Rosie Thomas, beloved by readers for her brilliantly realized characters and twisting, page-turning plots, turns her sharp nib to a group of older friends in this evocative story of camaraderie and its challenges. Miranda Meadowe decides a lonely widowhood in her crumbling country house is not for her. Reviving a university dream, she invites five of her oldest friends to come and join her to live, and to stave off the prospect of old age. All have...

Her latest novel, Constance, is a powerful story of a woman's anguished reckoning with her past. Constance Thorne was a foundling, left by her mother within days of her birth. Decades later, she leads a happy, independent life in Bali, but when she hears the news that her sister Jeanette is dying, the last thing she wants is to return to London. As a child, Connie was aware only of the differences between herself and her sister, yet they both fell...

Bestselling author Rosie Thomas captivates readers once again with this sweeping saga of family, love, and betrayal set against a historical backdrop spanning two world wars. Born within hours of each other, cousins Clio Hirsh and Grace Stretton were raised as sisters in the innocent days before the Great War. But jealousy and bitterness simmer beneath the surface of their friendship as Grace enchants all those who meet her, leaving shy and quiet...

"Master storyteller" (Cosmopolitan) Rosie Thomas returns with an affecting novel of the complexities of family and the sacrifices we make for the ones we love. Sadie's life is calm and complete. She is a mother, a good friend, and the robust survivor of a marriage she deliberately left behind. She has come to believe that she has everything she wants and deserves. But now her father is dying-the elusive man who spent his life creating exquisite perfumes...

<div><b>&#8220;Beneath this buoyant tale of down-market entertainers in Victorian London rumbles a heavyweight novel&#160;.&#160;.&#160;. Intricate and thrilling&#8221; (<i>The New York Times</i>).</b><br> &#160;<br> A young, beautiful woman of limited means, Eliza is modern before her time. Not for her the stifling&#8212;if respectable&#8212;conventionality of marriage, children,...

Miranda Meadowe decides a lonely widowhood in her crumbling country house is not for her. Reviving a university dream, she invites five of her oldest friends to come and join her to live, and to stave off the prospect of old age. All have their own reasons for accepting. To begin with, the omens are good. They laugh, dance, drink and behave badly, as they cling to the heritage they thought was theirs for ever: power, health, stability. They are the...

Some of today's most popular children's musicians have come together to deliver an exquisite collection of acoustic songs for bedtime and relaxation. Included are covers of songs originally recorded by the Allman Brothers, James Taylor, and Wilco