Topic: Friendship

In the gloriously hot summer of 1936, a group of people meet at a country house party. Within three years, the country will be engulfed in war, but for now time stands still as they sip champagne on the lawn, engaging in casual flirtations and carefree conversation. Then a shocking death puts an ...

Everything that happened this past summer, and every summer before it, has all led up to this. To now. Every year Isabel spends a perfect summer at her favourite place in the world - the Fisher family's beach house. It has everything a girl could want- a swimming pool, a private stretch of sandy...

Warning: this is not your typical rom com. Have you ever imagined running away from your life? Well Birdy Finch didn't just imagine it. She did it. Which might've been an error. And the life she's run into? Her best friend, Heather's. The only problem is, she hasn't told Heather. Actually there a...

"Old secrets come to light when four friends gather on Nantucket for a life-changing reunion in this heartwarming novel of love and self-discovery by New York Times bestselling author Nancy Thayer. When four strangers rent bargain-basement rooms in an old hotel near the beach, they embark on the ...

In the hot summer of 1949, a group of family and friends gather at Harry Denholm's country house in Kent. Meg and Dan Ranscombe, emerging from a scandal of their own making; Dan's godmother, Sonia and her two young girls, Laura and Avril, only one of whom is Sonia's biological daughter. Amongst t...

As three women return to the summer place of their youth, each is grappling with the cards life has dealt them. But the journey back to this sleepy coastal town will bring them to far more than just a beach wedding. Erin, still recovering from a vehicle accident and grievous injuries, is the relu...

A sweet, funny, relatable coming-of-age story from bestselling author Beth Reekles, author of The Kissing Booth Luna, Rory and Jodie are supposed to be having the time of their lives. Instead they're all completely bloody miserable. Luna thought her first year at uni was perfect - until her relat...

He was my boyfriend's best friend-and the bane of my existence. I wanted to hate Luke Taylor. I did hate him. I just never hated him enough. Now, a decade later, tragedy has brought us back to the place where it all happened-my best times, and my worst. Our lives have changed, but that pull betwe...

To be invited to walk beside a dying man, a good man, to be asked into his mind as its existence is counted down, to be offered his gaze into the abyss, to know another soul in the honesty of the deathbed. A privilege. Here is a moving and unusual memoir by Michael Pascoe about his relationship w...

Blinding sunshine...A bend in the road...What became of the little girl with the sun in her eyes? Amber was three when a car crash stole her mother's life. She doesn't remember the accident, but a stranger at the scene has been unable to forget. Now, almost thirty years later, she's trying to tra...

Clancy's friends skate through the quiet Sunday streets, while Clancy feels self-conscious, and embarrassed, that he's just a beginner. His board stays tucked under his arm; his feet stay firmly on the ground. But his friends aren't giving up on him, and Clancy realises the only way forward is to...

Jamila is happy in her new home in Australia, though she still misses her old life in Iraq. She and her new best friend Eva sing side-by-side in the choir at school and have picnics together on the weekends. One day, Jamila gets some exciting news: Mina, her oldest friend from Iraq, is coming to ...

This funny yet heartbreaking teen and YA novel movingly explores what happens when Lily dies in a car accident. The trouble is, Lily is really not sure at all if she wants to 'move on'... For fans of John Green and The Lovely Bones Lily wakes up one crisp Sunday morning on the side of the road. S...

"Francie, Archie and Annie grew up playing together in the hills and rivers of Fermanagh. But in 1914, the boys are seduced by the drama of the war in Europe and leave the village to join up. Before they leave, Francie swears to Annie that he'll keep her little brother safe. Six years later Franc...

Kate is on the run from her almost-divorced husband, and she has found the perfect place to hide ... a little cottage on Nightingale Square in Norwich, far away from her old life in London. But Kate soon finds herself pulled into a friendship with Lisa, her bossy but lovely new neighbour. Within ...

Some-BUNNY is missing! HOO could it Bea? Ollie makes a BAT-tastic new friend, but Bea's not very HOPPY about it. Can Ollie show Bea that there's OWLways room for one more friend? Join Ollie and Bea in their joyful playtime adventures. The perfect book for young readers who love to laugh.

A friendly game of hide-and-SQUEAK leads to a big S'QUARREL. Can Ollie and Bea help their friends settle the argument, or will they OWL-so have hurt feelings? Join Ollie and Bea and their band of friends in their playtime adventures.

"A friendly game of hide-and-squeak leads to a big s'quarrel.. Can Ollie and Bea help their friends settle the argument, or will they owl-so have hurt feelings? Join Ollie and Bea and their band of friends in their playtime adventures." -- Back cover.

Ollie has a mystery to solve, and Bea suspects FOWL play! Ollie is OWL grown up and doesn't play with stuffed toys - but then where did Bea's toy go? It might take a DUCKtective to help QUACK this case! Join Ollie and Bea and their delightful friends. The perfect book for young readers who love t...

After passing an intense exam, Edwin Edgefield becomes one of the lucky few to attend an exclusive weekend at the mysterious high-tech institute of the uber-famous-ultrabazillionaire-genius-recluse Onasander Octagon. Edwin hopes he'll meet other kids like him--kids who will accept him even though...