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Writing From the Hampstead Ladies' Pond. A collection of writing on the much-loved Ladies' Pond by the women who swims there. Big name contributors include Margaret Drabble, Esther Freud, and Leanne Shapton and newer voices such as Sophie Mackinto...

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A short story by Esther Freud from the collection Reader, I Married Him: Stories inspired by Jane Eyre.In 'Transference', a woman in a troubled relationship is drawn to her enigmatic therapist.Edited by Tracy Chevalier, the full collection, Reader...

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From the author of "Hideous Kinky" comes a charming, surprising, and utterly irresistible tale of adolescent love and self-discovery. When seventeen-year-old Lara accepts her father's invitation to accom-pany him to a Tuscan villa for th...

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Unexpected and satisfying. New York Newsday The architect Klaus Lehmann loves his wife, Elsa, with a passion that continues throughout their married life despite long periods of separation. Almost half a century after Lehmanns death in the village...

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A sweeping story of three generations of women, crossing from London to Ireland and back again, and the enduring effort to retrieve the secrets of the past It's London, 1960, and Aoife Kelly—once the sparkling object of young men's affection...

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A sweeping story of three generations of women, crossing from London to Ireland and back again, and the enduring effort to retrieve the secrets of the pastIts London, 1960, and Aoife Kellyonce the sparkling object of young mens affectionsruns pubs...

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Sarah is already in her late twenties with an acting career in London and a baby on the way when she learns from her father about Gaglow, his family's grand East German country estate that was seized before the war. With the fall of the Berlin Wal...

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The debut novel from the author ofSummer at Gaglow,called "e;a near-seamless meshing of family feeling, history and imagination"e; by theNew York TimesBook ReviewEscaping gray London in 1972, a beautiful, determined mother takes her daught...

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A stirring novel from the author of I Couldn't Love You More and Hideous Kinky : the story of two sisters who couldn't be more different and the great love that holds them together throughout a tumultuous youth For as long as Elise can remember, s...

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The thirtieth anniversary edition of a twentieth century classic - an unforgettable journey through 1960s Morocco, based on the author's own childhood For fans of Gerald Durrell's My Family and Other Animals, Laurie Lee's Cider With...

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The architect Klaus Lehmann loves his wife, Elsa, with a passion that continues throughout their married life, despite long periods of separation. Almost half a century after Lehmann's death in the village of Steerborough, a young woman, Lily...

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The architect Klaus Lehmann loves his wife, Elsa, with a passion that continues throughout their married life, despite long periods of separation. Almost half a century after Lehmann's death in the village of Steerborough, a young woman, Lily, arr...

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The thirtieth anniversary edition of a twentieth century classic - an unforgettable journey through 1960s Morocco, based on the author's own childhoodFor fans of Gerald Durrell's My Family and Other Animals, Laurie Lee's Cider With Rosie and Eliza...

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THE EXTRAORDINARY TRUE STORY OF HOW ONE YOUNG GIRL ESCAPED THE HOLOCAUST'It holds you with the same intensity as The Diary of Anne Frank and leaves you heart-broken, illuminated, and amazed at the capacity for courage' GUARDIAN***'I never realised...

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"Nothing can go missing. No wool, no kits. Especially no needles" Lady Anne Tree - one of the most aristocratic women in England - spent her life in prisons. As a visitor, she saw first-hand the aggression, low self-esteem, and high reof...

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It is July, three months after Lara's seventeenth birthday, and a week before Charles and Diana's Royal Wedding. When Lara's father, a man she barely knows, invites her to accompany him on holiday, she finds herself far away from th...

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Sixteen-year-old Lisa has high hopes for her first year in London. But squeezed into a temporary council flat with her bohemian mother and a little brother obsessed with foxes, she is not off to the best start. Ambitious to be more like her elusiv...

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Summer, 1914. It is Emanuel's twenty-first birthday, and eleven-year-old Eva and her sisters are helping transform Gaglow for a glorious party. But their brother's arrival is overshadowed by the talk of war that comes with him from Hambu...

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Nine-year-old Tess has never seen anything like The Wild. An old bakery, converted into a home, it has a fireplace big enough to sit in, a garden with a badminton net and another one for vegetables. And then there's William, its owner. Single...

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The debut novel from the author of "Summer at Gaglow, called "a near-seamless meshing of family feeling, history and imagination" by the "New York Times Book Review. Escaping gray London in 1972, a beautiful, determined mother ...

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'Full of pitch-perfect observation, spiced with wry humour. It is also a terrifically absorbing book, as authentic an evocation of the acting experience as you're ever likely to read' Observer A captivating novel about the world of ...

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'Full of pitch-perfect observation, spiced with wry humour. It is also a terrifically absorbing book, as authentic an evocation of the acting experience as you're ever likely to read' ObserverA captivating novel about the world of acting from the ...

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A mesmerising coming-of-age tale set in sun-drenched Tuscany, from the author of Hideous Kinky and I Couldn't Love You More'A vividly rendered portrait of a young girl's journey towards self discovery and maturity' Daily Mail'Love Falls captures t...

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From the acclaimed author of Hideous Kinky, Peerless Flats confirms Freud as one of the best writers about childhood we have'A delightful read' The Times'Freud has drawn her characters with great affection and her light touch ensures that a tone o...

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'A perfectly paced piece of high-calibre storytelling' (Observer) by the bestselling author of Hideous Kinky and Love Falls'A shrewd and absorbing novel, a near-seamless meshing of family feeling, history and imagination' New York Times Book Revie...

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A novel about the wonder and difficulties of childhood, families and growing up by the author of Hideous Kinky and Love Falls'A beautiful book, savage and tender by turns ... attending to Esther Freud's still, truthful voice becomes not only a ple...

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'A compelling tale beautifully told, Mr Mac & Me is as close to a perfect novel as anything I've read in a long time. I loved every page of it' Ann PatchettSet on the Suffolk coastline in 1914, a compelling story of an unlikely friendship from the...

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'A compelling tale beautifully told, Mr Mac & Me is as close to a perfect novel as anything Ive read in a long time. I loved every page of it' Ann Patchett Set on the Suffolk coastline in 1914, a compelling story of an unlikely frien...

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An unforgettable novel of mothers and daughters, wives and muses, secrets and outright lies 'Freud is a modern literary rarity: a born storyteller' THE TIMES 'Such a powerful book' RICHARD CURTIS 'Delivers an emotional punch that left me in tears'...

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Rosaleen is young, beautiful and still a schoolgirl when, in the early Sixties, she meets the famous sculptor Felix Lehmann. Felix is Jewish, bohemian; Rosaleen, the tearaway middle daughter of Irish publicans. So their affair - running away to Fr...

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