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The Giver of Stars
England, late 1930s, and Alice Wright - restless, stifled - makes an impulsive decision to marry wealthy American Bennett Van cleve and leave her home and family behind. But stuffy, disapproving baileyville, Kentucky, where her husband favours work over his wife, and is dominated by his overbearing father, is not the adventure - or the escape - that she hoped for. That is, until she meets Margery O'Hare - daughter of a notorious felon and a troublesome woman the town wishes to forget. Margery's on a mission to spread the wonder of books and reading to the poor and lost - and she needs Alice's help. Trekking alone under big open skies, through wild mountain forests, Alice, Margery and their fellow sisters of the trail discover freedom, friendship - and a life to call their own. But when baileyville turns against them, will their belief in one another - and the power of the written word - be enough to save them?.
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Still Me
Lou Clark returns in the follow-up the all-conquering Me Before You and After You. Likely to be one of 2019's biggest books (Reader's Digest) Immensely readable and enjoyable (Sunday Times) Louisa is a dream character, and this is going to be huge - deservedly so (Daily Mail) A triumph (Heat) The storytelling treads the delicate balance between heartbreak and hope perfectly - with a splash of humour to keep it real (Good Housekeeping) Still one of our fave authors and still a brilliant read! (Look) A joyful story with a pitch-perfect ending (Daily Express) Captivating (OK!) A funny, thoughtful and uplifting conclusion to the trilogy (Sunday Express) Brilliant (Bella) About the Author Jojo Moyes is a novelist and a journalist. Her books include the bestsellers The Girl You Left Behind, The One Plus One, Me Before You and After You and her short-story collection Paris for One and Other Stories. Her novels have been translated into 44 languages and have hit the Number One spot in 12 countries. She is one of the few authors to have had three novels on The New York Times bestseller list at the same time.
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The Girl You Left Behind
Praise for ME BEFORE YOU: "When I finished this novel, I didn't want to review it: I wanted to reread it. . . . Moyes's story provokes tears that are redemptive, the opposite of gratuitous. Some situations, she forces the reader to recognize, really are worth crying over. . . . with Lou and Will she has created an affair to remember." --"New York Times Book Review," Liesl Schillinger "An unlikely love story . . . To be devoured like candy, between tears." --"O, The Oprah Magazine" "'ME BEORE YOU' is one to read. After finishing Jojo Moyes' Me Before You, you grasp why the novel, a word-of-mouth sensation from Britain, has been sold to 28 countries. . . . by turns funny and moving but never predictable." --"USA Today" (****) "Funny, surprising and heartbreaking, populated with characters who are affecting and amusing . . . This is a thought-provoking, thoroughly entertaining novel that captures the complexity of love" --"People Magazine" "READ IT AND WEEP: Heartbreak collides with humor in Jojo Moyes's "Me Before You," about the romance between a quadriplegic and his hired caregiver." --"Good Housekeeping" "Masterful . . . a heartbreaker in the best sense . . . ME BEFORE YOU is achingly hard to read at moments, and yet such a joy." --"New York Daily News" "Jojo Moyes has written the perfect modern love story. You will be astonished at what you feel, and what you hope for when you are forced to face the possibility of your own dreams. It's that good. Read it now." --Adriana Trigiani, "New York Times" bestselling author of "The Shoemaker's Wife" "ME BEFORE YOU is a delicious surprise--funny and hopeful and heartbreaking, the kind of story that will keep you turning pages into the night. Lou Clark and Will Traynor will capture your heart and linger there long after their story has ended." --Eleanor Brown, "New York Times" bestselling author of "The Weird Sisters" "Som Praise for THE LAST LETTER FROM YOUR LOVER: "This story of passion and missed chances is entrancing." --"Parade "(top pick) "With its realistically complicated characters and emotionally complex plot, THE LAST LETTER FROM YOUR LOVER is hopelessly and hopefully romantic." --"Chicago Tribune" "I found myself utterly transfixed. . . . Moyes is a tremendously gifted storyteller, and I'm all admiration." --Paula McLain, "New York Times" bestselling author of "The Paris Wife" "A fabulous, emotional, and evocative book." --Sophie Kinsella, "New York Times" bestselling author of "Confessions of a Shopaholic" "Hits a seam of pure romantic gold. . . . A cliffhanger-strewn tale of heartache in two strikingly different eras [and] a tour de force." --"Kirkus "(starred review) Product Description A hauntingly romantic and utterly irresistible weepy from the author of the international bestsellers Me Before You and After You and the brand-new Still Me. What happened to the girl you left behind? France, 1916. Sophie Lefevre must keep her family safe whilst her adored husband Edouard fights at the front. When she is ordered to serve the German officers who descend on her hotel each evening, her home becomes riven by fierce tensions. And from the moment the new Kommandant sets eyes on Sophie's portrait - painted by Edouard - a dangerous obsession is born, which will lead Sophie to make a dark and terrible decision. Almost a century later, and Sophie's portrait hangs in the home of Liv Halston, a wedding gift from her young husband before he died. A chance encounter reveals the painting's true worth, and its troubled history. A history that is about to resurface and turn Liv's life upside down all over again . . . In The Girl You Left Behind two young women, separated by a century, are united in their determination to fight for what they love most - whatever the cost. Praise for The Girl You Left Behind: 'Moyes is the queen of the classy weepy and this won't disappoint. A masterclass in storytelling that fans of Me Before You will adore' Elle 'Another heart-stoppingly brilliant novel from Jojo Moyes' Closer 'Wonderfully well-written and completely engrossing, with exquisitely drawn characters in a brilliantly plotted narrative. It will make you think long after you turn the final page' Daily Mail
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The One Plus One
Number one bestseller The One Plus One is the beautiful, poignant and utterly compelling romance by the internationally bestselling author of Me Before You and After You. One eternal optimist . . . Jess Thomas, with two jobs and two kids and never enough money, wears flip flops in the hope of spring. And when life knocks her down she does her best to bounce right back. But no one told her it's okay to ask for help. Plus one lost stranger . . . Ed Nicholls is the good guy gone bad. He had it all, then one stupid mistake cost him everything. Now he'll do anything to make it right. Equals a chance encounter . . . Ed doesn't want to save anyone and Jess doesn't want saving, but could Jess and Ed add up to something better together? Praise for The One Plus One: 'A beautifully written love story I relished' Daily Mail 'A heartbreaking, laugh-out-loud, roller coaster' Sunday Express 'An uplifting, charming, life-affirming tale that you won't want to put down' Heat 'Raw, funny, real and sad, this is storytelling at its best' Marie Claire
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Me Before You
Lou Clark knows lots of things. She knows how many footsteps there are between the bus stop and home. She knows she likes working in The Buttered Bun tea shop and she knows she might not love her boyfriend Patrick.Will Traynor knows his motorcycle accident took away his desire to live. He knows everything feels very small and rather joyless now and he knows exactly how he's going to put a stop to that. What Will doesn't know is that Lou is about to burst into his world in a riot of colour. And neither of them knows they're going to change the other for all time