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The Boy Who Fell To Earth

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One Two Three

Laurie Frankel · 408 pages

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House Rules

Jodi Picoult · 532 pages

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Good in Bed

Jennifer Weiner · 376 pages

For twenty-eight years, things have been tripping along nicely for Cannie Shapiro. Sure, her mother has come charging out of the closet, and her father has long since dropped out of her world. But she loves her friends, her rat terrier, Nifkin, and her job as pop culture reporter for The Philadelphia Examiner. She's even made a tenuous peace with her plus-size body. But the day she opens up a n

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Wilde Like Me

Louise Pentland · 391 pages

When single mom Robin Wilde decides to change her life, new opportunities are soon on her horizon.

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Mad About the Boy

Helen Fielding · 400 pages

Londonite Bridget Jones faces the challenges of maintaining sex appeal as the years roll by, the nightmares of drunken texting, the skinny jean, the disastrous e-mail cc, total lack of Twitter followers, and TVs that need ninety buttons and three remotes to simply turn on, all while raising two children, attempting to date again, and writing a screenplay.

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Where We Belong

Catherine Ryan Hyde

Fourteen-year-old Angie and her mum are on the brink of homelessness ...again. The problem is her little sister, Sophie. Sophie has a form of autism, and a tendency to shriek. Home never seems to last long. Until they move in with Aunt Vi, across the fence from a huge Great Dane. Sophie falls in love, and begins to imitate the dog's calm nature.

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The Princess Diaries

Meg Cabot, megu kiyabotsuto · 301 pages

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Princess in Love

Meg Cabot · 288 pages

Princess Mia may seem like the luckiest girl ever. But the truth is, Mia spends all her time doing one of three things: preparing for her nerve-racking entrée into Genovian society, slogging through the congestion unique to Manhattan in December, and avoiding further smooching from her hapless boyfriend, Kenny. For Mia, being princess is not the fairy tale it's supposed to be . . . or is it?

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Tilly in Technicolor

Mazey Eddings · 320 pages

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The Seven Rules of Elvira Carr

Frances Maynard · 470 pages

"Elvira Carr believes in crisp schedules, clear guidelines, and taking people at face value. She lives at home with her overbearing mother, who has deemed her unfit to interact with the rest of society. But when her mother has a stroke, Ellie is suddenly forced to look after herself. She quickly comes up with an ingenious way of coping with the world: the seven social rules spreadsheet. Unfortunat

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Something Blue

Emily Giffin · 356 pages

Darcy Rhone thought she had it all figured out: the more beautiful the girl, the more charmed her life. Never mind substance Never mind playing by the rules. Never mind karma. When her friend steals her fiance, she is completely alone ... with a baby on the way.

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Love, Rosie

Cecelia Ahern · 475 pages

From the author of PS, I LOVE YOU, a simultaneously funny and tender novel about what happens when two people who are destined to be together can never seem to get it right.Rosie and Alex are destined for one another, and everyone but them seems to realize it. Rosie’s best friend since childhood, Alex never did live down the fact that he didn’t invite her to his all-boys 10th birthday party. But t

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The Woman Who Upped and Left: A laugh-out-loud read that will put a spring in your step!

Fiona Gibson · 389 pages

The laugh-out-loud bestseller is back with the only book to buy this Mother's Day. Perfect for fans of 'Outnumbered' and Carole Matthews, Fiona writes about life as it really is.** Forget about having it all. Sometimes you just want to leave it all behind. Audrey is often seized by the urge to walk out of her house without looking back - but she can't possibly do that. She is a single parent. She

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Things I Should Have Known

Claire LaZebnik · 314 pages

"A popular Los Angeles teen tries to find love for her older, autistic sister"--

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Odd Mom Out

Jane Porter · 432 pages

Advertising executive Marta Zinsser is no poster child for her wealthy Seattle suburb-and nothing could please her more. This former New Yorker wears combat boots, not Manolos, and drives a righteous Harley hog instead of a Mercedes SUV. Now she's launching her own agency in this land of the Microsoft elite, even though her ten-year-old daughter wishes she'd put on a sweater set and just be norm

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Seven Year Switch

Claire Cook

A high-spirited novel from the bestselling author of Must Love Dogs and Life's a Beach that will have you planning a girlfriend getaway in no time!Just when Jill Murray's finally figured out how to manage on her own, her ex-husband proves that he can't even run away reliably. After seven long years missing in action, he's back—crashing into the man-free existence Jill and her ten-year-old daughter

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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Mark Haddon · 240 pages

This is Christopher's murder mystery story. There are no lies in this story because Christopher can't tell lies. Christopher does not like strangers or the colours yellow or brown or being touched. On the other hand, he knows all the countries in the world and their capital cities and every prime number up to 7507. When Christohper decides to find out who killed the neighbour's dog, his mystery st

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The Rosie Effect

Graeme Simsion · 419 pages

"The Wife Project is complete, and Don and Rosie are happily married and living in New York. But they're about to face a new challenge because--surprise--Rosie is pregnant. Don sets about learning the protocols of becoming a father, but his unusual research style gets him into trouble with the law. Fortunately his best friend Gene is on hand to offer advice: he's left Claudia and moved in with Don

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Hens Dancing

Raffaella Barker · 288 pages

Venetia's diaries tell of her life after her husband takes off with his masseuse, leaving Venetia with three children, living out in the countryside that had once seemed idyllic.

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Younger

Pamela Redmond Satran · 284 pages

Na een metamorfose om er jonger uit te zien maakt veertigplusser Alice een jaar later de balans op.

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Remember Me?

Sophie Kinsella · 346 pages

When twenty-eight-year-old Lexi Smart wakes up in a London hospital, she’s in for a big surprise. Her teeth are perfect. Her body is toned. Her handbag is Vuitton. Having survived a car accident—in a Mercedes no less—Lexi has lost a big chunk of her memory, three years to be exact, and she’s about to find out just how much things have changed. Somehow Lexi went from a twenty-five-year-old worki

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Behaving Like Adults

Anna Maxted · 400 pages

E-Book Extra: Champagne and Ponies: An Essay on Writing by Anna MaxtedMeet Holly, the sunny twenty-nine-year-old owner of Girl Meets Boy, a dating service for those who are "beautiful inside and out." Though she's a successful matchmaker, she hasn't quite fulfilled her own relationship dreams (her ex-fiance, Nick, seems unlikely to progress from his job as Mr. Elephant, children's party entertaine

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A Girl Like You

Gemma Burgess · 423 pages

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