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Brought to you by Penguin. A TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY EDITION OF THE BOOKER PRIZE-WINNING MASTERPIECE WITH A NEW PREFACE FROM THE AUTHOR High in the Himalayas sits a dilapidated mansion, home to three people, each dreaming of another time. The judge, broken by a world too messy for justice, is...

Christmas morning, 1963. Fifteen-year-old Kitty Doherty gives birth in a cold, unfriendly Irish convent. She knows her beautiful baby boy presents a huge danger to her family's Catholic community back in Liverpool's Four Streets. When her baby is adopted by a wealthy family in Chicago, Kitty considers the problem solved. But soon it's obvious the baby is very sick and only his birth mother can save him. In Liverpool, a charismatic new priest has arrived.

In the Four Streets, a dreadful murder has been committed and 14-year-old Kitty Doherty is pregnant with the dead man's child. This secret is so dangerous that it is decided Kitty must go to Ireland to await the baby's birth. But in Liverpool, the police aren't giving up their search for the...

A heartbreaking novel from the bestselling author of The Four Streets. Noleen Delaney is one of an army of night cleaners at St Angelus Hospital. Son Finn has done something unheard-of and passed his Eleven Plus exam. How on earth will they pay for his books, his grammar school uniform and shoes?...

In the worst winter in living memory, Ruby Flynn is rescued from the tiny cottage on the Atlantic coast where her family has perished. When Ruby is appointed as their nursery maid, a dangerous attraction to the young Lord FitzDeane begins to grow. Soon the tragedies and secrets that link her family to his will threaten to overwhelm them. The darkest sins cast the longest shadows.

The second gripping novel in the Lovely Lane series, from bestselling author Nadine Dorries. Perfect for fans of Dilly Court and Catherine Cookson. The nurses of Lovely Lane – Dana, Victoria, Pammy and Beth – are now in their second year and are about to face some truly harrowing and...

1950s Liverpool. In the tight-knit Irish Catholic community of the Four Streets, two girls are growing up. One is motherless – and hated by the cold woman who is determined to take her dead mother's place. The other is hiding a dreadful secret which she dare not let slip to anyone, lest it rips the heart out of the community. What can the people of the Four Streets do when a betrayal at the very heart of their world comes to light?

Bloomsbury presents Portrait in Sepia by Isabel Allende, read by Blair Brown with Isabel Allende ‘If you were thrilled by The House of the Spirits, you'll love this’ Marie Claire As a young girl, Aurora del Valle suffered a brutal trauma that erased the first five years of her life from her...

Shelves of sequins in a kaleidoscope of colours. Bolts of silk and tulle against the back wall. The sewing room was the last place anyone had seen her daughter alive. Manchester, 1942. Flora Toussaint packs parachutes for the RAF, haunted by the twin daughters she was forced to give up eighteen...

An Irish mother faces her destiny in California as the acclaimed trilogy comes to an end—"a vibrant picture of American history in the mid-19th century" (Historical Novel Society). With her two children, Gracelin O'Malley travels to post–Gold Rush San Francisco to meet the sea captain who...

Alle sieben Jahre blüht der Wald. Von der Mutter gedrängt, heiratet sie mit 21 in eine angesehene Familie, obwohl sie einen anderen liebt. Ganz anders ihre Schulfreundin Burgi, die früh der Enge ihres Elternhauses entflieht und ihrem Drang nach Freiheit unbeirrt folgt. Beide Frauen zahlen einen hohen Preis, um ein selbstbestimmtes Leben zu führen. Aber sie gehen konsequent ihren Weg.

Ballenstedt, 1018: Im Kloster Gernrode ist der Schreiberin Uta, Tochter eines verarmten Burgherrn, ein Leben in Dienst und Einsamkeit vorherbestimmt. Doch als Herzogin Gisela von Schwaben ihr Talent entdeckt, verändert sich ihr Leben schlagartig: Als Hofdame der zukünftigen Kaiserin bereist Uta das Reich und erschließt sich ungeahnte Wissenswelten. Die Freiheit währt jedoch nur kurz. Gegen ihren Willen wird sie mit dem mächtigen Markgrafen Ekkehard von Meißen verheiratet, obwohl sie in dessen Bruder verliebt ist.

Grace Dixon osserverebbe per ore le nuvole nel cielo di Oxford, lasciandosi accarezzare dalla pioggia battente. Hunter Christopher Price, rampollo di una potente famiglia di Londra, è il ragazzo più irresistibile e temuto del college. Grace, però, un concentrato di ottimismo e pungente sarcasmo, non si fa intimidire: vuole godersi la sua nuova vita e lasciarsi alle spalle un passato che ancora brucia. Così, fin dal primo incontro tra le mura della rinomata università di Oxford, Hunter e Grace si odiano con cocente intensità.

Lucy Riwall hat auf der japanischen Insel Soshima die Leitung der knapp vor dem Aus stehenden tsubaki-Manufaktur übernommen und damit keine leichte Aufgabe geschultert. Und sie muss hart arbeiten, um das Vertrauen der Mitarbeitenden zu gewinnen. Dabei denkt sie sehnsüchtig an Finn und fragt sich, ob sie je wieder zusammenkommen werden. Doch auf dem großen Jubiläumsfest in Lucys bretonischer Heimat, zu dem sie mit ihren japanischen Kolleginnen und Kollegen anreist, kommt es zu überraschenden Wendungen und unerwarteten Begegnungen.

Thirty-four-year-old Ruby Bridge is a not-too-successful comedienne who uses her mother, a nationally-syndicated "moral and spiritual counselor" as the main fodder for her cynical, rather bitter humor. Her mother Nora, long divorced from Ruby's father, is a woman whose past is just about to catch up with her - in the form of blackmail by a former lover.

Als Holly Flowers Großvater erkrankt, will er das große Familiengut inmitten der Vulkaneifel an seine drei Enkelinnen überschreiben. Um das Vermächtnis ihres Großvaters zu retten, bringt sie ihre zerstrittene Familie an einen Tisch. Lang gehütete Geheimnisse kommen ans Licht, und Hollys Leben steht plötzlich kopf. Dass ihre heimliche Jugendliebe Raik sich als Rechtsberater ihres Onkels um die Angelegenheiten des Gutes kümmert, bringt noch mehr Chaos in ihre Gefühle, als prickelnde Leidenschaft zwischen ihnen aufflammt.

Prepare to be captivated by an extraordinary new historical two-part series from the acclaimed bestselling author of over fifty novels. In her latest, Dilly weaves a mesmerizing tale that follows the lives of two spirited sisters navigating the tumultuous world of a traveling circus. Set against...

Based on the true story of Alessandro de' Medici, this sweeping novel follows a Black woman's secret plot to put her son on a Renaissance throne. In 1490, a dark-skinned baby girl arrives at the Santo Spirito foundling hospital with a bronze dagger strapped to her chest. Raised by Iye, a scarred...

BY THE BOOK … With her high school reunion coming up, librarian Jayne Gilbert was determined to go with a handsome man on her arm. The finding one. So Jayne decided to rely on her favorite source of books. Riley Chambers had no room in his life for women—especially not this gorgeous innocent...

In Nazi-occupied Belgium, an ordinary merchant ship docks at Antwerp. Hidden deep in its hold lies a mysterious cargo―something the Germans must never find. To stop it from falling into enemy hands, the U.S. Army dispatches a covert unit drawn from the survivors of D-Day, a hardened team of...