New Releases by Wendy Holden

When Mary meets Monty, heir to a stately pile, happiness seems assured. But as the mansion crumbles, passion wanes along with the heating. Banker''s wife Beth swaps Notting Hill for weekends at a bijou cottage. They only offered a smidgeon over the asking price. So why don''t the locals like them? Eco-harridan Morag is the terror of the village, with her objections to everyone and everything. Über-WAG Alexandra needs a footballer''s mansion and fast. There must be a Hello!-tastic country pile with spa, champagne bar and parking for six SUVs somewhere? Ambitions clash when the village launches an allotment project and no one escapes the bitter struggle over sex, power and money which threatens to blight more than everyone''s carrots.

D''un côté, il y a Amanda et Hugo, couple bon chic bon genre, de l''autre Jake et Alice très " bobos écolos ". Tous vont être parents pour la première fois. Le bonheur ? Pas si évident... Car rien ne se passe comme prévu et la maternité ne se révèle pas aussi glamour que dans les magazines people ! Très vite, les jeunes parents sont dépassés par les " heureux événements " et se retrouvent au bord de la crise de nerfs. Il faut dire que les surprises succèdent aux surprises dans des vies amoureuses qui vont devenir singulièrement compliquées...

"[T]he amazing story of a woman who lived through one of the worst times in human history, losing family members to the Nazis but surviving with her spirit and integrity intact.” —Publishers Weekly Marthe Cohn was a young Jewish woman living just across the German border in France when Hitler rose to power. Her family sheltered Jews fleeing the Nazis, including Jewish children sent away by their terrified parents. But soon her homeland was also under Nazi rule. As the Nazi occupation escalated, Marthe’s sister was arrested and sent to Auschwitz and the rest of her family was forced to flee to the south of France. Always a fighter, Marthe joined the French Army and became a member of the intelligence service of the French First Army. Marthe, using her perfect German accent and blond hair to pose as a young German nurse who was desperately trying to obtain word of a fictional fiancé, would slip behind enemy lines to retrieve inside information about Nazi troop movements. By traveling throughout the countryside and approaching troops sympathetic to her plight--risking death every time she did so--she learned where they were going next and was able to alert Allied commanders. When, at the age of eighty, Marthe Cohn was awarded France’s highest military honor, the Médaille Militaire, not even her children knew to what extent this modest woman had helped defeat the Nazi empire. At its heart, this remarkable memoir is the tale of an ordinary human being who, under extraordinary circumstances, became the hero her country needed her to be.

Neil and Sarah are the ultimate happy couple. Until, that is, Neil’s new job leaves Sarah alone to juggle the baby, domestic drudgery, and her own career. When Neil fails to come home one night, Sarah rushes home to her mother, who has always wished that Sarah had married her childhood sweetheart, the fabulously rich lawyer Colin, who has coincidentally reappeared in her life. The stage is set for divorce, but Neil has other ideas. Distraught at the prospect of losing Sarah and recognizing what an idiot he has been, he enrolls in an experimental “School for Husbands,” a clinic aimed at helping hopeless spouses mend their ways. But will its intensive tuition in everything from emotional self-expression to putting the toilet seat down be enough to get Neil back together with his wife? Not if Colin and Sarah’s mother have anything to do with it.

Neil and Sarah are the ultimate happy couple. Until, that is, Neil?s new job leaves Sarah alone to juggle the baby, domestic drudgery, and her own career. When Neil fails to come home one night, Sarah rushes home to her mother, who has always wished that Sarah had married her childhood sweetheart, the fabulously rich lawyer Colin, who has coincidentally reappeared in her life. The stage is set for divorce, but Neil has other ideas. Distraught at the prospect of losing Sarah and recognizing what an idiot he has been, he enrolls in an experimental ?School for Husbands,? a clinic aimed at helping hopeless spouses mend their ways. But will its intensive tuition in everything from emotional self-expression to putting the toilet seat down be enough to get Neil back together with his wife? Not if Colin and Sarah?s mother have anything to do with it.

In this candid and unconventional memoir, Goldie Hawn invites us to join her in a look back at the remarkable people and events that have touched her. It is a joyous - and sometimes surprising - spiritual journey of the heart in search of enlightenment. With the effervescent humor and generosity that are familiar to everyone, Goldie talks about the lessons she''s learned and the wisdom she feels she''s been given, in the hope of giving something back. Not a Hollywood tell-all, A Lotus Grows in the Mud is rather a very personal look at moments both private and powerful and the ways these moments have helped carry her through life. Here is an unforgettable trip through a life well lived by a woman well loved. Book jacket.

Artist Rosie dreams of a peaceful country cottage, but when her dreams are realised she quickly discovers that village life is far from peaceful.

As an emotionally fragile journalist recovers from war trauma, she immerses herself in the study of the history of handmade art paper and its influence on the artist J.M.W. Turner--a scholarly project that might prove the most dangerous minefield she''s ever encountered.

From the bestselling author of Azur Like it and Farm Fatale comes a domestic comedy set in the world of coupledom and new parenthood. Bath, England – the swanky town once home to ancient Roman spas and Jane Austen heroines – is the setting for Wendy Holden’s brilliant novel. Birthing class brings together two sets of expectant parents who couldn’t be more different. Huge and his spoiled wife Amanda plan to throw money at the problem of parenthood, making use of private hospitals and nurses, while environmentally friendly Jake and Alice have arranged a home delivery complete with birthing pool and whale music. But even after their babies are born, these seemingly disparate couples can’t escape each other. When Amanda decides she’s not cut out for motherhood and Huge must look elsewhere for a sympathetic ear, the couples are inextricably drawn together once again, resulting in hilarious social comedy, as only Wendy Holden can write it. "Wendy Holden is [a] superstar." -- Evening Standard (London)

Packed with rich anecdotes and never before published information, ''Memories Are Made of This'' is an intimate biography of a rediscovered star who represents an era.

With internationally acclaimed author Wendy Holden''s signature verve, intelligence, and originality, Azur Like It is a rollicking ride through the parties, haute couture, and glamour of the French Riviera where, behind the glitz, lies a mystery that would make even the most jaded journalist salivate.Available only in Basic 6 & 7.

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A memoir of the only woman to ever serve in the French Foreign Legion, the unique story of Susan Travers is told against the backdrop of war-torn France. Photos.

In this whimsical and satirical novel that''s already a smash hit in England, a writer for a glossy women''s magazine lands the nightmare assignment of ghostwriting for the town''s latest bedazzling socialite.

Set in Southern Ireland in the tiny coastal village ot Tulaigh Morh, Waking Ned is the comic tale of Jackie O''Shea and Michael O''Sullivan and a lottery scam that changes the lives of their community for ever.

Gaz et Dave sont les meilleurs amis du monde et, depuis la fermeture de l''aciérie où ils travaillaient, des compagnons d''infortune. Frappée de plein fouet par la crise économique, Sheffield, ville du nord de l''Angleterre jadis prospère, n''offre que peu de débouchés aux innombrables chômeurs qui ont tout perdu : leur travail, un but dans l''existence, et surtout leur amour-propre. Mais Gaz n''est pas de ceux qui se laissent abattre. Le passage à Sheffield des Chippendales, troupe de strip-tease masculin, lui donne une idée : si des centaines de femmes son prêtes à payer pour voir des hommes se déshabiller sur scène, pourquoi ne pas leur donner ce qu''elles veulent ? Hilarant et touchant à la fois, The Full Monty - Le Grand Jeu est un formidable moment de cinéma et un formidable moment de lecture !