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  • ADULT ASSEMBLY REQUIRED by Abbi Waxman, read by Emily Rankin - audiobook extract
    eaturing the characters you loved in The Bookish Life of Nina Hill!
    From the author of The Bookish Life of Nina Hill comes a story about friends who become our chosen family, proving that, even as adults, we all need help from time time.... Perfect for fans of Marian Keyes and Nina Stibbe.
    When Laura Costello arrives in downtown Los Angeles, her life has somewhat fallen apart.
    Her apartment building has caught fire, her engagement to her high school sweetheart has been broken off and she's just been caught in a rare LA downpour and has no dry clothes.
    But when she seeks shelter in Nina Hill's local neighbourhood bookshop, she finds herself introduced to the people who will become her new family. And as Laura becomes friends with Nina, Polly and Impossibly Handsome Bob, things start to look up.
    Proving that—even as adults—we all sometimes need a little help assembling and re-assembling our lives....
    6 min
  • ADULT ASSEMBLY REQUIRED by Abbi Waxman, read by Emily Rankin - audiobook extract
    eaturing the characters you loved in The Bookish Life of Nina Hill!
    From the author of The Bookish Life of Nina Hill comes a story about friends who become our chosen family, proving that, even as adults, we all need help from time time.... Perfect for fans of Marian Keyes and Nina Stibbe.
    When Laura Costello arrives in downtown Los Angeles, her life has somewhat fallen apart.
    Her apartment building has caught fire, her engagement to her high school sweetheart has been broken off and she's just been caught in a rare LA downpour and has no dry clothes.
    But when she seeks shelter in Nina Hill's local neighbourhood bookshop, she finds herself introduced to the people who will become her new family. And as Laura becomes friends with Nina, Polly and Impossibly Handsome Bob, things start to look up.
    Proving that—even as adults—we all sometimes need a little help assembling and re-assembling our lives....
    6 min
  • ISAAC AND THE EGG by Bobby Palmer, read by Johnny Flynn - Audiobook Extract
    'Truly one of the most beautiful stories you'll ever read' JOANNA CANNON
    'A mad, sad, funny debut' PATRICK GALE
    'This book is just magic' KATE SAWYER
    'Will stay with me for a long time' MARK WATSON
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    A young man walks into the woods on the worst morning of his life and finds something there that will change everything.
    It's a tale that might seem familiar. But how it speaks to you will depend on how you've lived until now.
    Sometimes, to get out of the woods, you have to go into them. Isaac and the Egg is one of the most hopeful, honest and wildly imaginative novels you will ever read.
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    'Fresh, original and beautifully written' RUTH HOGAN
    'Sublime' BRYONY GORDON
    'A mesmerising debut, capturing everything that's funny and sad about real life' DAVID WHITEHOUSE
    'A bold, beautiful undertaking' POORNA BELL
    'Funny, sad, surreal, life-affirming... I too would like an egg' KASIM ALI
    'An extraordinary story . . . brimming with magic and - perhaps most importantly - hope' GLAMOUR
    2 min
  • ISAAC AND THE EGG by Bobby Palmer, read by Johnny Flynn - Audiobook Extract
    'Truly one of the most beautiful stories you'll ever read' JOANNA CANNON
    'A mad, sad, funny debut' PATRICK GALE
    'This book is just magic' KATE SAWYER
    'Will stay with me for a long time' MARK WATSON
    ---
    A young man walks into the woods on the worst morning of his life and finds something there that will change everything.
    It's a tale that might seem familiar. But how it speaks to you will depend on how you've lived until now.
    Sometimes, to get out of the woods, you have to go into them. Isaac and the Egg is one of the most hopeful, honest and wildly imaginative novels you will ever read.
    ---
    'Fresh, original and beautifully written' RUTH HOGAN
    'Sublime' BRYONY GORDON
    'A mesmerising debut, capturing everything that's funny and sad about real life' DAVID WHITEHOUSE
    'A bold, beautiful undertaking' POORNA BELL
    'Funny, sad, surreal, life-affirming... I too would like an egg' KASIM ALI
    'An extraordinary story . . . brimming with magic and - perhaps most importantly - hope' GLAMOUR
    2 min
  • ISAAC AND THE EGG by Bobby Palmer, read by Johnny Flynn - Audiobook Extract
    'Truly one of the most beautiful stories you'll ever read' JOANNA CANNON
    'A mad, sad, funny debut' PATRICK GALE
    'This book is just magic' KATE SAWYER
    'Will stay with me for a long time' MARK WATSON
    ---
    A young man walks into the woods on the worst morning of his life and finds something there that will change everything.
    It's a tale that might seem familiar. But how it speaks to you will depend on how you've lived until now.
    Sometimes, to get out of the woods, you have to go into them. Isaac and the Egg is one of the most hopeful, honest and wildly imaginative novels you will ever read.
    ---
    'Fresh, original and beautifully written' RUTH HOGAN
    'Sublime' BRYONY GORDON
    'A mesmerising debut, capturing everything that's funny and sad about real life' DAVID WHITEHOUSE
    'A bold, beautiful undertaking' POORNA BELL
    'Funny, sad, surreal, life-affirming... I too would like an egg' KASIM ALI
    'An extraordinary story . . . brimming with magic and - perhaps most importantly - hope' GLAMOUR
    2 min
  • ISAAC AND THE EGG by Bobby Palmer, read by Johnny Flynn - Audiobook Extract
    'Truly one of the most beautiful stories you'll ever read' JOANNA CANNON
    'A mad, sad, funny debut' PATRICK GALE
    'This book is just magic' KATE SAWYER
    'Will stay with me for a long time' MARK WATSON
    ---
    A young man walks into the woods on the worst morning of his life and finds something there that will change everything.
    It's a tale that might seem familiar. But how it speaks to you will depend on how you've lived until now.
    Sometimes, to get out of the woods, you have to go into them. Isaac and the Egg is one of the most hopeful, honest and wildly imaginative novels you will ever read.
    ---
    'Fresh, original and beautifully written' RUTH HOGAN
    'Sublime' BRYONY GORDON
    'A mesmerising debut, capturing everything that's funny and sad about real life' DAVID WHITEHOUSE
    'A bold, beautiful undertaking' POORNA BELL
    'Funny, sad, surreal, life-affirming... I too would like an egg' KASIM ALI
    'An extraordinary story . . . brimming with magic and - perhaps most importantly - hope' GLAMOUR
    2 min
  • A TRUTH TO LIFE FOR by Anne Perry, read by Polly Edsell - audiobook extract
    The fourth novel in Anne Perry's breathtakingly tense and exciting spy thriller series, featuring young British photographer and secret agent Elena Standish, who will need every ounce of her strength and ingenuity to survive what lies ahead....
    It is the summer of 1934 when MI6 receives intelligence that two German scientists have made a breakthrough in germ warfare. British agent Elena Standish must return to Berlin to prevent unimaginable horror and, with the help of her trusted friend, Jacob Ritter, embark upon a mission fraught with fear and uncertainty.
    Meanwhile, her grandfather's old adversary, Johann Paulus, has risen to power as an adviser to Hitler. By his side is his loyal supporter Hans Beckendorff, who is married to Elena's childhood friend. But when Hans witnesses the bloodshed and atrocities of the Night of the Long Knives, he is torn between ambition and the realisation that he must protect his family from harm.
    6 min
  • A TRUTH TO LIFE FOR by Anne Perry, read by Polly Edsell - audiobook extract
    The fourth novel in Anne Perry's breathtakingly tense and exciting spy thriller series, featuring young British photographer and secret agent Elena Standish, who will need every ounce of her strength and ingenuity to survive what lies ahead....
    It is the summer of 1934 when MI6 receives intelligence that two German scientists have made a breakthrough in germ warfare. British agent Elena Standish must return to Berlin to prevent unimaginable horror and, with the help of her trusted friend, Jacob Ritter, embark upon a mission fraught with fear and uncertainty.
    Meanwhile, her grandfather's old adversary, Johann Paulus, has risen to power as an adviser to Hitler. By his side is his loyal supporter Hans Beckendorff, who is married to Elena's childhood friend. But when Hans witnesses the bloodshed and atrocities of the Night of the Long Knives, he is torn between ambition and the realisation that he must protect his family from harm.
    6 min
  • AN HONEST LIE by Tarryn FIsher, read by Lauren Fortgang - audiobook extract
    She's been taken. And it's all your fault.
    Rainy lives at the top of Tiger Mountain. It's a sanctuary—a new life where she can hide from her disturbing past.
    When she reluctantly agrees to a girls' weekend in Vegas, she's prepared for an exhausting parade of shots and slot machines. But on their first night, one of the women doesn't come back to the hotel room.
    Then Rainy gets a message. Someone has her friend, but Rainy is who they really want, and she knows why. Now, the only way to save her friend is to step back into the past.
    From New York Times and USA Today best-selling author Tarryn Fisher comes a seething, gut-punch of a thriller that will have you gripped to the edge of your seat as it drives you to its nail-biting conclusion. Perfect for fans of B A Paris, Alice Feeney and Stay Close.
    6 min
  • AN HONEST LIE by Tarryn FIsher, read by Lauren Fortgang - audiobook extract
    She's been taken. And it's all your fault.
    Rainy lives at the top of Tiger Mountain. It's a sanctuary—a new life where she can hide from her disturbing past.
    When she reluctantly agrees to a girls' weekend in Vegas, she's prepared for an exhausting parade of shots and slot machines. But on their first night, one of the women doesn't come back to the hotel room.
    Then Rainy gets a message. Someone has her friend, but Rainy is who they really want, and she knows why. Now, the only way to save her friend is to step back into the past.
    From New York Times and USA Today best-selling author Tarryn Fisher comes a seething, gut-punch of a thriller that will have you gripped to the edge of your seat as it drives you to its nail-biting conclusion. Perfect for fans of B A Paris, Alice Feeney and Stay Close.
    6 min

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