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A totally heart-wrenching but ultimately uplifting historical novel from bestselling author Pam Howes, about young women facing dark times together with friendship and courage. Fans of Nadine Dorries, Diney Costeloe and Nancy Revell will be captivated. Mersey Square, Stockport, 1959. Jane Wilson's parents met during the war in the north of England, but Jane is more interested in listening to the new rock music than hearing stories about the Blitz. When she meets handsome drummer Eddie Mellor, with his sparkling blue eyes and cool black leather jacket, she knows her life is about to start. But Jane's parents think Eddie's rebellious ways will lead their beloved daughter into trouble. They forbid her from seeing Eddie, telling Jane to get a proper job as a nurse. But Jane cannot stand the idea of life without the boy she loves and secretly continues to see Eddie. The day she finds out that Eddie has betrayed her, she is utterly distraught. Were her parents right all along? Jane is desperate to rebuild her life. Her friends rally round to support her and she gets a job at the local music shop she loves, when to her shock, Eddie invites her to his family home and begs her to reconsider. Just as Jane is feeling tempted, someone pounds on the door of the house bringing shocking news that will change both of their lives forever... Can Jane find happiness with Eddie? And if she does, will her family ever forgive her? This book was previously published as That'll Be The Day. What readers are saying about Pam Howes: ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ 'Heart-wrenching... You will need tissues... I just loved it all... Brought tears to my eyes as I read... Just perfect... 10/10.' NetGalley reviewer ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ 'My heart felt like it was literally going to burst... Gripping... A powerful and moving story that I didn't want to end... A must-read.' By the Letter Book Reviews ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ 'I love this book so much... So many tears were shed whilst reading this I got a blocked nose!... Oh my days I'm so into this... Fantastic.' Read Along With Sue Ward ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ 'WOW what a fabulous book!!... Loads of laughter and tears - it is absolutely a book you will not be able to put down until you finish it, for that reason I had sleepless nights!! I can't recommend it highly enough.' Goodreads reviewer ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ 'Oh what a corker... Fantastic... Tissues ready though, okay?... Literally moved me to tears, filled my arms with goosebumps... Truly spell-binding, humble, and utterly poignant... Historical fiction at its finest.' The Writing Garnet

In the final instalment of this gripping series, past meets present and dark secrets lurk beneath the façade of justice...

New York Times bestsellerFrom the bestselling author of The Clockmaker's Daughter, a sweeping novel that begins with a shocking crime, the effects of which echo across continents and generations.Adelaide Hills, Christmas Eve, 1959: At the end of a scorching hot day, beside a creek on the grounds of a grand country house, a local man makes a terrible discovery. Police are called, and the small town of Tambilla becomes embroiled in one of the most baffling murder investigations in the history of South Australia.Many years later and thousands of miles away, Jess is a journalist in search of a story. Having lived and worked in London for two decades, she now finds herself unemployed and struggling to make ends meet. A phone call out of nowhere summons her back to Sydney, where her beloved grandmother Nora, who raised Jess when her mother could not, has suffered a fall and is seriously ill in the hospital.At Nora's house, Jess discovers a true crime book chronicling a long-buried police case: the Turner Family Tragedy of 1959. It is only when Jess skims through its pages that she finds a shocking connection between her own family and this notorious event?a mystery that has never been satisfactorily resolved.An epic story that spans generations, Homecoming asks what we would do for those we love, how we protect the lies we tell, and what it means to come home. Above all, it is an intricate and spellbinding novel from one of the finest writers working today.

A powerful novel about the construction of the Panama Canal, casting light on the unsung people who lived, loved, and labored thereIt is said that the canal will be the greatest feat of engineering in history. But first, it must be built. For Francisco, a local fisherman who resents the foreign powers clamoring for a slice of his country, nothing is more upsetting than the decision of his son, Omar, to work as a digger in the excavation zone. But for Omar, whose upbringing was quiet and lonely, this job offers a chance to finally find connection.Ada Bunting is a bold sixteen-year-old from Barbados who arrives in Panama as a stowaway alongside thousands of other West Indians seeking work. Alone and with no resources, she is determined to find a job that will earn enough money for her ailing sister’s surgery. When she sees a young man—Omar—who has collapsed after a grueling shift, she is the only one who rushes to his aid.John Oswald has dedicated his life to scientific research and has journeyed to Panama in single-minded pursuit of one goal: eliminating malaria. But now, his wife, Marian, has fallen ill herself, and when he witnesses Ada’s bravery and compassion, he hires her on the spot as a caregiver. This fateful decision sets in motion a sweeping tale of ambition, loyalty, and sacrifice. Searing and empathetic,The Great Divide explores the intersecting lives of activists, fishmongers, laborers, journalists, neighbors, doctors, and soothsayers—those rarely acknowledged by history even as they carved out its course.

?A sprawling, beautiful delight of a novel spanning nearly a century as four generations gradually peel back the layers of long-buried family secrets that may just change everything. ... I immensely enjoyed this sweeping, heartrending, emotional roller coaster of a tale, which made me laugh, cry, and think about the true meaning of family. ? Kristin Harmel, New York Times bestselling author of The Paris DaughterOrphan Train meets Before We Were Yours meets Water for Elephants in this compelling multigenerational novel of survival, love, and the families we make.In 1924, four-year-old Cecily Larson's mother reluctantly drops her off at an orphanage in Chicago, promising to be back once she's made enough money to support both Cecily and herself. But she never returns, and shortly after high-spirited Cecily turns seven, she is sold to a traveling circus to perform as the ?little sister? to glamorous bareback rider Isabelle DuMonde. With Isabelle and the rest of the circus, Cecily finally feels she's found the family she craves. But as the years go by, the cracks in her little world begin to show. And when teenage Cecily meets and falls in love with a young roustabout named Lucky, she finds her life thrown onto an entirely unexpected?and dangerous?course.In 2015, Cecily is now 94 and living a quiet life in Minnesota, with her daughter, granddaughter, and great-grandson. But when her family decides to surprise her with an at-home DNA test, the unexpected results not only bring to light the tragic love story that Cecily has kept hidden for decades but also throw into question everything about the family she's raised and claimed as her own for nearly seventy years. Cecily and everyone in her life must now decide who they really are and what family?and forgiveness?really mean.Sweeping through a long period of contemporary history, The Hidden Life of Cecily Larson is an immersive, compelling, and entertaining family drama centered around one remarkable woman and her determination to survive.

Au cours de sa lune de miel, Titouan reçoit le "mana", l'onction des esprits, au pied d'un grand banian sacré d'un site marquisien.En découlera l'impérieuse destinée d'un être de lumière, un puissant voyage intérieur, des révélations d'une maman mourante, une quête d'identité pour accepter l'inimaginable. Ce petit aixois est le fils naturel d'un des derniers grands chefs cannibales à la tête d'une communauté épargnée par la colonisation et le progrès.Roman inspiré par la spiritualité des autochtones, ode et déclaration d'amour à la Polynésie et à sa culture, cette histoire, bien qu'inventée, est en tous points vraisemblable. Loin des clichés de carte postale, le récit décrit en profondeur les moeurs, les us et coutumes, les personnages qui ont marqué l'Histoire du fenua, terre du bout du monde qui concilie beauté, authenticité, et civilisation d'une richesse restée insoupçonnée.De 1973 à 2004, d'une communauté primitive aux marches de l'Unesco, c'est tout un univers oublié qui réapparait dans le fatum des grands guerriers marquisiens, par le karma et la volonté d'un enfant élu issu des deux cultures.

A badly-wounded stranger awakens from a fever to find himself in a cabin being attended to by a mysterious Indian woman. He has no memory of who he is, or how he came to be there. He learns that he is in New France, Quebec and that he was shot in a hunting accident while wandering the nearby woods. He adopts the name Jacob and slowly rebuilds his life amid the religiously conservative society of New France. He becomes a successful businessman and falls in love. At the height of his prosperity, he is forced into bankruptcy and becomes a reluctant participant in New France's struggle for political autonomy. Following a violent mass protest, he is falsely imprisoned on a murder charge. Years pass before he is finally set free-having endured the loss of his beloved wife while still imprisoned. Embittered and grieving, he struggles to find purpose in a world to which he has become a stranger.

Zwei Schwestern auf dem Weg in eine selbstbestimmte ZukunftDer Auftakt einer bewegenden Familiensaga im München des 19. JahrhundertsMünchen, 1895: Isolde und Elsa führen ein behütetes Leben in der Oberschicht Münchens. Als ihr Vater unerwartet stirbt und die Hofsattlerei vor dem Ruin steht, müssen die Schwestern einen Weg finden, um das Familienunternehmen zu retten. Dabei stehen ihnen nicht nur ihre eigenen Erwartungen ans Leben im Weg, sondern auch gesellschaftliche Vorurteile gegen die sie mit allen Mitteln ankämpfen. Während Isolde versucht ihren Wunsch nach Unabhängigkeit und beruflicher Selbstständigkeit über das familiäre Pflichtgefühl zu stellen, strebt Elsa nach einem glanzvollen Leben in der Münchner High Society und sozialem Aufstieg. Doch ihr Herz hat eigene Pläne und auf einmal muss sie eine Entscheidung treffen, die ihr ganzes Leben verändern wird …Erste Leser:innenstimmen„Eine packende Geschichte über Mut, Liebe und das Streben nach Unabhängigkeit. Klare Leseempfehlung!"„mitreißende Familiensaga, die mich von der ersten Seite an in ihren Bann gezogen hat! Die vielschichtigen Charaktere und ihre individuellen Träume haben mich tief berührt."„Fesselndes Zusammenspiel aus historischen Ereignissen und persönlichen Schicksalen."„Ich habe mit Isolde und Elsa mitgelitten, gelacht und ihre Erfolge gefeiert. Wundervolle Familiensaga!"

Der Roman erzählt die Geschichte einer farbigen Familie der Südstaaten in Amerika der vierziger und fünfziger Jahre. Einer Zeit, die von Rassismus, Diskriminierung und Hass geprägt war.Eine junge, farbige Familie gerät in die Mühlensteine dieser Epoche. Der Vater wird wegen eines Kriegsverbrechens hingerichtet. Die alleinerziehende Mutter versucht der Enge der Südstaaten zu entkommen und zieht in die Großstadt. Dort entwickelt sich ihr Leben zunächst positiv, bis sie ihren Sohn in den Ferien zu seiner Verwandtschaft nach Mississippi schickt, wo ein Tyrann sein Unwesen treibt. Eine fatale Entscheidung! Was dann geschieht, lässt das Unvorstellbare Wirklichkeit werden.Ein Buch über die Abgründe der Gesellschaft, der sozialen Konstruktion von Wirklichkeit generell, der Wahrnehmung von Recht und Unrecht, der Gleichheit und Andersartigkeit. Ein Thema, dass zum Nachdenken und zur kritischen Reflexion einlädt und deshalb Hoffnung macht. (Arnd Brinkmann)

A TODAY Show #ReadWithJenna Book Club Pick"A riveting mother-daughter tale." ? Elle"Radiant. ... An intimate account of one family's planting of roots in American soil and the sacrifices great and small that each member makes along the way.? ? Washington PostA sweeping, evocative debut novel following three generations of Vietnamese American women reeling from the death of their matriarch, revealing the family's inherited burdens, buried secrets, and unlikely love stories. When Ann Tran gets the call that her fiercely beloved grandmother, Minh, has passed away, her life is already at a crossroads. In the years since she's last seen Minh, Ann has built a seemingly perfect life?a beautiful lake house, a charming professor boyfriend, and invites to elegant parties that bubble over with champagne and good taste?but it all crumbles with one positive pregnancy test. With both her relationship and carefully planned future now in question, Ann returns home to Florida to face her estranged mother, Huơng.Back in Florida, Huơng is simultaneously mourning her mother and resenting her for having the relationship with Ann that she never did. Then Ann and Huơng learn that Minh has left them both the Banyan House, the crumbling old manor that was Ann's childhood home, in all its strange, Gothic glory. Under the same roof for the first time in years, mother and daughter must face the simmering questions of their past and their uncertain futures, while trying to rebuild their relationship without the one person who's always held them together.Running parallel to this is Minh's story, as she goes from a lovestruck teenager living in the shadow of the Vietnam War to a determined young mother immigrating to America in search of a better life for her children. And when Ann makes a shocking discovery in the Banyan House's attic, long-buried secrets come to light as it becomes clear how decisions Minh made in her youth affected the rest of her life?and beyond.Spanning decades and continents, from 1960s Vietnam to the wild swamplands of the Florida coast, Banyan Moon is a stunning and deeply moving story of mothers and daughters, the things we inherit, and the lives we choose to make out of that inheritance.

USA Today bestselling author wants to take you to Ireland for a story that will leave you wanting more long after you turn the last page...Twenty-five year old Billie Romano is struggling. She is grieving the death of her beloved dad and nothing in her life is going right. Her mother has remarried with indecent haste, so when her grandfather presents everyone in the family with a DNA testing kit for fun, Billie couldn't be less interested in playing happy families.The test results are shocking, and Billie finds herself caught in a turmoil of emotions as she is faced with a reality she could never have imagined.Her journey of discovery takes her to Ireland, and to the stunningly beautiful Castle Dysert on the Wild Atlantic Coast, when Conor O'Shea once more steps into the role of fixer of problems and soother of troubled souls. Can Billie make a whole new start or are some cans of worms best left closed?

Siddhartha is the most important and adorable work of the Nobel Laureate Herman Hesse. This was nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read. Originally published in 1922, Siddhartha has been translated by many translators and published by many publishers from time to time. ¿¿As the son of a Brahmin, Siddhartha enjoys comfort and privilege while sequestered in his home village. However, as he grows older, his heart is moved by a burning desire to acquire wisdom and new experiences. Telling his father his intentions, Siddhartha and his childhood friend, Govinda, leave the safety of home to join the Samanas, a group of wandering ascetics.As Hermann Hesse's novel unfolds, we follow Siddhartha in his search for meaning and truth in a world of sorrow and suffering. Drawing on both Hindu and Buddhist teachings, Siddhartha expertly explores the tension between the doctrinal dictates of organized religion and the inner promptings of the soul. As Siddhartha grows older, a fundamental truth gradually becomes apparent both to him and to us: there is no single path to self-growth, no one formula for how to live life. Hesse challenges our ideas of what it means to lead a spiritual life, to strive after and to achieve meaningful self-growth through blind adherence to a religion, philosophy, or indeed any system of belief.We should, rather, seek to seize hold of the reality of each moment, which is always new, alive, and forever changing. Hesse uses the potent symbol of a river to convey this sense of vibrancy and flux. The particular brilliance of this novel is the way in which its profound message is delivered through a prose that flows as naturally and shimmeringly as the surface of the river beside which Siddhartha spends the final years of his life.

"She, You, I" is an emotional roller-coaster of a family saga about three generations of women.It's been hailed as "A book of our time," and "A brilliant first novel from a talented and skilled writer."When Skye Stanhope returns to her grandmother's childhood home, she's searching for the roots of her life story. Why her tough-minded granny ran away to war. And why her brilliant mother died.Behind the women's successes, one as an entrepreneur, the other as a financier, lies deep trauma. As Skye strips away the layers of secrecy, she confronts the forces that bound the women together, but also tore them apart. It's a journey from a poverty-stricken tenement block to an airtime airbase, through booming London to a coffee cart beside the sea.Woven into the women's lives is Tseng Hsiao Ling, a feisty, enigmatic seamstress whose fortunes become inextricably linked with theirs.It's a sweeping tale of love, war and family secrets. Of strong women forging their identities in turbulent times. Following the women's lives from before World War II to post-pandemic Britain, it covers the changing role of women, differences of class, race and sexuality, and the lasting impact of domestic abuse. Through each woman's story, "She, You, I" holds up a mirror to the complexity of family relationships: mothers, sisters, daughters, with unexpected twists in Skye's search for closure.What the reviewers say:¿¿Karens Book Bag: "An emotive and gripping story, populated with women you'll identify with for their vulnerabilities and their strengths."Book blogger Becca Scammell: "A brilliant first novel from a talented and skilled writer."CJ Mason, The Fallen Librarian: "Sally has written a gem of a novel...captivating, clever, and considered and a reading experience that I highly recommend you try for yourself."

Blood in the Low Country, the first of the Atkins Family Low Country Sagas, tells the story of a southern family living in Charleston, South Carolina in 1973. The book follows the lives of Monty Atkins, his wife Rose, and their sons Eli and Walker. Rose's childhood is plagued by poverty, abuse, and tragedy. Determined to prove she's better than her past, she relentlessly pushes her sons to succeed in proper Charleston society. When Rose's oldest son Eli, the product of her first, failed marriage, is accused of murdering his girlfriend Kimberly, Rose fears losing everything. Monty believes his son is innocent and hires a detective to find the killer. But when the murderer is revealed, Monty's marriage and everything he holds true are tested. Can Monty and Rose save their family and confront Rose's demons? Only time will tell. A story of love, faith, and redemption, Blood in the Low Country is a must-read for fans of Southern family sagas.

"Et fængslende mysterium; velskrevet med mindeværdige karakterer og masser af dybe, mørke hemmeligheder." - Kate MortonEngland, 1970. Da familien Harringtons hjem i London brænder ned, flytter mrs. Harrington med sine to børn og hushjælp til Foxcote Manor. De omkringliggende skove er dog ikke så fredfyldte, som de ser ud. En dag finder trettenårige Hera en baby efterladt på deres grund. De undrer sig over, hvor hun kommer fra, men tager hende til sig. Den lille pige spreder glæde og håb og lyser husets mørke kroge op. De beslutter at holde hende hemmelig for omverden, men da et lig dukker op i skoven, knuses deres drøm om at forblive en samlet familie. Fyrre år senere har Sylvie taget en stor beslutning og er gået fra sin utro mand. Hun er klar til at starte på en frisk, men hendes teenagedatter begynder at grave i fortiden og beder Sylvie om hjælp. Det bringer hende til Foxcote Manor, hvor sandheden langsomt falder på plads."Døtrene fra Foxcote Manor handler i sidste ende ikke om et mord eller et uhyggeligt hus, men om familie - dem, vi er født ind i, dem, vi selv skaber - og i særdeleshed dem, vi flygter fra." - The New York Times"Eve Chase er en enestående forfatter, og Døtrene fra Foxcote Manor er indtil videre hendes absolut bedste bog. Ingen beskriver familie så komplekst, elskeligt og aldeles troværdigt som hende." - Lisa Jewell

Tyler Fletcher was the star of every one of my teenage fantasies. And I was the forbidden fruit.The younger sister to four older brothers, I was off-limits to every guy in town-especially my brothers' best friend.After finding ourselves alone in the same room when I was eighteen, Tyler and I had one brief, passionate encounter. But he disappeared without a word in the middle of the night. Desperate to get out of my brothers' shadows, and away from Tyler, I fled to Paris. But after losing my job at a luxury hotel there, I found myself in the one place I swore I would never live-back home in Telluride.At a fundraising event at my family's ski resort, Tyler approached me with an offer to partner together to raise money for charity. Desperate to find my footing and prove to my father that I deserved a position in his company, I agreed to Tyler's proposition.Our task was simple: Construct dugouts for local softball teams. Instead, our shared moments were filled with stolen kisses in the outfield, surrendering to the undeniable spark between us.My recklessness won't impress my father, and if he doesn't give me the job, there will be nothing for me here. For Tyler, leaving his family and business isn't an option.We're treading a dangerous line, but what happens if it blows up in my face?

Ena Dudley's new office is a welcome change from her past life investigating wartime spies. Now a private investigator at Dudley Green Associates, she delves into the secrets lurking within London's underbelly.