![]() Now it looks like her family is all she has. Her divorce four years ago put paid to any thoughts of a partner to share her later years with. Caught between her ageing, ailing mother Frances, and her struggling daughter Louise, frequent user of Nancy’s babysitting services, it seems Nancy’s fate is to quietly go on shouldering the burden of responsibility for all four generations. Nancy de Freitas is the glue that holds her family together. Particularly when there’s romance in the air… Then there’s her infuriatingly brash tutor, Isaac, and the enigmatic Madame Beaumont, tucked away in her vineyard of secrets.īut Emmy will soon realise that in life – just as in wine-making – the best things happen when you let go and trust your instincts. Emmy’s new work friends need more than a little winning over. There’s plenty to get to grips with in the rustic town of Petit Frère. Even if she doesn’t know a thing about wine – beyond what’s on offer at the local supermarket. ![]() Working for a wine-maker in France is the opportunity of a lifetime for Emmy. Looking for a way to escape her own heartache, Abby becomes obsessed with the story, little realising that behind the image frozen in time lies a secret altogether more extraordinary.Įmmy Bridges has always looked out for others. Now it’s time to put down roots of her own. A faded photograph of a man saying goodbye to the woman he loves. Just as happiness is in their grasp, the worst happens, and their future is snatched away.ġ962.Deep in the vaults of a museum, archivist Abby Gordon stumbles upon a breathtaking find. ![]() When she meets explorer and man about town Dominic Blake, she realises she has found the love of her life. But what about the last?ġ961.Journalist Rosamund Bailey is ready to change the world. When he begins to talk to her, he doesn’t realise she can hear every word – and that he is giving her a reason to wake up.Īnd so begins a love story that might just save both their lives…Įveryone remembers their first kiss. Thibault is in the same hospital visiting his brother and, seeking a retreat, finds his way into Elsa’s room. What they don’t know is that in the past few weeks Elsa has regained partial consciousness – she just has no way of telling them. With all hope of reviving her gone, her family must face the devastating fact that it might be time to turn off her life support. ‘A rare and beautiful novel’ (Daily Mail)Įlsa has been in a coma for five months. I’m Still Here by Clélie Avit (Lucy Foster trans.)Ī modern-day Sleeping Beauty story of love and hope, perfect for fans of Jojo Moyes. She will immerse you in a world I dare you to turn away from.’ Lisa O’Donnell, author of The Death of Bees As the feverish metropolis is brought to boiling point, secrets will rise and walls will crumble both within and without Number 37… But in distant corners of the city, as Paris is pulled taut with summer heat, there are those who meet with a darker purpose. Still bearing the sweat of a channel crossing, he takes his place in an attic room to wait out his grief. Though each of their walls touches someone else’s, the neighbours they pass in the courtyard remain strangers. A woman with silver-blonde hair opens her bookshop downstairs, an old man feeds the sparrows on his windowsill, and a young mother wills the morning to hold itself at bay. Within its walls, people talk and kiss, laugh and cry some are glad to sit alone, while others wish they did not. ![]() In a forgotten corner of Paris stands a building. In honour of the French election that took place this week, team bookends thought we’d carry on the theme and give you our picks of French-themed books!Īll that divides them will soon collapse… ![]()
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