'Jo Cox's selfless service to others made the world a better place' Barack Obama, 44th President of the United StatesTHE NUMBER 1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'A desperately tender account ... part love story, part grief memoir ... resolutely uplifting' Decca Aitkenhead, *Guardian | **'*Brave, inspiring, and full of love.' Daily Express | 'A chance to get to kn...

Love is messy. Family is messier.Jess knows that better than anyone. When her mum walked out on her as a child, her godmother Rachel stepped in. Now Jess is paying it forward, doing the same for her best friend when she needs it most.It doesn’t make sense to everyone, least of all Jess’s dad, but she’s sure he’ll come around. What she’s less sure of is how anyone will react if they discover she’s head over heels in love with Rachel’s daughter, Melissa.Avoiding the i...

Becky thought she had her future mapped out, until her boyfriend’s betrayal tore it apart. Newly single and determined to rebuild on her own terms, she throws herself into a bold new plan: buy a house, ditch the old dreams, and maybe, just maybe, find a connection that feels real. In the swipe-and-dash world of online dating, that is easier said than done, especially when small talk feels like a high-stakes game.Then she meets Paige, the club’s new bar manager. Confident, charismat...

After months of illness, Abi is desperate to get back to normal. The problem is, normal no longer exists. Her gardening clients have vanished, she’s moved back in with her overbearing parents, and someone has even had the nerve to clean the football club toilets. Losing her lucky number eleven shirt to a teenager feels like the final insult.So when Jenna, the team’s star striker and the owner of a slick chain of barbershops, offers to help her get back on track, Abi agrees. Relucta...

Adie Green has spent her twenties managing everyone else’s emotions. She smooths over her best friend Josh’s dating anxieties, tiptoes around her mother’s post-divorce fragility, and endures her grandmother’s habit of bringing strange men home. The one thing she can’t manage is her relationship with her father, or the fact that she’s gay and he refuses to accept it.When Morgan, a plumber with her own complicated family, steps into Adie’s carefully managed life, the routines Adie re...

Jax has her life in order. She’s practical, pragmatic, and fiercely loyal to The Blues, the club that’s been her chosen family since she emigrated from Nebraska. Love, though, is more complicated. Years ago, she fell quietly and deeply for Carolyn, a married woman on the club’s committee. Nothing ever happened, though it nearly did, and Jax has never forgotten her.Then Carolyn moved away. That should have been the end of the story… until now.Newly divorced and drawn back to...

Mother. Teacher. Disaster bisexual. In that order. Most days.V is about to start her first teaching job. After years of juggling childcare, begging favours, and working her arse off, she’s finally standing on her own two feet. The only trouble is, they’re a little wobbly.She knows she doesn’t want her old life anymore, but she’s starting to wonder if the plans she made for her new one need revising. Especially when she’s knocked completely off balance by Sofia, a hot Italia...

Weihnachten. Erwartungen. Familie. Und der Wunsch, einfach zu verschwinden.Joss hat genug davon. Ihr erstes Weihnachten als Single steht bevor und sie weigert sich, es mit mitleidigen Blicken und falscher Feststimmung zu verbringen. Stattdessen bucht sie das Gegenteil von allem: eine luxuriöse Frauen-only Weihnachtskreuzfahrt durch die norwegischen Fjorde. Freiheit, Verführung und eine Reise voller Möglichkeiten warten auf sie.Lexie dagegen ist leise, zurückhaltend und meid...

Een onmisbare gids voor wie rouwt of een dierbare wil bijstaan in zijn verdriet. Helpen bij verlies en verdriet is al vele jaren het basisboek over rouw. In deze volledig nieuwe editie toont Manu Keirse aan de hand van vele herkenbare voorbeelden hoe rouwen niet gelijkstaat aan afscheid nemen, maar aan anders leren vasthouden. Het boek gaat niet alleen in op verlies door de dood, maar besteedt ook aandacht aan andere verliessituaties die vaak onterecht onderbelicht blijven, zoals verlies v...

Het menselijk lichaam is een atletische machine, gemaakt om veel te bewegen. Dat hebben jager-verzamelaars ook miljoenen jaren gedaan, maar de laatste eeuw vielen we stil. Dit gebrek aan lichaamsbeweging breekt ons zuur op en veroorzaakt een golf van chronische ziektes.De wetenschap toonde dit al aan voor hart- en vaatziektes en type-2 diabetes. Nieuwe studies bewijzen dat het effect van bewegen veel verder reikt dan we ooit dachten - het is een krachtige bondgenoot in de strijd te...

Not Just Bad Kids: The Adversity and Disruptive Behavior Link explores the theory that all behavior makes sense in context. If you understand a person's frame of reference – their background, history and experience – you can imagine what might be driving their behavior. The book describes the social, cultural and environmental factors that shape the lives of many youths, including early childhood attachment which sets the foundation for how they interact with authority figures. The book al...