WHEN NEEDED, WILL SHE BE ABLE TO RISE TO THE CHALLENGE?1945, Connecticut. A scandal breaks which forces a baffled Rose, aged four, and her mother to leave America and return home to Eng...
‘A superb collection... Marriage, gambles, disappearances, motiveless vandalism - it is the stuff of unremarkable lives, conveyed in a remarkable fashion’ Independent Open S...
"Three sisters.Three secrets.Three ways to fall . . .Forcibly seduced by George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham and King's favourite, doctor's daughter Hester was cast asi...
WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE 2021 & SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'A tour de force... A spectacular demonstration of how the novel can make us see and think afresh' Booker Judges, 2021...
From a New York Times bestselling author, a fresh and detail-rich argument that the best way to lead is to be fairCan you succeed without being a terrible person? We often think not: re...
The chant of 'Azadi!' - Urdu for 'Freedom!' - is the slogan of the freedom struggle in Kashmir against what Kashmiris see as the Indian Occupation. Ironically, it also became the chant of millions ...
Sarah loves being a mother - it defines her.Every year she writes a birthday letter of love to her adored daughter, Izzy, now seven. And after she falls pregnant, she promises Izzy that...
Olive, Again follows the blunt, contradictory yet deeply loveable Olive Kitteridge as she grows older, navigating the second half of her life as she comes to terms with the changes - sometimes welc...
Transporting us to all corners of the globe, the tales in Louis de Bernières’ worldly and entertaining collection Labels and Other Stories feature a cast of unlikely and unforgettable ...
A brand-new book from the Number One bestselling author of The Break and The Woman Who Stole My Life They're a glamorous family, the Caseys.Johnny Casey, his two brothers Ed...
Everybody knows now that Ulysses is the greatest novel of the century' Anthony Burgess, ObserverFollowing the events of one single day in Dublin, the 16th June 1904, and what happens to...
Sometimes the end is just the beginning ...Russell Green has it all: a loving family, a successful career and a beautiful house. But underneath his seemingly perfect world, cracks are beginning to ...
James Joyce's Dubliners is an enthralling collection of modernist short stories which create a vivid picture of the day-to-day experience of Dublin life. This Penguin Classics edition includes note...
Compelling and provocative, True Colours is an unforgettable novel about jealousy between sisters, betrayal, passion and forgiveness – and what it means to be a family by the international nu...
Fighters made of bronze, giant sculptures with hammer and sickle, cosmonauts on ceramic panels or as metal reliefs, and mosaics praising the beauty of Socialism…If you immerse yo...
**Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature**In this perfect collection, each of Alice Munro's glorious stories is as satisfying and richly crafted as a novel. In these stori...
At a dinner party in 1922, Virginia Woolf met the renowned author, aristocrat - and sapphist - Vita Sackville-West. Virginia wrote in her diary that she didn't think much of Vita's conversation, bu...
Witty, wry, clever, a fabulous detective story and perfect summer reading' Kate Mosse'Funny, intriguing, thrilling and thought-provoking: a marvellous mystery' Adam Hamdy'A ...
Lucy married just the sort of man you might expect: a university graduate who runs his own business. Unfortunately he turned out to have serious dependency issues.Joseph is shaking off ...