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Pearls

By: Celia Brayfield

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The Bourton sisters knew all about power. Rock star Monty moved millions with her music; Cathy made millions on the stock market. But the morning they awoke to discover a priceless pink pearl under each of their pillows their lives were turned upside down. An international bestseller called "a passionate page turner!"--Time.

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0804102848

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9780804102841

Harvest

By: Celia Brayfield

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Harvest

By: Celia Brayfield

Grace, the lover, clever and passionate, ran away to find new happiness, but can't escape her guilt. Jane, the wife, loves her children, her brilliant career and her French farmhouse, but wakes up crying and alone. Imogen, the daughter, is beautiful and talented, but is also a wild child, hungry for revenge. Three women who all make the same mistake -- loving Michael Knight: a TV star, a public figure, but also, in private, a serial adulterer driven to destroy the women whose love he craves. Now, as friends and family gather to celebrate his birthday, Michael reaps what he has sown.

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Pan Macmillan

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1447230868

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9781447230861

Sunset

By: Celia Brayfield

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Sunset

By: Celia Brayfield

Tropical sun, cheap booze and more natural beauty than you could shake David Attenborough at, Kim came to Los Acazares for the same reasons as all the other people who are stuck out here. She had to get away. Los Alcazares is a holiday paradise. It’s also a place of fantastic dreams and incredible secrets, an island in the ocean where ley lines cross and tectonic crash, a geological hot spot where you can’t trust anything – not even the earth itself. Kim trusts Matthew, her lover. She trusts Stella, her friend. But she may have been wrong. A man has been killed on Los Alcazares and both of them were there when he died. That’s what they’re saying anyway; but the island is full of talk. At the beach bar where there is no beach, Kim waits for Matthew to find out finally what she can believe. ‘Brayfield is a fine prose stylist; her characterisation is good, as is the sense of place’ Sunday Times

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1447230965

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9781447230960

Deep France

A Writer's Year in the Bearn

By: Celia Brayfield

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Deep France

A Writer's Year in the Bearn

By: Celia Brayfield

Novelist Celia Brayfield had never lived more than a taxi ride from Soho, until one day she decided to take a year off. With the computer and the cats in the back of the car, and the blessing of her student daughter, she drove South until the dawn came up in the Bearn, the most romantic, remote and rustic region of France. Deep France is the diary of a writer's year in a tiny French village, trying to meet her deadlines when a good thunderstorm could blow out the computer and there were always artichokes to pick. It's a walk in teh swashbuckling footsteps of The Three Musketeers and King Henri IV, full of funny and perceptive anecdotes about the year in which France had to face the euro, the World Cup and Le Pen's presidential campaign. 'An author who writes living, breathing novels capable of making us weep and marvel' The Times 'Her writing glitters: the humour is as sharp as a Sabatier knife' Image

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MacMillan

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0230768253

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9780230768253

Getting Home

By: Celia Brayfield

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Getting Home

By: Celia Brayfield

There is only one rule in a suburb – never trust your neighbours. Westwick, the ultimate suburb. Nothing ever happens in Westwick; that’s why people live there. Nice people, like Stephanie Sands. Loving husband, adorable son, dream job and a beautiful garden – life is just about perfect for Stephanie until the day her husband is kidnapped. Big mistake, losing your husband in the suburbs. The neighbours turn nasty. The TV totty sees Stephanie as a media victim and the totty’s husband sees Stephanie as ‘lonely’ – codeword for desperate. Stephanie discovers that she isn’t the kind of woman to take this lying down. Suddenly it’s a jungle out there – adultery, blackmail, sleaze in high places and lust on the lawns, until Westwick scrambles the helicopters and takes to the streets with an army of eco-warriors in the hilarious live-TV climax. ‘Deliciously comic – lightening flashes of wit and scalpel-sharp observation.’ Daily Mail ‘With a sharp wit and snappy dialogue Brayfield has produced a very funny, cleverly plotted novel that displays Fay Weldon’s understanding of the pleasure to be derived from seeing the bad get their just desserts’ Daily Telegraph

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Pan Macmillan

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1447230922

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9781447230922

White Ice

By: Celia Brayfield

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White Ice

By: Celia Brayfield

Prima ballerina Lydia Kusminskaya, whose talents saved her from starvation in imperial St Petersburg, trusted her beauty to secure her place in the gilded cocoon of the court – unaware of the cataclysm about to destroy it, and her hopes. Eighty years later, in London, the legacy of Lydia’s beauty snares a woman and two men in the trap of their own obsessions: Alexander Wolfe, the desirable American who worships women and glamour; formidable businesswoman Bianca Berrisford, who believes beauty always has its price; and Lovat Whitburn, her bitter ex-husband, for whom beauty, once an ideal, is now a weapon. Now the three are chained to Lydia and each other in a lethal struggle for wealth, love and, above all, power. But the illusion of beauty which betrayed Lydia is lying in wait for them, too . . . ‘A breathtaking achievement’ Woman’s Own ‘Ms Brayfield knows what she is doing . . . her women sound and act like real women’ Anthony Burgess in the Independent ‘A wonderfully written novel about men, women and a burning obsession’ Me

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1447235509

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9781447235507

Getting Home

By: Celia Brayfield

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Getting Home

By: Celia Brayfield

Stephanie Sands, a sweet woman who loves her husband, her son, her garden and the Empress Josephine; Ted Parsons, property czar with an atrium to prove it, whose secret shame is singing along with the Three Tenors; Allie Parsons, queen of daytime TV, inviting viewers to her lovely home after her son Damon's courageous battle with alcoholism; Rod 'The Bod' Fuller, the personal trainer with a hangover from Shakespeare; Gemma Lieberman, with the breasts of a goddess, and her daughter Topaz who wants the mind of Joseph Stalin; and Chester Pike, the BSD, who thinks cutesy little houses mean cutsey little lives ... These are the good people of Westwick, the ultimate suburb, paradise just ten minutes from the airport, the perfect human environment and a model for the world. Nothing ever happens in a suburb, that's why people live there - until Stephane's husband is kidnapped and passion attacks Ted Parsons in a contraflow and Rod The Bod finds his Achilles hell and Topaz Lieberman decides it's time to give history a push. There's only one rule in a suburb - never trust your neighbours ...

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0316645672

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9780316645676

Heartswap

By: Celia Brayfield

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Heartswap

By: Celia Brayfield

Flora drinks herbal tea, meditates and believes in the abundance of the universe. Georgie drinks black coffee, drives a car called Flat Eric and believes in hard work. But they agree about a lot of things. They’re getting married, they know all men are victims of their own biology, but they’re not choosing Hillary Clinton for a role model. Which means they’ve got the whole biology thing sorted. So when their old boss bets them they can’t seduce each other’s fiancés, they’re up for it. Will it all go horribly wrong? Are men really all the same? Biology is destiny – true or false? To get the answers, read Celia Brayfield’s delightful comedy, set in millennial London and inspired by Mozart’s opera Cosi fan tutte. ‘Delicious . . . the perfect antidote to most of its genre. A laugh-out-loud book’ Ireland Evening Herald

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Pan Macmillan

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1447230817

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9781447230816

Wild Weekend

By: Celia Brayfield

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Wild Weekend

By: Celia Brayfield

Oliver Hardcastle scrapes an existence as an organic farmer. Miranda Marlow is a high-earning international town-planner. They may live in the same country but their values and lifestyles are so far apart they could have come from different solar systems. All they have in common is a string of disastrous relationships. Little wonder they have never met. Until one weekend in Suffolk when Miranda and her mother Clare, recently appointed Under-Secretary for Agriculture, are directed to the Manor believing it to be a country house hotel. It is in fact the private home of Ollie's mother, Bel Hardcastle, and a constant drain on her dwindling inheritance. Ollie immediately sees the opportunity to have a litte fun and make a bit of money - and the Marlows' luxury weekend turns into three days of hell at Manor House Hotel. Disasters strike, sparks fly and Miranda and Ollie loathe each other with something very close to passion...

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Policy Press

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1447230779

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9781447230779

Writing Historical Fiction

A Writers' and Artists' Companion

By: Celia Brayfield,Duncan Sprott

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Writing Historical Fiction

A Writers' and Artists' Companion

By: Celia Brayfield,Duncan Sprott

Writing Historical Fiction: A Writers' & Artists' Companion is an invaluable companion for a writer working in this challenging and popular literary genre, whether your period is Ancient Rome or World War II. PART 1 includes reflections on the genre and provides a short history of historical fiction. PART 2 contains guest contributions from Margaret Atwood, Ian Beck, Madison Smartt Bell, Ronan Bennett, Vanora Bennett, Tracy Chevalier, Lindsay Clarke, Elizabeth Cook, Anne Doughty, Sarah Dunant, Michel Faber, Margaret George, Philippa Gregory, Katharine McMahon, Valerio Massimo Manfredi, Hilary Mantel, Alan Massie, Ian Mortimer, Kate Mosse, Charles Palliser, Orhan Pamuk, Edward Rutherfurd, Manda Scott, Adam Thorpe, Stella Tillyard, Rose Tremain, Alison Weir and Louisa Young. PART 3 offers practical exercises and advice on such topics as research, plots and characters, mastering authentic but accessible dialogue and navigating the world of agents and publishers.

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A&C Black

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1780938381

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9781780938387

Pearls

By: Celia Brayfield

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Pearls

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0804102848

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Writing Black Beauty

Anna Sewell, the Creation of a Novel, and the Story of Animal Rights

By: Celia Brayfield

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Writing Black Beauty

Anna Sewell, the Creation of a Novel, and the Story of Animal Rights

By: Celia Brayfield

The story of a remarkable woman who wrote a novel that not only became a classic, but also changed the way human society views and treats animals. Born in 1829 to a young Quaker couple, Anna Sewell grew up in poverty in London. She was fourteen when she fell and injured her ankle, which left her permanently disabled. Rejecting the life of a Victorian invalid, she developed an extraordinary empathy with horses, learning to ride side-saddle and to drive a small carriage. Rebellious and independent-minded, Anna suffered periods of severe depression as a young woman. She left the Quaker movement, but remained close friends with the women writers and abolitionists who had been empowered by its liberal principles. It was not until she became terminally ill, aged 51, that she found the courage to write her own book. Tragically, she died just five months after the book was published in 1877. Black Beauty is now recognised as the first anthropomorphic novel, and it had an extraordinary emotional impact on readers of all ages. After modest success in Britain, it was taken up by a charismatic American, George Thorndike Angell, a campaigner against animal cruelty who made it one of the bestselling novels of all time. Using newly discovered archive material, Celia Brayfield shows Anna Sewell developing the extraordinary resilience to overcome her disability, rouse the conscience of Victorian Britain and make her mark upon the world.

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Simon and Schuster

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1639365001

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9781639365005

Writing Black Beauty

Anna Sewell, the Creation of a Novel, and the Story of Animal Rights

By: Celia Brayfield

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Anna Sewell, the Creation of a Novel, and the Story of Animal Rights

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1639365001

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Rebel Writers: The Accidental Feminists

Shelagh Delaney • Edna O’Brien • Lynne Reid Banks • Charlotte Bingham • Nell Dunn • Virginia Ironside • Margaret Forster

By: Celia Brayfield

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Rebel Writers: The Accidental Feminists

Shelagh Delaney • Edna O’Brien • Lynne Reid Banks • Charlotte Bingham • Nell Dunn • Virginia Ironside • Margaret Forster

By: Celia Brayfield

Make this your next inspirational read. Trust us, it's Oprah's Book Club worthy' Vice In London in 1958, a play by a 19-year-old redefined women's writing in Britain. It also began a movement that would change women's lives forever. The play was A Taste of Honey and the author, Shelagh Delaney, was the first in a succession of young women who wrote about their lives with an honesty that dazzled the world. They rebelled against sexism, inequality and prejudice and in doing so challenged the existing definitions of what writing and writers should be. Bypassing the London cultural elite, their work reached audiences of millions around the world, paved the way for profound social changes and laid the foundations of second-wave feminism. After Delaney came Edna O'Brien, Lynne Reid-Banks, Charlotte Bingham, Nell Dunn, Virginia Ironside and Margaret Forster; an extraordinarily disparate group who were united in their determination to shake the traditional concepts of womanhood in novels, films, television, essays and journalism. They were as angry as the Angry Young Men, but were also more constructive and proposed new ways to live and love in the future. They did not intend to become a literary movement but they did, inspiring other writers to follow. Not since the Brontës have a group of young women been so determined to tell the truth about what it is like to be a girl. In this biographical study, the acclaimed author, Celia Brayfield, tells their story for the first time.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1448218209

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9781448218202

Writing Historical Fiction

A Writers' and Artists' Companion

By: Celia Brayfield,Duncan Sprott

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A Writers' and Artists' Companion

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1780935773

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Writing Black Beauty

Anna Sewell and the Story of Animal Rights

By: Celia Brayfield

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Anna Sewell and the Story of Animal Rights

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Black Beauty is a novel that changed our world. Intended to 'induce kindness' in a Victorian audience who relied on horses for transport, travel and power, it remains a dearly loved children's classic. Writing Black Beauty is the story of the remarkable woman who wrote this phenomenal book. Born in 1820 to a young Quaker couple, Anna Sewell grew up in poverty in London. She was 14 when she fell and injured her ankle, leaving her permanently disabled. Rejecting the limitations that Victorian society forced on disabled people, she developed an extraordinary empathy with horses, learning to ride side-saddle and drive a small carriage. Rebellious and independent-minded, Anna left the Quaker movement as a young woman but remained close friends with the women writers and abolitionists who had been empowered by its liberal principles. It was not until she became terminally ill, aged 51, that she wrote her own book. It was published in 1877, but Anna tragically died just five months later. After modest success in Britain, Black Beauty was taken up by American activist George Thorndike Angell, who made it one of the bestselling novels of all time. Using newly discovered archive material, Celia Brayfield shows how Anna Sewell developed the extraordinary resilience to rouse the conscience of Victorian Britain and make her mark upon the world.

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The History Press

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1803994894

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Pearls

A Novel

By: Celia Brayfield

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Pearls

A Novel

By: Celia Brayfield

Beautiful Catherine Bourton, a powerful executive, her sister Monty, a rock star, and the mysterious Princess Ayesha, begin a journey into a tangled past as they try to discover the secret of two priceless pearls

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William Morrow & Company

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0688062113

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9780688062118

Mister Fabulous and Friends

By: Celia Brayfield

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Mister Fabulous and Friends

By: Celia Brayfield

What do you do when the kids you work with have never heard of the Bonzo Dog Doo Dah band, when your marijuana empire has been hijacked and your mates think Lady in Red is a really quite a good song? For Percy George Hodsoll, the answer was easy. You drive your motorbike over the central reservation and go out in a blaze of glory. George had friends - luckier, happier, richer men who got a band together to play classic R & B: Mickey, the star commercials director, has a career on borrowed time; Rhys, the conscientious doctor, is in love with Mickey's wife; four-square, big-hearted Andy, starting over after redundancy, with a dangerously sexy new neighbour; Sam, the egotist supreme, is leaving home for a woman who thinks she's an Egyptian goddess. Without George, life, love and masculinity catch up with the four old friends. It's time to move on, but where to? Start a new life? Fix the old one? Divorce? Suicide? Sex? Prison? Decisions, decisions... Funny, sad, moving, hilarious - a social comedy that touches the heart of modern middle England.

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0753170914

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9780753170915

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