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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Regarded as a classic of lesbian literature and was groundbreaking when published in 1964. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 210.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844086788
ISBN
9781844086788
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. The emotional, gripping story of a shocking secret at the centre of a family, and a mother desperate to keep it hidden - perfect for fans of Kathryn Hughes' The Letter, Amanda Prowse's What Have I Done? and Jodi Picoult. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781409168232
ISBN
9781409168232
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.89

Paperback. Set in a Yorkshire mining village at the turn of the twentieth century, an engrossing slice of historical fiction from the acclaimed author of Netherwood Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 141 x 41. Weight in Grams: 378.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Digital original
Condition
New
SKU
V9780751547689
ISBN
9780751547689
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. A year on, Emma remains haunted by the image of that empty cot, thousands of miles away, the chasm between her and the rest of the family growing with each day that Sam remains missing. Is her son still out there? Will the mystery about what happened that night ever be unravelled? Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 198 x 29. Weight in Grams: 288.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405915311
ISBN
9781405915311
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.85

Paperback. When a teenage girl goes missing her mother discovers she doesn't know her daughter as well as she thought. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 30. Weight in Grams: 388. Good copy with some shelf wear
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
SKU
KRA0004796
ISBN
9781405915298
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. When a teenage girl goes missing her mother discovers she doesn't know her daughter as well as she thought. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 30. Weight in Grams: 388. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KTG0007074
ISBN
9781405915298
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

paperback. Twenty-nine-year-old Lewis, caught between working at a recruitment agency, helping his father out in the barbers and keeping his mother in touch with world news. But when he receives an email from Christy, an old school friend, he is intrigued by her society for Hope for Newborns. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 216 x 24. Weight in Grams: 328.
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Main
SKU
KNW0009929
ISBN
9780571238217
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Hardback. The final novel in Jane Smiley's masterpiece - the Last Hundred Years trilogy. Series: Last Hundred Years Trilogy. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 241 x 41. Weight in Grams: 740.
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Main Market Ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447275671
ISBN
9781447275671
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.05

Paperback. The first of two thematically linked novellas, each investigating the dream of the perfect family. It gives voice to a mother, loving but unsure of her love's value. In forfeiting her powerful husband, she fears that she has done her children irrevocable harm. The second novella is "Good Will". Series: Flamingo S. Num Pages: 208 pages, port. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130. Weight in Grams: 160. Clean copy, good to very good
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Flamingo
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
(Reissue)
SKU
KST0016776
ISBN
9780006543930
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Margaret Mayfield is nearly an old maid at twenty-seven when she marries Captain Andrew Jackson Jefferson Early. He's the most famous man their Missouri town has ever produced: a naval officer and an astronomer - a genius who, according to the local paper, has changed the universe. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 33. Weight in Grams: 392.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571258758
ISBN
9780571258758
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.49

Paperback. The pastures of the Karlson farm in Illnois have the charm of a landscape painting, but the horses that graze there have become the obsession of a woman who sees in them the ultimate fulfilment of her every wish - to win, to be honoured, to be the best. By the author of "A Thousand Acres". Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131. Weight in Grams: 170. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Flamingo
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
SKU
KCG0004038
ISBN
9780006547266
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardback. The first instalment in the Pulitzer Prize-winner's masterpiece - a trilogy following one family over a hundred years Series: Last Hundred Years Trilogy. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 164 x 36. Weight in Grams: 682.
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Main Market Ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447275596
ISBN
9781447275596
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.05

Harriet Norton won't stop crying. Her parents, Ann and Thomas, are being driven close to insanity and only one thing will help. Mysteriously, their infant daughter will only calm when she's under the ancient trees of Bleasdale forest. The Nortons sell their town-house and set up home in an isolated barn. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 138 x 30. Weight in Grams: 487. Fine in fine dust wrapper
Condition
Used, Like New
Edition
Main
Number of pages
352
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
SKU
KSG0009046
ISBN
9780571308170
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 14.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "A Thousand Acres" , this is a novel about some very American seductions: money, sex and real estate. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 25. Weight in Grams: 296. Some minor shelf wear, but a very good copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KTJ0027932
ISBN
9780571218554
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The Pulitzer Prize-winning, bestselling novel from one of America's greatest contemporary writers. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 286. Clean copy with some shelf wear, minor nicks and bumps on cover but otherwise clean
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Harper Perennial
Edition
New ed
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KSS0002357
ISBN
9780006544821
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Margaret Mayfield is nearly an old maid at twenty-seven when she marries Captain Andrew Jackson Jefferson Early. He's the most famous man their Missouri town has ever produced: a naval officer and an astronomer - a genius who, according to the local paper, has changed the universe. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 154 x 29. Weight in Grams: 472. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
Main
Number of pages
432
SKU
KAC0001634
ISBN
9780571258741
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 12.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. A collection of novellas, each of which features a formidable woman. In "Light My Fire" a snobbish man is undone by a new young wife, and an ancient Aga; in "Walking with Angels" a housewife's mundane life is illuminated by the arrival of Ariel, an angel; and in "Garden Guerillas" a widow takes an horticultural revenge on her daughter-in-law. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 167.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099472155
ISBN
9780099472155
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.50

Paperback. The four novellas that make up this book share a common theme: deception and self-deception, practised on or by the protagonists. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 135 x 17. Weight in Grams: 225. Clean copy with some shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KSS0001768
ISBN
9780099273745
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Terrifying secrets, torn loyalties, love versus duty, the gripping story of a young actress caught up in highly dangerous events in 1930s Berlin.. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 32. Weight in Grams: 336.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849839853
ISBN
9781849839853
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 133 x 203 x 26. Weight in Grams: 238.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
New Directions Publishing Corporation
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811222709
ISBN
9780811222709
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.51

Paperback. Lorna Parry lives with her three sons, each one lurching into adulthood. Lorna struggles in the claustrophobic loneliness of her home; she's still angry at her ex-husband, uncomfortable around her father's new girlfriend and finds it difficult to talk to her sons. Then a shocking event occurs at the boys' school and her world threatens to implode. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 22. Weight in Grams: 248.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784701123
ISBN
9781784701123
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.29

Paperback. On a weekend in late summer, Jo is fleeing to London with her children when, a few miles into the journey from the Kent coast, her teenage daughter jumps off the train. Since Jo's husband left her, she has been caring single-handedly for her three children, working in a junk shop to make ends meet. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 134.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099469643
ISBN
9780099469643
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.29

Paperback. Richard is in his mid-forties, apparently happily married, with two children. Abe is young, and casually manipulative. The men share a taxi and, on impulse, Richard invites Abe into his home- an action that sends ripples not only through his own life and that of his wife, but also through the fragile existence of Abe's younger sister, Kirsty. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 154.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099506966
ISBN
9780099506966
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.29

Paperback. Anita Mostyn feels the need to take a holiday from her life. On a whim, she takes up an offer to scout for holiday properties in Bulgaria. But as Anita navigates these difficult waters, a horrifying episode in her past - the thing she has really been trying to escape - comes back to haunt her. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 23. Weight in Grams: 220.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099566021
ISBN
9780099566021
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.29

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