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Joanna
Three generations of women--Joanna, her mother, Kitty, and Kitty's mother, Florence--recount the developments and changes in their relationships with each other, in a chronicle that reveals the effect of Kitty's emotional instability on her mother and her
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Balancing Act
Family and business, husbands and wives, parents and children. It's always a balancing act... In this emotional and thought-provoking novel, multi-million copy bestselling author Joanna Trollope expertly weaves a study of familial relationships with a lightness of tone and real sense of compassion. Fans of Elizabeth Noble, Erica James and Amanda Prowse will not be disappointed. 'To be relished.' -- The Times 'Joanna Trollope's evocations of human relationships are, as ever, penetrating and engaging.' -- Daily Express 'A joy to read' -- ***** Reader review 'A great read, very engrossing and hard to put down' -- ***** Reader review 'A real page-turner' -- ***** Reader review 'Sublime' -- *****...
The One He's Been Looking for
Looking for the perfect woman for his final work, photographer Ian Sterling decides artist Jordan Brand shall be his inspiration, while he loses his sight and their mutual feelings grow.
Balancing Act: Free Ebook Sampler
A free sampler of the new novel from this ever-popular bestselling author, including the first two chapters Susie Moran is a success. She has founded and run her own highly profitable company, and now her three daughters are all involved in the business. Rooted in the traditions of the Stoke-on-Trent potteries, and producing charming, useable objects of distinctive design, Susie is justly proud of her family and her achievement – and has no intention of letting it change. But what of the men in the family? Susie’s husband, a musician and artist, has always seemed happy to take a back seat. One of her sons-in-law has few ambitions outside the home. Another daughter, though, has brought her husband into the company - and they want to change things, much to Susie’s distress. And then, into the mix arrives Susie’s father, an ageing hippy who abandoned Susie as a baby. Now he’s alone, and wants to build bridges , although Susie’s daughters are outraged at the idea. Can the needs of a family business override the needs of the family itself? In wanting to preserve her business, will Susie lose something much more precious?
The Tea Ladies of St Jude's Hospital
The heartwarming and hilarious bestseller by the author of treasured novels, The Single Ladies of Jacaranda Retirement Village and The Great Escape from Woodlands Nursing Home The Marjorie Marshall Memorial Cafeteria has been serving refreshments and raising money at the hospital for over fifty years, long after anybody can remember who Marjorie Marshall actually was. Staffed by successive generations of dedicated volunteers, the beloved cafeteria is known as much for offering a kind word and sympathetic ear (and often unsolicited life advice) as for its tea and buns. Stalwart Hilary has worked her way up through the ranks to Manageress; Joy has been late every day since she started as the c...
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Girl from the Tower a Journey of Lies
"Ten-year-old Joanna, caught in the aftermath of the Greek Civil War, the untimely death of her father and her mothers unwavering love and sacrifice is placed into a special UN adoption program supported by Queen Frederica and, for a child living on the barefoot peninsula of Pergos, it seems to be a dream come true. After all, America is the land of chocolate and walking dolls and so, like a celebrity, she leaves a childhood behind to embark on a journey that changes her life forever. Her new American parents, a Russian-born monarch and a Bulgarian of high society, forbid her to speak Greek, force her to eat intolerable food, and confine her to her room. Joanna's life becomes a nightmare as she longs for home but fears she's been abandoned and forgotten. This true story of a young girls journey bursts open the well-intentioned but flawed American intervention following the Greek Civil War. The strong bond between mother and daughter and how love overcomes distance, time, and hardship in her final journey a magnificent but emotional reunion."
Truce
Georgia Manifold leaves a family home over - flowing with love, with books and politics, poetry and music, and passionate outspoken argument. It is a life dominated by a father whom she resembles, and a mother who understands her too well. From this inheritance, Georgia sets out to make her own life. The sudden death of her father draws her home again, away from the security of an understanding lover and into a destructive affair. Consumed by the seductiveness of sexual love, Georgia's life is thrown off balance. Johanna Murray - Smith, an acclaimed playwright and screenwriter, has written a stunning debut novel.
Joanna Godden
Sheila Kaye-Smith (4 February 1887 - 14 January 1956) was an English writer, known for her many novels set in the borderlands of Sussex and Kent in the English regional tradition. Her 1923 book The End of the House of Alard became a best-seller, and gave her prominence; it was followed by other successes and her books enjoyed worldwide sales.Kaye-Smith's fiction was noted for being rooted in rural concerns: the nineteenth century agricultural depression, farming, legacies, land rents, strikes, the changing position of women, the effects of industrialisation on the countryside and provincial life. Admirers of her work included her close friend G. B. Stern (with whom she collaborated on two bo...
