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Pieces of My Heart

Sinéad Moriarty

From the number one bestselling author ...

Ava is a wife, lover, mother, daughter, friend, fixer, boss … so many different people, in fact, she no longer knows what it means to be herself.

Not that anyone will let her - not her work-obsessed husband, nor her tearaway younger daughter, nor her out-of-control dad, nor even her sassy-but-lonely best friend. There's always someone wanting something from her.

She's trying to do her best for all of them but lately feels like she can't make everyone happy. And that's before she discovers that her elder daughter, Alison, is in deep, deep trouble ...

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A Preparation for Death

Greg Baxter

'This is an occasionally infuriating and completely wonderful book.' Anne Enright

'Traditional autobiography is composed after the experience has passed. I wrote this book in the very panic of the experiences that inspired it … '

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Hello, Heartbreak

Amy Huberman

'Like Jane Austen on ecstasy' Sunday Independent

You'd think twenty-seven years would be enough time to wise up to the rules of love and loss, especially Rule Number 1: Do not, at any time, let him see how much he has hurt you ...

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Rules for a Perfect Life

Niamh Greene

'A wicked eye for the funny side of life' Irish Independent

Rules for a perfect life . . . Rule One: Do not ditch the man everyone says is perfect for you because he eats the last yellow jelly-baby in the bag. .