New Year bestsellers

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1 THE CARPENTER’S CHILDREN

Escaping a violent marriage, Ismay sets sail to Australia. On the ship she meets Adam, with the possibility of future happiness, but they are flung into adventures in suez, Ceylon and singapore.

2 MEET ME UNDER THE CLOCK

Audrey opts for the RAF while sylvia becomes a railway porter. As the pressures of rationing and bombing raids grow, the sisters must decide what they want from life – and if they’re brave enough to fight for it.

3 NOW IS THE HOUR

The cast of Fairbourne Follies separate after war is declared. but struck by the brutality of war, they realise exactly who is most important to them and, despite the odds, they determine to find each other again.

4 A LABOUR OF LOVE

Flora, recently remarried, has doubts about her husband and now has less time to support her two daughters. They are each bringing up a family that seems heading for disaster.

5 LEGACY OF GREYLADIES

Phoebe is looking after manor house, Greyladies, while her husband is at war but someone is attempting to get rid of the German internees. Will three new arrivals help in these troubled times?

6 EVERY MOTHER’S SON

Molly and bernie have always been friends. In the Liverpool blitz, as wives and mothers they know their love for their husbands and sons will strengthen them to find the happiness they deserve.

7 ECHOES OF THE PAST

Dr bennett is determined to save Katherine from an institution by asking his sister to take care of her. but until Katherine can remember her past, her future is far from certain...

8 CORONATION WIVES

In the aftermath of the war, three women count the cost – Polly longs for a glamorous life, Charlotte tries to forget her illicit wartime romance and Edna is desperate to protect her family.

9 THE PRIDE

The first in the Neylor family quartet. Despite their different backgrounds Tina and Edward fall madly in love. shamed and separated, they manage to build a strong dynasty.

10 A CERTAIN AGE

12 bittersweet monologues about love, romance, friendship and family. six men and six women with very different stories to tell – all funny, touching and beautifully observed.