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The Museum of You

by Carys Bray ...

Clover Quinn was a surprise. She used to imagine she was the good kind, now she’s not sure. She’d like to ask Dad about it, but growing up in the saddest chapter of someone else’s story is difficult. She tries not to skate on the thin ice of his memories.Darren has done his best. He's studied his daughter like a seismologist on the lookout for waves and surrounded her with everything she might ... Read more

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Clover Quinn was a surprise. She used to imagine she was the good kind, now she’s not sure. She’d like to ask Dad about it, but growing up in the saddest chapter of someone else’s story is difficult. She tries not to skate on the thin ice of his memories.Darren has done his best. He's studied his daughter like a seismologist on the lookout for waves and surrounded her with everything she might
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When the Lights Go Out

by Carys Bray ...

'A powerful and truthful story about hope and how to find it' The Times'A gem of a book' Emily MaitlisEmma's husband Chris is fretting about starvation and societal collapse. He's turned off the heating and is stockpiling off-label medicines and tins of baked beans.Chris, certain that society will soon spiral to its doom, finds Emma's optimism exasperating. Emma finds Chris's obsession with ... Read more

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'A powerful and truthful story about hope and how to find it' The Times'A gem of a book' Emily MaitlisEmma's husband Chris is fretting about starvation and societal collapse. He's turned off the heating and is stockpiling off-label medicines and tins of baked beans.Chris, certain that society will soon spiral to its doom, finds Emma's optimism exasperating. Emma finds Chris's obsession with
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Sweet Home

by Carys Bray ...

They say there's no place like home. It's where the heart is...Meet the little boy who believes in miracles.Meet the mother who loves to bring babies home from the newborn aisle of her supermarket.Meet the husband who carves a longed-for baby out of ice as a gift for his wife.Meet the widow who is reminded of romance whilst pegging out the washing.Awarded the Scott Prize for short story writing, ... Read more

$15.69 USD

They say there's no place like home. It's where the heart is...Meet the little boy who believes in miracles.Meet the mother who loves to bring babies home from the newborn aisle of her supermarket.Meet the husband who carves a longed-for baby out of ice as a gift for his wife.Meet the widow who is reminded of romance whilst pegging out the washing.Awarded the Scott Prize for short story writing,
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A Song for Issy Bradley

A Novel

by Carys Bray ...

A mesmerizing literary debut novel of doubt, faith, and perseverance in the aftermath of a family tragedy—for fans of Me Before You, Little Bee, and Tell the Wolves I’m Home.The Bradleys see the world as a place where miracles are possible, and where nothing is more important than family. This is their story.It is the story of Ian Bradley—husband, father, math teacher, and Mormon bishop—and his ... Read more

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A mesmerizing literary debut novel of doubt, faith, and perseverance in the aftermath of a family tragedy—for fans of Me Before You, Little Bee, and Tell the Wolves I’m Home.The Bradleys see the world as a place where miracles are possible, and where nothing is more important than family. This is their story.It is the story of Ian Bradley—husband, father, math teacher, and Mormon bishop—and his
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How Much the Heart Can Hold

Seven Stories on Love

by Carys Bray, Rowan Hisayo Buchanan, Bernardine Evaristo, Grace McCleen, Donal Ryan, Nikesh Shukla, D.W. Wilson ...

'Startlingly original stories.'S Magazine'Together they assert that love is more heart-breaking and transforming that the word necessarily conveys.'ObserverLove is not a singular concept.In this collection, seven award-winning authors explore seven concepts of love: from Philautia, self-love, to Agape, love for humanity; and from Storge, a natural affection for family, to Mania, a frenzied, ... Read more

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'Startlingly original stories.'S Magazine'Together they assert that love is more heart-breaking and transforming that the word necessarily conveys.'ObserverLove is not a singular concept.In this collection, seven award-winning authors explore seven concepts of love: from Philautia, self-love, to Agape, love for humanity; and from Storge, a natural affection for family, to Mania, a frenzied,
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A Song for Issy Bradley

by Carys Bray ...

Narrated by Emma Gregory ...

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10 hours 50 min

A mesmerizing literary debut novel of doubt, faith, and perseverance in the aftermath of a family tragedy-for fans of Me Before You, Little Bee, and Tell the Wolves I'm Home. The Bradleys see the world as a place where miracles are possible, and where nothing is more important than family. This is their story. It is the story of Ian Bradley-husband, father, math teacher, and Mormon bishop-and his ... Read more

$24.99 USD

A mesmerizing literary debut novel of doubt, faith, and perseverance in the aftermath of a family tragedy-for fans of Me Before You, Little Bee, and Tell the Wolves I'm Home. The Bradleys see the world as a place where miracles are possible, and where nothing is more important than family. This is their story. It is the story of Ian Bradley-husband, father, math teacher, and Mormon bishop-and his
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When the Lights Go Out

by Carys Bray ...

Narrated by Robyn Addison ...

Unabridged

8 hours 39 min

Brought to you by Penguin._________________________Global temperatures are rising.The climate of the Abrams' marriage is cooling.Emma is beginning to wonder whether relationships, like mortgages, should be conducted in five-year increments. She might laugh if Chris had bought a motorbike or started dyeing his hair. Instead he's buying off-label medicines and stockpiling food.</... ... Read more

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Brought to you by Penguin._________________________Global temperatures are rising.The climate of the Abrams' marriage is cooling.Emma is beginning to wonder whether relationships, like mortgages, should be conducted in five-year increments. She might laugh if Chris had bought a motorbike or started dyeing his hair. Instead he's buying off-label medicines and stockpiling food.</...
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How Much the Heart Can Hold

Seven Stories on Love

by Carys Bray, Rowan Hisayo Buchanan, Bernardine Evaristo, Grace McCleen, Donal Ryan, Nikesh Shukla, D.W. Wilson ...

Narrated by Grainne Gillis, Jane Collingwood, Jeff Harding, Jilly Bond, Luke Thompson, Raj Ghatak, Sarah Barron ...

Unabridged

5 hours 22 min

'No one has measured, not even poets, how much the heart can hold.'Zelda FitzgeraldLove is not a singular concept.In this collection, seven award-winning authors explore seven concepts of love: from Philautia, self-love, to Agape, love for humanity; and from Storge, a natural affection for family, to Mania, a frenzied, obsessive love:La Douleur Exquise (the pain of unrequited love)Before It ... Read more

$27.99 USD

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'No one has measured, not even poets, how much the heart can hold.'Zelda FitzgeraldLove is not a singular concept.In this collection, seven award-winning authors explore seven concepts of love: from Philautia, self-love, to Agape, love for humanity; and from Storge, a natural affection for family, to Mania, a frenzied, obsessive love:La Douleur Exquise (the pain of unrequited love)Before It
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Dear Thing

by Julie Cohen ...

Narrated by Barrie Kreinik ...

Unabridged

10 hours 41 min

After years of watching her best friends, Ben and Claire, try for a baby, Romily has offered to give them the one thing that they want most.Romily expects it will be easy to be a surrogate. She's already a single mother, and she has no desire for any more children. But Romily isn't prepared for the overwhelming feelings that have taken hold of her and which threaten to ruin her friendship with Ben ... Read more

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After years of watching her best friends, Ben and Claire, try for a baby, Romily has offered to give them the one thing that they want most.Romily expects it will be easy to be a surrogate. She's already a single mother, and she has no desire for any more children. But Romily isn't prepared for the overwhelming feelings that have taken hold of her and which threaten to ruin her friendship with Ben
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A Bird in Winter

'Nail-bitingly tense and compelling' Paula Hawkins

by Louise Doughty ...

Narrated by Clare Corbett ...

Unabridged

10 hours 45 min

OVER HALF A MILLION COPIES OF APPLE TREE YARD SOLD'Louise Doughty leads her unnerved readers into dark territory.' HILARY MANTEL'Clever, twisty, propulsive.' CLAIRE FULLER'Doughty is a brilliant storyteller who knows how to build suspense to breaking point.' The TimesThe latest from the Number One Sunday Times Bestselling author Louise Doughty<... ... Read more

$33.99 USD

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OVER HALF A MILLION COPIES OF APPLE TREE YARD SOLD'Louise Doughty leads her unnerved readers into dark territory.' HILARY MANTEL'Clever, twisty, propulsive.' CLAIRE FULLER'Doughty is a brilliant storyteller who knows how to build suspense to breaking point.' The TimesThe latest from the Number One Sunday Times Bestselling author Louise Doughty<...
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The Magus

by John Fowles, Nicholas Boulton ...

Narrated by Nicholas Boulton ...

Unabridged

26 hours 26 min

Nicholas Urfe accepts a teaching post on a beautiful, remote Greek island, in order to escape an unsatisfactory love affair. He meets the enigmatic Maurice Conchis, who introduces him to the exquisitely lovely Lily, his ideal of the perfect woman. But is she flesh or fantasy? As the past bleeds into the present, he finds it increasingly difficult to distinguish reality from imagination. Under the ... Read more

$31.00 USD

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Nicholas Urfe accepts a teaching post on a beautiful, remote Greek island, in order to escape an unsatisfactory love affair. He meets the enigmatic Maurice Conchis, who introduces him to the exquisitely lovely Lily, his ideal of the perfect woman. But is she flesh or fantasy? As the past bleeds into the present, he finds it increasingly difficult to distinguish reality from imagination. Under the
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This is Happiness

by Niall Williams ...

Narrated by Dermot Crowley ...

Unabridged

14 hours 27 min

Change is coming to Faha, a small Irish parish unaltered in a thousand years.For one thing, the rain is stopping. Nobody remembers when it started; rain on the western seaboard is a condition of living. But now - just as Father Coffey proclaims the coming of the electricity - the rain clouds are lifting. Seventeen-year-old Noel Crowe is idling in the unexpected sunshine when Christy makes his ... Read more

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Change is coming to Faha, a small Irish parish unaltered in a thousand years.For one thing, the rain is stopping. Nobody remembers when it started; rain on the western seaboard is a condition of living. But now - just as Father Coffey proclaims the coming of the electricity - the rain clouds are lifting. Seventeen-year-old Noel Crowe is idling in the unexpected sunshine when Christy makes his
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