It's been a year since Zillah visited Roimata, the place on the wild West Coast which changed her life. Now she's back. Yet this time, not only have Joss and Hep asked along another guest who's like the bad fairy at the...
General Fiction
- Author:TODD, PenelopeSummary:
- Author:ROBERTS, NoraSummary:
First book of a trilogy set in San Francisco which centres on the lives of three best friends. Laura, Margo and Kate decide to set up a second-hand shop.
- Author:RICE, LuanneSummary:
Jane Porter has always been a free spirit. But, despite leaving Twin Rivers Valley, Rhode Island, behind her, fourteen years ago, the town is forever etched upon her heart. Now she is unexpectedly drawn home to visit her mother and...
- Author:KORDA, MichaelSummary:
Robert Vane, great English actor, and Felicia Lisle, equally famous actress, are partners on stage and in real life, apparently the perfect theatre couple. Behind the scenes, however, their lives are full of dangerous secrets and broken...
- Author:EDGAR, JosephineSummary:
Viola Corbett has made a happy marriage but the shadow of her previous affairs continues to haunt her. Sequel to "Duchess".
- Author:KUROSAWA, SusanSummary:
Set in the tiny hill-station of Chalaili in the last days of Raj in India, Coronation Talkies is an engrossing and touchingly funny read.
- Author:GALLICO, PaulSummary:
- Author:PRICHARD, Katharine SusannahSummary:
A story of aborigines, their living conditions, their relationship with white people, all set in the North West Australia but dealing primarily with the history of Coonardoo, the heroine.
- Author:REILLY, MatthewSummary:
The New York State Library. A silent sanctuary of knowledge, a 100-year-old labyrinth of towering bookcases, narrow aisles and spiralling staircases. For Dr Stephen Swain and his daughter, Holly, it is the sight of a nightmare.
- Author:JONES, MervynSummary:
A poignant story of an autumn love affair. Owen returns to Britain after 30 years in the East and meets again the woman he had once loved.
- Author:JACOBS, KateSummary:
50-year-old Gus doesn't feel like celebrating her birthday - besides, she's far too busy sorting out everyone else's lives, career challenges and romantic dramas. Food and love - a celebration of life itself.
- Author:DELDERFIELD, R. FSummary:
A young Welsh clerk arrives at the seaside town of Penmadoc to work in the local bank. Shortly afterwards he finds himself in love with two very different women and involved in an unlikely bank robbery.
- Author:COOKSON, CatherineSummary:
Set in the depressed areas of Tyneside during and after World War One, this novel highlights the difficulties experienced by participants of mixed marriages.
- Author:ASTLEY, TheaSummary:
"Granny dumping" has become a popular Christmas phenomenon and Kathleen is not ready for Passing Downs Old People's Home. The four ages of women - bimbo, breeder, baby-sitter and burden do not fit in with Kathleen and...
- Author:RAYNER, ClaireSummary:
Medical decisions can kill or cure, and this book documents one month in a hospital where staff are challenged by such decisions. Problems are faced daily by people like Kate Sayers, a surgeon whose dedication to her work makes any...
- Author:READ, MissSummary:
This is a delightful selection from the author's popular Fairacre books. It contains seven stories: Christmas at Fairacre, Village Christmas, Jingle Bells, No Holly for Miss Quinn, Christmas at Caxley 1913, The Christmas Mouse, and...
- Author:GOODMAN, SusanSummary:
Although Lisa had reached the pinnacle of success in her career, she still longed for motherhood. Many problems needed to be overcome before her wish could be fulfilled.
- Author:ALLEN, Charlotte ValeSummary:
Shattered by the death of her sister, Louise Parker heads for England, intent on starting afresh. She arrives in the London of the early 1960's, where everything seems possible. Continuation and conclusion to the story that began...
- Author:WEST, MorrisSummary:
Cassidy went after power and money and got them both. Cassidy's son-in-law is left with a legacy of mortal sins, dangerous intrigues and deadlier secrets, involving him in the seedy side of Australian politics and the underworld....
- Author:WODEHOUSE, P. GSummary:
A humorous collection of the exploits of that most unflappable of butlers, Jeeves.