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A sparklingly original, funny and very contemporary novel about a woman confronting the disappointments of her past. Life less than perfect? Want to do something about it? It's easy... Nothing's working for Anna. She's always obsessing over the wrong men; her social life embarrasses her; she lives in a condemned flat and her career is in a cul-de-sac. She knows she deserves a Notting Hill, loft-apartment existence, with a cupboard for everything and a couch filled with beautiful friends. So where did it all go wrong? Even Anna's new job in radio, working on Pammy's Problem Call, is a problem. But it does give her the opportunity to meet Sean -- Harrison Ford-handsome self-help guru to the stars. He untangles people's lives, shows how they can go back, put past mistakes right and move on. People like Anna. All she has to do is achieve Closure and everything will be exactly how she wants it...won't it?
A fresh new British talent is revealed in this entertaining debut, where Sarah Harris anatomises the not-so-brilliant careers of three aspiring 20-somethings in the unforgiving worlds of television news and parliamentary politics. A novel about female ambition today, WASTING TIME opens with three nail-biting job interviews: Ellen's for producer on 'Fast News' tv programme; Myra's for press officer for the Pluralists; and Susan's for secretary at Dutton's department store. Each girl has her own particular hang-ups. Ellen is uptight, paralysed by her desperate attempts to keep up with world events. Myra is disorganised, can't keep a boyfriend or sustain her commitment to all the 'causes' she adopts. Meanwhile Susan's naivety makes her open to victimisation by cynical colleagues. Ellen, Myra and Susan don't know each other, but by the end of the novel their paths have crossed with significant results. As for the reader, these girls hold up a dizzying mirror of self-recognition in a novel both bitingly true and ultimately poignant.
How do you solve a mystery when you can’t understand the clues? ’A rich tapestry... distinctive and compelling’ Observer ’A stunning whodunnit’ Mail on Sunday ‘A beautiful, original novel, at once funny and tragic and brave’ Sarah Pinborough
NORMAL (definition) (adj.) Conforming to a standard; regular, typical or expected (urban) A word inapplicable to human beings (Florence) Round, smooth and bumpy like a cobbled street Florence doesn't always see things the way other people do. She feels different. When Florence meets Jasper, Andrew and Wilf she can't imagine they'd have much in common - with at least five mental health conditions between them, they all have very different reasons for being referred to Manor Lane Therapy Centre. It's only when their therapist, Howard, goes missing that they find a common purpose. Worried by his disappearance and wanting answers, the four of them decide to track him down. As they cross the coun...
‘A beautiful book about unexpected friendships and daring to dream’ Ruth Hogan ‘About a Boy meets Educating Rita... warm and big-hearted’ Sarah Vaughan Behind every ordinary day, behind every ordinary story, there’s an extraordinary one just waiting to happen...
Can true love ever survive across time? Everyone says falling in love is supposed to be easy. But what happens when you meet the perfect man...in your dreams? Especially when you find out he was real and died one year ago - on the bridge you had agreed to meet on for your first date. Wouldn't you try to go back in time and change the course of destiny to create your very own happy-ever-after? But the path to true love is never without complications, and meddling with the past can have unexpected consequences... The must-read time travel romance for fans of Maybe in Another Life, Sliding Doors and About Time.
Provides practical examples of how to interface with peripherals using RS232, SPI, motor control, interrupts, wireless, and analog-to-digital conversion. This book covers the fundamentals of digital logic design and reinforces logic concepts through the design of a MIPS microprocessor.
A train travels its route and observes its passengers as they get on and off. A silent, disillusioned commentator of human behaviour, its eyes see through the windows and register everything, even its passengers’ most intimate moments. An elegant woman and a businessman, in particular. A reflection on the fickleness of relationships seen through non-human eyes which nonetheless clearly see the pettiness of human mistakes. Number of characters: 21.082
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For the first six years of her life, Sarah Harris was a normal, happy, popular little girl. But from the age of six her life was a living hell - as she became the victim of a vicious 18-month hate campaign. Before long her happy childhood had been destroyed forever.