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Ghost Girl, Banana
A GRAZIA BOOK CLUB PICK, Ghost Girl, Banana is a powerful debut novel about the family secrets unearthed by a surprise inheritance. Set between Hong Kong in the 1960s and London in the 1990s, and revealing the hidden life of a mother to her daughter, it asks questions of identity, race and belonging. 'A real nail-biter ... so winningly chronicled by Wharton' NEW YORK TIMES 'Ambitious ... readers won't be disappointed as Wharton ultimately resolves many mysteries in the book' GUARDIAN 'An astounding debut ... written with emotion and astuteness, this deserves to be on book prize lists' PRIMA 1966: Sook-Yin is exiled from Kowloon to London with orders to restore honour to her family. As she st...
How to Have a Baby on EBay
When Wiz Wharton found out she was pregnant in 2005, she was living in rented accommodation in London with no regular income. Determined to provide her baby with everything he might need but knowing she'd have to do it at the fraction of the normal cost, she found her solution on eBay, the world's largest online auction site. With the sort of military precision only reserved for the truly obsessed or the truly pregnant, Wiz compiled a file of everything she was going to need, from maternity wear, to nursery equipment, via sterilisers, nappies and toys. What she discovered was that with a little bit of research, some streetwise bidding tactics and patience you can pick up all you need in next-to-new condition for far, far less than normal retail prices; An invaluable, money-saving, planet-friendly guide for the modern age.
One Woman Show
MARIE CLAIRE BEST BOOKS OF 2023 'Funny, clever and unexpectedly profound - I couldn't put it down' Helena Attlee 'It is remarkable how much information she can convey about Kitty’s life . . . solely using wall labels' Independent Prized, collected, critiqued. One Woman Show revolves around the life of Kitty Whitaker as she is defined by her potential for display and moved from collection to collection through multiple marriages. Christine Coulson, who has written hundreds of exhibition wall labels for the Metropolitan Museum of Art, precisely distils each stage of Kitty's sprawling life into that distinct format, every brief snapshot in time a wry reflection on womanhood, ownership, value and power. Described with wit, poignancy and humour over the course of the twentieth century, Kitty emerges as an eccentric heroine who disrupts her privileged, porcelain life with both major force and minor transgressions. As human foibles propel each delicately crafted text, Coulson playfully asks: who really gets to tell our stories? 'Heartbreaking and funny . . . truly masterful and patient and insane, in the best way' Leanne Shapton 'Wry, humorous, poignant' Spectator
Shiver
They were all there. So which one of them did it? 'A white-knuckle-ride' ERIN KELLY 'An exciting, twisty page-turner' C.L. TAYLOR 'A knife-sharp locked room mystery' HARRIET TYCE When five snowboarder friends meet for a reunion in an isolated mountain lodge in the French Alps, they soon find out no one really knows who invited them. It's been ten years since they've seen each other, and the winter when the enigmatic Saskia went missing. When an icebreaker game they play on arrival turns menacing, they soon realise someone is determined to dig up the secrets of the past. And will go to any lengths to find out the truth of what happened that winter. They were all there. But who has the most to...
The Broken Mirror
Can desire really transform reality? From award-winning novelist Jonathan Coe and distinguished Italian artist Chiara Coccorese comes The Broken Mirror, a political parable for children, a contemporary fairy tale for adults, and a fable for all ages. One day Claire, to escape her quarrelsome parents, takes refuge in the dump behind her house. There she finds a broken mirror, a nasty piece of sharp glass... yet she is strangely drawn to it. She soon discovers it has the power to transform even the most drab reality into a fairy-tale world: the grey sky is reflected blue, and Claire’s modest, suburban house is transformed into the most beautiful castle. As Claire grows older, always accompan...
Bellies
Discover the beautiful coming-of-age story about falling in-and-out of love, brimming with humour and heartbreak. 'Smart, hilarious and deeply moving' Elliot Page, author of Pageboy 'Thoughtful, seductive, and entirely engrossing - Bellies is already a classic' Bryan Washington, author of Memorial and Lot 'Bellies announces Nicola Dinan as a genuine literary talent, a gimlet-eyed cartographer of the human heart' Sharlene Teo, author of Ponti ------------------ It begins as your typical boy meets boy. Tom and Ming meet on a night out at university and fall hard for each other. It’s not long before they are planning a future and building a life. Then Ming announces her intention to transitio...
The First Move
Juliet believes girls like her - girls with arthritis - don't get their own love stories. She exists at the edges of her friends' social lives, skipping parties to play online chess under a pseudonym with strangers around the world. There, she isn't just 'the girl with crutches'. Ronan is the new kid: good looking, smart, a bad boy plagued by guilt over what happened to his brother Ciaran. Chesslife is his escape. Juliet thinks Ronan thinks someone like Ronan could never be interested in someone like her - and she wouldn't want him to be anyway - he always acts like he's cooler than everyone else. Little do they know they've already discovered each other online, and have more in common than they think . . .
Rozgrywka
Gdy grupa przyjaciół spotyka się w opuszczonym schronisku wśród górskich szczytów, rozpoczyna się mordercza gra. Mrożący krew w żyłach thriller, w którym ośrodek w alpach staje się prawdziwym escape roomem. Nikt się stąd nie wydostanie, dopóki nie rozwiąże zagadki. A nawet jeśli mu się uda, nie wiadomo, czy przeżyje. Gdy Milla otrzymuje zaproszenie na spotkanie grupy dawnych przyjaciół w ośrodku narciarskim, który był świadkiem szczytu jej kariery, nie może sobie odmówić wyjazdu. Zwłaszcza że zaproszenie wysłał ktoś szczególnie dla niej ważny. Curtis, Dale, Heather, Brent – minęła dekada, odkąd Milla ich widziała. I tyle samo czasu, od kiedy podcz...
Okay Days
'A charming and clever romance, a perfect summer read' Irish Times 'Tender and spell-binding, Okay Days breaks you all the way open' Annie Lord, author of Notes on Heartbreak 'A beautifully observed portrait of self-discovery and uncertain love' Natasha Brown, author of Assembly 'Reminiscent of Sally Rooney . . . a complex and joyous ode to being in love, messing up and finding your way' Stylist Sam is 28, Swedish, carefree and chaotic. Over the course of three sticky summer months in London, she falls hard for Lucas. Lucas, 27, sensitive and calm, is struggling to get a foothold in the adult world - Sam is a gorgeous distraction. But you can only avoid reality for so long. Nobody can be this happy forever, can they? Okay Days is the story of two people trying to hold the pieces of their life together, while also holding on to each other.
Dark Island (Orkney Mysteries, Book 1)
*SHORTLISTED FOR THE McDERMID DEBUT AWARD 2024**SHORTLISTED FOR THE BLOODY SCOTLAND DEBUT PRIZE 2024**LONGLISTED FOR SCOTLAND’S NATIONAL BOOK AWARD – FIRST BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024*
