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Would you live your life by the roll of the dice?This is exactly what Jacob Green does, by letting the dice decide where he should go next. He's been handing his life over to destiny for nearly five years now and has no intention of stopping.Oliva Jackson wants to control everything. Living life as one big to-do list, her whole world is a series of predetermined steps to success. But after her sister tragically dies Olivia throws caution to the wind and goes travelling (albeit with a meticulously organised itinerary).What she doesn't plan for, however, is meeting Jacob. At first, he is infuriating. Then, to her surprise, she finds herself wishing that the only plan she cares about is when they'll meet again. But unfortunately for Olivia, the only plan Jacob is willing to make is to throw the dice and let destiny decide.As they part ways to go on their separate journeys, two questions remain...will they ever meet again? And, when it comes to love...should matters of the heart really be left to fate?
'My favourite person on the politics of parenthood' Pandora Sykes'Exhilarating, infuriating, urgent and human' Daisy Buchanan'A blazing, brilliant read ... compassionate, convincing, funny!' Amy Liptrot'Honest, unflinching and necessary' Sara Pascoe'Funny and brisk ... urgent and incisive' Rob Delaney'A timely and important book' Clover StroudIt's time to share the motherload.A memoir culminating in a manifesto, Holding the Baby sets out to understand why we still treat early parenthood as an individual slog rather than a shared cultural responsibility. Tracing her own journey to the nadir of sleeplessness via social retreat and murderous rage, Frizzell draws on the latest research to explore:- What effect does parenting have on your career?- How can we make childcare affordable and fit for purpose?- If parenting is so hard, why does anyone ever do it more than once?Funny, reassuring and radically ambitious, Holding the Baby sheds light on the ways in which we fail new parents, and offers a rallying crying that we fight for a better alternative.
Discover the brand-new novel from the Booker-Prize longlisted author, a tense family drama set in the Italian lakes perfect for fans of Ann Patchett and Maggie O'Farrell.'Rachel Joyce is a masterful storyteller.' - Sarah Winman, Sunday Times bestselling author of Still Life'Joyce is a fearless explorer of emotional landscape.' - Sunday Times''If only there were more novelists like Rachel Joyce' - TelegraphThere is a heatwave across Europe, and Goose and his three sisters gather at the family's house by Lake Orta in Piedmont, Italy.Their father, a famous artist, recently remarried a much younger woman and decamped to Italy to finish his masterpiece.Now he is dead. And there is no sign of his new wife and or his final painting.Though the siblings have always been close, the things they learn that summer - about themselves, their father and their new stepmother - will drive them apart before they can come to any kind of understanding of what their father's legacy truly is.Wonderfully atmospheric and suspenseful, this is at heart a novel about sibling relationships - what holds a family together and what might fracture it forever.
Daisy Settle has it all. A successful interior design firm, a happy relationship, a beautiful house and adoring friends and family. The only piece left to complete the puzzle is a baby. And even that finally seems within reach.That is, until she finds her boyfriend is a cheat.Now 40, alone and in a world that seems built for couples, Daisy has a choice. She could wait for the right man to come along or...She could go SOLO.Witty and moving, Daisy Goes Solo is the joyous story of a woman taking on the world on her own terms.
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