The Brilliant Life of Eudora Honeysett

The Brilliant Life of Eudora Honeysett
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Publisher : HarperCollins
Total Pages : 400
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ISBN-10 : 9780063026087
ISBN-13 : 0063026082
Rating : 4/5 (87 Downloads)

Synopsis The Brilliant Life of Eudora Honeysett by : Annie Lyons

USA TODAY BESTSELLER! "One adorably British odd couple . . . Charming." — People “An exquisitely poignant tale of life, friendship and facing death . . . heart-breaking yet ultimately uplifting . . Everyone should read this book.” — Ruth Hogan, author of Queenie Malone’s Paradise Hotel Infused with the emotional power of Me Before You and the irresistible charm of Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine and Be Frank with Me, a moving and joyous novel about an elderly woman ready to embrace death and the little girl who reminds her what it means to live. It's never too late to start living. Eudora Honeysett is done with this noisy, moronic world—all of it. She has witnessed the indignities and suffering of old age and has lived a full life. At eighty-five, she isn’t going to leave things to chance. Her end will be on her terms. With one call to a clinic in Switzerland, a plan is set in motion. Then she meets ten-year-old Rose Trewidney, a whirling, pint-sized rainbow of sparkling cheer. All Eudora wants is to be left alone to set her affairs in order. Instead, she finds herself embarking on a series of adventures with the irrepressible Rose and their affable neighbor, the recently widowed Stanley—afternoon tea, shopping sprees, trips to the beach, birthday celebrations, pizza parties. While the trio of unlikely BFFs grow closer and anxiously await the arrival of Rose’s new baby sister, Eudora is reminded of her own childhood—of losing her father during World War II and the devastating impact it had on her entire family. In reflecting on her past, Eudora realizes she must come to terms with what lies ahead. But now that her joy for life has been rekindled, how can she possibly say goodbye?

Not Quite Perfect

Not Quite Perfect
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Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Total Pages : 384
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ISBN-10 : 9781472017123
ISBN-13 : 1472017129
Rating : 4/5 (23 Downloads)

Synopsis Not Quite Perfect by : Annie Lyons

Sometimes having it all isn’t enough... Emma has everything she’s ever wanted. Her boyfriend’s just proposed and her career has finally taken off. And so what if her latest client just happens to be downright gorgeous? She’s getting married. Isn’t she?

The Happiness List

The Happiness List
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Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Total Pages : 282
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ISBN-10 : 9780008221003
ISBN-13 : 0008221006
Rating : 4/5 (03 Downloads)

Synopsis The Happiness List by : Annie Lyons

‘A must-read of the summer!’ Jenny Oliver, bestselling author of The Summer House by the Sea 'Happy, hopeful and joyously life-affirming. Exactly the book we need right now.' Cathy Bramley Life is about to change forever...

The Choir on Hope Street

The Choir on Hope Street
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Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Total Pages : 242
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ISBN-10 : 9780008202118
ISBN-13 : 0008202117
Rating : 4/5 (18 Downloads)

Synopsis The Choir on Hope Street by : Annie Lyons

‘I loved every minute of this fantastic story!’ Christie Barlow It’s time to face the music...

Life Or Something Like It

Life Or Something Like It
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Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Total Pages : 339
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ISBN-10 : 9781474036528
ISBN-13 : 147403652X
Rating : 4/5 (28 Downloads)

Synopsis Life Or Something Like It by : Annie Lyons

‘Annie Lyons is my go-to author for feel-good fiction’ - Mandy Baggot Join Annie Lyons for a journey that will make you laugh and cry Step into someone else’s shoes for a day... And it will change you for a lifetime.

The Moon, the Stars, and Madame Burova

The Moon, the Stars, and Madame Burova
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Publisher : HarperCollins
Total Pages : 318
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ISBN-10 : 9780063075443
ISBN-13 : 006307544X
Rating : 4/5 (43 Downloads)

Synopsis The Moon, the Stars, and Madame Burova by : Ruth Hogan

From the wildly popular bestselling author of The Keeper of Lost Things—an uplifting, slightly magical story about how it’s never too late to find out who you really are. "Ruth Hogan is the queen of uplifting fiction and Madame Burova reminds us why. The writing crackles with humor and warmth. I can't imagine a better book in which to lose yourself at the moment. Stunning, immersive and absolutely wonderful." --Annie Lyons, author of The Brilliant Life of Eudora Honeysett Madame Burova—beloved Tarot reader, palmist, and clairvoyant—is retiring and leaving her booth on the Brighton seafront. After inheriting her mother’s fortune-telling business as a young woman, Imelda Burova has spent her life on the Brighton pier practicing her trade. She and her trusty pack of Tarot cards have seen the lovers and the liars, the angels and the devils, the dreamers and the fools. Now, after a lifetime of keeping other people’s secrets, Madam Burova is ready to have a little piece of life for herself. But she still has one last thing to do—to fulfill a promise made in the 1970s, when she and her girlfriends were carefree, with their whole lives still before them. In London, it is time for another woman to make a fresh start. Billie has lost her university job, her marriage, and her place in the world when a sudden and unlikely discovery leaves her very identity in question. Determined to find answers, she must follow a trail…which leads to Brighton, the pier, and directly to Madame Burova’s door. In a story spanning over fifty years, Ruth Hogan has conjured a magical world of 1970s holiday camps and seaside entertainers, eccentrics, heroes and villains, the lost and the found. Young people will make careless choices which echo down the years….but it’s never too late to put things right.

Rhino Dreams

Rhino Dreams
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 270
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ISBN-10 : 9781647423346
ISBN-13 : 1647423341
Rating : 4/5 (46 Downloads)

Synopsis Rhino Dreams by : Carolyn Waggoner

Clare Rainbow-Dashell, the only child of delightfully eccentric, wealthy hippies, has just taken a hiatus from her career as an acclaimed wildlife photographer and returned to California to pursue her academic dreams when a disastrous affair with a professor catapults her to another continent: Africa. There, she immerses herself in well-paid commercial work for a luxury safari lodge as she seeks to regain her emotional and financial self-reliance. All this, however, is complicated by her relationship with her charismatic, imperious employer and her undeniable attraction to a leading black rhino specialist—two men who are at war over both environmental politics and Clare herself. Set against the formidable backdrop of the Namib Desert, Rhino Dreams dramatizes the crisis of endangered species preservation and the horrors of poaching, interweaving this very real ecological darkness with the internal and external battles of three characters driven by fierce passions and divided notions of duty, ambition, and desire. It is a sometimes humorous, sometimes poignant ride—and, in the end, a testimony to how tenuous and precious both life and love can be.

The Death of Bees

The Death of Bees
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Publisher : Harper Collins
Total Pages : 244
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ISBN-10 : 9780062209863
ISBN-13 : 0062209868
Rating : 4/5 (63 Downloads)

Synopsis The Death of Bees by : Lisa O'Donnell

Today is Christmas Eve. Today is my birthday. Today I am fifteen. Today I buried my parents in the backyard. Neither of them were beloved. Marnie and her little sister, Nelly, are on their own now. Only they know what happened to their parents, Izzy and Gene, and they aren't telling. While life in Glasgow's Maryhill housing estate isn't grand, the girls do have each other. Besides, it's only a year until Marnie will be considered an adult and can legally take care of them both. As the New Year comes and goes, Lennie, the old man next door, realizes that his young neighbors are alone and need his help. Or does he need theirs? Lennie takes them in—feeds them, clothes them, protects them—and something like a family forms. But soon enough, the sisters' friends, their teachers, and the authorities start asking tougher questions. As one lie leads to another, dark secrets about the girls' family surface, creating complications that threaten to tear them apart. Written with fierce sympathy and beautiful precision, told in alternating voices, The Death of Bees is an enchanting, grimly comic tale of three lost souls who, unable to answer for themselves, can answer only for one another.

CAPE HENRY HOUSE

CAPE HENRY HOUSE
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Publisher : Jolly Walker Bittick
Total Pages : 181
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ISBN-10 : 9781737030911
ISBN-13 : 1737030918
Rating : 4/5 (11 Downloads)

Synopsis CAPE HENRY HOUSE by : Jolly Walker Bittick

Based on a true story, Cape Henry House is a coming of age epoch about a ragtag group of sailors and their partying adventures from a bygone era, as told by former Petty Officer Third Class Bosner. When two of his best friends move into a house off base, they believe it will be a place to relax and have a few beers. For three weeks in early 2008, it's a place to roar and have a few kegs! From bars and diners, to dance floors and strip clubs, Cape Henry House proves to be the focal point where everyone convenes. Through laughter, mayhem, drinking, and drama, the group discovers a deeper camaraderie that sees them off as some are sent overseas, others find love, and all are left with lasting memories to cherish for a lifetime!

Saving Missy

Saving Missy
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Publisher : HarperCollins
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 0008334064
ISBN-13 : 9780008334062
Rating : 4/5 (64 Downloads)

Synopsis Saving Missy by : Beth Morrey

Beth Morrey's brand new, joyful and uplifting novel, LUCKY DAY, is available to pre-order now *The Sunday Times bestseller* Sometimes it takes a lifetime to find where you truly belong... Seventy-nine is too late for a second chance. Isn't it? Missy Carmichael is prickly, stubborn - and terribly lonely. Until a chance encounter in the park with two very different women opens the door to something new. Something wonderful. Missy was used to her small, solitary existence, listening to her footsteps echoing around the empty house, the tick-tick-tick of the watching clock. After all, she had made her life her way. Now another life is beckoning to Missy - if she's brave enough... 'A touching, deftly written debut that celebrates community and kindness' Sunday Times 'Moving and optimistic... will delight readers right up to the very last page' Stylist 'Bittersweet, tender, thoughtful and uplifting . . . I loved it' Nina Stibbe A Sunday Times #6 hardback bestseller w/e 15th Feb