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Pub. Date
2017
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A mother always knows best. Doesn't she? What if your choice for your child could harm someone else's? Every mother faces impossible choices. Vaccination is one of the hardest. For single mum Kate O'Hara, there was no decision to make. Her daughter Rosie is one of a small percentage of Irish children who can't be vaccinated against measles. All Kate can do is hope that her little girl is safe. For mummy blogger Madeleine Cooper, it was a leap of faith...
3) The sting
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Pub. Date
2019
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Old loyalties die hard on the streets of London. Tommy throws his lot in with the notorious Darling family - even if it means leaving childhood friend Scratch to the wolves. She's destined for a different path, reinventing herself as copper Kim Regan. Now they're on opposite sides of the law. Running Operation Sting, Kim will rip the heart out of the Darling's empire - and only her old pal Tommy stands in her way.
4) Child's play
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Macmillan
Pub. Date
2019.
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Kate Morgan is an esteemed Manhattan lawyer. After losing her beloved husband in a tragic accident, she's successfully raised their three children single-handedly. Now in their twenties, she slightly smugly feels that they are well set up to travel the path she planned. Except why is her eldest daughter, Tamara, a high-flying marketing executive, so secretive and why won't she commit to a relationship? Then there's Anthony, Kate's middle child, who...
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2019.
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Our brains stay active for ten minutes after our heart stops beating. For Leila, each minute brings with it a new memory: growing up with her father and his wives in a grand old house in a quiet Turkish town; watching the women gossip and wax their legs while the men went to mosque; sneaking cigarettes and Western magazines on her way home from school; running away to Istanbul to escape an unwelcome marriage; falling in love with a student who seeks...
6) Baby love
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Publisher
Penguin
Pub. Date
2022
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When 14-year-old Laura gets pregnant and is disowned by her family, she finds solace in a community of girls just like her who help guide each other through the difficult years to come.
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Pub. Date
2019.
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A tiny island community is stunned by the discovery of a long-buried body. For Stella Harvey, the news is doubly shocking: the body was found in the garden of her childhood home. The home her family fled without explanation 25 years ago. Now, questioning her past and desperate to unearth the truth, Stella returns to the isolated island. But she quickly finds that the community she left isn't as welcoming as she remembers - and that people in it will...
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Those looking in from the outside think that Lucy Lovejoy's life is like any other, but at the centre of her family there is a big, empty hole where all the love and warmth should be. Over the years her children have watched while their father chipped away at Lucy's self-confidence. Now the children are following their own paths and Lucy has never felt more alone. When tragedy strikes at the heart of her family, it's a wake-up call for her. Everyone...
11) Matilda
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British Library cover celebrating 30 years of the story of a young genius girl develops who psychic powers and uses them to get revenge on her parents and terrifying headteacher.
12) Love untold
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Grace is about to turn ninety. She doesn't want parties or presents or fuss. She just wants to heal the family rift that's been breaking her heart for decades. But to do that she must find her daughter Alys - the only person who can help to put things right. And when she finds her - if she does - she risks betraying granddaughter Elin. Who is far less forgiving of the past, with its hurts and secrets and lies. Meanwhile Grace's great-grand-daughter...
16) Silent night
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Paige Watts is the ultimate stage mother. The daughter of Hollywood royalty, Paige channels her acting dreams into making her own daughter, Emma, a star. By the age of nine, Emma is playing a central role in a hit TV show. Then everything is shattered by unforeseeable tragedy. Now Emma is living with her aunt Whitney, who had chosen a very different path from her sister's. But at a moment's notice, Whitney drops everything to help her niece. Once...
19) Poppy's project
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Publisher
Watts
Pub. Date
2018
Description
A girl keeps coming up against obstacles as she tries to do her school project about her family.