
The Story of My Purity
Francesco Pacifico and Stephen Twilley
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The Story of My Purity by Francesco Pacifico is an unmissable novel from an exciting young voice in...

Home (Myron Bolitar #11)
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"ANOTHER INSTANT COBEN BOLITAR CLASSIC." (Michael J Fox). For ten long years two boys have been...

Music to Die for
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Music to Die For is the sixth installment of Andrea Frazer's Falconer Files, a detective series...

Death in High Circles
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There is mischief afoot in the village of Fallow Fold. Persons unknown have been on a spree of...

Beyond Our Ken: The Classic BBC Radio Comedy: Series 3
Eric Merriman, Hugh Paddick, Kenneth Horne and Kenneth Williams
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Kenneth Horne, Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick, Betty Marsden and others star in the complete third...

On the Front Line: The Collected Journalism of Marie Colvin
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Veteran Sunday Times war correspondent, Marie Colvin was killed in February 2012 when covering the...

Once Upon a Time in the West...Country
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Waking in the middle of the night whilst on holiday, Tony Hawks declares an epiphany to his barely...

ClareR (5885 KP) rated Boys Don’t Cry in Books
May 18, 2021
Joe at 17, is the brother left to deal with the death of his 12 year old brother. His father manages to get himself in to trouble, and in to prison. His mother can’t cope. And Joe is struggling too. He is in an environment where it is all too easy for him to take the wrong path and end up like his father. Involved with the wrong people and in prison.
We see flashbacks to Finn as he is diagnosed with Leukaemia and how he copes with the treatment. He is such a happy, generous boy, who worries more about everyone else than about himself.
I don’t want to give much away, but Fiona Scarlett has created two boys who are wonderful human beings, despite the hand that has been dealt to them.
I adored this book. It still gives me a lump in my throat when I’m writing about it, never mind speaking to people about it - I’ll point them in this direction, I think.
It’s like the meme that says “This book has destroyed me and broken my heart. You MUST read it”
So yeah, just read it.

Hard Knocks & Soft Spots
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'I fight hard and love strong. I'm a traveller.' Paddy Doherty loves his life as an Irish traveller,...

The Very British Rules of Dating
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'If you're a baffled Brit when it comes to courting, this little gem may well be the answer to your...