Dyslexia-friendly books #3
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In cold blood, by Jane Bettany
As the Whitworth family begin renovations on their new home, their plans are brought to an abrupt end when they discover a body buried in the back garden. DI Isabel Blood and her team are called to investigate, but as she approaches Ecclesdale Drive, a feeling of unease settles in her gut. The property cordoned off is number 23. The house she used to live in as a child. The forensic team estimate that the body has been in the ground for up to forty years - coinciding with the time Isabel's family lived in the house. Isabel's father vanished without a trace when she was fourteen years old. And with her mother remaining tight-lipped about her father's disappearance, Isabel can't escape the unnerving sense of dread that it's his body, buried in the garden.
The little café in Copenhagen, by Julie Caplin
Publicist Kate Sinclair's life in London is everything she thought she wanted: success, glamour and a charming boyfriend. Until that boyfriend goes behind her back and snatches a much sought-after promotion from her. Heartbroken and questioning everything, Kate needs to escape. From candles and cosy nights in to romantic late-night walks through the beautiful cobbled streets of Copenhagen, Kate discovers how to live life 'the Danish way'. Can the secrets of hygge and happiness lead her to her own happily-ever-after?
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Mother loves me, by Abby Davies
One little girl. Mirabelle's mother loves her. She's her 'little doll'. Mother dresses her, paints her face, and plaits her hair. But as Mirabelle grows, the dresses no longer fit quite as well, the face paint no longer looks quite so pretty. And Mother isn't happy. Two little girls. On Mirabelle's 13th birthday, Mother arrives home with a present - a new sister, 5-year-old Clarabelle, who Mother has rescued from the outside world. But Mother only needs one. As it dawns on Mirabelle that there is a new 'little doll' in her house, she also realises that her life isn't what she thought it was. And that dolls often end up on the scrap heap.
Olive, by Emma Gannon
Olive is many things. Independent. Adrift. Anxious. Loyal. Kind. Knows her own mind. It's ok that she's still figuring it all out, navigating her world without a compass. But life comes with expectations, there are choices to be made, boxes to tick and - sometimes - stereotypes to fulfil. And when her best friends' lives start to branch away towards marriage and motherhood, leaving the path they've always followed together, Olive starts to question her choices - because life according to Olive looks a little bit different. Moving, memorable and a mirror for every woman at a crossroads, 'Olive' has a little bit of all of us. Told with great warmth and nostalgia, this is a modern tale about the obstacle course of adulthood, milestone decisions and the 'taboo' about choosing not to have children.
The winemaker's wife, by Kristin Harmel
Champagne, 1940: Inès has just married Michel, the owner of storied champagne house Maison Chauveau, when the Germans invade. With war on their doorstep, danger and tension mount and it isn't long until Michel turns his back on his marriage and begins secretly hiding munitions for the Résistance. Inès is terrified they'll be exposed, but for Céline, the half-Jewish wife of Chauveau's chef de cave, the risk is even greater, for rumours abound of Jews being shipped east to an unspeakable fate. When, in a desperate big to find some meaning in the ruin, Céline makes a dangerous decision to follow her heart, it leads to Inès' reckless involvement with a Nazi collaborator, and soon they risk the lives of those they love and the champagne house that holds them together.
A night in with Marilyn Monroe, by Lucy Holliday
After dating the hottest man on the planet, Dillon O'Hara, Libby Lomax has come back down to earth with a bump. Now she's throwing herself into a new relationship and is determined to be a better friend to best pal, Ollie, as he launches his new restaurant. Despite good intentions, Libby is hugely distracted when a newly reformed Dillon arrives back on the scene, more irresistible than ever. And when another unwelcome guest turns up on her battered sofa in the form of Marilyn Monroe, Libby would willingly bite her own arm off for a return to normality.
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Notes on a marriage, by Marie-Rene Lavoie
Forty-eight-year-old Diane's husband has just left her for a younger woman - because, he says, she 'bores' him. Diane takes the charge to heart and, alongside wild and hilarious best friend Claudine, embarks on a journey to restore her faith in herself and work out exactly what she is left with after all these years. Witty, sharp, and emotionally rich, this is a story about freedom and identity and how it's never too late to put yourself first.
Stop at nothing, by Lucy Martin
DS Veronica Delmar is called to investigate the case of Amie Slade, a young teenage girl abused by a caretaker at her school. But in this middle-class town, the manicured lawns and picket fences disguise a very different reality - and as DS Delmar digs deeper, she discovers uncanny parallels to her own life.