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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. On the outbreak of war, Belle Reilly's husband Jimmy enlists and heads for the deadly trenches of northern France. Volunteering to help battlefield wounded, Belle is posted to France as a Red Cross ambulance driver. There, a tragic accident brings her face to face with Etienne - a man from her past she's never quite forgotten. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 31. Weight in Grams: 378.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
2000th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241950371
ISBN
9780241950371
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Eva Patterson's life is forever altered by the devastating discovery of her mother, Flora, dead in the bath leaving only a note: 'Forgive Me'. Until Flora's suicide, Eva's world had been secure - but overnight everything changes. For when Flora leaves Eva a London artist's studio in her will, she finds her mother had a secret past. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 137 x 40. Weight in Grams: 354.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241961490
ISBN
9780241961490
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.06

Paperback. Twelve-year-old Adele is placed in a bleak, cruel children's home after a family tragedy drives her mother insane. But when the owner betrays her trust Adele has no choice but to run away. Alone and friendless, she heads for Sussex, to seek out the grandmother she has never known. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 37. Weight in Grams: 404.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141046075
ISBN
9780141046075
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.22

Paperback. In the Somerset village of Sawbridge, young shopkeeper Molly Heywood slips away from the celebrations to her friend's cottage and makes a shocking discovery: Cassie is dead and her six-year-old daughter Petal has vanished without a trace. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 199 x 28. Weight in Grams: 292.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241961537
ISBN
9780241961537
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.29

Paperback. When their father tragically kills their mother, Dulcie and her sister are sent to an orphanage. Told that a 'better life' awaits them in another country, they are shipped off to Australia. But the promises made to the sisters turn out to be lies. And it seems to Dulcie that everyone who ever said 'trust me' somehow betrayed that trust. Num Pages: 720 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 46. Weight in Grams: 508.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141046044
ISBN
9780141046044
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.06

Paperback. It is 1938 and headstrong eighteen-year-old Mari Carrera leaves a gossipy small town in rural New Zealand aboard the SS Rimutaka. Rather too careless with her reputation, Mari is bound for the bustling anonymity of London - but she is all too willing to be seduced by the temptations of the glittering West End. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 34. Weight in Grams: 394.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
9780241961520
ISBN
9780241961520
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. Losing her adopted mother threatens all she's ever had.. Daisy was adopted. But when her mother dies, she finds her secure existence thrown into turmoil by the discovery of a scrapbook. Inside it is information about her real mother. Can she cope with the truth about her real parents? And more importantly, who is the real Daisy? Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 298.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd London
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Re-issue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141046051
ISBN
9780141046051
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.06

Paperback. Ellie is a sweet-natured brunette, generous of heart with a sparkling smile and an accent which reveals her East End background. Bonny is beautiful and spoilt, with cascades of blonde hair, the brightest pair of blue eyes and a mouth like Cupid's bow. The two girls meet in London at the end of the war when, seduced by two American airmen. Num Pages: 736 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 38. Weight in Grams: 524.
Publisher
Arrow
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099557463
ISBN
9780099557463
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.82

Paperback. She was convicted for killing her best friend.. Laura Brannigan is in jail for murder. She insists that she didn't kill her best friend, Jackie. But her search for justice seems futile. Then she receives a letter that takes her back to her youth.. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 128 x 42. Weight in Grams: 450.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
640
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Re-issue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141046112
ISBN
9780141046112
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. Without a mother, Rosie is at the mercy of her father and thuggish brothers. Then one day a friend comes to the farm in the form of cockney housekeeper Heather Farley. But soon enough Heather vanishes, abandoning Rosie to her fate. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 40. Weight in Grams: 446.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141046013
ISBN
9780141046013
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. Charity Stratton's bleak childhood is changed for ever when both her parents are killed in a fire. Separated by the authorities from her younger brothers and sister, Charity is sent out to work as a skivvy in a boys' boarding school. Her loneliness and misery are eased when she falls deeply in love with the dashing but fickle sixth-former. Num Pages: 688 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 36. Weight in Grams: 496.
Publisher
Arrow
Number of pages
688
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099557470
ISBN
9780099557470
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.80

Paperback. Her existence would be the ruin of her mother.. Baby Hope, the unfortunate proof of Lady Harvey's adultery, is smuggled out of a privileged aristocratic household to a nearby village. There, her true identity a secret, she grows up in the arms of the poor, but loving, Renton family. But the day comes when Hope must pay her way. Num Pages: 688 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 45. Weight in Grams: 482.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
688
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Re-issue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141046105
ISBN
9780141046105
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. Charlie is the latest from bestselling author Lesley Pearse. Her family is threatened and only she can save it.. When sixteen-year-old Charlie witnesses a brutal attack on her mother by two strangers she is shocked and terrified. But after talking to the police she realises that her father's business dealings can't be so innocent. Num Pages: 704 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 45. Weight in Grams: 490.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
704
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Re-issue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141046020
ISBN
9780141046020
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. When nine-year-old orphan Georgia James is unexpectedly fostered by the kindly Celia and her bank manager husband she can hardly believe her luck. But then - on her fifteenth birthday - she suffers the cruellest betrayal of all at the hands of her foster father and is forced to run away, leaving everything she loves behind her. Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 33. Weight in Grams: 464.
Publisher
Arrow
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099557456
ISBN
9780099557456
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.69

Paperback. She defied her parents to marry for love .. Following her heart, Fifi moves with Dan to London where they rent a seedy flat in Dale Street, Kennington. Though Fifi must now become acquainted with squalor, she is soon drawn into the goings on behind the shabby front doors of her new neighbours. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 34. Weight in Grams: 368.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Re-issue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141046099
ISBN
9780141046099
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. No matter who you are, love comes at a price.. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 35. Weight in Grams: 378. Clean copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KEX0246464
ISBN
9781409102465
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Friendship, ambition, betrayal - the brilliant novel from the author of BITTER CHOCOLATE. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 32. Weight in Grams: 378.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
Number of pages
576
Condition
New
SKU
V9781409103516
ISBN
9781409103516
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. 'A very 21st Century blockbuster, this has all the classic elements - nailbiting narrative, absorbing relationships, glamorous locations - with an extra shot of intelligence' COSMOPOLITAN Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 42. Weight in Grams: 424.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
Number of pages
672
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781409135784
ISBN
9781409135784
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.85

Paperback. No matter who you are, love comes at a price.. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 35. Weight in Grams: 378. Used paperback in very good condition.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
SKU
KNW0015515
ISBN
9781409102465
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. In the perfect family, there's a thin line between love and hate, especially when there's so much to hide .. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 92 x 34. Weight in Grams: 332.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
Number of pages
528
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781409102458
ISBN
9781409102458
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. The latest engrossing, utterly page-turning novel from the author of As Far As You Can Go Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 194. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
SKU
KRA0012083
ISBN
9780747592778
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. 281pp. Previous owner's signature on ffep
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
New
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC London
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
SKU
KHS1026457
ISBN
9780747526032
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.38

Paperback. A young Japanese girl's world is about to be turned upside down. When black ships carrying barbarians arrive on the shores of Japan, the Satsuma clan's way of life is threatened. But it's not just the samurai who must come together to fight: the beautiful, headstrong Okatsu is also given a new destiny by her feudal lord - to save the realm. Num Pages: 544 pages, B & W map. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127. .
Publisher
Corgi
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552163491
ISBN
9780552163491
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. In the brave new Japan of the 1870s, Taka and Nobu meet as children and fall in love; but their relationship will test the limits of society. Taka and Nobu's love is unacceptable to both their families and must be kept secret, but what they cannot foresee is how quickly the tables will turn. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 35. Weight in Grams: 388.
Publisher
Transworld Paperbacks United Kingdom
Number of pages
560
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552163453
ISBN
9780552163453
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.41

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