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The Rabbit Hutch
Darkly hilarious and searingly relevant, the rabbit hutch is a powerful portrait of 21st century america, seen through the eyes of the unforgettable blandine winner of the waterstones debut fiction prize 2022 * winner of the national book award for fiction 2022 ‘inventive, heartbreaking and acutely funny’ observer vacca vale, indiana: recently voted number 1 on newsweek’s list of dying american cities. according to the developers, however, it’s a city with a whole history of reinvention, one that ‘buzzes with the american spirit.’ not everyone agrees though – certainly not the residents of the rabbit hutch, a low-cost housing complex in the once bustling industrial centre, populated by a cast of unforgettable, disenfranchised characters. there’s an online obituary writer, a woman waging a solo campaign against rodents and, most notably, eighteen-year-old blandine, recently released from foster care and determined to stop the developers whatever the cost. set over one sweltering week in july, the rabbit hutch is a savagely beautiful and bitingly funny snapshot of contemporary america. bold, experimental and brilliantly written, it will live in the memory long after the final page. a waterstones book of the year for 2022 ‘the rabbit hutch is 2022’s the secret history’ the big issue a finalist for the national book critics circle award * winner of the barnes & noble discover prize * an oprah daily book of the year, 2022 a new york times bestseller, sept 3 2023
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Before I Go To Sleep
Discover the haunting and deeply chilling debut thriller which has now sold more than six million copies worldwide. memories define us. so what if you lost yours every time you went to sleep? your name, your identity, your past, even the people you love – all forgotten overnight. and the one person you trust may only be telling you half the story. welcome to christine’s life. ______________ praise for before i go to sleep: ‘a cracking good thriller’ lionel shriver ‘thrillers seldom come much better than this. loved it’ joanne harris ‘so high-concept, so ambitious and so structurally brilliant’ sophie hannah ‘a deeply unsettling debut that asks the most terrifying question – what do you have left when you lose yourself?’ val mcdermid ‘i loved it from start to finish’ mo hayder ‘brilliant in its pacing, profound in its central question, suspenseful on every page’ anita shreve ‘quite simply the best debut novel i’ve ever read’ tess gerritsen
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American Dirt
‘heartstopping… doesn’t let up… you will urge them on, fists clenched’ the times an extraordinary story of the lengths a mother will go to to save her son, american dirt has sold over 2 million copies worldwide. it’s time to read what you’ve been missing. lydia perez owns a bookshop in acapulco, mexico, and is married to a fearless journalist. luca, their eight-year-old son, completes the picture. but it only takes a bullet to rip them apart. in a city in the grip of a drug cartel, friends become enemies overnight, and lydia has no choice but to flee with luca at her side. north for the border… whatever it takes to stay alive. the journey is dangerous – not only for them, but for those they encounter along the way. who can be trusted? and what sacrifices is lydia prepared to make? *an instant new york times #1 bestseller 2020* *an instant sunday times top ten bestseller 2020* *over 2 million copies sold globally* *a richard and judy bookclub pick* *an oprah’s book club pick* *a bbc radio 4 book at bedtime*
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The Escape
The grander the house. the darker the secrets. from bestselling author ruth kelly, the escape is an electrifying winter read for fans of lisa jewell and sarah pearse. the perfect escape when struggling influencer couple adele and jack post a crowdfunding video online, they’re amazed when a mysterious benefactor offers to buy them an idyllic 17th century french château. it’s the lifeline they need to leave all their troubles behind and patch up their relationship after a rocky period. the influencer for adele, it’s a dream come true. she will post videos from the fairy tale setting, renovating the grand building as thousands of online subscribers follow their journey. but the château is not all it seems and the local community is far from welcoming. the sister then adele’s videos suddenly stop. her sister erin travels to france to make sure she’s okay but the couple have vanished. between the obsession of adele’s fans, the unsettling history of the building and the claustrophobic secrecy of the nearby town, erin must unravel the shocking truth behind why the anonymous investor gifted adele and jack their dream home in the first place . . .
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Boys Who Made A Difference
When it comes to making a difference, there’s no such thing as too young! get ready to meet some incredible young men who followed their dreams and changed the world for the better, often by taking the path less travelled and staying true to themselves. from wolfgang amadeus mozart to nelson mandela, vidal sassoon to bob dylan, tony hawk to matt groening this collection, from the author of girls who rocked the world, features young men from across history and around the globe who have all achieved remarkable things. also included are profiles of teenagers who are changing the world right now – boys like john collinson, the youngest person to climb the seven summits, and alec loorz, who founded the non-profit organisation kids vs. global warming. whatever your passion in life, you’ll be inspired and motivated by these amazing real-life stories to believe in yourself and start making a difference right now!
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Bridesmaids
The sunday times top ten bestselling author it’s a happy day for everyone except the bridesmaid … with less than an hour to go before her best friend, grace, is to walk down the aisle, evie is attempting to fulfil her most important bridesmaid role: to deposit the bride at the start-line at the appointed time. but with a bride famed for her chaotic sense of time, and the bride’s daughter busy mashing molton brown into the expensive hotel carpet, minus underwear, the odds are stacked against her. evie is twenty-seven; a sparkly, down-to-earth journalist. she has never been in love and has started to fret that she never will be. small wonder, then, that the prospect of being bridesmaid at no less than three impending weddings is one that fills her with trepidation. but then she meets her friend valentina’s date, jack. valentina is beautiful, shallow and self-obsessed. her dates tend to be mirror-images. which can mean only one thing: jack can’t possibly be as good as he seems. can he? full of warmth, fun and laughter, bridesmaids is a novel to devour!
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Ghost Flower
‘i am an imposter. a fake. a fraud. but everything that follows is the truth and nothing but the truth. i have no reason to lie anymore.’ eve has been living hand-to-mouth, trying to forget old scars from her foster homes and to avoid getting any new ones from her sleazy boss. so when she’s offered a way out – $100,000 to pretend to be somebody she’s not – she knows she’d be a fool not to take it. but it soon becomes clear that her life will be at risk unless she can work out exactly what happened to the girl she’s been asked to impersonate. trapped in a web of lies and deceit, eve is desperate to learn the truth, even if it means facing up to a past filled with murderous secrets.
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Negotiating With The Dead
What is the role of the writer? prophet? high priest of art? court jester? or witness to the real world? looking back on her own childhood and the development of her writing career, margaret atwood examines the metaphors which writers of fiction and poetry have used to explain – or excuse! – their activities, looking at what costumes they have seen fit to assume, what roles they have chosen to play. and if a writer is to be seen as ‘gifted’, who is doing the giving and what are the terms of the gift? margaret atwood’s wide and eclectic reference to other writers, living and dead, is balanced by anecdotes from her own experiences as a writer, both in canada and on the international scene. the lightness of her touch is underlined by a seriousness about the purpose and the pleasures of writing, and by a deep familiarity with the myths and traditions of western literature.
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Shadowsong
Six months after the end of wintersong, liesl is working toward furthering both her brother’s and her own musical careers. although she is determined to look forward and not behind, life in the world above is not as easy as liesl had hoped. her younger brother josef is cold, distant, and withdrawn, while liesl can’t forget the austere young man she left beneath the earth, and the music he inspired in her. when troubling signs arise that the barrier between worlds is crumbling, liesl must return to the underground to unravel the mystery of life, death, and the goblin king―who he was, who he is, and who he will be. what will it take to break the old laws once and for all? what is the true meaning of sacrifice when the fate of the world―or the ones liesl loves―is in her hands?
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Beautiful Creatures
In a small south carolina town, where it seems little has changed since the civil war, sixteen-year-old ethan is powerfully drawn to lena, a new classmate with whom he shares a psychic connection, and whose family hides a dark secret that may be revealed on her sixteenth birthday.
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One Step Too Far
From #1 new york times bestselling author lisa gardner, a thrilling new novel that sends frankie elkin into the woods in search of a lost man-and the shocking truth about why he went missing in the first place
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The Taking Of Annie Thorne
One night, annie went missing. disappeared from her own bed. there were searches, appeals. everyone thought the worst. and then, miraculously, after forty-eight hours, she came back. but she couldn’t, or wouldn’t, say what had happened to her … something happened to my sister. i can’t explain what. i just know that when she came back, she wasn’t the same. she wasn’t my annie. i didn’t want to admit, even to myself, that sometimes i was scared to death of my own little sister. now … the email arrived in my inbox two months ago. i almost deleted it straight away, but then i clicked open: “i know what happened to your sister. it’s happening again.”
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Let It Snow
An ill-timed storm on christmas eve buries the residents of gracetown under multiple feet of snow and causes quite a bit of chaos. one brave soul ventures out into the storm from her stranded train and sets off a train of events that will change quite a few lives. over the next three days one girl takes a risky shortcut with an adorable stranger, three friends set out to win a race to the waffle house (and the hash brown spoils), and the fate of a teacup pig falls into the hands of a lovesick barista.