretty one, the musical one, the clever one, the helpful one, the young one.. . And then there was the Wild one. Dortchen Wild has loved Wilhelm Grimm since she was a young girl. Under the forbidding shadow of her father & the tyranny of Napoleon`s army, the pair meet secretly to piece together a magical fairy tale collection. The story behind the stories of the Brothers Grimm. ...

A new compendium of adventures, from the best-selling Wild Guide series (winner of travel guidebook of the year 2015). This guide to Portugal, one of Europe`s fastest growing adventure holiday destinations, explores the hidden parts of its better known tourist areas, as well many more remote regions, rarely visited by tourists. Guiding you to over 800 wild swims, ancient forests, lost ruins & hidden beaches. Including traditional eateries, local festas & rustic places to stay. ...