Lily and Laurence Lamont-Jones have it all: lavish holidays in exotic locations, a top private school for their children, Hettie and Hugo, and a beautiful Buckinghamshire home with horses and stables. But their perfect world is about to be turned upside down.

Mr Polly is an ordinary middle-aged man who is tired of his wife's nagging and his dreary job as the owner of a regional gentleman's outfitters. Unexpected events, however, conspire at the last moment to lead the bewildered Mr Polly to a bright new future.

Over the course of four disturbing weeks, widow Alice Lightfoot finds herself dashing hurriedly from one adventure to another, and begins to ask herself whether this is how life is to be now she's on her own.

Ben Bradford always wanted to be a photographer, but life got in the way and he became a junior partner in a major law firm. When he discovers that his wife is having an affair, he realises that he has the opportunity to cast off his old life and try again.

Willa Drake can count on one hand the defining moments of her life. In 1967, she is a schoolgirl coping with her mother's sudden disappearance. In 1977, she is a college student considering a marriage proposal. In 1997, she is a young widow trying to piece her life back together. And in 2017, she yearns to be a grandmother but isn't sure she ever will be. Then, one day, Willa receives a startling phone call from a stranger. Without fully understanding...

Are you taking your life for granted? Lucy Silchester is. She?s busied herself with other stuff: friends? lives, work issues, her deteriorating car, that kind of thing. But she?s stuck in a rut - and deluding everyone. Only Lucy knows the real truth. Time for a wake-up call - a meeting with life. And life turns out to be a kindly, rather run-down man in an old suit, who is determined to bring about change - and won?t let Lucy off the hook. Sometimes...

Jonathan Caine is a true master of the universe - a currency wizard with a trophy wife, a penthouse condo with a view of the Statue of Liberty, and the desire for more - when his world comes crashing down, spiraling him into a relentless fall from grace. Devastated, Jonathan returns to his hometown to care for his ailing father and attend his 25th high school reunion, where he becomes reacquainted with former prom queen Jacqueline Williams. Back in...

The unmissable finale to Ali Smith's dazzling literary tour de force: the 'Seasonal Quartet' concludes.

Timothy Gandy has kept his lifetime's ambition secret for 40 years. Now, suddenly (if tragically) released from the hen-pecked tedium of his ordinary existence, he is unexpectedly free to realise his dreams. He will embark on a Grand Tour of Europe, following in the footsteps of the aristocrats of the 18th century. He anticipates high art, culture and pleasant weather. He never expected to encounter new friendships - and possibly even love - along...

'I THINK YOU MIGHT BE MY FATHER.' When first-year student Zoe Barry walks into Professor David Connolly's office and tentatively says these words, he is left reeling. His entire family is affected by the arrival of this stranger - his wife Caroline, with whom he has an increasingly fragile relationship, and their two children Robbie and Holly. Though no one quite knows who Zoe is, she is soon entangled in their lives. Yet her stories don't ring true,...