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1) Charlie
Author
Publisher
Penguin
Pub. Date
2010
Description
Growing up in the 1970s, Charlie Welsh is a fun-loving 16-year-old girl who wants to experience free love and have a wild time. But when her father disappears and her mother is hospitalised, her privileged lifestyle suddenly disappears.
2) Stay with me
Author
Publisher
Thorpe, Charnwood
Pub. Date
2017
Description
Ilesa, Nigeria, 1985: Yejide is hoping for a miracle: for a child. It is all her husband wants, and all her mother-in-law wants. She has tried everything - arduous pilgrimages, medical consultancies, appeals to God, all without success. When her relatives insist upon a new wife, it is too much for Yejide to bear. It will lead to jealousy, betrayal and despair. In the midst of the social and political turbulence of 1980s Nigeria, what follows is a...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2017
Description
Karen Bloom expects perfection. Her son, Ewan, has been something of a disappointment, and she won't be making the same mistake again with her beloved, talented child, Bronte. Bronte's every waking hour will be spent at music lessons and dance classes, doing extra schoolwork and whatever it takes to excel. But as Karen pushes Bronte to the brink, the rest of the family crumbles. Karen's husband, Noel, is losing himself in work, and his teenage daughter...
Author
Publisher
10 Canelo
Pub. Date
2022
Description
On the day of her father's funeral, Harriet's gran tells her that Joyce, the woman she has always called Mam, isn't her real mother after all. Her emotions in turmoil, Harriet discovers a streak of rebellion that puts into jeopardy everything she holds dear. Can she come back from the brink or will her life be full of lonely teardrops?
5) Bad guys
Author
Series
Zack Walker volume 2
Description
Zack Walker is back, and much to his family's relief, the work-at-home science-fiction writer has left the house to take a job as a features writer for the city paper. But now that Zack's incessant plotting can no longer be hatched from the comforts of his own home, he must be ever more vigilant to outwit the evil at large, whether in the suburbs, the city, or his own imagination. Zack is ready - or so he thinks. While researching his first feature...