Joanna Bowman

Carrie and Nick were wartime evacuees from London, billeted in Wales with old Mr. Evans and his timid mouse of a sister. Their friend Albert was luckier, living in Druid's bottom with Hepzibah Green and the strange Mister Johnny, and Carrie and Nick were happy to visit him there, until Carrie did a terrible thing, the worst thing she ever did in her life…

Susan Hampshire interviews a range of people - some famous, all from varying backgrounds - who are all dyslexic. They talk of their early difficulties, of their relationships with teachers and the attitudes of parents and employers.

Charlotte's husband wants a divorce, Charlie doesn't know what she wants. On returning to her native Yorkshire, determined to strike a blow for deserted older wives, she meets Mace North and realises that in the dating game, it's every woman for herself.

A fantastic collection of short stories to enjoy.

Heaven’s mother Angel had died in childbirth, and when their father, poor and desperate, sold her and her siblings to strangers, Heaven was left alone and friendless. Her only hope was to reunite her family. But how? Contains explicit sex.  Book 1 of series.

When the new tenants in the house next to the Banks' home arrive, peace in the neighborhood leaves, and it is up to Mary Poppins to bring it back.

A faithful wife and devoted mother finds herself compelled to take extraordinary steps to protect her family when a young actress with ties to her husand is found murdered near their home.

Life changes dramatically for April when her parents move from Streatham to Kent. Innocence and tragedy mingle in a rare evocation of a 1950's childhood.

Sade and her brother are smuggled out of Nigeria by their father, an outspoken journalist, after their mother is murdered by the corrupt government. But when they get to London they find themselves alone and wondering if they will ever see their father again.

Five children on school trip to creepy mansion find a manuscript hidden in a sealed room revealing a story of great wickedness.

An entertaining and revealing biography of this famous Victorian heroine, Grace Darling, who risked her life to help her father rescue passengers and crew from a stricken ship, and captured the imagination of the whole country.

The well known actress, Susan Hampshire, gives an autobiographical account of her struggle with dyslexia.

A delightful story of two children who move house. Also contains 'The Jenius' by Dick King-Smith.

From her first meeting with Martin Gibson, twenty nine year old Claire Pitt is immediately attracted to him. When Martin is widowed she is drawn deeper into his world but soon discovers that he is not quite everything she imagines him to be.

When Philip Skellow is found dead in a college library it is thought that he slipped from a ladder while stealing books. The college nurse has her doubts especially when another student is found drowned in an ornamental fountain.