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The hill people and the mexicans arrived on the same day. it was a wednesday, early in september 1952. the cardinals were five games behind the dodgers with two weeks to go, and the season looked hopeless. the cotton, however, was waist high to my father, almost over my head, and he and my grandfather could be heard before supper whispering words that were seldom heard. it could be a good crop. thus begins the new novel from john grisham, a story inspired by his own childhood in rural arkansas. the narrator is a farm boy named luke chandler, age seven, who lives in the cotton fields with his parents and grandparents in a little house that’s never been painted. the chandlers farm eighty acres that they rent, not own, and when the cotton is ready they hire a truckload of mexicans and a family from the ozarks to help harvest it. for six weeks they pick cotton, battling the heat, the rain, the fatigue, and sometimes, each other. as the weeks pass luke sees and hears things no seven year old could possibly be prepared for, and finds himself keeping secrets that not only threaten the crop but will change the lives of the chandlers forever. a painted house is a moving story of one boy’s

The no. 1 sunday times bestseller ‘reminded me so much of cecelia ahern’ ali mcnamara ‘utterly enchanting’ jill mansell ‘our go-to for spellbinding stories with a magical edge’ heat carrie’s brand new novel – when the curtain falls – is coming july 2018! ******************************* your soul is too heavy to pass through this door, leave the weight of the world in the world from before evie snow is eighty-two when she quietly passes away in her sleep, surrounded by her children and grandchildren. it’s the way most people wish to leave the world but when evie reaches the door of her own private heaven, she finds that she’s become her twenty-seven-year-old self and the door won’t open. evie’s soul must be light enough to pass through so she needs to get rid of whatever is making her soul heavy. for evie, this means unburdening herself of the three secrets that have weighed her down for over fifty years, so she must find a way to reveal them before it’s too late. as evie begins the journey of a lifetime, she learns more about life and love than she ever thought possible, and somehow, some way, she may also find her way back to the only man she ever truly loved . . . powerful, magical and utterly romantic, on the other side will transport you to a world that is impossible to forget. a love story like no other, it will have you weeping from the sheer joy and beauty of it all.

Set in snowy amsterdam, together by christmas is a moving read of secrets, romance, and heartbreaking dilemmas when lee first came to amsterdam, it was with a newborn baby and a secret. five years later, her life is approaching normal: her career as a celebrity photographer is flourishing, her son jasper is growing up, and they are enjoying the run-up to christmas with their tight circle of close friends. but all this changes one morning when lee finds a book in the basket of her bicycle – and scrawled inside it, a desperate message. who left it for her, and why? lee feels compelled to help and tracks down the book’s author, sam. with an instant, undeniable connection it seems they might have a shot at a real future together. until her past comes calling. as the snow falls and the ice thickens on the city’s canals, the secret lee has never told resurfaces. suddenly everything she holds dear hangs in the balance. christmas is a time for being together-but what if the truth means she ends up alone?