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Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
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When Helen meets Swift and Ava Havilland at an art gallery opening, her life is at an all-time low. A DUI conviction caused her to lose her driver?s license and custody of her eight-year-old son, Oliver. Now she sees Ollie on Saturdays for bowling and laser tag and meals in fast-food restaurants, where his eyes stay glued to the screen of his portable gaming device. He hasn?t forgiven his mother for messing up their life. She?s got a dead-end job...
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English
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'Gripping, moving and elegantly written'Marian Keyes?Completely addictive? Ruth Jones?Taut and thrilling? Veronica HenryDaisy and Simon?s marriage is great, isn?t it?After years together, the arrival of longed-for daughter Millie sealed everything in place. A happy little family of three.And so what if Simon drinks a bit too much sometimes - Daisy?s used to it, she knows he?s letting off steam. Until one night at a party things spiral horribly...
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English
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Judith Hearne, a Catholic middle-aged spinster, moves into yet another bed-sit in Belfast. A socially isolated woman of modest means, she teaches piano to a handful of students to pass the day. Her only social activity is tea with the O'Neill family, who secretly dread her weekly visits. Judith soon meets wealthy James Madden and fantasises about marrying this lively, debonair man. But Madden sees her in an entirely different light, as a potential...
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Publisher
Canongate Books
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Ham on Rye follows the path of Bukowski's alter-ego Henry Chinaski through the high school years of acne and rejection and into the beginning of a long and successful career in alcoholism. The novel begins against the backdrop of an America devastated by the Depression and takes the Chinaski legend up to the bombing of Pearl Harbour. Arguably Bukowski's finest novel.
6) Shuggie Bain
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Publisher
Picador
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
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Shuggie Bain tells the story of a boy's doomed attempt to save his proud, alcoholic mother from her addiction.
7) Another love
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Series
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
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In the early years, she was happy. Romilly had worked hard for her stunning, modern house in one of Bristol's most fashionable suburbs. She adored her gorgeous, gap-toothed daughter and her kind and handsome husband. Sure, life was sometimes exhausting - but nothing that a large glass of wine at the end of the day couldn't fix. But then, as deep-buried insecurities surfaced, everything started to unravel. A glass of wine became a bottle; one bottle...
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Publisher
Bitter Lemon Press
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
A psychological thriller set in the Luberon, a French region that evokes holidays in magnificent pool-adorned villas. For those who live there year-round, it often means stifling poverty and boredom. Sixteen-year-old ClÌŒine and her sister Jo, fifteen, dream of escaping to somewhere far from their daily routine, far from their surly, alcoholic father and uncaring mother, both struggling to make ends meet. That summer Celine falls pregnant, devastating...
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster UK
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
Addicted broke new ground in sports books back in 1998 with its searing honesty about life as Arsenal and England captain alongside his struggles with alcoholism. Almost 20 years on, Sober tells of what happened once Tony gave up the drink and how he won his life back. His story will include his thoughts and feelings on six more years of playing for Arsenal, during which he would help the team win another League and Cup Double, and his subsequent...
11) Trespass
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English
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Set among the hills and gorges of the Cevennes, the dark and beautiful heartland of southern France, 'Trespass' is a novel about disputed territory, sibling love and devastating revenge.
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Publisher
Allison & Busby
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
The reaction of everyone in the village on hearing this tragic news is that Robin must have been drunk. After all, that was what he did best - that and drug dealing and breaking his former girlfriend's nose, with a bit of TV acting on the side. Surprisingly, newspaper reports of the inquest state that no alcohol was found in Robin's blood. It was accidental death, with no clear cause. At the funeral however Robin's latest girlfriend - to whom he has...
13) LA confidential
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Publisher
Cornerstone Digital
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Ellroy's back with the third of his LA Quartet! Christmas 1951, Los Angeles: a city where the police are as crooked as the criminals. Six prisoners are beaten senseless in their cells by cops crazed on alcohol. For the three L.A.P.D. detectives involved, it will expose the guilty secrets on which they have built their corrupt and violent careers...The novel takes these cops on a sprawling epic of brutal violence and the murderous seedy side of Hollywood....
14) Again again
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Publisher
Hot Key Books
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
In this novel full of surprises from the New York Times bestselling author of WE WERE LIARS and GENUINE FRAUD, E. Lockhart ups the ante with an inventive and romantic story about human connection, forgiveness, self discovery and possibility. When Adelaide Buchman's younger brother succumbs to a drug overdose, she saves his life. In the aftermath, looking for distraction, she becomes a stylish, bright charmer who blows off school and falls madly in...
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Bolinda audio
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Maeve has everything. A high-powered job, a beautiful home and a string of uncomplicated one-night encounters. She's also an addict - a functioning alcoholic with a dependence on sex and an insatiable appetite for killing men. When she can't find a support group to share her obsession, she creates her own. And Psychopaths Anonymous is born. Friends of Maeve. Now in a serious relationship, Maeve wants to keep the group a secret. But not everyone...
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English
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One messy murder affects the lives of five misfits who exist on the fringes of Ireland's post-crash society. Ryan is a 15-year-old drug dealer desperate not to turn out like his alcoholic father, Tony, whose obsession with his unhinged next-door neighbour threatens to ruin him and his family. Georgie is a prostitute, whose willingness to feign a religious conversion has dangerous repercussions, while Maureen, the accidental murderer, has returned...
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The History Press
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
Deal with the stresses and strains of an overcomplicated, anxiety-ridden life by rediscovering the ancient art of Pintfulness. More recent, fashionable but unproven ideas, such as Mindfulness, have pushed Pintfulness into an under-appreciated niche. These days, the millennial generation rejects going for a pint in favour of less alcoholic pursuits. They are the most anxious, depressed and burnt-out generation that ever lived. This is no coincidence....
18) Night road
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Publisher
Pan
Language
English
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Set on Pine Island, this is the story of three teenagers - Lexi, Mia and her twin brother Zach. The twins meet Lexi on their first day of high school. Lexi finds a soul mate in Mia and falls in love with the gorgeous Zach. But life changes for them all on a fateful summer's night following their graduation party.
19) Moral compass
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Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
Moral Compass is a highly topical, thought-provoking story from the world's favourite storyteller, Danielle Steel. Saint Ambrose Prep has been the school of choice for the sons of the great and the good for over a hundred years. Now, for the first time, Saint Ambrose has just enrolled its first female students. While many of the kids on the campus have all the privilege in the world, some are struggling dealing with family, insecurity and loneliness....
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Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
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When Caitlin moved from London to New York, she thought she had left her problems behind: her alcoholic father, her dead mother, the pressure to succeed. But now, down to her last dollar in a foreign city, she is desperately lonely. Then she meets Jake. Handsome, smart, slightly damaged Jake. He lives off-grid, in a lakeside commune whose members practise regular exercise and frequent group therapy. Before long, Caitlin has settled into her idyllic...
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