Book DescriptionAn outstanding debut about the reverberations of a family tragedy, and its effects on a woman who crossed the family's path.Product DescriptionFrances is a thirty-something sub-editor, an invisible production, drone on the books pages of the Questioner. Her routine and colourless existence is disrupted one winter evening when she happens upon the aftermath of a car crash and hears the last words of the driver, Alys Kyte. When Alys's family makes contact in an attempt to find closure, Frances is given a tantalising glimpse of a very different world: one of privilege and possibility. The relationships she builds with the Kytes will have an impact on her own life, both professionally and personally, as Frances dares to wonder whether she might now become a player in her own right...About the AuthorHarriet Lane has worked as an editor and staff writer at TATLER and the OBSERVER. She has also written for the GUARDIAN, the TELEGRAPH and VOGUE. She lives in north London.

Alys, Always

Harriet Lane

George Weidenfeld & Nicholson

Frances is a 30-something desk editor at The Questioner. Her job is unchallenging and her personal life is dull. While others around her move upwards and onwards, Frances wonders what life has in store for her, if anything. Until one night, she witnesses a car crash and the tragic death of the driver, Alys Kyte. Alys's family get in touch with Frances, the last person to talk to Alys, in an attempt to achieve closure. The relationships Frances builds with the grieving family will have an impact on her own life, both professionally and personally. Gradually, Frances begins to wonder whether she at last might become a player in her own right...

Alys Always

Orion Publishing Ome

A. B. C. and Counting

Children's Books

Hamlyn young books

Frances is a thirty-something sub-editor, an invisible production, drone on the books pages of the Questioner. Her routine and colourless existence is disrupted one winter evening when she happens upon the aftermath of a car crash and hears the last words of the driver, Alys Kyte. When Alys's family makes contact in an attempt to find closure, Frances is given a tantalising glimpse of a very different world: one of privilege and possibility. The relationships she builds with the Kytes will have an impact on her own life, both professionally and personally, as Frances dares to wonder whether she might now become a player in her own right...

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Cooking by Ingredient

Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )

You don't remember her . . . but she remembers you. 'The ultimate frenemy thriller' NOW and smash critical hit from the publishers that bought you GONE GIRL.
 Two women; two different worlds.
 Emma is a struggling mother who has put everything on hold. 
 Nina is sophisticated and independent - entirely in control. 
 When the pair meet, Nina generously draws Emma into her life. But this isn't the first time the women's paths have crossed. Nina remembers Emma and she remembers what Emma did. 
 But what exactly does Nina want from her? 
 And how far will she go in pursuit of it?

Literature & Fiction

Contemporary

Weidenfeld &Nicholson

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