Its 1937 & Abigail Vickers enjoying her promising new job in an office is overjoyed when she meets James Benson there & they both fall completely in love. But life for Abby is a constant struggle against her dominant & selfish mother Nora who is jealous of Abbys beauty & success. When war breaks out all their lives change forever. In the furore of patriotism that follows James signs up & Abby swears to wait for him joining the land army to do her bit. But when Abbys father is involved in a dreadful accident a terrible secret that Nora has been carrying for years is revealed tearing the family apart. After receiving heartbreaking news of James Abby begins to wonder if she will ever find happiness. Only time will tell if there are better days ahead... ...

' At the turn from our bedroom into the hallway there is an old full-length mirror in a wooden frame.. . This reflected version of myself shaking rumpled pinched & slightly stooped would be alarming were it not for the self-satisfied expression pasted across my face. I would ask the obvious question What are you smiling about?" but I already know the answer: " It just gets better from here."' Struck with Parkinson's
- a debilitating degenerative disease
- at the height of his fame Michael J. Fox has taken what some might consider cause for depression & turned it into a beacon of hope for millions. In Always Looking Up Michael's Sunday Times bestselling memoir he writes with warmth humour & incredible honesty about the journey he has undertaken since he came to terms with his condition."

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Struck with Parkinsons
- a debilitating degenerative disease
- at the height of his fame Fox has taken what some people might

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Anne Watts grew up in a small village in north Wales in the 1940s. Inspired by school geography lessons that told of far-off lands she broke out of the conventional options open to women in post-war Britain defying her Merchant Navy father's dated views. She trained as a nurse & midwife joined the Save the Children Fund & was posted to Vietnam in 1967. One of only three British nurses in the region Anne was faced with a vision of hell that her training at Manchester's Royal Infirmary had barely prepared her for. Thrown in at the deep end she witnessed the random cruelty of warfare nursing injured & orphaned children & caring for wounded & dying servicemen. She went on to take her skills to the victims of Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge in Cambodia to Lebanon during the Israeli occupation & Saudi Arabia during Desert Storm. Over some forty-five years Anne has brought her courage & compassion to those most in need of help. Woven into this vivid compelling memoir is perhaps the most moving story of all
- how Anne's idyllic childhood was shattered by a shocking family tragedy when she was 10 years old. A tragedy that was to shape her destiny.
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Frances is a thirty-something lowly sub-editor but her routine colourless existence is disrupted one winter evening when she happens upon the aftermath of a car crash & hears the last words of the driver Alys Kyte. When Alyss family makes contact in an attempt to find closure Frances is given a tantalising glimpse of a very different world: one of privilege & possibility. The relationships she builds with the Kytes will have an impact on her own life both professionally & personally as Frances dares to wonder whether she might now become a player in her own right... ...

Alzheimer's disease & age-related memory loss are on the increase. The burden this condition places on sufferers their families & health care systems is immense. In this reassuring & practical book top nutritionist & mental health expert Patrick Holford argues that memory decline & Alzheimer's disease can be arrested & the risks of developing such diseases reduced significantly if you take action early. THE ALZHEIMER'S PREVENTION PLAN is based on research into nutritional medicine from experts around the world & features the latest scientific findings on how nutrition can help prevent this devastating condition. It features a specially formulated Alzheimer's prevention diet & a ten-step plan to enhance your memory which

Includes:: a simple test to discover your risk & reverse it in eight weeks; memory boosting vitamins & minerals; essential fats that help your brain think faster; & simple lifestyle changes & exercises to keep your mind young.

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If you have been affected by dementia this book is for you. You may have been recently diagnosed you may know someone who is experiencing symptoms or you may be caring for someone with the condition. Dementia can be challenging & confusing affecting carers family & friends as well as the person diagnosed. This book answers 276 questions from all these people about the realities of dementia & will provide you with the knowledge to help you to understand the condition & take control. It outlines the different care options that are available & suggests a variety of strategies for coping. It tells you where to go for help & guidance on legal financial & other matters & gives advice on how to prepare for the future & make difficult decisions. ...

An illustrated guide to spotting dandies cads eccentrics & other species of English gentlemen. Am I A Chap? seeks to classify every species & subspecies of English gentleman that one may observe throughout the seasons within these isles. From the flamboyant young fop to the crusty old duffer Am I A Chap? will help readers to spot them all in their natural habitat. The book looks at established chaps such as Beau Brummell Max Beerbohm Edward VIII & Cary Grant; deceased dandies such as the Comte de Montesquiou & Fred Astaire; contemporary chaps such as the Gentleman Explorer the Libertine the Old Codger the Country Squire the Bohemian Chap the City Gent. It takes a look at the finer details of clothing from the Cravat to the Brogue via the Hacking jacket the Umbrella the Walking cane the Fair Isle sweater Pyjamas the Blazer Spats & of course the Panama. There are tips on where to find them where they tend to gather & the emporia worldwide whither Chaps progress in order to equip themselves. Laced with delicate humour & a wry wit this is an indispensable handbook for the coat pocket of every enthusiastic chap-spotter all over the world. ...

Carolyn Bramhall grew up in what seemed to outsiders to be a normal home with hard-working parents surrounded by apparently caring relatives. She graduated from Bible college married found a job as a youth worker. Then nightmares & panic attacks started to swamp her. She her husband & two small children moved to work in America but the internal stresses grew worse
- & a host of other personalities started to make their presence felt. In due course 109 separate entities each created to carry some aspect of truly ghastly past pain would identify themselves. What could she do?
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Readers of the brilliant Telegraph Letters page as Ian Hislop recently lauded it will be fondly aware of the eclectic combination of learned wisdom wistful nostalgia & robust good sense that characterise its correspondence. But what of the 95 per cent of the papers huge postbag which never sees the light of day? Some of the best letters inevitably arrive too late for the 24/7 news cycle or dont quite fit with the rest of the days selection. Others are just a little too whimsical or indeed too risque to publish in a serious newspaper. & more than a few are completely & utterly (and wonderfully) mad such as the missives youll find within these pages from someone who signs himself merely as M" & believes himself to be the head of MI6. Now the Telegraph gives the authors of these unpublished letters the stage at last. Baffled furious defiant mischievous they inveigh & speculate on every subject under the sun from the rubbish on television these days to the venality of our MPs from Kate Winslets decolletage to this countrys unhealthy obsession with marmalade. All those Telegraph readers who wondered if anyone else had noticed that the lunatics had finally taken over the asylum & sat down to write to their favourite newspaper to test the waters
- they need howl into the void no longer. They are not alone."
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