After losing her family in the Great War, Nell is grateful to marry Stan Hibbert, believing she can recapture a sense of family with him.

But five years on, she is just another back-street housewife, making every penny do the work of tuppence & performing miracles with scrag-end. When she discovers that Stan is leading a double-life, she runs away to make a fresh start.

Two years later, in 1924, Nell has carved out a fulfilling new life for herself & her young children in Manchester, where her neighbours believe she is a respectable widow & a talented machinist.

But the past is hard to run from, & Nell must fight to protect the life she has made for herself & her children.

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• ISBN: 9780749023416
• Author: Susanna Bavin
• Publisher: Allison & Busby
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 478
• Dimensions: 20 x 13 x 3cm













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Famous both on & off the pitch, David Beckham has reached iconic status during a career spanning 16 years & taking in four of the world's biggest clubs. Born in east London, Beckham began his football career at Tottenham Hotspur but signed schoolboy forms for Manchester United on his 14th birthday. he was part of the team that won the FA Youth Cup in 1992 &, having made his senior debut in 1994, soon established himself as United's right-sided midfielder. Beckham was integral to the club's success during his time at Old Trafford, winning six Premier League medals, two FA Cups & being part of the legendary Treble-winning side of 1998. Beckham has also been a major player for England since making his international debut in 1996. His infamous sending off against Argentina in the 1988 World Cup looked set to ruin his England career but thanks to his impressive performances & his attitude on & off the pitch, he won supporters round & became England captain in 2000. Similarly, Manchester United supporters were rocked by Beckham's move to Real Madrid in 2003, but he his still held in high regard by the club & fans alike. Awarded an OBE in 2003, Beckham is now an iconic figure in English football & has been instrumental in England's bid host the 2018 World Cup. Although injury sadly put paid to his dream of playing in the 2010 Finals, his status is such that he travelled with the England team to South Africa to act as a mentor. As much as a brand as a footballer, & with a celebrity lifestyle most can only dream of, David Beckham is much more than a footballing legend. This in-depth biography traces the incredible accomplishments of the kind-hearted & talented star who has taken the world by storm. ...

When Retreat owner Amy offers three lucky competition winners a holiday on the Cote d’ Azur, she has no idea that this act of

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It is Halloween in King's Lynn, & forensic archaeologist Dr Ruth Galloway is attending a strange event at the local history museum
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The essay lays bare the woman artist’s struggle for a voice, since throughout history she has been denied the social & economic independence assumed by men.

Woolf’s prescription is clear: if a woman is to find creative expression equal to a man’s, she must have an independent income, & a room of her own. This is both an acute analysis & a spirited rallying cry; it remains surprisingly resonant & relevant in the 21st century.

The novel explores these issues more personally, through the character of Rachel Vinrace, a young woman whose ‘voyage out’ to South America opens up powerful encounters with her fellow-travellers, men & women.

As she begins to understand her place in the world, she finds the happiness of love, but also sees its brute power. Woolf has a sharp eye for the comedy of English manners in a foreign milieu; but the final undertow of the novel is tragic as, in some of her finest writing, she calls up the essential isolation of the human spirit.

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• ISBN: 9781840226799
• Author: Virginia Woolf
• Publisher: Wordsworth Editions
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 463
• Dimensions: 20 x 13 x 2.5cm













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Details: TV producer Fliss Benson receives an anonymous card at work. The card has sixteen numbers on it, arranged in
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TV producer Fliss Benson receives an anonymous card at work. The card has sixteen numbers on it, arranged in four rows of four -- numbers that mean nothing to her. On the same day, Fliss finds out she's going to be working on a documentary about miscarriages of justice involving cot-death mothers wrongly accused of murder. The documentary will focus on three women: Helen Yardley, Sarah Jaggard & Rachel Hines. All three women are now free, & the doctor who did her best to send them to prison for life, child protection zealot Dr Judith Duffy, is under investigation for misconduct. For reasons she has shared with nobody, this is the last project Fliss wants to be working on. & then Helen Yardley is found dead at her home, & in her pocket is a card with sixteen numbers on it, arranged in four rows of four.. . ...

One night in July, 1870, tragedy strikes the families of Tuttle Hill. For sweet-natured Sassy, life will never be the same. Her father's remarriage to a wealthy widow, who is jealous of Sassy's growing beauty, means a new world where she is both unwelcome & out of place, Sassy has long worshipped wayward Thomas. For him, though, the allure of visiting gypsies is irresistible. His escape to them leads him into the violence of bare-knuckled fighting, & then across an ocean to join the American Gold Rush. His return home will bring Sassy more heartache, but also hope... ...

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