True Love at the Lonely Hearts Bookshop
True Love at the Lonely Hearts Bookshop

Author: Annie Darling

Publisher: HarperCollins UK

Published: 2017-05-18

Total Pages: 314

ISBN-13: 000817315X

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It's a truth universally acknowledged that a single woman in possession of a good job, four bossy sisters and a needy cat must also have want of her one true love. Or is it? Another delightful novel from the author of The Little Bookshop of Lonely Hearts. Perfect for fans of Lucy Diamond and Jenny Colgan

A Change of Heart at the Vintage Dress Shop
A Change of Heart at the Vintage Dress Shop

Author: Annie Darling

Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton

Published: 2024-06-27

Total Pages: 294

ISBN-13: 1399715356

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Cressida Collins is the queen of makeovers. With a well-placed stitch, button or seam, she can transform any frock in The Vintage Dress Shop and give customers their Cinderella moment. Like her beautifully organised workroom under the eaves, Cress's life away from the shop is just as orderly and mapped out. But when her boyfriend of fifteen years drops a bombshell, it explodes all the carefully laid plans Cress had for her future. It's going to take more than needle and thread to put Cress's own life back together. Will she ever be brave enough to say goodbye to her old dreams and start over? But after designing a dress for a customer and transforming her into the woman she always wanted to be, Cress realises that it can be fun not to follow a pattern. Then there's her blossoming friendship with Miles, a very handsome and very sexy film director... Cress is about to discover that leaving a few loose threads might be the best way to mend her broken heart... A wonderfully uplifting, funny and heartfelt summer romance that will whisk you away to the haven of The Vintage Dress Shop. Perfect for fans of Sarah Morgan, Heidi Swain and Phillipa Ashley. Praise for Annie Darling: 'Funny and heartwarming' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Absolutely gorgeous, swoon worthy romance' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Heartwarming and compelling' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'An absolute delight!' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

The Phoenix and the Carpet
The Phoenix and the Carpet

Author: Edith Nesbit

Publisher: Wordsworth Editions

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 9781853261558

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Five British children discover in their new carpet an egg, which hatches into a phoenix that takes them on a series of fantastic adventures around the world.

Animals, Animality, and Literature
Animals, Animality, and Literature

Author: Bruce Boehrer

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2018-09-20

Total Pages: 775

ISBN-13: 1108581161

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Animals, Animality, and Literature offers readers a one-volume survey of the field of literary animal studies in both its theoretical and applied dimensions. Focusing on English literary history, with scrupulous attention to the interplay between English and foreign influences, this collection gathers together the work of nineteen internationally noted specialists in this growing discipline. Offering discussion of English literary works from Beowulf to Virginia Woolf and beyond, this book explores the ways human/animal difference has been historically activated within the literary context: in devotional works, in philosophical and zoological treatises, in plays and poems and novels, and more recently within emerging narrative genres such as cinema and animation. With an introductory overview of the historical development of animal studies and afterword looking to the field's future possibilities, Animals, Animality, and Literature provides a wide-ranging survey of where this discipline currently stands.

Life After Life
Life After Life

Author: Kate Atkinson

Publisher: Random House

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 628

ISBN-13: 0552779687

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WINNER OF THE COSTA NOVEL AWARD What if you had the chance to live your life again and again, until you finally got it right? During a snowstorm in England in 1910, a baby is born and dies before she can take her first breath. During a snowstorm in England in 1910, the same baby is born and lives to tell the tale. What if there were second chances? And third chances? In fact an infinite number of chances to live your life? Would you eventually be able to save the world from its own inevitable destiny? And would you even want to? Life After Life follows Ursula Todd as she lives through the turbulent events of the last century again and again. With wit and compassion, Kate Atkinson finds warmth even in lifeâe(tm)s bleakest moments, and shows an extraordinary ability to evoke the past. Here she is at her most profound and inventive, in a novel that celebrates the best and worst of ourselves.

The Vintage Dress Shop in Primrose Hill
The Vintage Dress Shop in Primrose Hill

Author: Annie Darling

Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton

Published: 2023-08-03

Total Pages: 341

ISBN-13: 1399715305

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'The sweetest, most delicious book . . . Such a gorgeous love story' Marian Keyes 'Funny and heartwarming with great characters' Reader review 5 stars 'Absolutely gorgeous, swoon worthy romance' Reader review 5 stars Second chances never go out of style... Sophy Stevens always thought she would have everything sorted by the time she was thirty. Instead, she is freshly fired, recently dumped and sleeping on her mum's sofa. So when her absent dad offers her a job at his vintage clothes shop in Primrose Hill, it's one she can't refuse. It will only be for a few months until she is back on her feet, after all. But the Vintage Dress Shop is more magical than she could have even imagined, full of preloved fashion from a 1950s wedding dress to the glittering gems sourced by jeweller Charles. In spite of herself, Sophy starts to fall in love with the store and the process of matching the perfect item with every customer. With each new treasure Sophy uncovers, she begins to wonder if, like these vintage clothes, the store is the key to her second chance... and then there's Charles, who might just end up mending her broken heart... Let Annie Darling sweep you off your feet with this heartwarming and romantic novel, perfect for fans of Katie Fforde and Phillipa Ashley. Everyone is falling in love with Annie Darling: 'Heartwarming and compelling. A wonderful read which was difficult to put down... Great characters and a lovely romantic story which touches the heart' Reader review 5 stars 'The most uplifting, sumptuously indulgent, romantic joy of a book... It tugged all my heartstrings and held me captive until the last, perfect page' Cressida McLaughlin 'An absolute delight! I also loved the debonair love interest... It was so nice to see someone pick themselves up and rise from the ashes in such beautiful surroundings surrounded by all these amazing clothes, I loved it!' Reader Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'This is the feel good book you must read... With an array of fabulous characters and the perfect ending that made me squeal with delight this warm and charming story will have you enchanted' Nina Pottell

Guenevere
Guenevere

Author: Stark Young

Publisher:

Published: 1906

Total Pages: 96

ISBN-13:

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A verse drama detailing Guenevere's and Launcelot relationship and the ramifications.