On a crystal clear Mediterranean day, Briony Mc Allister sits playing with her four-year-old daughter, Katie, while she waits for her mother, Valerie, to join them. Valerie has recently moved to a picturesque town in southern Spain to finally leave behind her turbulent past & find a peace that has always eluded her. Briony has no idea that in a few moments' time her relationship with her mother will change irrevocably. As Katie plays, Briony pulls from her bag an old photo album, found in a box in her mother's new home. As she begins to study the faded photos, a letter falls to the ground. It is addressed to her. My Darling Briony, it begins. As Briony reads the words with mounting shock, realisation dawns. Her mother lied to her about what happened with her beloved grandmother Tessa all those years ago
- & denied Briony that most precious of relationships, the type of relationship Valerie now enjoys with Katie. The lives of three generations of women are set to change forever as the past is revisited & the truth unfolds through the undelivered letters Tessa wrote to Briony over the years. Secrets, lies, betrayals & sacrifices
- the complex bonds between mothers, daughters & granddaughters are intricately explored as Patricia Scanlan takes us into the hearts & homes of a family at war. Read by Deirdre Purcell

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At times of personal crisis, in traumatic circumstances or at moments of great peril, countless people have drawn strength & courage not from some inner well of fortitude, but from a source completely outwith their own control. They have been inspired by the words of a mysterious mentor who appeared at just the right moment. They have been emboldened by the feeling that an invincible army stood alongside them, yet they were completely alone. All have been left in no doubt that, in their hour of greatest need, angels walk beside them. ...

A fantastic reel of long, decorative with love design ribbon in a fantastic high quality material, that measures 2m long.



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Juliet Joyce adores Christmas. She loves the presents, the tree, the turkey, the tinsel, everything. Already the festive spirit is upon her, which is just as well as this Christmas things are starting to get out of h&. Her son Tom is out of work & bringing home a slew of unsuitable partners; pregnant daughter Chloe & her little boy have moved back in; Juliet's father, Frank, is getting over a heartbreak of his own & Rita, her eccentric mother, is behaving more erratically each day. & has the chaos got too much for Juliet's husband Rick? With the big day fast approaching, Juliet hopes that she can stop everything spiralling out of control, because the only thing she wants is her family all around her & her home to be filled ...

?? Theres something incredibly erotic about a woman? ? his voice drops into breath, he can barely say it ? ?bound. Hidden, ? he continues. ? Wrapped. Think of Heloise & Abelard. Unwrapping themselves, all their clothes, their known lives ? for each other, no one else. The cheongsam?will you wear it? For me?? You nod your obeyance?? You remember a man whose only pleasure was in giving. You escape from the drudgery of married life in memories of that first affair, with a man who thrilled with your desire. Who asked you to try everything in a quest to find the extremes of your love. The story of an education in love with the most compelling hero since Christian Grey; discover passion reawakened in WITH MY BODY? ...

Lucy is growing up in Dublin, dreaming of fitting in. Being like Alison from next door, with the good exam results, tennis prizes & the lovely boyfriend. That would be great. Unfortunately, she's not. Instead, she fails at exams, has never won a prize worth having & her relationships are never quite what they should be. Muddling her way to London to find work, have adventures & generally get away from her parents, Lucy lands a dream job. She doesn't really know what she's doing & spends most of her days trying to look busy by running everywhere & hiding with a good book. She even has a go at a relationship with the boss, but to no avail. Eventually, when a family crisis forces Lucy to grow up, she's going to realise that if she wants a better life, she'll have to take matters into her own hands. ...

From playing in the park to cuddles at bedtime, being with Mummy makes every moment of every day special.

A touching celebration

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Alistair Taylor was privy to all the secrets that we were never supposed to know. Now, on the 50th anniversary of Ringo's appointment as drummer, he reveals for the first time what it was really like to ride the rollercoaster that was the sixties with The Beatles. ...

Landing on the beach at Peleliu in 1944 as twenty-year-old new recruit to the US Marines, Eugene Sledge can only try desperately to survive. This memoir tells the cruelty, bravery & deaths of the men he fought alongside, & of his own journey from patriotic innocence to battle-scarred veteran. ...

A Handmaid's Tale for a new generation! Sixteen-year-old Rhine Ellery has only four years left to live when she is kidnapped by the Gatherers & forced into a polygamous marriage. Now she has one purpose: to escape, find her twin brother, & go home -- before her time runs out forever. ...