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Pub. Date
2015.
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Frankie Shaw is a single mum in pursuit of a fresh start. Moving from London to a small town in Norfolk with her two teenage kids will do them all good, she thinks, with dreams of seaside life filling her head. But the reality is harsher - isolated and struggling with writer's block, she regrets her decision to move her family to a run-down town that sits uneasily alongside second homes and expensive boutiques. When she meets Scott, a wary Canadian...
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Pub. Date
2015
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In 2006, three-year-old Phoebe Piper went missing on a family holiday. Despite massive publicity and a long investigation, no trace of her was ever found. Seven years later, Molly Jackson, aged ten and recently uprooted to a Norfolk village, finds her great uncle Dan dead in his bed. Molly remembers nothing of her early years, but she's been sure for ages that she is Phoebe. Everything in her life points to it and now, finally, she has proof. Dan's...
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Pub. Date
2015
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When Ailsa uproots her family to Norfolk, she's determined a change of scene will fix all their problems. Then the Fairports move in next door. Opinionated and free-spirited, their presence threatens to destry Ailsa's fresh start. Yet for straight-A student Romy, Ailsa's teenage daughter, there's no escaping the intense attraction she feels towards their youngest son, Jay. So when Jay tells Romy his darkest secret, she only wants to help. But Romy's...
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Publisher
APA Publications
Pub. Date
2015
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Ideal for on-the-spot use, 'Great Breaks Norfolk & Suffolk' makes the perfect companion for both first-time and repeat visitors. The Top 10 section is designed to help you get the most out of your trip, highlighting the best the region has to offer, from majestic cathedrals and steam railways to nature reserves. Carefully planned walks and tours take you on a journey through picturesque villages and charming seaside towns, past medieval churches and...
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Rough Guides
Pub. Date
2021
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Explore the best of Norfolk and Suffolk with this travel guide, packed full of insider information and stunning images. From making sure you don't miss out on must-see, top attractions like BeWILDerwood and Holkham Hall to Sutton Hoo, to discovering cultural gems, including punting in Cambridge, grabbing binoculars and bird-watching in Minsmere RSPB Nature Reserve and strolling down sprawling piers such as Southwold, the easy-to-follow, ready-made...
6) The will
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Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2022
Description
Cecily Mordaunt is dead. On the evening of her funeral, her family will gather for dinner and each will be given a letter, revealing who is the next custodian of Roxborough Hall. The house is a burden, a millstone, a full-time job - but they all want it. And some are willing do anything to get it. One family. Eight letters. Who will get what they deserve?
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Halsgrove
Pub. Date
2008
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The Norfolk coast is famed for its huge expanses of sand and pebble beaches, salt marshes, intriguing fishing villages and wide, ever changing skies. From the wild and windswept expanse of the Wash, through traditional seaside resorts, industrial ports and everything inbetween, this collection of photographs captures the mood of Norfolk.
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Arrow Books
Pub. Date
2014
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DI Jack Delaney is trying to make a clean break. Tormented by his troubled past, he has taken his young family out of London, swapping the mayhem of London for the tranquil calm of the north Norfolk coast. Except it's not so tranquil. After a terrible storm hits Sheringham, a body is discovered beneath the rubble of a collapsed cliff. Natural disaster? No, this looks like murder, and Jack is the only local resident qualified to investigate. But when...
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Publisher
Dales
Pub. Date
2021
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Norfolk, 1939. The residents of Great Plumstead agree to open up their homes to evacuees from London. Pregnant Marianne is determined to make a fresh start for herself. Local lady Thea opens up her beautiful home, Rookery House, to the evacuee mothers. The ladies of Great Plumstead are fighting their own battles on the Home Front - but can the community come together in a time of need to protect their own?
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When Fred Carpenter suggests to his wife, Sally, that they should take a boating holiday on the Norfolk Broads, she is filled with trepidation. Nevertheless she summons her courage and they and their bull-terrier Bill set off, with Fred at the helm of Dogfish Three. Sally's misgivings are soon justified, as a series of disasters - human, nautical and canine - threaten to ruin their holiday. Then everything changes as they make friends with the boating...
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Publisher
Apa Publications (UK Ltd)
Pub. Date
2023
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A beautiful coastline of grassy dunes and sandy beaches, as well as a rural interior of farmland and forest, this fully-updated guide to two of England's most captivating regions reviews the best the area has to offer. A range of interests, and price brackets, are covered, as well as providing information on things not to miss during your trip.
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Avon
Pub. Date
2023
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The love letters were only the start of the story. Tucked into a crook of the Norfolk coast lies Nelson's Bar - an idyllic village where time seems to stand still. Maddy Austen has called this beautiful spot home all her life, as had her husband Adey - until one snowy night an epic row sent him storming out, never to be seen again. Six years on, and Maddy's life in the village has settled into a gentle pattern with her daughter Lyla and Great-Aunt...
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Rosanna is part of a close, extended Fenland family and the youngest of three cousins. As she grows up, the others turn to her when they are unhappy or in trouble. To find her own happiness, she has to break free and finally make them aware that she has feelings too.
15) The Marsh House
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Publisher
Head of Zeus -- an Apollo book
Pub. Date
2022
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December, 1962. Desperate to salvage something from a disastrous year, Malorie rents a remote house on the Norfolk coast for Christmas. But once there, the strained silence between her and her daughter, Franny, feels louder than ever. Digging for decorations in the attic, she comes across the notebooks of the teenaged Rosemary, who lived in the house years before. Though she knows she needs to focus on the present, Malorie finds herself inexorably...
16) The pride
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Publisher
Isis
Pub. Date
2017
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1901. Tina Rose is the beloved daughter of a wealthy Jewish family, while Edward grew up with an abusive father in the wilds of New Zealand. Despite their differences, the two fall madly in love when Edward Neyler arrives in England, looking for a better future. However, the consequences of their love affair are terrible for Tina as she is shamed by the father she adores, and Edward is sent away. Against all the odds, Tina and Edward find each other...
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Publisher
Aurum
Pub. Date
2009
Description
In 2007 Christine Adams went to the BBC's Antiques Roadshow in Norfolk with some memorabilia from the house of her aunt, May Savidge. But this was only a tiny fraction of the house's contents, and only hinted at the facts of May Savidge's life. Now, Christine Adams tells how she discovered the full story.
18) The leviathan
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Raven Books
Pub. Date
2022
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Norfolk, 1643. With civil war tearing England apart, reluctant soldier Thomas Treadwater is summoned home by his sister, who accuses a new servant of improper conduct with their widowed father. By the time Thomas returns home, his father is insensible, felled by a stroke, and their new servant is in prison, facing charges of witchcraft. Thomas prides himself on being a rational, modern man, but as he unravels the mystery of what has happened, he uncovers...
19) The cook's tale
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Publisher
Coronet
Pub. Date
2012
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Nancy Jackman was born in 1907 in a remote Norfolk village. Her father was a ploughman, her mother a former servant. Nancy left school at the age of 12 to work for a farmer and continued to work as a cook until the 1950s, sustained by her determination to escape and find a life of her own.