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<p><b>Can a name shape the course of a life?</b><br/><br/>In the wake of the 1987 storm, Cora sets off with her 9-year-old daughter Maia to register her son's birth. Her husband Gordon, a local doctor, respected in the community but a terrifying and controlling presence at home, intends for her to follow his family tradition going back generations, and name the child Gordon. But on the journey there, Cora wonders if it's right to impose the burden of this name and its legacy onto her newborn son. She herself has Julian in mind, and Maia offers up her own suggestion: Bear.<br/><br/>What follows are three alternate and alternating versions of her son's life shaped by Cora's last-minute choice of name. Spanning thirty-five years, the novel takes in themes of domestic abuse, the messy ties of family, and the possibilities of autonomy and healing.<br/><br/>In prose as precise and intimate as it is thrilling, Knapp draws us in from the very first page, ushering in the tenderness of close family connections, as we follow three unforgettable journeys, each heart-pounding in its own way. With echoes of <i>Life After Life</i> by Kate Atkinson and deep characterisation reminiscent of Ann Patchett and Maggie O'Farrell, Knapp's debut will make you gasp as you root for Cora, Maia and Bear/Julian/Gordon, weighing up which has been the better life, not just for the central character but also for his mother, grandmother, and sister.</p>

<p><b><i>Romeo & Juliet </i>meets <i>The Vegetarian</i> in this record-breaking South Korean sensation of a novella</b><br/><br/><i>How should I proceed after I wrap up this story. What should I do. I could go to the police station and confess. I could find a priest and confess. I ate a person. Is that a sin?</i><br/><br/>This story begins with death. When Dam finds the body of her soulmate, Gu, bruised and battered on the street by a gang of government debt collectors, she is paralysed with grief. As she cradles his corpse in her defeated arms, Dam begins to tell it a story.<br/><br/>In a fragmented sequence of monologues and meditations, this unexpected novella slowly builds into a panoramic portrait of two like souls who have passed a lifetime in utter devotion to one another. It's a story that snakes between past and present where, as she narrates, Dam is committing one final act to the tale of their undying love.<br/><br/>Dam is slowly eating Gu, whose body she has lovingly washed, embalmed and elected to preserve in her own - where he will rest - for all eternity. At once romantic and horrific, HUNGER is an instant classic of philosophical fiction that cuts to the very heart of existence, love, loss, and how ferociously we rage - tooth and nail - against our own mortality.</p>

<p><b><i>'Climb up here, Little Alien. Sit next to me. I will tell you about life on this planet. I will tell you how it goes'</i></b><br/><br/><b>Perfect for fans of <i>Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine</i> and <i>Remarkably Bright Creatures</i>, this is a charming, witty and profoundly moving novel about what it feels like to grow up neurodivergent.</b><br/><br/>Little Alien lives with her mum and her dad in the South-East of England. Her mum has a 'how-to' guide for every situation, and her dad is always kind and always right. And there is her best friend Bobby, who coincidentally has a bob.<br/><br/>But it is only when Little Alien sees a documentary about the Voynich Manuscript - a mediaeval codex written in an unknown language and script - that she begins to suspect that there are other people who feel just like her. Convinced that translating this manuscript will offer the answers she needs, she sets out on a journey that will show her a delicious taste of freedom.<br/><br/><b>So begins Little Alien's story, told from the perspective of an older, wiser linguist, whose guidance will help Little Alien navigate a world that makes her feel like she doesn't belong.</b></p>

<p>'If Anne Tyler isn't the best writer in the world, who is?'<b> BBC R4 </b><i><b>WOMAN'S HOUR</b></i><br/><br/>'Read her for the eccentric characters, the pitch-perfect dialogue, the humour and the tiny ordinary moments so exquisitely described they bring tears to your eyes' <b>LIANE MORIARTY, <i>DAILY MAIL</i></b><br/><br/><b>An instant classic about love, marriage and second chances from the beloved, bestselling sage of the human heart, Anne Tyler</b><br/><br/>Gail Baines is having a bad day. To start with, she loses her job - or quits, depending who you ask. And then her ex-husband Max turns up at her door expecting to stay for their daughter's wedding. He hasn't even brought a suit. Instead, he brings with him memories, a calm maturity, a shared sense of humour - and a cat looking for a new home.<br/><br/>Over the course of the three busy days of the wedding, the past is stirred up for Gail, even as the future - in the shape of the happy couple Debbie and Kenneth - is already underway. But 'happy' takes many forms, and sometimes the younger generation has much to teach the older about secrets, acceptance and taking the rough with the smooth.<br/><br/>Told with deep sensitivity and a tart sense of humour, full of the joys and heartbreaks of love and marriage and family life, <i>Three Days in June</i> is a feast of a novel to savour in a single sitting.<br/><br/>'Razor sharp on family, love and marriage' <b>DAVID NICHOLLS</b><br/><br/>'Anne Tyler really is the best' <b>GRAHAM NORTON</b><br/><br/>'Tyler's genius lies in the subtlety with which she portrays her characters' internal worlds' <b>LUCY ATKINS, <i>SUNDAY TIMES</i></b><br/><br/>'Our greatest chronicler of family life' <b>CRAIG BROWN, <i>DAILY MAIL</i></b><br/><br/>'Nobody does it better' <b>VOGUE</b></p>

<p><b>'[<i>Homeseeking</i>] weaves expertly between present and past, telling the story of childhood sweethearts who meet again late in life and are torn between looking back and moving on . . . kaleidoscopic yet intimate' - </b><b>Celeste Ng</b><br/><br/>There are moments when a single choice can define an entire life. Haiwen and Suchi are teenage sweethearts in 1940s Shanghai; their childhood friendship has blossomed into young love, and they believe that they are soulmates. But when Haiwen secretly decides to enlist in the army to keep his brother from the draft, their shared future is shattered. Their paths take them far afield from each other, with the exception of one pivotal chance encounter on the Hong Kong ferry in 1966.<br/><br/>Sixty years later, Haiwen, now in his late seventies, is bagging bananas at a 99 Ranch in Los Angeles when he lifts his head to once more see Suchi. As they begin to rekindle their friendship, it feels like they might have a second chance to live the life they were supposed to have together. But the weight of the past lives with them at every moment, and only time will tell if they are able to forge something new.<br/><br/>Told in alternating narratives, <i>Homeseeking</i> spans seven decades, through the most tumultuous period of modern Chinese history up to contemporary times, tracing the separated lovers as they migrate from Shanghai to Hong Kong, Taiwan, and America.</p>

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<p> <strong>A wildly funny, hallucinogenic and stylish novel following a young woman on a quest for friendship, love and selfhood in San Francisco's seedy underground</strong> </p> <p> <strong>A blazing novel following a young woman on a hallucinogenic quest for love and selfhood in San Francisco's seedy underground.</strong> </p> <p>Baby is a dancer at a strip club and other than that she's feeling a little lost. It seems that only Dino, her sweet, cross-dressing, drug-dealing ex-boyfriend can keep her afloat. So, when Dino disappears without so much as a kiss goodbye, she plunges headfirst into San Francisco's shady erotic underground to find him.</p> <p>Baby searches through dive bars and old haunts, at the club and at the sex dungeon where she has a part-time dominatrix gig. She encounters clients like Simon, a recluse paying her for increasingly bizarre "favours" and a philosophizing suicide fetishist named 'Nobody', as well as coworkers like Emeline, the balletic new hire who seems to want to steal Baby's whole identity, starting with her underwear.</p> <p>But soon Baby starts to find cryptic notes hidden in her bag and slipped into her locker at the club. The clock is ticking: will Baby manage to put together the pieces and find the only man she's ever loved? Or might her past catch up with her first?</p> <p>Manically smart, brutally funny and deeply sexy, <em>Soft Core </em>is a book about desire, fantasy, and true love - like no other.</p>