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Living to Tell the Tale
Oct 8, 2024 10:46 AM

Author:Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Living to Tell the Tale

In Living to Tell the Tale Gabriel Garcia Marquez - winner of the 1982 Nobel Prize for Literature and author of One Hundred Years of Solitude - recounts his personal experience of returning to the house in which he grew up and the memories that this visit conjured.

'My mother asked me to go with her to sell the house'

Gabriel Garcia Marquez was twenty-three, a young man experimenting with his writing when this mother asked him to come back with her to the village of his grandparents and the memories of his Colombian childhood.

In the first part of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's memoir, the Nobel Prize-winning author returns to the atmosphere and influences that shaped his formidable imagination and formed the basis of his world-famous, and much-loved, fiction.

'A treasure trove, a discovery of a lost land we knew existed but couldn't find. A thrilling miracle of a book' The Times

'A marvellous journey. Never less than a miracle' Sunday Times

'Márquez writes in this lyrical, magical language that no one else can do' Salman Rushdie

Reviews

Márquez's greatest book. As a reading experience it is completely magical

—— Observer

This was a great beach read and I love Chase and Kels!

—— —Paranormal Wastelands

Cassie Mae’s writing is fresh and original, making for an utterly enjoyable read with plenty of laugh-out-loud moments. You’ll be nose to toes in love with this book!

—— Rachel Morgan, author of the Creepy Hollow series

[Friday Night Alibi is] a funny story and well worth the read. If you’re looking for something that is quick and light-hearted then I would recommend this to you.

—— —Sharon’s Book Nook

Cassie Mae knows how to write, and write she does! You definitely do not want to miss Friday Night Alibi!

—— —Le Book Squirrel (five stars)

Friday Night Alibi was a brilliant, lovely summer read. It was lighthearted, funny, and so sweet. . . . My rating: 5 Roses.

—— Imagine a World

Totally entertaining with as many swoon-worthy moments as hilarious ones, Friday Night Alibi is a must-read.

—— —Jolene Perry, co-author of Out of Play

A fun, funny, and fantastic story, this is one you will read in a day, and pick up to re-read again the next.”

—— Kelley Lynn, author of Fraction of Stone

I loved this book. Chase had me right away, from his first smart-ass comment. He’s got a sharp wit that I adore but is also sweet and caring . . . definitely one of my favourite book boys!

—— —Rachel Schieffelbein, author of Secondary Characters

Cassie Mae is a fabulous author who tugs on your heart strings as if she owns them. I will never be able to eat an orange again without thinking about Chase. Loved everything about this book!

—— Jade Hart, author of Coffee and Cockpits

Her tale and the world she's crafted unfold gracefully and compellingly through precise yet lush prose. The result is a novel that fans of hardcore fantasy and literary fiction alike can get behind. The River of No Return is a gorgeous, sweeping debut that is easy to get lost in.

—— Bookpage

Between Kate Atkinson's Life After Life and Bee Ridgway's The River of No Return, time-travel novels are hot.

—— Newsday

Bee Ridgway's deliciously fun debut covers ground similar to other smart bodice rippers such as Outlander and A Discovery of Witches.

—— All You magazine

Ridgway is a splendid writer . . . The River of No Return is the kind of book that is meant to be read under the covers with a flashlight, or, in the pale grown-up substitution, staying up much later than you know is good for you.

—— Chicago Reader

In her stellar debut, Ridgway manages the permutations of the time-travel trope with originality and aplomb.

—— Booklist

A highly entertaining romp; [Ridgway's] historical details are accurate, and the characters are believable. Fans of Diana Gabaldon's "Outlander" series should enjoy this time-traveling romantic adventure, which may also attract readers who like historical fiction with a twist.

—— Library Journal

A compelling race through time in a historical world turned upside down-the Regency as you've never seen it before. Take one nobleman and one gently born lady; add time travel, intrigue, a vast conspiracy, and a wicked way with words; shake; and serve.

—— Lauren Willig, author of The Pink Carnation series

While on its shining surface The River of No Return is a fantastical time traveling page turner, it is also a novel that takes on complex issues of culture and nationalism and how or memories form us. And it is a riveting love story to boot. Bee Ridgway is a treasure and her debut is a triumph.

—— Jennifer Gilmore, author of Golden Country and Something Red

The River of No Return is an innovative and sophisticated first novel. At the heart of this entertaining story--set primarily and convincingly in Regency-era England--is a serious and timely question: what does it mean to be on the winning side of history?

—— William Galperin, Professor of English, Rutgers University, and author of The Historical Austen

The only thing more fun than reading this book would be to actually travel through time yourself. Erudite and beautifully crafted, The River of No Return is at the same time a lush, riotous fantasy. Ridgway's ingenuity and charm are apparently without limit.

—— Heather Love, R. Jean Brownlee associate professor in the humanities, University of Pennsylvania, and author of Feeling Backward

A page-turning read. We can think of no more worthwhile or enjoyable companion on holiday

—— A Little Bird (Blog)

Sadie Jones depicts the dark undercurrents of middle-class life with unerring skill, telling a powerful and disturbing story with insight and depth

—— Good Book Guide

thoughtful and ambitious

—— Guardian

Excellent and astutely observed

—— Evening Standard

I read the book. I loved it. I loved her. She’s smart, she’s funny and she makes us all feel like we’re good just the way we are.

—— Jenna Bush Hager , Today

Fresh, frantic and very funny.

—— Fanny Blake , Woman & Home

Long-awaited.

—— Reader's Digest

Bridget is back! ... The third book in the series does not disappoint, taking the reader on a whirlwind tour of Bridget's life as a 50-something, and all the highs, lows, tears and laughter that you'd expect.

—— The Bristol Magazine

What remains unchanged – and addictive – is its diary format.

—— The Lady

Life may have changed dramatically for Bridget, but you can still prepare to laugh and cry at Helen Fielding’s latest novel.

—— No 1 Magazine

Fans of the original books have not been, and will not be, disappointed.

—— Chris White, fiction buyer for Waterstones , UK Press Syndication

Tender, touching and often hilarious – a welcome return.

—— Sara Lawrence , Daily Mail

Bridget is as hopeless, loveable and funny as ever.

—— Stylist

An uproariously funny novel of modern life, Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy is the triumphant return of our favourite Everywoman.

—— UK Press Syndication

Laugh-out-loud funny, as well as punctuated by moments of genuine sadness, which are proportionately balanced throughout the story.

—— Louise Denyer , Suffolk Magazine

Timely, tender, touching, witty, wise and bloody hilarious

—— UK Press Syndication

Hilariously written

—— Emma Lawton , University of Nottingham Impact

This book is an innocent pleasure, and made me laugh a lot

—— Naomi James , Church Times
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