George Eliot’s Middlemarch, Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre, Victor Hugo’s Les Misérables, Thomas Mann’s The Magic Mountain or some Barsetshire one by Anthony Trollope. When Alan, a self-styled evil lunatic, moves in next door with his grumpy robot sidekick and his silent right-hand dog, Kevin Phillips, Wilf knows he will have to find a way to overcome his fears. In interviews, Giedroyc has spoken of her desire to turn The Best Things into a “Leatherhead Trilogy”. Starting her career alongside Sue Perkins, the duo became the household names of Mel and Sue, known for their baking puns as presenters of The Great British Bake Off, following their stint presenting Light Lunch.

This instalment is no exception and it brims with drily funny touches (two pensioners go on a date to “a Nando’s and a laser tag”).I really like Mel for all her TV work and find her so funny, so was super excited to see what she has produced. Browse audiobooks narrated by Mel Giedroyc, listen to samples and when you're ready head over to Audiobooks. Durdle Door on the breathtaking Jurassic coast proves challenging for the sea-sick Mel despite Martin’s best efforts at distracting her by reading bursts of Thomas Hardy and they meet, walk and talk with Raynor Winn, author of the blockbuster No 1 best-selling novel ‘The Salt Path’.

Most purchases from business sellers are protected by the Consumer Contract Regulations 2013 which give you the right to cancel the purchase within 14 days after the day you receive the item.Delicious in its detail' SOPHIE KINSELLA'A warm, honest and humorous look at a family and what really matters in life. I really like Belfast and set myself the task of reading as much literature connected with the city as possible. One day, George takes them to explore nearby Kirrin Island, with its rocky little coast and old ruined castle on the top. Previous works Two other Thursday Murder Club books, Richard Osman’s House of Games, A Pointless History of the World, The World Cup of Everything: Bringing the Fun Home. Overall a very good quality service from this seller and I would not hesitate to recommend this seller.

FOR THE COMEDY WOMEN IN PRINT PRIZE 2021'A warm contemporary fable bursting with colourful characters and comic energy' DAILY MAIL'Exactly like Mel herself: engaging, uproarious and gleeful. Nobody, because either you already own a copy or you’re destined to get three or four for Christmas in a few weeks. It is stridently confident when it comes to hitting you around the head with sentiment until you relent and start crying, too. Plot A story told over four generations of Welsh women – an unstoppable pensioner, her estranged daughter, her abandoned daughter, and then her daughter – written by the actor and Gavin and Stacey co-creator Ruth Jones.And that isn’t exactly a niche group: the man is so beloved that, for a while, The Satsuma Complex managed to out-sell the unsinkable Osman. As well as finding the story funning their are some emotional and heart warming bit too, so I feel she has covered all bases for a good read. Sally soon finds out a few secrets her husband has been keeping from her and she puts her life before in question.

Weaving a journey from lively beginning to gentle end, this enchanting, heartwarming tale is perfect for little readers everywhere and will help them settle down for bed. In this funny, revealing and heart-warming travelogue, the two friends walk in the footsteps of Meryl Streep’s French Lieutenant’s Woman, stoke up the engine on a steam train ride through Enid Blyton country and having worked up a thirst Mel and Martin sample Dorset’s finest cider on a farm overlooking magical Corfe Castle.

When Poppy spots a lost gnome far from his glade, she is determined to use her wings and get him to safety. Main character Sally, a woman who gleefully rediscovers her can-do attitude when all the unnecessary peripherals start to fall away. There was something else out on the sea by the rocks - something dark that seemed to lurch out of the waves . Previous works Three novels (Holding, A Keeper and Home Stretch), a quick-read novel (The Swimmer), two memoirs (The Lives and Loves of a He Devil and So Me) and an agony uncle book (Ask Graham). Poppy the fairy wishes she could fly as high as all of her friends, but there's just one thing—her wings are very small!