New Releases by Kate Thompson

Bestseller del Sunday Times La vera storia di come sono sopravvissuta agli orrori dell’Olocausto grazie a mia madre «Una storia che il mondo deve conoscere.» «Questo libro arriva al cuore stesso dell’esistenza.» Da una sopravvissuta alla Shoah, una lettera d’amore alla madre lunga ottant’anni. «Mamma, sono io». Le strinsi la mano, sperando che le desse la forza di resistere. Alla fine parlò, con una voce poco più che sussurrata: «Non piangere quando morirò». Per molti decenni, Renee ha solo cercato di dimenticare ciò che aveva vissuto tra il settembre del 1939, data dell’invasione nazista della Polonia, e l’aprile del 1945, quando fu liberata dal campo di concentramento di Bergen-Belsen: le persecuzioni, le fughe continue, la deportazione dal ghetto ebraico della sua città, la perdita della sorella, la prigionia ad Auschwitz-Birkenau, i lavori forzati ad Amburgo e le angherie subite in un altro lager. In quei sei anni di torture, paura e lotta per la sopravvivenza, ci fu un’unica costante: la mano di sua madre Sala, sempre stretta alla sua. La forza dell’amore materno diede a entrambe qualcosa di fragile ma bellissimo a cui aggrapparsi in un’epoca infernale. Fu sua madre a nascondere Renee, a proteggerla sempre, a rischiare la vita per lei disobbedendo agli ordini delle SS. Furono liberate entrambe, ma la salute di Sala non resse e morì soltanto dodici giorni dopo. Questo libro, commovente e colmo di gratitudine, è un inno al loro legame speciale e all’amore assoluto che unisce madri e figlie, un amore capace di superare anche le prove più dure. Renee Salt Nacque con il nome di Rywka Ruchla Berkowitz a Zdunska Wola, in Polonia, nel 1929. Viveva con i genitori e la sorella minore e aveva molti zii e zie. Dopo l’invasione e l’occupazione della Polonia nel settembre del 1939, furono cacciati dagli ufficiali tedeschi, riuniti in un ghetto e poi deportati. Fu reclusa con la madre in diversi lager, tra cui quello di Auschwitz-Birkenau, ed entrambe furono spedite a morire a Bergen-Belsen. Il 15 aprile 1945 l’esercito britannico le liberò, ma la madre morì in ospedale dodici giorni dopo la liberazione. Renee si è sposata con un ufficiale britannico e da allora vive a Londra. Ha testimoniato la sua storia in molte scuole del Regno Unito e in un documentario della BBC. Kate Thompson È una giornalista britannica e collabora con quotidiani nazionali e riviste femminili. Scrive romanzi e saggi e la sua passione è scovare voci perdute e storie inedite. Conduce il podcast From the Library With Love. La Newton Compton ha pubblicato Una promessa ad Auschwitz (con Renee Salt).

A HOUSE WITH A SECRET An unanswered question: Who is the Creature in the Night? Bobby lives a reckless life smoking, drinking, and stealing cars in Dublin. So his mother moves thefamily to the country. But Bobby suspects their cottage might not be as quaint as it seems. Teens will be captivated by this spooky novel about the darkness that lurks in forgotten corners and tough teenagers.

Inspired by true events, The Wartime Book Club is an unforgettable story of everyday bravery and resistance, full of romance, drama, and camaraderie and a tribute to the joy of reading and the power of books in our darkest hour. The Isle of Jersey was once a warm and neighborly community, but in 1943, German soldiers patrol the cobbled streets, imposing a harsh rule. Nazis have ordered Grace La Mottée, the island''s only librarian, to destroy books that threaten the new regime. Instead, she hides the stories away in secret. Along with her headstrong best friend, she wants to fight back. So she forms the Wartime Book Club: a lifeline, offering fearful islanders the joy and escapism of reading. But as the occupation drags on, the women''s quiet acts of bravery become more perilous – and more important – than ever before. And when tensions turn to violence, they are forced to face the true, terrible cost of resistance . . . Based on astonishing real events, The Wartime Book Club is a love letter to the power of books in the darkest of times – as well as a moving page-turner that brings to life the remarkable, untold story of an island at war.

Maailman palaessa kirjallisuuden liekki roihuaa kirkkaimpana Kate Thompsonin Kirjasto sodan keskellä on toisen maailmansodan aikaiseen Lontooseen sijoittuva romaani kätketystä kirjastosta, joka toi lohtua ihmisille Lontoo vuonna 1944. Clara Button työskentelee Bethnal Greenin kirjastossa Lontoossa. Pommien tuhotessa kaupunkia rohkea Clara saa idean siirtää kirjaston kokoelmat maan alle keskeneräiselle metroasemalle. Aseman suojiin muodostuu maanalainen yhteisö, joka muun muassa teatteria ja kahvilaa ylläpitämällä tarjoaa turvaa ja rauhaa taivaalta putoavilta pommeilta. Ilta toisensa jälkeen Clara ja hänen uskollinen kollegansa Ruby Monroe avaavat sitkeästi maanalaisen kirjaston ovet, sillä paikasta on tullut elintärkeä alueen asukkaille. Sodan pitkittyessä naisten sinnikkyys joutuu kuitenkin koetukselle. He joutuvat päättämään, kuinka kalliin hinnan he ovat valmiit maksamaan kirjojen ja heille rakkaiden ihmisten vuoksi. Kate Thompsonin tositapahtumiin perustuva Kirjasto sodan keskellä on koskettava historiallinen romaani, joka saa lukijan sydämen sykkimään entistäkin enemmän kirjallisuuden voimalle.

An uplifting and inspiring novel based on the true story of a librarian who created an underground shelter during World War II, perfect for readers of The Paris Library or The Last Bookshop in London. London, 1944. Clara Button is no ordinary librarian. While the world remains at war, in East London, Clara has created the country''s only underground library, built over the tracks in the unused Bethnal Green tube station. Down here, a whole community thrives with thousands of bunk beds, a nursery, a café, and a theatre offering shelter, solace, and protection from the bombs that fall above. Along with her glamorous best friend and library assistant Ruby Munroe, Clara ensures the library is the beating heart of life underground. But as the war rages on, the women''s determination to remain strong in the face of adversity is tested to the limits when it seems it may come at the price of keeping those closest to them alive.

''I absolutely love this fun, brilliantly illustrated book'' - Elizabeth Dale, children''s book author ''An important story for young readers, told in lively, dynamic rhyme, which matches the colourful and fun illustrations brilliantly'' - Clare Helen Welsh, children''s book author ''An action-packed, fun-filled story to reassure even the littlest of Superheroes'' - B B Taylor, author of The Vigilante Tooth Fairy Superheroes Don''t Get Scared... Or Do They? is an awesome rhyming tale about normalising fear and finding inner powers by realising there''s a hero inside of us all. Scared Maisie Brown dreams of being a fearless superhero because they never get frightened, right? But when Dad explains that even the strongest, boldest and bravest hero can sometimes feel afraid, and that''s perfectly fine, Maisie realises there''s superhero in all of us. With fun characters, rhyming text and a wonderfully relatable take-away message about normalising feelings, this heart-warming book is an amazing addition to any little hero''s bookshelf.

'A twisty plot, warm-hearted characters, laughter, secrets and heartbreak - and bursting with fascinating detail' - Annie Murray Stratford, 1943. World War Two is still raging across Europe. But for the Lavender Girls, the workers at the Yardley cosmetics factory in East London, there are even more challenges on the home front. Esther, newly married, is learning to juggle life as a working woman with her duties as a wife and homemaker. And she must find a way to help her adopted family on the Shoot, who are battling their own hidden demons . . . Headstrong Patsy, a new recruit at the Yardley factory, has a double life that takes her from the East End lipstick belt by day to the stage in the West End at night. But will she be able to keep her secrets hidden from her controlling mother, Queenie? For bubbly Lou, a forbidden love forces her to choose between family loyalty and a chance at true happiness. Can she be brave enough to forge her own path in the chaos of a war? One thing is certain: the Lavender Girls need one another more than ever if they are going to survive . . .

First published in 1998, this seventh volume of Social Attitudes in Northern Ireland reports the main findings of the Northern Ireland Social Attitudes survey carried out in 1996. In this survey, views were obtained on community relations in Northern Ireland; the growth of home ownership; attitudes to the countryside; the role of government in Northern Ireland; attitudes to the National Health Service; attitudes to the environment and belief and trust in the political process. The various chapters provide a measure of the feelings, attitudes and beliefs of the people of Northern Ireland on a wide range of matters. Many of the chapters chart trends from the early 1990s and analyse changes in attitudes over the period.

During the Second World War, life in the iconic Bryant & May match factory is grimy and tough. Annie, Rose, Pearl and Millie carry on making matches for the British Army, with bombs raining down around them. Inspired by the Dig for Victory campaign, Annie persuades the owners to start Bryant & May allotment in the factory grounds. With plenty of sweat and toil, the girls eventually carve out a corner of the yard into a green plot full of life and colour. In the darkest of times, the girls find their allotment a tranquil, happy escape. Using pierced dustbin lids to sieve through the shrapnel and debris, they bring about a powerful change, not just in the factory, but their own lives.

Big, friendly eyes will delight children as they read the amusing story about a little kitten! In addition to fun googley-eyes, the rhyming text and bright, friendly illustrations will ensure that this adorable book becomes a bedtime favorite.

Big, friendly eyes will delight children as they read the amusing story about a little puppy! In addition to fun googley-eyes, the rhyming text and bright, friendly illustrations will ensure that this adorable book becomes a bedtime favorite.

Expressive writing is life-based writing that focuses on authentic expression of lived experience, with resultant insight, growth, and skill-building. Therapists, coaches, healthcare professionals, and educators have known for decades that expressive writing is a powerful tool for better living, learning, and healing. But until now, few have had access to practical applications that have proven successful. In this groundbreaking collection, you’ll discover: how expressive writing can call us into healing communityexciting new discoveries about how writing can support neuroplasticity and actually help change our brains—and thus our thinking and behaviornew research on the role of expressive writing for prevention of compassion fatigue in RNshow transformative writing can create art from the ashes of traumathe role of journal writing for emotional balance sensible ideas about the synergy of expressive writing and play therapy for children, teens, and adultsinterventions and strategies for the use of expressive writing in acute psychiatric carehow interactive expressive writing helps deaf teens communicate inarticulate feelings and thoughtshow cancer survivors can use expressive writing to reclaim identity and strength post-treatment the role of expressive writing in developing the roots of resilience for practitioners

DIVDIVDIVTess is a Switcher, able to change shape at will—and it’s time for her to choose her final form/divDIV Tess can morph into any creature, including ones thought to be imaginary. Within days, she will turn fifteen and lose her power, remaining locked into a single shape. But what shape should she choose? As she tries to decide, Tess travels to her uncle Maurice’s farm in County Clare. She’s distracted from her weighty decision by the feeling that there’s something strange about the woods near the farm. Why is Uncle Maurice so eager to sell the land? And what does the secret in the woods have to do with Tess’s choice? Her journey will take her to places she never could have imagined as she approaches once and for all her final Switch./div/div/div

DIVDIVDIVTess has a secret power—and it just might save the world from disaster/divDIV Thirteen-year-old Tess is a Switcher, able to change into any animal at will. No one knows her secret, or so she thinks. But one day a strange, scruffy boy follows her home from her Dublin bus stop. The boy’s name is Kevin, and he’s a Switcher too. Kevin convinces Tess that their powers are needed for something important: stopping the snowstorms that are rapidly advancing from the Arctic. Tess and Kevin will have to stretch their abilities to the very limit in order to save the world from frozen destruction./div/div/div

The author of the Switchers Trilogy “creates a convincing fantasy world” in this magical novel of a girl who sets out on a daring journey (Publishers Weekly). Everyone in Rilka’s village knows about the beguilers: the golden-eyed, wailing creatures that come out after dark and lure people to their doom. Rilka astonishes her fellow villagers when she reveals that her Great Intention—her first act as an adult—is to capture a beguiler. During her dangerous quest to the cloud mountain, the rumored lair of the beguilers, Rilka discovers truths about the beguilers—and herself—that will change her life and her village forever.

DIVDIVDIVShould you believe what you see with your own eyes, even if it can’t be explained?/divDIV Laurie is worried. Her father refuses to discuss the vision they have seen lurking by his science lab: glowing, dangerous-looking horsemen bearing bows and swords. Laurie is sure that the horsemen are portents of doom. Are they somehow connected to her father’s mysterious genetic research? The recent bombings in Birmingham, England? The unrest in Shasakstan, a country ruled by a dictatorship and armed with nuclear weapons? And if these horsemen do pose a threat, is it too late for Laurie to stop them? /div/div/div

DIVDIVDIVMichael is inexplicably drawn to Annie, but a deep and mysterious river divides them/divDIV Michael Duggan feels lost. After the death of his younger sister in a riding accident, his parents have relocated their family and their horse-dealing business to Scotland. Days and nights are taken up with caring for the horses and ponies, showing them to buyers, and competing in shows. School is a blur—Michael has no friends and no clear sense of who he is. He feels completely alone in the world, until he meets Annie, a girl who, like him, seems to want to flee from something; a girl who has dark secrets of her own. Michael desperately wants to be with Annie. But she lives on the opposite side of the treacherous Annan Water . . . /div/div/div

FRIDAY was his birth name, Noah was what he was called, and he was terrified. Because of "crimes" he had committed against his adopted family in America, he found himself abandoned back in his birth country of Liberia, waiting, hoping someone from his birth family would rescue him from this terrible aloneness. The three weeks he roamed the streets, spending his money from America on food, became an endless fear as he faced a gun held to his head, and witnessed the relentless crushing poverty that was daily life on the streets of Monrovia. His great aunt finally came and took him to the depths of the African interior where almost immediately he became sick with malaria, and tackled other challenges he was ill prepared to handle. After nearly five months, he woke up to the news that another family was bringing him back to America. Terror flooded him again, because his first adoptive father had threatened him never to return. FRIDAY''S trust in anyone was shattered, and he silently vowed he would always keep control of his life. Finding Friday is the story of a boy''s movement from hopelessness to hope, the challenges a loving foster family encountered in helping him along his life''s journey, and the unexpected door God opened for him

When you''re burdened with the name of a goddess and your mother''s a flamboyant actress, the last thing you want from a theatrical career is to be under the spotlight. That''s why Aphrodite Delaney opts for a job backstage as a designer. But the bitchcraft rampant in the theatre world means that Aphrodite''s obliged to seek employment elsewhere, and she finds herself grafting as a stylist on television commercials, a forlorn Cinderella with no invite to the ball. Until - ping! - the handsome prince of Irish fashion, Troy MacNally, arrives on the scene. Suddenly this Cinderella is snowed under with fairy-tale threads and invites to the hottest events in town. Up against the most fiendish of divas, Aphrodite discovers a talent for wickedness herself...

Times are hard in the village of Lissamore on Ireland's West Coast. So it's lucky that free-spirited Cat Gallagher knows a thing or two about breaking and entering.

While making his daily deliveries, a baker’s son suddenly finds himself holding a stallion’s golden lead. Soon the boy discovers that this isn’t just any horse, it’s the most powerful creature in all of Rome. What will the mad emperor do if he finds the boy with his prized horse?Cut off his head? Or worse?

The author of this book guides the reader through developing journal writing to use as a therapeutic tool. Keeping a journal can help the writer to develop a better understanding of themselves, their relationships and the world around them, as well as improve skills of problem-solving, decision-making and planning. As such, journal writing can be a powerful complement to verbal therapy, offering an effective and affordable way of extending support to troubled clients. The book includes advice on working with individuals, facilitating a therapeutic writing group, proposed clinical applications, practical techniques, useful journal prompts, exercises and case vignettes.

Marcus is a young baker in Ancient Rome, living with his family in the shadow of the murderous Emperor Littleboots. When a slave boy shoves the reins of a sleek, beautiful horse into Marcus's hands seconds before he is killed by a soldier, Marcus knows he's in danger - because the horse is Incitatus, the Emperor's most prized and powerful animal. Will Marcus find a way to keep Incitatus hidden? Are the rumours of Littleboots's death true - or is it all a trick? And how can Marcus save himself, and his family? A fast-paced adventure from the winner of both the Whitbread Children's Book Award and the 2005 Guardian Children's Fiction Prize.

"Hello," said Alice, trying her best to sound friendly. "What are you doing up here?" "I''m talking to the ghost," said Jenny. Jenny has been making some strange friends lately. She''s been walking barefoot through the wilds, talking to a huge white goat that wanders the Irish countryside. She''s been chatting with the ghost of a young boy that guards the stone beacon at the top of the mountain. Her father, J.J. Liddy, knows these beings are connected somehow to the forces that are gathering around his homeland, plotting to destroy mankind. But will he be able to unravel the puzzles in time? Will he be able to secure the future of the last of the high kings? And is J.J. guarding some dark secrets of his own?

Maddie Godard: chief copywriter, The Complete Works advertising agency. Smart. Sussed. Scared. Because when your self-esteem''s been trampled and your world is overturned, you have to act fast. Maddie escapes from busy Dublin to seemingly tranquil Saint-Géyroux, an idyll in rural France. There, she is led into temptation by beautiful, roguish Sam, cajoled into becoming a life model by renowned artist Daniel Lennox, and haunted by a portrait of a mysterious beauty with a secret to share. Can she help Maddie exorcise her demons? In this moving, bittersweet, joyously romantic tale, Maddie Goddard confronts her innermost fears, makes new friends, and learns that life really is worth living...