Peter's mother is dying. Born in England and having spent most of her adult life as a doctor in Zimbabwe, she now lies on a hospital bed in the partitioned living room of his sister's London apartment, her accent having overnight become posher than the Queen's. Unsentimental, fiercely stubborn and at times hilarious, she finally drops her guard, losing all fear of conflict to become the family provocateur.
While confronting the revelations of what his family was - and wasn't - and the stoicism that sometimes threatened to destroy them, Peter also mourns the ending of his long marriage. At…
Heartbreaking love story captured through the lens of war. The characterization in this novel was second to none. I listened to the audio book, read brilliantly by Christian Coulson
WINNER OF WATERSTONES NOVEL OF THE YEAR AWARD A TOP FIVE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER WINNER OF THE BRITISH BOOK AWARDS DEBUT OF THE YEAR
'If you haven't read it, you're missing out' Bonnie Garmus, bestselling author of LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY
'One of the best debuts I've read in recent years . . . please rush out and buy it' ELIZABETH DAY ______________________
In 1914, war feels far away to Henry Gaunt and Sidney Ellwood. They're too young to enlist, and anyway, Gaunt is fighting his own private battle - an all-consuming infatuation with the dreamy, poetic Ellwood - not having…
How to form a book around grief once the healing has started to happen. Clare takes us on her own painful jounrney of losing a child and manages to create a series of promises that steady the emotions and give a name to the pain, during tumultuous times. It is a difficult read at times, due to the themes but ultimately, I promise it won´t always hurt like shines with hope and understanding.
'Truly the best and most insightful book about grief I have ever read' Joanna Cannon
'Beautiful, heart-breaking and yet overwhelmingly hopeful' Mike Gayle
Grief is universal, but it's also as unique to each of us as the person we've lost. It can be overwhelming, exhausting, lonely, unreasonable, there when we least expect it and seemingly never-ending. Wherever you are with your grief and whoever you're grieving for, I Promise It Won't Always Hurt Like This is here to support you. To tell you, until you believe it, that things will get easier.
When bestselling writer Clare Mackintosh lost her five-week-old…
brother. do. you. love. me is a love story between two brothers. Reuben, the younger brother, is trapped in a carehome for people with special needs during the pandemic. He is depressed, isolated and spiraling out of sight. He is "disappearing". He sends his brother a text message and the love of the brothers is unleashed. Manni rescued Reuben from care and the two of them go to a rural cottage in Dorset to begin to put Reuben back together. Noone knows how long there are going to be there together. The second lockdown occurs and 26 weeks later, the brother emerged changed forever.
