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2 August 2012
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Laura Harrington's Alice Bliss is the tenth Richard and Judy Summer Book Club pick.
About the book
Alice Bliss is fifteen. She's smart, funny, and clever. Not afraid to stand up for the things she believes in. She also idolizes her father, and when he leaves home to fight a war she doesn't believe in, Alice is distraught. She and her mother negotiate his absence as best they can waiting impatiently for his letters, throwing themselves into school and work respectively, bickering intermittently and, in Alice's case, falling for the boy next door but then they're told that he's missing in… more
27 July 2012
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Patrick Gale's A Perfecly Good Man is the ninth Richard & Judy Summer Book Club pick.
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The new novel from Patrick Gale, author of Richard & Judy-bestseller Notes from an Exhibition, returning readers to his beloved Cornish coastline. 'Do you need me to pray for you now for a specific reason?' 'I'm going to die.' 'We're all going… more
23 July 2012
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Emylia Hall is the eigth Richard & Judy Summer Book Club author of debut novel The Book of Summers.
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Beth Lowe has been sent a parcel. Inside is a letter informing her that her long-estranged mother has died, and a scrapbook Beth has never seen before. Entitled The Book of Summers, it's stuffed with photographs and mementos complied… more
12 July 2012
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Penny Hancock is the author of the seventh Richard and Judy Summer Book Club title Tideline.
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One winter's afternoon, Sonia opens the door of her beautiful riverside home to fifteen-year-old Jez, the nephew of a family friend. He's come to borrow some music. Sonia invites him in and soon decides that she isn't going to let him leave. As… more
7 July 2012
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Husband and wife duo, Lars Kepler, are the authors of the sixth Richard and Judy Summer Book Club title The Hypnotist.
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Tumba, Sweden A triple murder, all the same family. The killer is at large, and it looks as if the elder sister escaped the carnage. But she is missing and it seems only a matter of time… more
27 June 2012
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The Secrets Between Us by Louise Douglas is the fifth book of the Richard and Judy Summer Book Club.
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A chance encounter: When Sarah meets dark, brooding Alex, she grasps his offer of a new life miles away from her own. They've both recently escaped broken relationships, and need to start again. Why not do… more
21 June 2012
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The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern is the fourth book in the Richard and Judy Summer Book Club.
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The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. The black sign, painted in white letters that hangs upon the gates, reads: Opens at Nightfall Closes at Dawn. As… more
12 June 2012
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Robert Harris' The Fear Index is the third Richard and Judy Summer Book Club Book of the Week. Richard and Judy interview Robert about his book:
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Meet Alex Hoffman: among the secretive inner circle of the ultra-rich, he is something of a legend. Based in Geneva, he has developed a revolutionary system that has the power to manipulate financial… more
5 June 2012
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Shelly Harris' Jubilee is the second Richard and Judy Summer Book Club Book of the Week. Watch the video interview Richard and Judy did with Shelly:
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It's 1977, the day of the Queen's Silver Jubilee, when a photographer captures a moment forever: a festive street party with bunting and Union Jacks fluttering in the breeze and, right in the… more
29 May 2012
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Victoria Hislop's The Thread is the Richard and Judy Summer Book Club Book of the Week. Watch the video interview Richard and Judy did with Victoria:
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Thessaloniki, 1917. As Dimitri Komninos is born, a devastating fire sweeps through the thriving Greek city where Christians, Jews and Muslims live side by side. Five years later, Katerina Sarafoglou's home in Asia… more
25 May 2012
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The Richard and Judy Summer Book Club titles have just been announced, they are a mix of debut and more established authors and ideal to go on your summer reading list.
The first title is Victoria Hislop's The Thread. The entire list continues with: Jubilee by Shelley Harris, The Fear Index by Robert Harris, The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern, The… more
