Ones for the bookshelf…

fact & fiction

Factories are often famous for the tight camaraderie. It’s something Matty Gilbie will discover, as she escapes her disappointing marriage and embarks on life in a biscuit factory, in Bourbon Creams and Tattered Dreams, by Mary Gibson. But can her new friends keep her safe when her estranged husband comes looking for her? Out now, rrp £7.99 Wriiten by Miss Norma’s son, Tim Bauerschmidt and his wife Ramie Liddle, it follows 90 -year-old Norma’s reallife road trip with son, daughter-in-law and poodle across the US in a motorhome after losing her husband after 67 years of marriage. Inspirational stuff. Out now, rrp £12.99