Marjorie Stockley

When PR girl Amanda announces her engagement to Fraser McConnald, Mel and Fran are appalled. Knowing Amanda of old, they decide to rescue Fraser by sabotaging the wedding.

Mandy has always been bullied at school and she is delighted when cheeky, daring Tanya, picks her as a friend. But Mandy's mum thinks Tanya is a bad influence.

Bridget Jones is everyone's favourite spinster. In her Diary she documents her struggles through the social minefield of her 30s and tries to weigh up the eternal question: Daniel Cleaver or Mark Darcy? She is supported through the whole process by four indispensable friends, Shazzer, Jude, Tom and a bottle of chardonnay.

In this selection of autobiographical fragments and letters we hear the authentic voices of the Brontë family.

For the children of sixties swingers life offers infinite opportunities.The men can't commit and the girls can't reconcile independence with motherhood. Bedevilled by indecision, they find that time is slipping away!

Shortly after Sonia and her husband move into their new flat she realises that it t is not the haven of peace she hopes for. Her disgust over bullying, racism and poverty make her realise that the cruelty of the world cannot be covered up with good intentions.

Fanny Savage has always been the dutiful party wife to Will, a politician with big ambitions. After twenty years of marriage and self-sacrifice she starts to question whether being a Good Wife has been worth it!

All Ruby Tuesday Moon ever wanted was to escape - from her embarrassing mother and her stupid name, and as soon as she could she left home forever. Now, twenty years later Roo, a successful management consultant, is sent back to Normanford, where she realises that the past is not quite as she remembers it.

In this collection of hilarious poetry you'll find embarrassing parents, nagging teachers, the class chatterbox and plenty of other characters you are sure to recognise.

This is an inspirational little book filled with valuable insights to make you feel calmer and more in control of your life.

For eight-year-old Rufus life has become complicated. His parents, Josie and Tom, have divorced and are setting off on separate paths. But now, other people have become involved, like his mother's new husband Matthew and his father's new friend Elizabeth. Rufus secretly prefers to be with his father, in his peaceful flat in Bath, where he realises that he doesn't actually hate the idea of a stepmother But where other people's children are concerned, neat solutions seldom occur ...

Tonight is Diwali, the most magical night of the year, but Premlata is desolate - her family is too poor to have lamps.

When the young Queen Elizabeth I is given her mother, Anne Boleyn’s secret diary, she discovers a great deal about both her mother and her despotic father, Henry VIII. As a result, she is determined never to relinquish control to any man.This, however, does not prevent her from pursuing a passionate love affair with Robin Dudley, her horsemaster.

Home, husband and family - everything in Dilys's life is lovely. Then she meets a man at the station who is also lovely - and that's where Dilys's problems start.

A collection of imaginative poems for children, some silly and some serious.