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LETTERS FROM THE SUITCASE BY ROSHEEN AND CAL FINNIGAN (HEADLINE) THIS WARTIME CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN TWO LOVERS SEPARATED BY WAR THAT TELLS OF THEIR FIVE-YEAR MARRIAGE AND THE LEGACY LEFT FOR THEIR ONLY CHILD IS DEEPLY POIGNANT.

I FOUND MY TRIBE BY RUTH FITZMAURICE (VINTAGE) AN UPLIFTING AND INSPIRING ACCOUNT OF THE AUTHOR’S LIFE BOTH WITH HER HUSBAND WHO HAS ADVANCED MOTOR NEURONE DISEASE AND THEIR FIVE CHILDREN, AS WELL AS WITH THE TRAGIC WIVES’ SWIMMING CLUB WHO MEET TO SWIM IN THE IRISH SEA AND SUPPORT EACH OTHER.

KNOWING THE SCORE BY JUDY MURRAY (CHATTO) A CANDID TELLING OF THE CHALLENGES MURRAY HAS FACED IN HER LIFE AND HER CAN-DO ATTITUDE; BEING MOTHER TO TWO ELITE SPORTSMEN; HER TIME ON Strictly; AND HER WORK TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF OTHERS THROUGH INVOLVEMENT WITH TENNIS.

BIG PIG, LITTLE PIG BY JACQUELINE YALLOP (FIG TREE) WHEN JACQUELINE AND HER HUSBAND MOVE TO THE SOUTH OF FRANCE, THEY BUY TWO PIGS TO

RAISE FOR MEAT. BUT THEY HAVEN’T BARGAINED ON BECOMING ATTACHED TO THEM. A DELIGHTFUL AND ENTERTAINING MEMOIR. >>