From This Moment On by Colette Caddle from Simon & Schuster UK (£0.99) is the Amazon UK
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Customer review:"Colette has a way with lacing fiction with the authenticity of being real. The characters in her stories come to life with the emotions that speak to your heart. You cant help but relate to them. "
The stunning new novel from the Number 1 bestselling Irish author
Lynn Stephens' life has been tough recently, thanks to Vincent Boland, the manager at four-star hotel she works in. But, after standing up to him, she is delighted when she is vindicated.
Lynn loved her job, and she was good at it and now, with the support and love of her partner, parents and friends, she can put this terrible time behind her and find a job in another hotel.
But the consequences of Vincent's actions are more far-reaching than Lynn knows and the aftereffects are still being felt throughout the small town. The Boland family is powerful and influential and it's not long before Lynn realizes that this man still has the capacity to destroy her and all she holds dear.
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Freedom Fries and Cafe Creme by Jocelyne Rapinac from Gallic Books (£0.99) is the Amazon UK
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Customer review:"This is a good read for any food lover and it comes with a selection of recipes at the end of each story which actually work."
This delicious story collection brings together a cast of characters from both sides of the Atlantic. All of them share a genuine delight in good food, and each of their stories captures a moment when love is found, lost – or rejected.Perceptive, touching, and witty, Jocelyne Rapinac’s tales prove beyond doubt that eating well and love can both bring great joy to life.And for those readers whose mouths start to water as they read, the author has included the recipes for every dish mentioned. Bon appétit!
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Darkness Descending by Ken Jones from Birlinn (£1.49) is the Amazon UK
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Customer review:"I have enjoyed this book enormously. It gives a fascinating insight into the life of a doctor serving in the middle East during the First World War, and in Govan on his return home."
This memoir by a Scottish doctor who was born and went on to work in Govan was found among family papers long after his death in 1972. Less an account of the author's inner life, it is a graphic narrative, by a practitioner in the hospitals and homes of a major city, of hands-on medical care during much of the twentieth century. After training as a medical student on the wards of Glasgow hospitals, at the outbreak of the First World War the young doctor joined the army and served as a medical officer for the duration. Early on he provides a shattering account of the hopeless slaughter at Gallipoli,where he survived almost certain death many times as his companions fell around him. Only 100 men survived of his battalion of 1,000. His later service in the Middle East and Mesopotamia is an astonishing tale of courage and endurance, interwoven with spells of leave, during which the Scot encountered exotic experiences undreamed of in Govan. After the war Glen became a GP in Govan, one of the poorest areas in Britain, at a time long before the National Health Service. Preventable illnesses were often a death sentence for old and young alike. The extremes of poverty and suffering he witnessed brought home to him that he was in the front line once more, but in a different kind of warfare. The Second World War brought new challenges, and a post-war transformation when the NHS was finally came into being. Glen's shrewd commentary on the birth-pangs of the new institution provides valuable insights for the ongoing debate about this most controversial of public services.
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