They had been there often as tourists. They had cherished the dream of someday living all year under the Provencal sun. And suddenly it happened.
Here is the month-by-month account of the charms and frustrations that Peter Mayle and his wife - and t... More details on A Year in Provence
We have always found that New Year's Eve, with its eleventh-hour excesses and doomed resolutions, is a dismal occasion for all the forced jollity and midnight toasts and kisses. And so, when we heard ...
Meet the Law family - eccentric, endearing and hard to resist. Your guide: Benjamin, the third of five children and a born humorist. Join him as he tries to answer some puzzling questions: Why won't his Chinese dad wear made-in-China underpants? Why ... More details on The Family Law
Lately, I’ve been stitching together a zine for my family that gets passed around over Christmas. It’s called The Family Dictionary. Designed to resemble a language reference book, it compiles all the...
Bill Bryson is an unabashed Anglophile who, through a mistake of history, happened to be born and bred in Iowa. Righting that error, he spent 20 years in England before deciding to repatriate. This was partly to let his wife and children experience l... More details on Notes from a Small Island
There are certain idiosyncratic notions that you quietly come to accept when you live for a long time in Britain. One is that British summers used to be longer and sunnier. Another is that the England...
In which experienced West End actress Freddy Carlton takes on an Austen-inspired play, a scandal at a country estate, an enthusiastic search for a passion outside of acting…and the (some people might say icy*) heart of London's most feared theater cr... More details on The Austen Playbook
After twelve years of performing in the West End, Freddy Carlton had racked up her fair share of unfortunate experiences. Bitchy co-stars. Costume malfunctions. Having to stage-snog people with whom s...
Perfect for readers of Song for a Whale and Counting by 7s, a neurodivergent girl campaigns for a memorial when she learns that her small Scottish town used to burn witches simply because they were different.
"A must-read for students and adult... More details on A Kind of Spark
On days like this, I spend lunchtime in the library. I feel the other children in the class still watching me as we tuck in our chairs and leave the room, the school bell screeching so loudly. Loud no...
In this witty, engaging guide, a renowned Vogue editor takes readers through the fundamentals of living alone by showing them how to create a welcoming environment and cultivate home-friendly hobbies, "for no woman can accept an invitation every nigh... More details on Live Alone and Like It
THIS book is no brief in favor of living alone. Five out of ten of the people who do so can’t help themselves, and at least three of the others are irritatingly selfish. But the chances are that at so...
"Her writing is sharp and exquisite."-Julia Quinn, author of the Bridgerton series.
An insatiable rake falls for an eccentric genius. Too bad she's his innocent bride, and he has vowed never to touch her.
Harriet "Harry" Lovelock lives a life of the... More details on Convergence of Desire
One month. That's all Sarah has to find a date or earn the honor of being the last single girl in her inner circle. Actually, in all her circles. So with four weeks to find Mr. Right and a frienemy already counting her out, Sarah joins love hoping th... More details on The Last Single Girl
“Jonathan is everything I ever wanted in a guy.” Angie spun the cocktail stirrer around her martini. “I can’t believe my brother never brought him home before. I mean, they’ve been best friends since ...
HE WAS HER ONLY HOPEFOR SURVIVAL
Born to luxury and comfort, Chelsea Tedmannever expected to be climbing Mount Everest. But her need to solve the mystery surrounding hersister's fatal fall on the mountain had Chelsea inNepal, determined to climb the... More details on Swept Away