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The sparkling debut novel of Maria Semple, author of the WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION-shortlisted WHERE'D YOU GO, BERNADETTE, including reading group notes. Violet Parry is living the quintessential life of luxury in the Hollywood Hills with David, her rock-and-roll manager husband, and her darling toddler, Dot. She has the perfect life - but she's deeply unhappy. David expects the world of Violet but gives little of himself in return. When she meets Teddy, a roguish small-time bass player, Violet comes alive, and soon she's risking everything for the chance to find herself again. Also in the...

Deep in the heart of London, the Monsalvat Bank is small, secretive and fabulously wealthy. When Ellie Stanton, an impoverished graduate student, is unexpectedly invited to join the firm, the privileged world they offer looks too good to turn down. But the bank is more than it seems. Soon Ellie realises that her life belongs to her employers, and they're watching her every move.

Acaba de producirse el último aviso de la naturaleza. La pandemia del coronavirus tomó a la Tierra por sorpresa y dejó a su paso muerte, incertidumbre y destrucción de las economías más fuertes del planeta. Todos nos hemos contagiado de unas interrogantes virales: ¿Cómo sobrevivirán los países y las cuentas domésticas? ¿Cómo serán a partir de esta experiencia las relaciones entre los seres humanos? ¿En qué Dios depositaremos la fe? ¿Cuál será en adelante nuestra relación ética con los medios de comunicación que nos informaron y engañaron a partes iguales? ¿Qué lugar...

Shortlisted for the Goldsmith's Prize, the Gordon Burn Prize and the James Tait Black Award. Dive in to a tale of love and loathing with the beach read of the summer. Kathy is a writer. Kathy is getting married. It’s the summer of 2017 and the whole world is falling apart. From a Tuscan hotel for the super-rich to a Brexit-paralysed UK, Kathy spends the first summer of her forties trying to adjust to making a lifelong commitment just as Trump is tweeting the world into nuclear war. But it’s not only Kathy who’s changing. Political, social and natural landscapes are all in peril. Fascism ...