Even as a child, Gabriella Harrison's only escape is through the stories she writes. Only writing can dull the pain of her lonely world.
General Fiction
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Author:STEEL, DanielleSummary: -
Author:HARRIS, JoanneSummary:Seeking refuge and anonymity in the cobbled streets of Montmartre, Vianne and her daughters, Rosette and Annie, live peacefully, if not happily, above their little chocolate shop. Nothing unusual marks them out; no red sachets hang by...
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Author:BUCK, PearlSummary:The story of a close-knit family who dedicate themselves to the salvation of their homeland, Korea. The story covers the period from the era of Queen Min, to the fateful days of the Second World War.
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Author:ISLER, AlanSummary:Cyril Entwistle, is a Yorkshireman, womaniser, egoist, world-class liar, and of late, controversial BBC talking head on almost any topic. He has chosen Stan Kops to write his biography.
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Author:NELSON, AliceSummary:Adrift in a failing marriage, Maya Wise is alone in a strange world far from home. Until, intrigued by an elderly Chinese man carrying a caged nightingale she begins to follow him through the streets and alleys of Hong Kong. Drawn to...
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Author:DeWITT, HelenSummary:Story of a single mother who comes from a long line of frustrated talents, and her son who just happens to be a child prodigy.
- Author:GADNEY, RegSummary:
Separated from her husband by World War Two, Victoria Wymering becomes passionately involved with Pierre Banks, an intelligence officer. When Pierre returns to Britain from Nazi occupied France, he must rescue Victoria from a suicidal...
- Author:INNES, HammondSummary:
Ian Ferguson discovers that the death of his father was triggered by an SOS from the leader of a geological expedition in Labrador, supposedly killed in a plane crash. He treks to the desolate north of that country to unravel the...
- Author:BANKS, Lynne ReidSummary:
Pregnant by accident, kicked out of home by her father, 27-year-old Jane Graham goes to ground in the sort of place she feels she deserves - a bug-ridden boarding-house attic in Fulham. She thinks she wants to hide from the world, but...
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Author:TAN, AmySummary:Pearl has a terrible secret which she tries to keep from her mother, Winnie. Winnie has her own long-kept secrets too. A story of innocence and its loss, tragedy and survival, and most of all, the enduring qualities of hope, love and...
- Author:INNES, HammondSummary:
A young deserter fights for life against nature and modern smugglers based in a disused Cornish tin mine.
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Author:MONSARRAT, NicholasSummary:Six great events from Malta's past, and six selected days from World War Two, are woven into an absorbing story of courage and peril for her people, especially Father Salvatore.
- Author:HUTCHINSON, MegSummary:
When Tam's brother Benjie is wrongly accused of theft, and locked in a prison cell, his sister makes a solemn promise that she will not let the little lad down. Benjie is transported to Australia and Tam must embark upon an epic...
- Author:MCGREGOR, ElizabethSummary:
Jo Harper, a successful young journalist, has only her two-year-old son, Sam, to remind her of her late partner. When Sam falls ill, there is only one hope-that his stepbrother John could be a match for a bone marrow transplant.
- Author:STEEL, DanielleSummary:
Life was good for Liz and Jack Sutherland. In eighteen years of marriage, they had built a family, a successful law practice and a home, near San Francisco. Then in an instant, it all fell apart.
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Author:STEEL, DanielleSummary:Perched on a hill, the house was magnificent, built in 1923 by a wealthy Frenchman for the woman he adored. Almost a century later, a young woman walks through its empty rooms. This novel of daring and hope, of embracing life and...
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Author:HOWATCH, SusanSummary:Successful, beautiful Carter Graham thinks she has her life in perfect order. She is married to the man of her dreams, Kim Betz. Why is Kim's ex-wife stalking her?
- Author:KINCAID, KathSummary:
Emma and Matthew's lavish wedding is only a week away and with preparations reaching fever pitch, Emma's hen party is going to be a welcome break.
- Author:PARK, RuthSummary:
An account of life in the backstreets of Sydney's working class neighbourhoods during the early part of this century.
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Author:PELLEGRINO, NickySummary:Filled with food, feuds, love and longing, reading The Gypsy Tearoom is like taking a seat in the piazza of Triento, somewhere between the bustle of the market stalls and the sweetly-scented bakery, and becoming a tiny part of the...
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