The Postcard

Secrets. Sisters. The summer that changed everything . . .

Life in the Cornish village of Pendruggan isn't always picture perfect. Penny Leighton has never told anyone why she's estranged from her mother and sister. For years she's kept her family secrets locked away in her heart, but they've been quietly eating...

Now I Am Paper

Written in rhyme, this is a children book for all ages, telling the story of longing for a child who has gone on her way and left the old tree behind. The tree gives voice to love and loss, fear and hope, death and rebirth in a new form, as it is transformed first to pulp and then to paper, the very paper from which the child reads this story. Sensually told, it brings forth the sounds and smells of the forest.

I remember:...

The Landlady

In The Landlady, Roald Dahl, one of the world's favourite authors, tells a sinister story about the darker side of human nature. Here, a young man in need of room meets a most accommodating landlady . . .The Landlady is taken from the short story collection Kiss Kiss, which includes ten other devious and shocking stories, featuring the wife who pawns the mink coat from her lover with unexpected results; the priceless piece of furniture that is the subject of a deceitful bargain; a...

No Hiding Place

For some people, there is no hiding place.

In a New York City maternity ward, an immigrant couple holds on to their newborn child and wonder about the life he'll lead.

Both parents have fled brutal violence and lawless oppression in their own countries of Haiti and the Dominican Republic, all in search of something better. But through their memories, and through the future they see for their son in America, readers are taken...

Gone Bad

When a top militia leader escapes from a maximum security American jail, the FBI calls in ex-Delta operator Jon Reznick to help track him down. The escapee is none other than a psychopathic ex-Delta colleague of Reznick, Hunter Cain, who is now a feared militia leader. It isn't long before they believe that Cain is planning a terrorist spectacular. But...

The Great Allotment Proposal
(Cherry Pie Island - Book 3)

Welcome to Cherry Pie Island – once you step on to the island, you'll never want to leave! Socialite Emily Hunter-Brown has just bought the old manor house on Cherry Pie Island – and her friends think she's gone mad! Still, they should have known that wild-child Emily will try anything once…even settling down! But when Emily discovers she has an allotment to take care of as well as the crumbling mansion, she's unexpectedly flummoxed! It's all very well knowing that you have to swap...

The Postcard

Secrets. Sisters. The summer that changed everything . . .

Life in the Cornish village of Pendruggan isn't always picture perfect. Penny Leighton has never told anyone why she's estranged from her mother and sister. For years she's kept her family secrets locked away in her heart, but they've been quietly eating...

The Shell Collector

A blind man spends his days roaming the beaches of Kenya collecting shells, classifying them by feeling their whorls, spines and folds in his fingers. A young woman discovers that she can explore the inner world of an animal's mind by touching its freshly dead body. A refugee from Liberia, who cannot escape the horrors that he has witnessed, finds salvation in the clandesitne act of burying the hearts of beached whales.In The Shell Collector Antony Doerr illuminates both the riotous...

Chocolates and Flowers: Alfie's Story

Alfie knew how he felt about Summer Tanberry from the moment he saw her dance.

As Valentine 's Day and Summer's birthday approaches, Alfie is determined to find the perfect present to make her smile again. With the help of an old-friend he hatches what he thinks is the perfect surprise, but Summer's twin sister Skye isn't so sure . . .

Can Alfie make Summer's dream come true without breaking her heart?