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Amanda has always taken the role of big sister seriously. She has her life in order; a fantastic job in a great restaurant, a wonderful house and a best friend who's a Rockstar. But, Amanda's beginning to realise that her life is missing one monumental piece… Sabrina is living the high life in LA. Her Instagram is full of lavish parties, her tweets are brimming with celebrity names, but in reality she's stuck behind a desk working for a boss who...
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"The bus began to pull away before I had a chance to shout goodbye to Father. I think about that moment from time to time. About how long he must've stood there after the bus had left. About what he must've felt staring down that dark road, long after the bus had disappeared.
About how long he must've waited before going back inside the store."
-From Chapter 1
Two years after losing her daughter in a tragic accident, Hon finally returns to her...
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Bestselling author of The Summer House by the Sea is finally back on Hope Street after running from the memories for so long. She hasn't bumped into many neighbours yet but with her upcoming wedding to plan there's plenty to keep her busy! is still trying to get used to a life without her husband by her side. It's hard enough raising two children on her own – she doesn't have time to even think about dating… is fed up with being taken for granted...
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There was a time when the family Künstler lived in the fairy-tale city of Vienna. Circumstances transformed that fairy tale into a nightmare, and in 1939 the Künstlers found their way out of Vienna and into a new fairy tale: Los Angeles, California, United States of America.
For years Mamie Künstler, ninety-three-years-old, as clever and glamorous as ever, has lived happily in her bungalow in Venice, California with her inscrutable housekeeper...
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They say every marriage has its secrets. But no one sees what happens behind closed doors. And sometimes those doors should never be opened... Sal and Charlie are married. They love each other. But they aren't happy. Sal cannot leave, no matter what Charlie does - no matter how much it hurts.
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Eine Frau wird von einer Fremden angesprochen, die behauptet, sie hätten beide denselben Vater. Die überraschende Begegnung bleibt flüchtig, löst in ihr aber eine Welle von Emotionen aus. Fragen drängen sich auf, über Ehe und Mutterschaft, über Adoption und andere Familiengeheimnisse, über Wahrheit überhaupt.
In Das Vorkommnis erzählt Julia Schoch - eine der eindrücklichsten Stimmen autofiktionalen Erzählens in der deutschen Literatur...
8) Second Best
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It's about time British readers discovered the wit and originality of David Foenkinos' Jonathan Coe, author of Bournville
A magical imagining of the fate of a fictional boy whose life is shaped forever when he loses out on the role of Harry Potter.
It's 1999. Martin Hill is ten years old, crazy about Arsenal and has a minor crush on a girl named Betty. Then he makes it to the final two in the casting for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone....
9) Slippage
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Twenty-one works from one of the most brilliant, innovative, and eloquent writers on earth, including the award-nominated novella Mefisto in Onyx. Harlan Ellison celebrates four decades of writing and publishes his seventieth book, this critically acclaimed, wildly imaginative, and outrageously creative collection. The Edgar Award-nominated novella Mefisto in Onyx is the centerpiece, surrounded by screenplays, an introduction by the author, interspersed...
10) Choice: A Novel
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"How ought one to live?" This is the question that obsesses London-based publisher Ayush, driving him to question every act of consumption. He embarks on a radical experiment in his own life and the lives of those connected to him: his practical economist husband; their twins; and even the authors he edits and publishes. One of those authors, a mysterious M. N. Opie, writes a story about a young academic involved in a car accident that causes her...
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Una historia colmada de mentiras. Una superviviente del suicidio de su marido que a través de la narración nos cuenta cómo logró desenmascarar el trasfondo de una conspiración familiar. A lo largo de su vida ha tenido que enfrentarse con una serie de engaños y ocultamientos que van desde su origen hasta cada una de las elecciones de su vida como un mecanismo de repetición inconsciente.
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A poignant, heartwarming, and charmingly funny debut novel about how a discovered box in the attic leads one Bengali American family down a path toward understanding the importance of family, even when splintered.
Shantanu Das is living in the shadows of his past. In his fifties, he finds himself isolated from his traditional Bengali community after a devastating divorce from his wife, Chaitali, he hasn't spoken to his eldest daughter Mitali in months,...
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Chelsea Detective volume 2
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A woman at a luxury retirement home dies mysteriously, and with no signs of forced entry, suspicion falls on the staff and residents. But tensions within her family point to another cause, harking back to their time in Apartheid-era South Africa.
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Chelsea Detective volume 4
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Jack Felton, the charming owner of a fruit and vegetable delivery company, is found stabbed at home in what looks like a frenzied attack. The detectives must unravel romantic jealousies, family conflicts, and business rivalries to nab the killer.
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Chelsea Detective volume 3
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The most likely culprit in the murder of a psychotherapist is an ex-patient with a history of erratic behavior. As the team dig into the therapist's personal life, they uncover disturbing revelations that cast a new light on his killing.
16) Rapture
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Using a single interlude-a brief encounter of old lovers, two bodies entwined on a bed at midday-Minot defines the distance that erupts at what seems to be the height of connection, as well as the extent to which the senses deceive, and the intensely private eroticism of fantasy and the imagination.
Minot's lovers are mesmerizing in their individual journeys-one moving toward a kind of holy consummation, the other toward abnegation and blank despair....
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Studio City volume 1
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Actor Sam Stevens struggles to strike a work-life balance filming his dream role. Doc hides his opiate addiction.
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Studio City volume 4
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Sam has an unexpected blast from the past. Nick uses Sam's absence from Hearts on Fire to his advantage.
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Studio City volume 6
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Gloria and Jacoby form an alliance. While facing Doc's mortality, Sam and Doc find a peaceful co-existence. Sam gets vulnerable with Delilah.
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Studio City volume 5
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Sam faces the harsh reality of what it means to be an actor in Hollywood. Shelby confides in Sam.
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