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‘You'll be instantly dazzled’ STYLIST
‘Breathtaking … I adored it’ ELIF SHAFAK
‘Masterful’ DOUGLAS STUART
‘Another future classic’ GOOD HOUSEKEEPING
Min Jin Lee, the acclaimed author of Pachinko, returns with a breathtaking epic that follows one family as they reckon with personal dreams and familial duty.
The perfect novel for anyone who has ever dreamt of a fresh start…
“If you enjoyed Dream Harbor and are a fan of paranormal, come join me in Maple Hollow… my next obsession series from Laurie Gilmore“-NetGalley Reader
“Cozy and atmospheric… a delicious blend of small town romance, paranormal magic and swoon worthy tension… will have you howling for the next book!”–Elena Armas, New York Times bestselling author
Aysegül Savas’s acute and tender collection explores the distances we keep, and those we try to close, in the age of connectivity. A researcher abroad in Rome eagerly awaits a visit from her long distance lover, only to find he is not the same man she remembers. An expat meets a childhood friend on a layover and is dismayed by her unexpected contentment. A newly pregnant woman considers the taboo of sharing the news too soon, but can’t resist when an opportunity comes to patch up a damaged friendship. ‘Long Distance’ showcases Savas’s devastating talent for the short story. Her shrewd encapsulations of contemporary life often centre on characters displaced more by choice than circumstance, characters both determined to install themselves in new lives and preoccupied with the people they’ve left behind.
It’s time. Mary, an ex cop, and her husband Pete, a former librarian, have decided to move into a retirement village. Selling their beloved house should be a clean break, but the past, it seems, has other ideas. A detective calls with new information about the case of their son, Will, who died in an accident 40 years earlier. Mary finds herself returning to the last months of her sister’s shortened life. And Pete is haunted by memories of his late mother, who developed delirium and never recovered. An unforgettable novel of rare power and grace, this story poses the questions we all eventually face, if we’re lucky – or unlucky – enough. How do we care for others? How do we face each new phase of life? And how do we ever cope?
Welcome to Starlight Palms, a favourite retirement facility among Hollywood actors and industry professionals tucked away just outside of sunny Palm Springs. Filled with forgotten scream queens, eccentric screenwriters, and heartthrobs of the past, it has a brand-new resident: Vera Stein, age forty. Vera knows she’s missed her chance at a life worthy of the silver screen, just like she missed her chance at ever finding true love. But Vera isn’t one to take chances. She’s spent most of her adult years caretaking for her dying mother and her movie star boss’s ego. Now abruptly houseless and jobless, Vera has nowhere to land, so to grandmother’s house we go!
Rocky, Nick, Willa and Jamie. A normal loving, anxious, messy relatable, family. Rocky has her own her way of processing disasters: 1. This could happen to us. 2. This couldn’t happen to us. And then there’s a secret third column: ‘This could happen to us unless I am very careful/superstitious/grateful’. So when a former classmate of Jamie’s dies in a seemingly random accident, Rocky becomes obsessed. She’s also developed a niggling medical condition that won’t go away. On the surface, she is still living her best life as the irreverent, funny, unpredictable beating heart of her family. Her father is his unique, adorable self; Willa is prone to bouts of existential angst whilst berating the fact that her mother has zero filter; Nick is steady, logical, sometimes infuriating. But if accidents can happen – and they do – is it safe to love anyone?
When Daisy wakes up next to James – the annoying black sheep of their friendship group – she can’t believe what she’s done. The problem is there are no good men left. At least, that’s what Daisy and her best friend Maya think. They’re all taken. Even the average ones have beautiful, seemingly perfect girlfriends. Fed up with modern dating, Daisy and Maya decide to start ‘The Project’ to create a good guy out of some frankly embarrassing raw material. And who better to start with than James, the man who once told her he’s never cried in his entire life and sounded proud of that fact? Embarking on a series of lessons, from pretentious art exhibitions to feminist book clubs, clothes shopping trips and messy house parties, Daisy takes James on a journey of discovery. But which one of them will change more?
Mairéad, a child-free talent agency head, has her orderly life upended when her estranged sister's daughter comes to stay after a mysterious accident. What begins as a temporary arrangement soon throws everything into question.
When writer Caroline Lash arrives in Greenhead, she falls immediately for its scenic beaches and New England charm – and even harder for Van Whittaker, a gorgeous, fleece-wearing, litter-collecting, kayak enthusiast. She meets his friends: Augusta, old money and uptight; Fran, drowning in everyone else’s problems whilst keeping two kids (and an inebriated husband) afloat; and Bailey, who is sexy, confident – and inconveniently pregnant with Van’s child. Determined nothing will dull the shine of her new romance, Caroline joins the friends as they run wild through Greenhead, drinking on houseboats, gossiping on beaches while their children paddle, and playing risky games. It seems the fun will last forever – until it doesn’t.
“This is a book about all the kinds of love: friends, family, partners… All are Loved Ones. It is a book about grief and death and about how life goes on. It is a bit sad but also joyful and even boastful. It is a debut and it has some faults, but it is a promising debut and I can already see this adapted for television or made into a film.”
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‘THE FUNNIEST BOOK YOU’LL EVER READ ABOUT GRIEF’ MAGGIE SHIPSTEAD
‘PERFECTLY CAPTURES THE MESSINESS, HEARTACHE AND BEAUTY OF GRIEF’ RED MAGAZINE
Fleeing a pitch-dark past, Emilia Innocenti arrives in a tiny village deep in the mountains of Piedmont, Northern Italy, with one aim; to hide away from the world. Surrounded only by a handful of inhabitants, the looming Alps and the weight of her own terrible crime, Emilia is determined to let isolation be her punishment. Equally intent on cutting himself off from the world is Bruno, one of her only neighbours. In the wake of a devastating loss, living in complete solitude seems like the perfect complement to the pain in his heart. But when Emilia and Bruno meet, the two realise they can’t be alone forever – and maybe, they no longer want to be. As Emilia’s dark secret threatens to break the surface, both will question everything they thought they knew about each other – and themselves.
Everly is the matchmaking mastermind of her family, but her own love life is a bit of a flop. Back from four years in Dublin, she’s ready for a quiet summer on Fletcher Mountain helping launch her aunt’s animal rescue centre – until Conri ‘Wolf’ Reilly shows up. Wolf is her college roommate’s infuriating twin brother. He’s brooding, Irish, and college rugby’s resident bad boy with thighs that could crack a watermelon. His red card reputation has trashed his rugby prospects, until a training camp in Denver comes calling. As a favour, Everly reluctantly gets Wolf a place to stay if he volunteers at the rescue centre. Now Everly’s finds herself working and living next door to the Irish tattooed grump who treats her like a nuisance, but looks at her like he could press her up against a hay bale until they forget their own names.
Zoe, Al, Rachel, Rob, Yas and Indie. Six friends who were inseparable at university, who have all had their secret or not so secret passions for each other, their own hopes and fears. Over the years, they have gone their separate ways. Rob is a history teacher, with a string of broken relationships behind him. Yas is a surgeon and very much her own woman. Indie is married and a successful coffee entrepreneur. Rachel is a stay at home mum with two children. Al, widowed young, is about to take over his father’s funeral business. When Rob’s engagement party throws the gang together once more, some passions are reignited, old connections and resentments resurface. Over the next twelve months, there will, among the friends, be a birth, a marriage, and a death – but whose?