Claire Skinner

"On Christmas Eve, 1913, Agnes Conway is working in her family's confectionery shop when she meets well-to-do Charles Farrier. Despite their different backgrounds, Agnes and Charles are immediately attracted to one another. But Agnes soon becomes preoccupied with a family crisis that has consequences far worse than any of them could imagine"--Container.

Madge Arwell and her kids escape war-torn London to a house in Dorset where a young caretaker who calls himself The Doctor is keeping house, sort of. Madge doesn't want to ruin Christmas for Lily and Cyril by telling them that their father may have been lost in an air fight over the English Channel. The Doctor gives the Arwells a mysterious gift that leads them into a magical world where they family has to be brave for their wishes to come true.

"A funny, touching, unforgettable story of an invisible everywoman pushed to the brink-who finally pushes back. Grace Adams gave birth, blinked, and now suddenly she is forty-five, perimenopausal and stalled-the unhappiest age you can be, according to the Guardian. And today she's really losing it. Stuck in traffic, she finally has had enough. To the astonishment of everyone, Grace gets out of her car and simply walks away. Grace sets off across London,...