Author:Judy Astley
Let bestselling author Judy Astley sweep you away with this uplifting, laugh-out-loud romance. Perfect for fans of Jenny Colgan, Milly Johnson and Trisha Ashley.
"Warm, funny, unerringly true to life" - Katie Fforde
"A light, enjoyable read you won't be able to resist warming to" - Daily Mail
"With sharp dialogue that will have you laughing out loud, and well drawn characters to boot, this is an enjoyable light read" - Sunday Mirror
"Really enjoyable...very amusing" -- ***** Reader review
"I loved it" -- ***** Reader review
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IS THERE LIFE AFTER MARRIAGE?
WhenMelanie finds herself single again after years of being one half of a couple, her friends predict loneliness, frustration, disaster and her parents are convinced she's a failure in life.
But Melanie is overwhelmingly excited to be able to do her own thing - she plans a programme of behaving badly, after a lifetime of behaving properly.
With her daughter off to university and ex-husband Roger married off at last - to his lamentably young girlfriend - she has a Free House, and she intends to make the most of it.
But is the single life quite all it's cracked up to be?
A laugh-out-loud read
—— Woman's OwnA light, enjoyable, read you won't be able to resist warming to
—— Daily MailWith sharp dialogue that will have you laughing out loud, and well drawn characters to boot, this is an enjoyable light read
—— Sunday MirrorLight-hearted, feel-good romance
—— The LadyThis witty family drama will keep you enthralled
—— CandisA lively laughter-packed riot of a story
—— HeatAn exceptionally beautiful book about loneliness, labor, and survival. Beaton is a thoughtful guide through a complex landscape of class and gender, and these pages ache with grief and grace.
—— Carmen Maria Machado, author of In the Dream HouseKate Beaton's comics are rich with quiet revelations, intimate details, and a deadpan, devastating sense of humor. A generous and illuminating book; I suspect it will stay on my mind for a very long time.
—— Anna Wiener, author of Uncanny ValleyDucks is an unforgettable, riveting work. Kate Beaton opens the mind's eye, allowing us to inhabit landscapes and experiences crucial to our time, yet largely unseen. Artful, considered and courageous, Ducks is a landmark work.
—— Madeleine Thien, author of Do Not Say We Have NothingDucks delivers an immersive, harrowing journey through an industry where the lure of fast money belies darker realities of casual brutality, profound loneliness and soul-cracking isolation. The uneasy echoes of Beaton's story ring well past the the final page. Shattering.
—— Jessica Bruder, author of Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First CenturyHonest, compassionate, and clear-eyed, Ducks is a stunning achievement in storytelling that I will be thinking about for a long time.
—— Jung Yun, author of O BeautifulEngrossing.
—— Irish ExaminerDucks moves into dark territory - including sexual assault - but Beaton... balances light and shade. No place or person is wholly good or bad, not even the oil sands with their dark satanic drills.
—— TelegraphAn astonishing graphic novel/memoir whose precise drawings capture Bechdel's life-long hunt for transcendence through physical exertion.
—— Simon Kuper and Murad Ahmed , Financial Times, *Books of the Year*The biggest event of the year was the return of Alison Bechdel... Bechdel's previous books have made her one of the superstars of graphic fiction, and this funny, perceptive and merciless account shows that...her talent remains undimmed.
—— James Smart , Guardian, *Books of the Year*The Secret to Superhuman Strength... demands to be reread immediately... and does the reader far more good than a Peloton class and a cup of turmeric tea.
—— Rachel Cooke , Observer, *Books of the Year*A joyful book, a feast of colour, wit and ideas about living in ever-changing times
—— Max Liu , iNews, *Books of the Year*The brilliant cartoonist traces her own history of (sometimes obsessive) exercise in this stunning graphic memoir.
—— Bill Hayes , Reader's Digest
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