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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. Gina and Laurence have been best friends. Now, Gina is married to Fergus and Laurence to Hilary. Then, with elegant disdain, Fergus announces that he is leaving Gina and their daughter. Gina turns for emotional support to Laurence. And as Laurence gives comfort, so his own marriage and the stability of his children edges towards destruction. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 228. 316pp. Signed by previous owner
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Black Swan
Edition
Reprint
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KLN0008518
ISBN
9780552996433
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Julia Hunter and Kate Bain have, it seems, each found true happiness with men old enough to be their fathers. The tranquil lives of the men and the girls seem shattered as new relationships develop and old anxieties surface, and nothing will ever be quite the same again. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 224. Good copy with some shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Black Swan
Edition
Reprint
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KRA0006590
ISBN
9780552994927
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Merrion Palmer has been Judge Guy Stockdale's mistress for the last seven years and his wife and two grown-up sons know absolutely nothing about her. But now the time has come for things to change. Guy has become conscious of wasted years and he wants to share his relationship with Merrion with the world. He wants, dammit, to marry her. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 232. Some light shelf wear, else as new
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Black Swan
Edition
First Edition
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KRA0009130
ISBN
9780552998727
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Gillon - red-haired, intelligent, vulnerable - comes to London to escape from the demands of her wealthy, conventional, socially superior family in Charleston, South Carolina. An art historian, she has a chance meeting with Tilly, whose long-term boyfriend Henry is a wildlife photographer who is finding it hard to commit. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 240. Good clean copy showing light shelfwear to covers and page edges, remains in good condition
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Black Swan
Edition
First Thus
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0009445
ISBN
9780552770873
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Nathalie and David have been good and dutiful children to their parents. They were both adopted and now Nathalie discovers a need to trace her birth parents and insists that David makes the same journey. And through this, both learn one of the hardest lessons of all. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 278. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Black Swan
Edition
Reprint
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KTG0017285
ISBN
9780552771733
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 12.99
€ 10.38

Paperback. Friday nights, the best night of the week, the night they all looked forward to more than they cared to admit - talking, drinking, laughing and crying together. They were six female friends, different in age and circumstances, but with one common need: the warmth and support of their Friday nights. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 27. Weight in Grams: 296. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Black Swan
Edition
First Edition
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KTG0018094
ISBN
9780552774123
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Chrissie, in the twenty-three years she'd been together with Richie, had always believed that he loved her. He loved their three daughters and their house in Highgate and their happy, lively existence. But if she really was the love of his life, why had he never given her the one thing that would have made her life perfect? Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 30. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Black Swan
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552775434
ISBN
9780552775434
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.95

Paperback. Nathalie and David have been good and dutiful children to their parents. They were both adopted and now Nathalie discovers a need to trace her birth parents and insists that David makes the same journey. And through this, both learn one of the hardest lessons of all. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 278.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Black Swan
Condition
New
SKU
9780552771733
ISBN
9780552771733
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.38

Paperback. The Grey House is the final piece in the jigsaw of Alice Jordan's perfect life. It seems to be the ultimate achievement of her outwardly happy marriage - a loyal, if dull husband, three children, two cars and now the house. So why does she feel as if something is missing? Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 18. Weight in Grams: 192. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Black Swan
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KTG0007455
ISBN
9780552994101
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. For eight-year-old Rufus, life has become complicated. His parents, Josie and Tom, have divorced and are setting off on separate paths. But now, other people have had to become involved, like his mother's new husband Matthew and his father's new friend Elizabeth. What's even worse is that there are other children too, Matthew's three teenagers. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 222.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Black Swan
Edition
Trade Paperback
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552997881
ISBN
9780552997881
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.24

Paperback. High interest books, designed to appeal to both boys and girls; highly motivating stories which attract the reader's attention and hold it through the story. Series: Hodder African Readers. Num Pages: 96 pages, 8. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 8. Weight in Grams: 90.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Hodder Education United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340984154
ISBN
9780340984154
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.69

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Allen & Unwin Australia
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9781742375878
ISBN
9781742375878
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.36

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd South Africa
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9781770091016
ISBN
9781770091016
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.42

Paperback. Series: Hannah Swensen Mysteries. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 104 x 30. Weight in Grams: 181.
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Kensington Publishing
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
Format
Paperback
SKU
V9780758280381
ISBN
9780758280381
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.90

Paperback. When Vianne Rocher receives a letter from beyond the grave, she allows the wind to blow her back to the village in south-west France where, eight years ago, she opened up a chocolate shop. Nor is it only the incomers from North Africa that have brought change. Father Reynaud, Vianne's erstwhile adversary, is disgraced and under threat. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 127 x 35. Weight in Grams: 384.
Publisher
Black Swan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552776998
ISBN
9780552776998
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.73

Paperback. Offers a collection of short stories. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 212.
Publisher
Black Swan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552778794
ISBN
9780552778794
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.73

Paperback. After thirty years at St Oswald's Grammar in North Yorkshire, Latin master Roy Straitley has seen all kinds of boys come and go - the clowns, the rebels, the underdogs, and those he calls his Brodie boys. But every so often there's a boy who doesn't fit the mould. A troublemaker. A boy capable of twisting everything around him. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FF; FH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 2. Weight in Grams: 354.
Publisher
Black Swan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552777018
ISBN
9780552777018
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.91

Paperback. It's never easy to face the fact that a man you once loved passionately has found the girl of his dreams, as Alice discovers when Joe introduces her to his new girlfriend. Then Alice finds an old diary and reads about two men and the mysterious woman who bewitched them both, buried in Grantchester churchyard half a century ago. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 316.
Publisher
Black Swan
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
2008 Revised Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552775045
ISBN
9780552775045
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.95

Paperback. At St Oswald's, a long-established boys' grammar school in the north of England, a new year has just begun. For the staff and boys of the school, a wind of unwelcome change is blowing. Suits, paperwork and Information Technology rule the world; and Roy Straitley, the eccentric veteran Latin master, is finally, reluctantly contemplating retirement. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 128 x 29. Weight in Grams: 352.
Publisher
Black Swan
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552770026
ISBN
9780552770026
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.94

Paperback. 'Who died?' I said. 'Or is it a secret?' 'My mother, Vianne Rocher.' Seeking refuge and anonymity in the cobbled streets of Montmartre, Yanne and her two daughters live peacefully, if not happily, above their little chocolate shop. Nothing unusual marks them out; no red sachets hang by the door. The wind has stopped - at least for a while. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 37. Weight in Grams: 408. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Black Swan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
SKU
KTG0004543
ISBN
9780552773157
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 12.99
€ 9.71

Paperback. 'Once there was a widow with three sons, and their names were Black, Brown and Blue. Black was the eldest; moody and aggressive. Brown was the middle child; timid and dull. But Blue was his mother's favourite. And he was a murderer.' Blueeyed boy is the brilliant new novel from Joanne Harris. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 34. Weight in Grams: 376. Good copy with some shelf wear. Minor marking to cover.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Black Swan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
SKU
KTG0011368
ISBN
9780552773164
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Jay Mackintosh is trapped by memory in the old familiar landscape of his childhood, to which he longs to return. A bottle of home-brewed wine left to him by a long-vanished friend seems to provide the key to an old mystery. As the unusual properties of the strange brew take effect, Jay escapes to a derelict farmhouse in the French village. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 288. Well-read paperback in good condition. Some shelf wear.
Publisher
Black Swan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KRF0022359
ISBN
9780552998000
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Beyond the main street of Les Laveuses runs the Loire, smooth and brown as a sunning snake - but hiding a deadly undertow beneath its moving surface. This is where Framboise, a secretive widow, plies her culinary trade at the creperie - and lets her memory play strange games. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 23. Weight in Grams: 306.
Edition
paperback / softback
Publisher
Black Swan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552998833
ISBN
9780552998833
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.73

Paperback. In seventeenth-century France, against a backdrop of witch trials, regicide and religious frenzy, Juliette, one-time actress and rope-dancer, seeks refuge with her young daughter in the remote abbey of Saint Marie-de-la-Mer, and reinvents herself as Soeur Auguste. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 25. Weight in Grams: 290. Good copy with some shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Transworld Pub
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
paperback / softback
SKU
KRA0012064
ISBN
9780552770019
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

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