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Joan Bakewell has led a varied, sometimes breathless life: she has been a teacher, copywriter, studio manager, broadcaster, journalist, the government’s Voice of Older People and chair of the theatre company Shared Experience. She has written four radio plays, two novels and an autobiography. Now in her 80s, she is still broadcasting. Though it may look as though she is now part of the establishment – a Dame, President of Birkbeck College, a Member of the House of Lords as Baroness Bakewell of Stockport – she’s anything but and remains outspoken and courageous. In ‘Stop the Clocks’, she muses on all she has lived through, how the world has changed and considers the things and values she will be leaving behind.
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This biography of Molly Keane, written by one of her two daughters, provides an honest portrait of a fascinating, complicated woman who was a brilliant writer and a portrait of the Anglo-Irish world of the first half of the 20th century.
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Most famous for ‘The Wilder Shores of Love’, her book about four women travellers, Lesley Blanch was a scholarly romantic and a bold writer. Her lifelong passion was for Russia, the Balkans, and the Middle East. At heart a nomad, she spent the greater part of her life travelling the remote areas her books record so vividly. Edited by her goddaughter Georgia de Chamberet, who was working with her in her centenary year, this book collects together the story of Blanch’s marriage, previously published only in French; a selection of her journalism which brings to life the artistic melting pot that was London between the wars; and a selection of her most evocative travel pieces.
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This Cinderella story revolves around 3 pill-popping showbiz women: Anne, Jennifer, and Neely, a ruthless understudy turned superstar. Together they learn the hard way that fame, fortune, beauty and stardom don’t always equal happiness.
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Joan Bakewell has led a varied, sometimes breathless life: she has been a teacher, copywriter, studio manager, broadcaster, journalist, the government’s Voice of Older People and chair of the theatre company Shared Experience. She has written four radio plays, two novels and an autobiography. Now in her 80s, she is still broadcasting. Though it may look as though she is now part of the establishment – a Dame, President of Birkbeck College, a Member of the House of Lords as Baroness Bakewell of Stockport – she’s anything but and remains outspoken and courageous. In ‘Stop the Clocks’, she muses on all she has lived through, how the world has changed and considers the things and values she will be leaving behind.
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Lila, homeless and alone after years of roaming the countryside, steps inside a small-town Iowa church – the only available shelter from the rain – and ignites a romance and a debate that will reshape her life. She becomes the wife of a minister and widower, John Ames, and begins a new existence while trying to make sense of the days of suffering that preceded her newfound security.
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Du Maurier’s famous tale of suspense, mystery and love concerns Maxim de Winter’s shy new bride and the house she is to inhabit, but that still reverberates to the haunting presence of his previous wife’s influence.
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This is a wonderfully layered memoir about the expectations of love and duty between mother and daughter. The particular time and place, the people and the situation are Lyndall’s, but the division between generations, the pain and the joy of being a daughter are everywoman’s.
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When Rodrigo Borgia buys his way into the papacy, he is defined not just by his wealth or his love for his illegitimate children, but by his blood: he is a Spanish Pope in a city run by Italians. If the Borgias are to triumph, this charismatic politician with an appetite for life, women and power must use papacy and family to succeed.
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Sophia marries, in haste, a young artist called Charles. Swept into bohemian London of the thirties, she is ill-equipped to cope. Poverty, babies and her husband conspire to torment her and she takes up with ageing art critic, Peregrine.
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Sonali Deraniyagala gives the reader a portrait of the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami and its after-effects. At the same time she has brought back to life all those she has lost, so much so that we will never forget them or their lives.
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The authors have produced a book based on fact rather than opinion. It offers mothers-to-be the opportunity to monitor symptoms that can indicate different things at different stages of the pregnancy. Other issues broached include conception difficulties, how to break the news at work and when to tell an older child.
