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Latife Tekin

"This is the strange, magical story of a young girl growing up in modern Turkey, from her birth in a small rural village haunted by fairies and demons to her traumatic move to the big city. Based on her own childhood experiences, Latife Tekin's literary debut marked a turning point in Turkish fiction." "Concentrating on a daughter's struggle against her overbearing mother set against the pressures of a rapidly changing society, Dear Shameless Death is a fantastic, hallucinatory novel, with strong feminist insights about what it means to be a woman growing up in Turkey today."--BOOK JACKET.

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Tess Stimson

With her gift for "surprising emotional honesty...[and] an impressive ability to get inside the heads of [her characters]," Tess Stimson grips readers with this internationally bestselling novel of six lovers, two marriages, one affair--and what happens when a lifetime of secrets begins to unravel.Ella Stuart is a pediatrician with a fulfilling career and a marriage any woman would envy. William Ashfield is a devoted husband, a good father, and a successful businessman. Beth Ashfield married the love of her life and loves him still, but the light inside her is going out and she has one last chance to rekindle it. And Cate, Beth and William's brilliant but troubled teenage daughter, is trying to negotiate the rough waters between adolescence and womanhood. But when tragedy strikes, the repercussions spiral through all of their lives--and in an instant, nothing will ever be the same. Now Ella, William, Beth, and Cate will discover that trying to have it all might be keeping them from the very thing they each want most....With sharp wit and moving honesty, Tess Stimson has written a brazenly unsentimental yet deeply felt novel of hearts gone astray that somehow keep the faith--even when everyone seems to be cheating.Publishers WeeklyFrom the Trade Paperback edition.

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Rachel Heath

"Tacita is pretending to ignore her husband's affair; Stella can't imagine wanting any more than she has; Theresa is determined to stay so busy, she won't have time to feel guilty; Zeki hopes no-one will find out what he's up to; Jonathan swigs whisky on the commuter train, wanting to believe his children are running free through the woods in their wellies; and Sheila, a widow, mother and grandmother has disappeared. In a small English town, everyone is struggling to be the person they think they should be. But sometimes the pressure is overwhelming."--Publisher's description.

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Catherine Ryan Hyde

Fourteen-year-old Angie and her mum are on the brink of homelessness ...again. The problem is her little sister, Sophie. Sophie has a form of autism, and a tendency to shriek. Home never seems to last long. Until they move in with Aunt Vi, across the fence from a huge Great Dane. Sophie falls in love, and begins to imitate the dog's calm nature.