Brodie Logan's once-idyllic marriage has ended, & moving back into her childhood home
- a large family house overlooking Liverpool
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Books Contemporary Fiction Books The debut novel from award-winning comedian & actress, Janey Godley! GLASGOW, 2019: Sharon has rushed home at the news her mother has been admitted to hospital. It's clear Senga's life is coming to an end. As Sharon gathers family & friends together to say goodbye, Senga, as always, does things in her own mysterious way. She instructs Sharon to find the red diary she kept in the 1970s & to read it. There's something Senga needs to talk about while she still has time. The journey into her mother's past is both shocking & surprising, forcing Sharon to re-evaluate her own childhood, her marriage & what she wants her own future to hold. GLASGOW, 1976: Life in the tenements of Shettleston is a daily struggle. You need your wits about you to survive, & your friends. Senga has both in spades: she is part of the Shettleston 'menage' alongside her friends Bunty, Sandra, Philomena & Isa, & whatever life hands to them
- cheating husbands, poverty, illness, threats & abuse
- they throw something back just as hard. These women are strong because they need to be. & they never, ever walk away in times of crisis
- as Sharon is about to find out.   Product Information:  •†ISBN:† 9781529357158 •†Author: Janey Godley •†Publisher:†  Hodder Paperbacks •†Format:†  Paperback •†Pages:† 256 •†Dimensions:† 12.8 x 2.2 x 19.6 cm


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Presenting an account of one of the strangest episodes in British political history, this work tells of Shirley Porter's wealthy upbringing as the daughter of Jack Cohen, the founder of Tesco; her rise to power in Westminster; & about the scandal & its aftermath. ...

Through the distorted vision of a university lecturer, the truth about William Shakespeare's love life emerges: his affairs with a black woman & a golden man, his conflicted relationship with his wife, his affection for a young boy. Beginning with a childhood obsession with words the life & romance of the great Bard is unfolded. ...

Two small towns in Colorado: Hope & Despair. Between them, nothing but twelve miles of empty road. Jack Reacher can't find a ride, so he walks. All he wants is a cup of coffee. What he gets are four redneck deputies who want to run him out of town. ...

Their lives were perfect until they met each other. Lady Hero Batten is perfect, well-mannered & beautiful with an impeccable pedigree. After years of waiting for a gentleman to sweep her off her feet, she has decided to do her duty & settle for a proper society marriage to Thomas Remmington, the Marquess of Mandeville. True, the marquis is a trifle dull & lacks a sense of humour, but he is handsome & rich. Griffin Remmington, Lord Greyson, the Marquess' younger brother, is not at all perfect. In fact, some have called him the most notorious rake in London. When Griffin meets Hero he thinks that she is much too intelligent for society, let alone his brother. Their duel of words soon sparks a fire in them both, despite the fact that Hero's marriage to Thomas is drawing ever nearer. ...

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The Notting Hill Mystery was first published between 1862 & 1863 as an eight-part serial in the magazine Once a Week, written under the pseudonym Charles Felix. It has been widely described as the first detective novel, pre-dating as it does other novel ...

~ Notting Hill ~ William Thacker (Hugh Grant) is the owner of a bookshop in the heart of Notting Hill, London. One day, by a one-in-a-million chance, the world's most famous actress, Anna Scott (Julia Roberts), comes into his shop. So begins a tale of rom ...