Family saga / generational saga fiction
HarperCollins Publishers The Boardwalk Bookshop
Book Synopsis The instant New York TImes bestseller ‘A book begging to be read on the beach, with the sun warming the sand and salt in the air: pure escapism.’ Kirkus Could this be the place to find happy ever after? When Bree, Mikki and Ashley open The Boardwalk Bookshop on the Californian coast it is a dream come true. But while their business is thriving, their personal lives are not. Bree has sworn to protect her heart at all costs, until an unexpected meeting with a bestselling author changes everything. Mikki has never moved on from her divorce, but knows something must change. And Ashley’s wedding fantasy is shattered when she discovers her boyfriend never wants to get married. Every Friday the three friends meet on the beach in front of the bookshop to toast the sunset. Here, as their bond grows closer, they will challenge each other to not only face their fears but fight for what they have always wanted in life, and love. *** The new summer romance from the bestselling author of The Christmas Wedding Guest *** Perfect for fans of: Books about books 📖 Female friendships ❤️ Uplifting romance ☀️Trade Review Praise for Susan Mallery ‘A book begging to be read on the beach, with the sun warming the sand and salt in the air: pure escapism.’ Kirkus on The Boardwalk Bookshop ‘If this novel doesn’t get you in the mood for Christmas, we don’t know what will!’ Woman’s Weekly ‘Full of festive cheer, heartwarming romance and cute dogs – loved it!’ Bella Osborne, author of One Family Christmas ‘You won't want to miss this festive treat!’ Katie Ginger, author of The Secrets of Meadow Farmhouse ‘An inspiring story of friendship and love.’ My Weekly ‘A book begging to be read on the beach, with the sun warming the sand and salt in the air: pure escapism.’ Kirkus
£8.99
Bonnier Books Ltd The New Breadmakers
Book SynopsisThe New Breadmakers is the long-awaited sequel to Margaret Thomson Davis' bestselling saga The Breadmakers - her classic trilogy chronicling the life and times of a Glasgow working-class community during the 1930s and '40s. Having survived everything that the Depression and the Second World War has thrown at them, the people of McNair's bakery and the surrounding tenements are now facing an uncertain future. With the Coronation of 1953, a new age is beginning, and all is by no means well in the lives of the breadmakers. Catriona McNair's husband is making her life a misery and she decides to take drastic action; her friends Julie and Sammy have become involved in a search for a long-lost daughter; Alec Jackson, the happy-go-lucky reformed philanderer, finds himself caught up in one of Glasgow's worst tragedies; and the youngsters are challenging convention in the name of romance. The New Breadmakers is the wonderfully evocative story of these and a host of other colourful Glasgow characters, as they live through the extraordinary changes of the 1950s and '60s.
£7.08
ACA Publishing Limited Empires of Dust
Book SynopsisWhen making coffins is the best business in town, what hope is there for tomorrow? Amidst the maelstrom of Communist China's rocky beginnings, Guojiadian, a tiny hamlet situated on salty ground in the rural northeast where nothing grows, must forge a path through the turbulence - both physical and political - threatening to return the windswept village to the dust from which it emerged. Amongst the long-suffering village inhabitants lives Guo Cunxian, a man of rare ability trapped in an era of limitations. His quest for a better future for him and his family pits him against the jealousy of his peers, the indifference of his superiors and even the seemingly cursed earth upon which he resides. In a decades-long journey filled with frustration and false starts, they eventually rise to dizzy heights built upon foundations as stable as the dust beneath their feet and the mud walls which shelter them. But will their sacrifices along this tortuous path be in vain...?
£17.99
Open Letter The Brahmadells
Book SynopsisLife, madness, and death run rampant in this epic novel chronicling the life of one Faroese family.
£14.39
Pocket Books Ruby
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£9.49
Random House USA Inc Mad Honey: A Novel
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£15.30
BoD - Books on Demand Palmen und Zitronen
£15.92
Books on Demand Gerda rockt die Bühne: Oma dreht durch
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£18.90
istolé Belletristik In gewissem Grade glücklich
£999.99
£999.99
Lector House Forsyte Saga (Volume I): The Man Of Property
£999.99
Lector House Forsyte Saga (Volume III): Awakening, To Let
£14.40
Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial La Oculta / The Hideaway
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£11.45
BoD - Books on Demand Roots in a Handbag
£37.42
Monsoon Books The Pioneers
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£7.99
Monsoon Books The Flight of the Swans
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£8.54
Columbia University Press Love and Revolution
Book SynopsisReimagines the lives of a legendary couple - Sun Yat-sen, known as the "Father of the Chinese Revolution," and his wife, Song Qingling. This novel touches on Sun Yat-sen's tormented political life and Song Qingling's rumored affairs and isolation after her husband's death.Trade Review[Ping Lu] succeeds in showing the ordinary and sometimes repugnant details of Qingling's life. -- Perry Link New York Review of BooksTable of ContentsPreface Brief Biographies of Sun Yat-sen and Song Qingling Translator's Note Love and Revolution About the Author
£79.20
University of Hawai'i Press Dying in a Strange Land Latitude 20 Book
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£19.96
Collective Ink Burden, The – A Family Saga
Book SynopsisFrank is a reformed alcoholic. He lives at home with his mother, Elisabeth - at least, he did until she went into a nursing home suffering from dementia. He is devoted to her and conversely hates his estranged father, Geoffrey. So when elder sister Pat calls to tell him Dad is dying and wants to meet him, Frank is forced to face up to his demons. But what are they? And how did he acquire them? Every family has its secrets and Frank's is no exception. As much as he tries to forget, something happened a long time ago that has coloured his life ever since - and he can't live in peace until he confronts it. Seen from the perspective of four separate family members, The Burden examines an individual's contrasting relationships and the different emotions they inspire.
£11.99
Watkins Media Limited Herald of the Black Moon: Black Moon, Book III
Book SynopsisThe Wraiths have raised an army of the dead. An army of the living is marching on the throne. Caught in the middle, Myla is supposed to be spying on a sorceress who can read minds. Things are not going well. Far away, Seth and Fings are trying their hardest to have nothing to do with any of this. All Fings has to do is not steal anything. All Seth has to do is not meddle with Forbidden Magics. All they have to do is lie low. And for once, it’s all going swimmingly. Until, that is, Fings sees a face he thought they’d left behind in the ashes of Deephaven. As Seth’s past catches up with him and Myla unravels the true nature of the Empire’s new Princess-Regent, the trio converge on the dead city of Valladrune. Armed with sinister secret behind an old war, they once more hold the fate of the Empire in their reluctant hands. If only they knew what the heck to do with it. File Under: Fantasy [ Tough crowd i-Spy Forbidden fun End of an era ]Trade ReviewPRAISE FOR STEPHEN DEAS"Subterfuge and skulduggery from one of my favourite fantasy writers.”– RJ Barker, author of The Bone Ships"Adventure fantasy in the classic style, as faction battles faction in a city of blood and grit and deathtrap back alleys. But it’s the storytelling that makes the pages fly by. Wit, humor, and a percolating sense of enchantment are signatures of a Stephen Deas novel, and this is Deas at the top of his game.”– Robert V.S. Redick, author of Master Assassins and The Red Wolf Conspiracy"A big, rich world, with a plot full of surprises and characters that will linger long after you finish the book… not to be missed."– Joshua Philip Johnson, author of The Forever Sea"This dark and gritty fantasy is recommended for readers wanting the scope of an epic with the grittiness of grimdark urban fantasy. It will be loved by those who are looking for stories that exhibit all the darkness at the heart of “Game of Thrones” set in the mean streets of the grittiest of fantasy cities, and/or those who like antihero protagonists stuck in a morally gray area."– Library Journal"Three unlikely characters land in the midst of political intrigue in this fun fantasy from Deas...This will most appeal to fantasy readers who love seeing everyday characters caught up in sweeping events."– Publishers Weekly"Deas's prose is witty, occasionally almost Pratchett-like...there's something vital and dangerous going on in the world, but our fun comes from the petty tragedies of three downtrodden rogues."– SFX"Readers who like their high fantasy laced with revenge and political intrigue will find this tale of interest."– Booklist
£10.99
Penguin Putnam Inc The Angels Share 2 Bourbon Kings
Book Synopsis“Downton Abbey meets Dynasty in this richly imagined, captivating family saga,” said USAToday.com about The Bourbon Kings. Now the series continues, as the Bradford family’s facade of privilege and prosperity is threatened by secrets and indiscretions. . . . The Bradford family is the crème de la crème of high society in Charlemont, Kentucky—just like their exclusive brand of bourbon. But no one is above suspicion once the apparent suicide of the family patriarch begins to look like murder—especially the eldest Bradford son, Edward. The bad blood between his father and him is known far and wide. As the investigation intensifies, he keeps himself busy at the bottom of a bottle—and with two women who may or may not have his best interests at heart... Then, on the very brink of the family’s demise, someone thought lost to them forever returns to the fold. Maxwell Bradfo
£11.36
Saraka Inprint The Blue Pendant: Book 1 of The Sackville Hotel Trilogy
£17.09
Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial La villa de las telas / The Cloth Villa
£23.37
Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial Regreso a la villa de las telas / The Return of
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£22.28
Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial Polvo de sueños / Dust of Dreams
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£51.76
Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial La casa de las cadenas / House of Chains
£51.37
Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial Mareas de media noche / Midnight Tides
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£31.01
Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial Las furias invisibles / The Heart’s Invisible Furies
£24.11
Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial Recuerdos del río volador / Memories of the
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£21.69
Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial Charles Street, No. 44 / 44 Charles Street / 44 Charles Street: A Novel
£14.49
Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial Traicionada / Betrayal
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£13.93
Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial Belgravia / Julian Fellowe's Belgravia
£14.72
£24.30
Libros del Asteroide S.L.U. Las Grandes Familias Libros del Asteroide
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£21.11
DeBolsillo Un mundo sin fin World Without End
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£19.45
Prh Grupo Editorial Bajo el mismo cielo Under the Same Sky
£21.85
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Keeping Faith
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£14.39
HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Third Child
Book SynopsisFeeling left out in her family of ambitious achievers, Melissa Dickenson hopes to escape her mother's relentless scrutiny when she enters college and falls in love with the son of her father's political adversary, unaware that he is hiding a dangerous secret that could destroy both their families.
£13.49
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Lords of the North
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£15.29
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Ireland
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£17.09
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Keeping Faith
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£9.49
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Sword Song
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£16.19
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Keeping Faith
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£15.29
HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Passing Bells
Book SynopsisBefore Downton Abbey, there was Abingdon Pryory, the elegant country home of the Grevilles - a titled English family who, along with their servants, see their world turned upside down when England goes to war - and their well-kept lawns and whirling social seasons give way to the horrors of battle leaving no one, upstairs or downstairs, untouched.Trade Review"A capacity to shock, to astonish, and to engage ... written throughout with economy and wit." -- New York Times Book Review "Swift and startling power ... moving ... entertaining ... can absorb you into its fictional landscape as easily as Alice passing through the looking glass." -- Chicago Tribune Book World "Well-written, exciting ... echoes of Hemingway, Graves, and 'Upstairs, Downstairs,' with characters who breathe and about whom one cares." -- Library Journal "Spellbinding. This is really a start-reading-and-don't-stop-until-you're-finished-novel." -- Publishers Weekly "Every twenty-five years or so, we are blessed with a war novel, outstanding in that it depicts not only the history of our time, but also its soul." -- West Coast Review of Books "Fascinating ... a timeless tale of the conflicts that emerge from a violent change. It is a delight to read." -- Cleveland Press
£12.96
HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Kept
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£20.79
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Kiss Carlo
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£15.29
HarperCollins Publishers Inc A Reunion of Ghosts
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£21.59
HarperCollins Publishers Inc A Reunion of Ghosts
Book SynopsisA NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARD FINALIST“The Alter sisters are mordant, wry, and crystalline in wit and vision; it is a tremendous pleasure to rocket through generations of their family histories with them.” —Lauren Groff, New York Timesbestselling author of Fates and Furies, The Monsters of Templeton, and ArcadiaIn the waning days of 1999, the last of the Alters—three damaged but wisecracking sisters who share an apartment on Manhattan’s Upper West Side—decide it’s time to close the circle of the family curse by taking their own lives. But first, Lady, Vee, and Delph must explain the origins of that curse and how it has manifested throughout the preceding generations. Unspooling threads of history, personal memory, and family lore, they weave a mesmerizing account that stretches back a century to their great-grandfather, a brilliant scientist whose professional triumph be
£14.39
