https://manchester.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/ALLENQ?QRY=GENBSOPAC%3A%20(CELESTE%20%2B%20NG)&QRYTEXT=Anywhere%3A%20celeste%20ng%20(Keywords)&SETLVL=SET&SORTS=MAIN.CREATED_DATE.DESC%5DMAIN.CREATED_TIME.DESC&NRECS=20&ISGLB=0 Spydus Search Results en © 2022 Civica Pty Limited. All rights reserved. https://manchester.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3727886&ISGLB=0 Set in a New York apartment building, 'Fourteen Days' is an irresistibly propulsive novel with an unusual twist: each character in this diverse, eccentric cast of neighbours has been secretly written by a different, major literary voice - from Margaret Atwood and John Grisham to Emma Donoghue and Celeste Ng. One week into lockdown, the tenants of a run-down apartment building in Manhattan have begun to gather on the rooftop each evening and tell stories. With each passing night, more and more neighbours gather, bringing chairs and milk crates and overturned pails. Gradually the tenants - some of whom have barely spoken to each other before now - become real neighbours. Set in a New York apartment building, 'Fourteen Days' is an irresistibly propulsive novel with an unusual twist: each character in this diverse, eccentric cast of neighbours has been secretly written by a different, major literary voice - from Margaret Atwood and John Grisham to Emma Donoghue and Celeste Ng. One week into lockdown, the tenants of a run-down apartment building in Manhattan have begun to gather on the rooftop each evening and tell stories. With each passing night, more and more neighbours gather, bringing chairs and milk crates and overturned pails. Gradually the tenants - some of whom have barely spoken to each other before now - become real neighbours.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Chatto & Windus, 2024.<br />384 pages ; 24 cm<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">4 reserves</span><br /><br />Arcadia Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Adult Hardback - On reserve shelf at Withington Library - C0000020487537<br />Avenue Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Adult Hardback - Onloan - Due: 08 May 2024 - C0000020487536<br />Brooklands Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Adult Hardback - Onloan - Due: 11 May 2024 - C0000020487541<br />Chorlton Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Adult Hardback - Onloan - Due: 19 Mar 2024 - C0000020487630<br />City Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Adult Hardback - Onloan - Due: 07 May 2024 - C0000020487120<br />Didsbury Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Adult Hardback - Onloan - Due: 09 May 2024 - C0000020487147<br />Gorton Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Adult Hardback - Onloan - Due: 11 May 2024 - C0000020487714<br />North City Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Adult Hardback - Onloan - Due: 06 May 2024 - C0000020487538<br /> https://manchester.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3630278&ISGLB=0 Discover rare and interesting facts about Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng!Join the countdown as we reach the #1 fact.• Rules are simple: no peeking, no skipping.• Do you agree?• Don't miss out! Discover rare and interesting facts about Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng!Join the countdown as we reach the #1 fact.• Rules are simple: no peeking, no skipping.• Do you agree?• Don't miss out!<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Ng, Celeste<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>[Place of publication not identified] : Top 50 Facts Countdown, 2015<br />1 online resource (1 text file)<br /><br />Online Service - (Manchester Libraries) - eBook - BorrowBox - eBook - eBook - Borrow this eBook - DUMMY<br /> https://manchester.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3408923&ISGLB=0 Twelve-year-old Bird Gardner lives a quiet existence with his loving but broken father, a former linguist who now shelves books in Harvard's library. He knows not to ask too many questions, stand out too much, stray too far. For a decade, their lives have been governed by laws written to preserve 'American culture' in the wake of years of economic instability and violence. To keep the peace and restore prosperity, the authorities are now allowed to relocate children of dissidents, especially those of Asian origin, and libraries have been forced to remove books seen as unpatriotic - including the work of Bird's mother, Margaret. Bird has grown up disavowing his mother and her poems; he doesn't know her work or what happened to her, and he knows he shouldn't wonder. But when he receives a mysterious letter containing only a cryptic drawing, he is drawn into a quest to find her. Twelve-year-old Bird Gardner lives a quiet existence with his loving but broken father, a former linguist who now shelves books in Harvard's library. He knows not to ask too many questions, stand out too much, stray too far. For a decade, their lives have been governed by laws written to preserve 'American culture' in the wake of years of economic instability and violence. To keep the peace and restore prosperity, the authorities are now allowed to relocate children of dissidents, especially those of Asian origin, and libraries have been forced to remove books seen as unpatriotic - including the work of Bird's mother, Margaret. Bird has grown up disavowing his mother and her poems; he doesn't know her work or what happened to her, and he knows he shouldn't wonder. But when he receives a mysterious letter containing only a cryptic drawing, he is drawn into a quest to find her.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Ng, Celeste<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Abacus Books, 2023.<br />335 pages ; 20 cm<br /><br />Abraham Moss Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Adult Paperback - Onloan - Due: 07 May 2024 - C0000020463988<br />Arcadia Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Available - C0000008440753<br />Beswick Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Adult Paperback - Available - C0000020463095<br />Longsight Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Adult Paperback - Onloan - Due: 16 May 2024 - C0000020462938<br />Withington Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Adult Paperback - Available - C0000020463507<br /> https://manchester.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3340179&ISGLB=0 Lydia is the favourite child of Marilyn and James Lee; a girl with her mother's bright blue eyes and her father's jet-black hair. Her parents are determined that Lydia will fulfill the dreams they were unable to pursue. But Lydia is under pressures that have nothing to do with growing up in 1970s small town Ohio. Her father is an American born of Chinese immigrants, and his ethnicity, and hers, make them conspicuous. When Lydia's body is found in a lake, James is consumed by guilt and sets out on a reckless path. Marilyn, devastated and vengeful, is determined to make someone accountable. Lydia's brother, Nathan, is convinced that local bad boy Jack is involved. But it's the youngest in the family - Hannah - who may be the only one who knows what really happened. Lydia is the favourite child of Marilyn and James Lee; a girl with her mother's bright blue eyes and her father's jet-black hair. Her parents are determined that Lydia will fulfill the dreams they were unable to pursue. But Lydia is under pressures that have nothing to do with growing up in 1970s small town Ohio. Her father is an American born of Chinese immigrants, and his ethnicity, and hers, make them conspicuous. When Lydia's body is found in a lake, James is consumed by guilt and sets out on a reckless path. Marilyn, devastated and vengeful, is determined to make someone accountable. Lydia's brother, Nathan, is convinced that local bad boy Jack is involved. But it's the youngest in the family - Hannah - who may be the only one who knows what really happened.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Ng, Celeste<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>[Place of publication not identified] : Clipper Audiobooks, 2015<br />1 online resource (1 audio file)<br /><br />Online Service - (Manchester Libraries) - eAudio - BorrowBox - eAudiobook - eAudiobook - Borrow this eAudiobook - DUMMY<br /> https://manchester.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3338669&ISGLB=0 'Takes on the friction between family bonds, cultural expectations, and personal desires in a way that feels both urgent and intensely real . . . For me the true heart of the book was Min, and his search for a sense of belonging that neither America nor Korea is quite able offer him. His story is truly unforgettable' Abi Daré, New York Times bestselling author of The Girl with the Louding VoiceYu-jin is gifted.Yu-jin is loved. Yu-jin is flourishing.Yu-jin is dead.When the Seoul police inform Min that his girlfriend Yu-jin has taken her own life, he’s sure it can’t be true. She was successful, happy, just on the cusp of graduating and claiming the future she’d always dreamed of.After growing up in California, where he always felt ‘too Korean’ to fit in, Min has never felt quite the same certainty as Yu-jin about his life’s path. Unable to accept that she could have done this, Min throws himself into finding out what really happened to her.But the more Min discovers, the more lost he feels. With a controlling and powerful government official father, and a fraught friendship with her alluring and destructive roommate So-ra, Yu-jin’s life was much more complex than she chose to reveal to Min. And the more he learns about her, the more he begins to doubt he ever really knew her at all. For fans of Celeste Ng, this is a profoundly moving and suspenseful drama that untangles the complicated ties that bind families together – or break them apart.Praise for When We Fell Apart‘A lyrical exposition on what it’s like to be biracial, with one foot firmly planted in two distinct worlds, never completely fitting in, but capable of seeing what others do not’ Jamie Ford, New York Times bestselling author ‘Moving and suspenseful, a reminder that the greatest mysteries are those of being and belonging’ Jess Walter, #1 New York Times bestselling author ‘The most compelling debut novel I've read in years . . . Unforgettable’ Alexander Chee, bestselling author ‘Heart-stopping and exquisitely plotted, this is a novel to get lost in’ Patricia Engel, bestselling author ‘Melancholic, atmospheric, and consistently surprising’ Susie Yang, New York Times bestselling author ‘When We Fell Apart will stay with me for a long time’ Angie Kim, bestselling author ‘A magical debut’ Amy Gentry, bestselling author 'Takes on the friction between family bonds, cultural expectations, and personal desires in a way that feels both urgent and intensely real . . . For me the true heart of the book was Min, and his search for a sense of belonging that neither America nor Korea is quite able offer him. His story is truly unforgettable' Abi Daré, New York Times bestselling author of The Girl with the Louding VoiceYu-jin is gifted.Yu-jin is loved. Yu-jin is flourishing.Yu-jin is dead.When the Seoul police inform Min that his girlfriend Yu-jin has taken her own life, he’s sure it can’t be true. She was successful, happy, just on the cusp of graduating and claiming the future she’d always dreamed of.After growing up in California, where he always felt ‘too Korean’ to fit in, Min has never felt quite the same certainty as Yu-jin about his life’s path. Unable to accept that she could have done this, Min throws himself into finding out what really happened to her.But the more Min discovers, the more lost he feels. With a controlling and powerful government official father, and a fraught friendship with her alluring and destructive roommate So-ra, Yu-jin’s life was much more complex than she chose to reveal to Min. And the more he learns about her, the more he begins to doubt he ever really knew her at all. For fans of Celeste Ng, this is a profoundly moving and suspenseful drama that untangles the complicated ties that bind families together – or break them apart.Praise for When We Fell Apart‘A lyrical exposition on what it’s like to be biracial, with one foot firmly planted in two distinct worlds, never completely fitting in, but capable of seeing what others do not’ Jamie Ford, New York Times bestselling author ‘Moving and suspenseful, a reminder that the greatest mysteries are those of being and belonging’ Jess Walter, #1 New York Times bestselling author ‘The most compelling debut novel I've read in years . . . Unforgettable’ Alexander Chee, bestselling author ‘Heart-stopping and exquisitely plotted, this is a novel to get lost in’ Patricia Engel, bestselling author ‘Melancholic, atmospheric, and consistently surprising’ Susie Yang, New York Times bestselling author ‘When We Fell Apart will stay with me for a long time’ Angie Kim, bestselling author ‘A magical debut’ Amy Gentry, bestselling author<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Wiley, Soon<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>[Place of publication not identified] : Simon & Schuster Audio UK, 2022<br />1 online resource (1 audio file)<br /><br />Online Service - (Manchester Libraries) - eAudio - BorrowBox - eAudiobook - eAudiobook - Borrow this eAudiobook - DUMMY<br /> https://manchester.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3317383&ISGLB=0 'Takes on the friction between family bonds, cultural expectations, and personal desires in a way that feels both urgent and intensely real . . . For me the true heart of the book was Min, and his search for a sense of belonging that neither America nor Korea is quite able offer him. His story is truly unforgettable' Abi Daré, New York Times bestselling author of The Girl with the Louding VoiceYu-jin is gifted.Yu-jin is loved. Yu-jin is flourishing.Yu-jin is dead.When the Seoul police inform Min that his girlfriend Yu-jin has taken her own life, he’s sure it can’t be true. She was successful, happy, just on the cusp of graduating and claiming the future she’d always dreamed of.After growing up in California, where he always felt ‘too Korean’ to fit in, Min has never felt quite the same certainty as Yu-jin about his life’s path. Unable to accept that she could have done this, Min throws himself into finding out what really happened to her.But the more Min discovers, the more lost he feels. With a controlling and powerful government official father, and a fraught friendship with her alluring and destructive roommate So-ra, Yu-jin’s life was much more complex than she chose to reveal to Min. And the more he learns about her, the more he begins to doubt he ever really knew her at all. For fans of Celeste Ng, this is a profoundly moving and suspenseful drama that untangles the complicated ties that bind families together – or break them apart. 'Takes on the friction between family bonds, cultural expectations, and personal desires in a way that feels both urgent and intensely real . . . For me the true heart of the book was Min, and his search for a sense of belonging that neither America nor Korea is quite able offer him. His story is truly unforgettable' Abi Daré, New York Times bestselling author of The Girl with the Louding VoiceYu-jin is gifted.Yu-jin is loved. Yu-jin is flourishing.Yu-jin is dead.When the Seoul police inform Min that his girlfriend Yu-jin has taken her own life, he’s sure it can’t be true. She was successful, happy, just on the cusp of graduating and claiming the future she’d always dreamed of.After growing up in California, where he always felt ‘too Korean’ to fit in, Min has never felt quite the same certainty as Yu-jin about his life’s path. Unable to accept that she could have done this, Min throws himself into finding out what really happened to her.But the more Min discovers, the more lost he feels. With a controlling and powerful government official father, and a fraught friendship with her alluring and destructive roommate So-ra, Yu-jin’s life was much more complex than she chose to reveal to Min. And the more he learns about her, the more he begins to doubt he ever really knew her at all. For fans of Celeste Ng, this is a profoundly moving and suspenseful drama that untangles the complicated ties that bind families together – or break them apart.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Wiley, Soon<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>[Place of publication not identified] : Simon & Schuster UK, 2022<br />1 online resource (1 text file)<br /><br />Online Service - (Manchester Libraries) - eBook - BorrowBox - eBook - eBook - Borrow this eBook - DUMMY<br /> https://manchester.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3314189&ISGLB=0 Twelve-year-old Bird Gardner lives a quiet existence with his loving but broken father, a former linguist who now shelves books in Harvard's library. He knows not to ask too many questions, stand out too much, stray too far. For a decade, their lives have been governed by laws written to preserve 'American culture' in the wake of years of economic instability and violence. To keep the peace and restore prosperity, the authorities are now allowed to relocate children of dissidents, especially those of Asian origin, and libraries have been forced to remove books seen as unpatriotic - including the work of Bird's mother, Margaret. Bird has grown up disavowing his mother and her poems; he doesn't know her work or what happened to her, and he knows he shouldn't wonder. But when he receives a mysterious letter containing only a cryptic drawing, he is drawn into a quest to find her. Twelve-year-old Bird Gardner lives a quiet existence with his loving but broken father, a former linguist who now shelves books in Harvard's library. He knows not to ask too many questions, stand out too much, stray too far. For a decade, their lives have been governed by laws written to preserve 'American culture' in the wake of years of economic instability and violence. To keep the peace and restore prosperity, the authorities are now allowed to relocate children of dissidents, especially those of Asian origin, and libraries have been forced to remove books seen as unpatriotic - including the work of Bird's mother, Margaret. Bird has grown up disavowing his mother and her poems; he doesn't know her work or what happened to her, and he knows he shouldn't wonder. But when he receives a mysterious letter containing only a cryptic drawing, he is drawn into a quest to find her.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Ng, Celeste<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Abacus Books, 2022.<br />335 pages ; 24 cm<br /><br />Brooklands Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Adult Hardback - Available - C0000020456291<br />City Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Adult Hardback - Available - C0000020455111<br />Didsbury Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Adult Hardback - Onloan - Due: 06 May 2024 - C0000020455141<br />Gorton Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Adult Hardback - Available - C0000020455225<br />Hulme High St - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Adult Hardback - Available - C0000020456292<br />Longsight Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Adult Hardback - Available - C0000020456294<br />North City Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Adult Hardback - Available - C0000020456293<br /> https://manchester.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3161103&ISGLB=0 When their eldest son drowns overseas, Gill and Gabe, desperate to protect their unwell teenaged daughter from the news, decide they must hide the truth from her at all costs – a decision that has ripple effects throughout their family. Told through alternating perspectives, with frequent flashbacks to the past, the story unfurls, revealing the key moments that have shaped each character into the people they are today. For fans of Celeste Ng, Delia Owens and Anne Tyler, this dramatic, poetic novel shows how it’s possible to find a way through grief, against all the odds. When their eldest son drowns overseas, Gill and Gabe, desperate to protect their unwell teenaged daughter from the news, decide they must hide the truth from her at all costs – a decision that has ripple effects throughout their family. Told through alternating perspectives, with frequent flashbacks to the past, the story unfurls, revealing the key moments that have shaped each character into the people they are today. For fans of Celeste Ng, Delia Owens and Anne Tyler, this dramatic, poetic novel shows how it’s possible to find a way through grief, against all the odds.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Haig, Francesca<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>[Place of publication not identified] : Bolinda audio, 2021<br />1 online resource (1 audio file)<br /><br />Online Service - (Manchester Libraries) - eAudio - BorrowBox - eAudiobook - eAudiobook - Borrow this eAudiobook - DUMMY<br /> https://manchester.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3136548&ISGLB=0 A REESE WITHERSPOON BOOK CLUB PICKBefore Owen Michaels disappears, he manages to smuggle a note to his new wife, Hannah: protect her. Hannah knows exactly who Owen needs her to protect - his sixteen-year-old daughter, Bailey, who lost her mother tragically as a child. And who wants absolutely nothing to do with her new stepmother.As her increasingly desperate calls to Owen go unanswered, his boss is arrested for fraud and the police start questioning her, Hannah realises that her husband isn't who he said he was. And that Bailey might hold the key to discovering Owen's true identity, and why he disappeared. Together they set out to discover the truth. But as they start putting together the pieces of Owen's past, they soon realise that their lives will never be the same again...A beautiful and thrilling mystery, perfect for readers of Lianne Moriarty and Celeste Ng. A REESE WITHERSPOON BOOK CLUB PICKBefore Owen Michaels disappears, he manages to smuggle a note to his new wife, Hannah: protect her. Hannah knows exactly who Owen needs her to protect - his sixteen-year-old daughter, Bailey, who lost her mother tragically as a child. And who wants absolutely nothing to do with her new stepmother.As her increasingly desperate calls to Owen go unanswered, his boss is arrested for fraud and the police start questioning her, Hannah realises that her husband isn't who he said he was. And that Bailey might hold the key to discovering Owen's true identity, and why he disappeared. Together they set out to discover the truth. But as they start putting together the pieces of Owen's past, they soon realise that their lives will never be the same again...A beautiful and thrilling mystery, perfect for readers of Lianne Moriarty and Celeste Ng.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Dave, Laura<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>[Place of publication not identified] : Viper, 2021<br />1 online resource (1 text file)<br /><br />Online Service - (Manchester Libraries) - eBook - BorrowBox - eBook - eBook - Borrow this eBook - DUMMY<br /> https://manchester.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3118850&ISGLB=0 <span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Ng, Celeste<br /><br />Longsight Library - (Manchester Libraries) - For. Lang AF - Farsi Fiction - Persian - Available - C0000020202672<br /> https://manchester.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=2888477&ISGLB=0 The gripping new novel from Sunday Times bestselling author Michele CampbellBecause murderers are never who you expect…She was the quiet one… but is she guilty?For twin sisters Rose and Bel, enrolling at the prestigious new boarding school should have been a fresh start. But with its sinister rituals and traditions, Odell soon brings out a deadly rivalry between the sisters.For Sarah and husband Heath, the chance to teach at Odell seems like the best thing that ever happened to their small family – a chance to rise through the ranks and put the past behind them.Until one dark night ends in murder.But who’s guilty and who’s telling the truth? And who’s been in on it all along..?From the Sunday Times bestselling author Michele Campbell comes the breathtaking new thriller SHE WAS THE QUIET ONE.PRAISE FOR She Was the Quiet One:‘Michele Campbell vividly conveys the complexity of teenage years and punctuates the narrative with clues that develop into an explosive conclusion’ Woman‘You’ll be desperate to know what went down at the lake’ The Sun‘A tale of unrequited love and rule-breaking… Fans of Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng will love the untangling of these seemingly perfect lives’ i News‘The narrative powers through to a gripping conclusion’ Press Association‘Campbell’s skillful characterization and her shocking final twist make this follow-up to It’s Always the Husband well worthwhile. Readers who enjoyed Simone St. James’ boarding-school mystery, The Broken Girls, should give this a try.’ Booklist‘Readers will… be drawn in to the novel’s intricate exploration of divided loyalties and the brittleness of trust.’ Publishers WeeklyPRAISE FOR MICHELE CAMBPELL:‘A gripping page-tuner…will suit fans of Liane Moriarty’ Hello‘A page-turning whodunnit that will speak to anyone who's ever had a frenemy.’ Ruth Ware‘A gripping, tangled web of a novel―it pulls you in and doesn’t let you go. I loved it!’ Shari Lapena The gripping new novel from Sunday Times bestselling author Michele CampbellBecause murderers are never who you expect…She was the quiet one… but is she guilty?For twin sisters Rose and Bel, enrolling at the prestigious new boarding school should have been a fresh start. But with its sinister rituals and traditions, Odell soon brings out a deadly rivalry between the sisters.For Sarah and husband Heath, the chance to teach at Odell seems like the best thing that ever happened to their small family – a chance to rise through the ranks and put the past behind them.Until one dark night ends in murder.But who’s guilty and who’s telling the truth? And who’s been in on it all along..?From the Sunday Times bestselling author Michele Campbell comes the breathtaking new thriller SHE WAS THE QUIET ONE.PRAISE FOR She Was the Quiet One:‘Michele Campbell vividly conveys the complexity of teenage years and punctuates the narrative with clues that develop into an explosive conclusion’ Woman‘You’ll be desperate to know what went down at the lake’ The Sun‘A tale of unrequited love and rule-breaking… Fans of Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng will love the untangling of these seemingly perfect lives’ i News‘The narrative powers through to a gripping conclusion’ Press Association‘Campbell’s skillful characterization and her shocking final twist make this follow-up to It’s Always the Husband well worthwhile. Readers who enjoyed Simone St. James’ boarding-school mystery, The Broken Girls, should give this a try.’ Booklist‘Readers will… be drawn in to the novel’s intricate exploration of divided loyalties and the brittleness of trust.’ Publishers WeeklyPRAISE FOR MICHELE CAMBPELL:‘A gripping page-tuner…will suit fans of Liane Moriarty’ Hello‘A page-turning whodunnit that will speak to anyone who's ever had a frenemy.’ Ruth Ware‘A gripping, tangled web of a novel―it pulls you in and doesn’t let you go. I loved it!’ Shari Lapena<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Campbell, Michele<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>[Place of publication not identified] : HarperCollins, 2019<br />1 online resource (1 audio file)<br /><br />Online Service - (Manchester Libraries) - eAudio - BorrowBox - eAudiobook - eAudiobook - Borrow this eAudiobook - DUMMY<br /> https://manchester.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=2859448&ISGLB=0 A JO WHILEY BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB PICKWelcome to The Farm.Life is a lucrative business, as long as you play by the rules…Ambitious businesswoman Mae Yu runs Golden Oaks - a luxury retreat transforming the fertility industry. There, women get the very best of everything: organic meals, fitness trainers, daily massages and big money. Provided they dedicate themselves to producing the perfect baby. For someone else. Jane is a young immigrant in search of a better future. Stuck living in a cramped dorm with her baby daughter and her shrewd aunt Ate, she sees an unmissable chance to change her life. But at what cost? Perfect for fans of Celeste Ng, Margaret Atwood, Naomi Alderman, Sophie Mackintosh, Christine Dalcher and anyone who loved The Help or Orange Is the New Black. A JO WHILEY BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB PICKWelcome to The Farm.Life is a lucrative business, as long as you play by the rules…Ambitious businesswoman Mae Yu runs Golden Oaks - a luxury retreat transforming the fertility industry. There, women get the very best of everything: organic meals, fitness trainers, daily massages and big money. Provided they dedicate themselves to producing the perfect baby. For someone else. Jane is a young immigrant in search of a better future. Stuck living in a cramped dorm with her baby daughter and her shrewd aunt Ate, she sees an unmissable chance to change her life. But at what cost? Perfect for fans of Celeste Ng, Margaret Atwood, Naomi Alderman, Sophie Mackintosh, Christine Dalcher and anyone who loved The Help or Orange Is the New Black.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Ramos, Joanne<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>[Place of publication not identified] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019<br />1 online resource (1 text file)<br /><br />Online Service - (Manchester Libraries) - eBook - BorrowBox - eBook - eBook - Borrow this eBook - DUMMY<br /> https://manchester.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=2656507&ISGLB=0 Everyone in Shaker Heights was talking about it that summer: how Isabelle, the last of the Richardson children, had finally gone around the bend and burned the house down. In Shaker Heights, a placid, progressive suburb of Cleveland, everything is meticulously planned - from the layout of the winding roads, to the colours of the houses, to the successful lives its residents will go on to lead. And no one embodies this spirit more than Elena Richardson, whose guiding principal is playing by the rules. Enter Mia Warren - an enigmatic artist and single mother- who arrives in this idyllic bubble with her teenage daughter Pearl, and rents a house from the Richardsons. Soon Mia and Pearl become more than just tenants: all four Richardson children are drawn to the mother-daughter pair. Everyone in Shaker Heights was talking about it that summer: how Isabelle, the last of the Richardson children, had finally gone around the bend and burned the house down. In Shaker Heights, a placid, progressive suburb of Cleveland, everything is meticulously planned - from the layout of the winding roads, to the colours of the houses, to the successful lives its residents will go on to lead. And no one embodies this spirit more than Elena Richardson, whose guiding principal is playing by the rules. Enter Mia Warren - an enigmatic artist and single mother- who arrives in this idyllic bubble with her teenage daughter Pearl, and rents a house from the Richardsons. Soon Mia and Pearl become more than just tenants: all four Richardson children are drawn to the mother-daughter pair.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Ng, Celeste<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Abacus, 2018.<br />388 pages ; 20 cm<br /><br />Abraham Moss Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Adult Paperback - Available - C0000020090140<br />Arcadia Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Adult Paperback - Available - C0000020219894<br />Avenue Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Adult Paperback - Available - C0000020090121<br />Books to Go - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Adult Paperback - Available - C0000020443102<br />City Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Adult Paperback - Onloan - Due: 01 May 2024 - C0000020090283<br />Gorton Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Adult Paperback - Available - C0000020089915<br />Longsight Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Adult Paperback - Available - C0000020090606<br />Moss Side Powerhouse Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Adult Paperback - Available - C0000020089918<br />Withington Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Adult Paperback - Onloan - Due: 15 May 2024 - C0000020089917<br /> https://manchester.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=2600350&ISGLB=0 In Shaker Heights, a placid, progressive suburb of Cleveland, everything is meticulously planned - from the layout of the winding roads, to the colours of the houses, to the successful lives its residents will go on to lead. And no one embodies this spirit more than Elena Richardson, whose guiding principal is playing by the rules. Enter Mia Warren - an enigmatic artist and single mother - who arrives in this idyllic bubble with her teenage daughter Pearl, and rents a house from the Richardsons. Soon Mia and Pearl become more than just tenants: all four Richardson children are drawn to the alluring mother-daughter pair. But Mia carries with her a mysterious past, and a disregard for the rules that threatens to upend this carefully ordered community. In Shaker Heights, a placid, progressive suburb of Cleveland, everything is meticulously planned - from the layout of the winding roads, to the colours of the houses, to the successful lives its residents will go on to lead. And no one embodies this spirit more than Elena Richardson, whose guiding principal is playing by the rules. Enter Mia Warren - an enigmatic artist and single mother - who arrives in this idyllic bubble with her teenage daughter Pearl, and rents a house from the Richardsons. Soon Mia and Pearl become more than just tenants: all four Richardson children are drawn to the alluring mother-daughter pair. But Mia carries with her a mysterious past, and a disregard for the rules that threatens to upend this carefully ordered community.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Ng, Celeste<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Little, Brown, 2018.<br />338 pages ; 25 cm<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Average rating: </span><span style="vertical-align: middle;"><img style="margin:0;" src="https://manchester.spydus.co.uk/gifs/small-star.gif" alt="★" /><img style="margin:0;" src="https://manchester.spydus.co.uk/gifs/small-star.gif" alt="★" /><img style="margin:0;" src="https://manchester.spydus.co.uk/gifs/small-star.gif" alt="★" /><img style="margin:0;" src="https://manchester.spydus.co.uk/gifs/small-star.gif" alt="★" /><img style="margin:0;" src="https://manchester.spydus.co.uk/gifs/small-star.gif" alt="★" /><img style="margin:0;" src="https://manchester.spydus.co.uk/gifs/small-star.gif" alt="★" /><img style="margin:0;" src="https://manchester.spydus.co.uk/gifs/small-star.gif" alt="★" /><img style="margin:0;" src="https://manchester.spydus.co.uk/gifs/small-star.gif" alt="★" /><img style="margin:0;" src="https://manchester.spydus.co.uk/gifs/small-star.gif" alt="★" /><img style="margin:0;" src="https://manchester.spydus.co.uk/gifs/small-blankstar.gif" alt="☆" /></span> (1 review)<br /><br />Arcadia Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Adult Hardback - Available - C0000020083214<br />Avenue Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Adult Hardback - Available - C0000020083254<br />Didsbury Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Adult Hardback - Available - Recently returned - C0000020082212<br />Hulme High St - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Adult Hardback - Available - C0000020075232<br />Longsight Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Adult Hardback - Available - C0000020083830<br /> https://manchester.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=2396822&ISGLB=0 Lydia is the favourite child of Marilyn and James Lee; a girl who inherited her mother's bright blue eyes and her father's jet-black hair. Her parents are determined that Lydia will fulfill the dreams they were unable to pursue - in Marilyn's case that her daughter become a doctor rather than a homemaker, in James's case that Lydia be popular at school, a girl with a busy social life and the centre of every party. But Lydia is under pressures that have nothing to do with growing up in 1970s small town Ohio. When Lydia's body is found in the local lake, James is consumed by guilt and sets out on a reckless path that may destroy his marriage. Lydia is the favourite child of Marilyn and James Lee; a girl who inherited her mother's bright blue eyes and her father's jet-black hair. Her parents are determined that Lydia will fulfill the dreams they were unable to pursue - in Marilyn's case that her daughter become a doctor rather than a homemaker, in James's case that Lydia be popular at school, a girl with a busy social life and the centre of every party. But Lydia is under pressures that have nothing to do with growing up in 1970s small town Ohio. When Lydia's body is found in the local lake, James is consumed by guilt and sets out on a reckless path that may destroy his marriage.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Ng, Celeste<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Oxford : ISIS, 2016.<br />304 pages (large print) ; 24 cm<br /><br />Didsbury Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Large Print AF - Adult Paperback - Available - Recently returned - C0000009739682<br /> https://manchester.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=1663373&ISGLB=0 Lydia is the favourite child of Marilyn and James Lee; a girl who inherited her mother's bright blue eyes and her father's jet-black hair. Her parents are determined that Lydia will fulfill the dreams they were unable to pursue - in Marilyn's case that her daughter become a doctor rather than a homemaker, in James's case that Lydia be popular at school, a girl with a busy social life and the centre of every party. But Lydia is under pressures that have nothing to do with growing up in 1970s small town Ohio. When Lydia's body is found in the local lake, James is consumed by guilt and sets out on a reckless path that may destroy his marriage. Lydia is the favourite child of Marilyn and James Lee; a girl who inherited her mother's bright blue eyes and her father's jet-black hair. Her parents are determined that Lydia will fulfill the dreams they were unable to pursue - in Marilyn's case that her daughter become a doctor rather than a homemaker, in James's case that Lydia be popular at school, a girl with a busy social life and the centre of every party. But Lydia is under pressures that have nothing to do with growing up in 1970s small town Ohio. When Lydia's body is found in the local lake, James is consumed by guilt and sets out on a reckless path that may destroy his marriage.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Ng, Celeste<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Blackfriars, 2014.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Blackfriars, 2014.<br />304 pages ; 20 cm<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Average rating: </span><span style="vertical-align: middle;"><img style="margin:0;" src="https://manchester.spydus.co.uk/gifs/small-star.gif" alt="★" /><img style="margin:0;" src="https://manchester.spydus.co.uk/gifs/small-star.gif" alt="★" /><img style="margin:0;" src="https://manchester.spydus.co.uk/gifs/small-star.gif" alt="★" /><img style="margin:0;" src="https://manchester.spydus.co.uk/gifs/small-star.gif" alt="★" /><img style="margin:0;" src="https://manchester.spydus.co.uk/gifs/small-star.gif" alt="★" /><img style="margin:0;" src="https://manchester.spydus.co.uk/gifs/small-star.gif" alt="★" /><img style="margin:0;" src="https://manchester.spydus.co.uk/gifs/small-star.gif" alt="★" /><img style="margin:0;" src="https://manchester.spydus.co.uk/gifs/small-star.gif" alt="★" /><img style="margin:0;" src="https://manchester.spydus.co.uk/gifs/small-star.gif" alt="★" /><img style="margin:0;" src="https://manchester.spydus.co.uk/gifs/small-blankstar.gif" alt="☆" /></span> (1 review)<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">1 reserve</span><br /><br />Abraham Moss Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Adult Paperback - In-transit from Abraham Moss Library to City Library (Set: 26 Apr 2024) - C0000020271220<br />Arcadia Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Adult Paperback - Available - C0000020271218<br />Avenue Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Adult Paperback - Available - C0000020262708<br />Didsbury Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Adult Paperback - Available - C0000020082211<br />Gorton Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Adult Paperback - Onloan - Due: 18 May 2024 - C0000020271219<br />Longsight Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Adult Paperback - Available - C0000020082077<br />North City Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Adult Paperback - Available - C0000020271216<br />