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Thaw
(2010)
Ruth is thirty
two years old and doesn't know if she wants to be thirty three. Her
meticulously-ordered lonely life as a microbiologist is starved of
pleasure and devoid of meaning. She decides to give herself three
months to decide whether or not to end her life, and we read her
daily diary as she struggles to make sense of her past and grapples
with the pain of the present. 'Thaw' explores what makes any of our
lives worth living. Can Red, the eccentric Russian artist Ruth
commissions to paint her portrait, find a way to warm her frozen
heart?
Buy Thaw from
The Book Depository (with
free worldwide delivery) or from Amazon
UK.
 The
Blue Handbag (2009)
After forty years of happy
marriage, Leonard thought he knew his wife Rose as well as he knew
himself. It's only after her sudden death that he finds her old
handbag, which contains a mystery he can't ignore. Accompanied by
Lily, his wife's childhood friend, Leonard becomes a reluctant
detective as his whole life starts to unravel. "The Blue Handbag" is
steeped in a quiet poetry which reminds us to take pleasure from the
ordinary details of life - reading stories to our children, sharing
silence with our friend over a beer, enjoying the plants Leonard
tends for a living - and never to take anything for granted. Read
the first chapter for free here.
Buy The Blue Handbag from
The Book Depository (with
free worldwide delivery) or from Amazon
UK.
The Letters (2009)
Violet
Ackerman has drifted through a career, four children and a divorce
without ever knowing who she is or what she wants. After moving to
the coast, she starts receiving a series of mysterious letters sent
from a mother and baby home in 1959, written by a pregnant
twenty-year-old Elizabeth to her best friend. Who is sending Violet
these letters, and why? What will happen to Elizabeth's baby? 'The
Letters' invites us see what happens when we don't run away. Will
love be enough to encourage Violet to stay?
Buy The Letters from
The Book Depository (with
free worldwide delivery) or
Buy from
Amazon UK or Buy
from
Amazon US.
 A
Year of Questions: How to slow down and fall in love with life
(2007)
Watching too much trashy
television, trying to find something decent to eat in a
motorway service station, feeling awkward at dinner parties,
putting off the hoovering... is this what life is all about?
These everyday ordinary
things happen to us all. This book helps us to discover what
we can learn from them. It encourages us to wonder why we
hate our boss, and why we keep spending too much money. It
invites us to look at the ball of string between our ears
and start to untangle it. It nudges us into slowing down,
paying more attention, waking up.
As well as the
hoovering, life is also about seeing a vase of yellow tulips
lit up from behind, making creamy potatoes au gratin for
your family, sitting by the sea and watching the waves
twinkle. `A Year of Questions' will help you to fall in love
with your life all over again.
Buy A Year of Questions from
Amazon UK or Buy
from
Amazon US.
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