Biographer Rona Parish has a new project, contributing a series for the local glossy magazine, Chiltern Life, documenting life-changing experiences from those who have lived through them. When her fat
1943. Wartime England. Married to a Guardsman at the age of eighteen after a whirlwind courtship, Helen Woodley believed her future was assured – only to be widowed before she was forty. Though she pu
June 1918. A patrolling constable discovers the body of Georgina Cheney, wife of a naval commander, in the basement area of a house in Westminster. At first it is thought to be suicide or even a tragi
Tom Docherty was seventeen in the summer of 1955. With school behind him and a summer job at a brick works, Tom had his whole life before him. Years later, alone in a rented flat in Edinburgh and lost
In a Victorian mansion hotel on a Scottish island, a group of English Literature lecturers and students from Glasgow gather for a residential weekend. The weekend proves to be a major turning point in
*Shortlisted for Costa 2014 Book Awards 2014! 入圍 2014英國科斯塔圖書獎*AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4 BOOK AT BEDTIME*SHORTLISTED FOR THE IRISH BOOK AWARDS NOVEL OF THE YEAR 2014 She stood on the edge of the gr
All Saint’s Eve, 1211. An overweight but wealthy nobleman, desperate for an heir, dies at a celebration feast. The death seems natural, but healer Sabin is beset by doubts. There is only one person Sa
In modern-day America, fifteen Boy Scouts and their adult leaders are found to have committed suicide in the forest of a scout reservation. One of the dead boys is a friend of Sparky Wallace, whose fa
1957. An unexpected inheritance from her late aunt gives Louisa Harding the opportunity to move to Lexleigh and set up her own accountancy business. When she ends up delivering her new neighbour Bella
Nothing is private. Nothing is sacred.In 1984 East Berlin, the Stasi Captain Gerd Wiesler is assigned to spy on the playwright Georg Dreyman. Wiesler and his team bug the apartment, set up surveillanc
Early humans recognised a profound and spiritual kinship with other species. Hunters gave thanks and even apologies to their prey. And when shamans made their inner journeys between human and spirit r
You Can Sleep Well is the indispensable "open sesame" to the secrets of sleep. By showing us how to combat tiredness, insomnia, nightmares, snoring and children's sleeping difficulties by using a weal
You Can Understand Your Dreams is a practical, hands-on guide to using our dreams to bring greater fulfilment into our waking lives. Drawing upon traditional Jungian analysis and techniques developed
The children who live on rue Broca in Paris meet each week with "Monsieur Pierre." for him to tell them stories. Once Monsieur Pierre has told them all the stories he knows, he suggests that each week
