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Before anyone else is awake, on a perfect august morning, elle bishop heads out for a swim in the glorious fresh water pond below ‘the paper palace’ – the gently decaying summer camp in the back woods of cape cod where her family has spent every summer for generations. as she passes the house, elle glances through the screen porch at the uncleared table from a dinner party the previous evening; empty wine glasses, candle wax on the table cloth, echoes of laughter of family and friends. then she dives beneath the surface of the freezing water to the shocking memory of the sudden passionate encounter she had the night before, up against the wall outside the house, as her husband and mother chatted to the dinner guests inside. so begins a story that unfolds over 24 hours and across 50 years, as decades of family legacies, love, lies, secrets, and one unspeakable incident in her childhood lead elle to the precipice of a life-changing decision. over the next 24 hours, elle will have to decide between the life she has made with her much-loved husband, peter, and the life she imagined would be hers with her childhood love, jonas, if a tragic event hadn’t forever changed the course of their lives.

Celebrate 20 years of harry potter magic! when the knight bus crashes through the darkness and screeches to a halt in front of him, it’s the start of another far from ordinary year at hogwarts for harry potter. sirius black, escaped mass-murderer and follower of lord voldemort, is on the run – and they say he is coming after harry. in his first ever divination class, professor trelawney sees an omen of death in harry’s tea leaves … but perhaps most terrifying of all are the dementors patrolling the school grounds, with their soul-sucking kiss. these new editions of the classic and internationally bestselling, multi-award-winning series feature instantly pick-up-able new jackets by jonny duddle, with huge child appeal, to bring harry potter to the next generation of readers. it’s time to pass the magic on …

Offers the renowned scientist’s final thoughts on using science to address the most important challenges facing humanity.

Terri still hasn’t found mr right, although she has been through all of the other mr men – mr lazy, mr greedy, mr completely selfish. then she is literally knocked off her feet by jamie duncan, as they rush to catch a train. love blossoms, but as well as being mr right, he is also mr married.

The international no. 1 bestseller a bbc 2 between the covers book club pick ‘cuts to the heart of who we are’ sunday times ‘a book that begs discussion’ vanity fair all lina wanted was to be desired. how did she end up in a marriage with two children and a husband who wouldn’t touch her? all maggie wanted was to be understood. how did she end up in a relationship with her teacher and then in court, a hated pariah in her small town? all sloane wanted was to be admired. how did she end up a sexual object of men, including her husband, who liked to watch her have sex with other men and women? ‘i will probably re-read it every year of my life’ caitlin moran ‘will have millions nodding in recognition’ the times ‘as gripping as the most gripping thriller’ marian keyes ‘when i picked it up, i felt i’d been waiting half my life to read it’ observer ‘the kind of bold, timely, once-in-a-generation book that every house should have a copy of, and probably will before too long’ new statesman the book phoebe waller-bridge, alexa chung, jodie comer, reese witherspoon, harry styles, fearne cotton, caitriona balfe, gwyneth paltrow, sharon horgan, zoe ball, rosie huntington-whiteley, davina mccall, gemma chan, christine and the queens and gillian anderson are all reading