Great new Large Print books for August

New books for August - available now!

This month's highlights include a fantastic new novel, And the Mountains Echoed, from the author of the phenomenally successful Thousand Splendid Suns and The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini. We also see a wonderful collection of short stories from Victoria Hislop and the 2012 Times Book of the Year, Six Years, by Harlen Coben. Other highlights include the release in paperback of two very successful books, A Week in Winter, by Maeve Binchy and Bring up the Bodies, by Hilary Mantel. All these and many more are available from the Large Print Bookshop.

New in hardback:

And the Mountains Echoed - Khaled Hosseini Afghanistan, 1952. Abdullah and his sister Pari live with their father, Saboor, and stepmother in the village of Shadbagh. To Abdullah, Pari is everything. One day the siblings journey across the desert to Kabul with their father, having no sense of the fate that awaits them there, for the event which unfolds will tear their lives apart. Hardback £19.99

The Last Dance - Victoria Hislop Takes us through the streets of Athens and into the tree-lined squares of Greek villages. As the author evokes their distinct atmosphere, she brings vividly to life a host of unforgettable characters, from a lonesome priest to battling brothers, and from an unwanted stranger to a groom troubled by music and memory. Hardback £19.99

Six Years - Harlan Coben Times Book of the Year 2012. Six years have passed since Jake Fisher watched Natalie marry another man. He vows to leave Natalie alone, but he has tortured dreams of her life with her new husband, Todd. When Jake comes across Todd's obituary, he can't keep away from the funeral. There he gets the glimpse of Todd's wife he's hoping for... but she is not Natalie. Hardback £19.99             Other books by Harlan Coben

Now available in paperback:

A Nurse Abroad - Anne Watts In the early 1960s, the author, a newly qualified nurse, set sail for Canada to work in the frozen north of the country, among the indigenous Inuit people. Anne later headed for Alice Springs in the Australian outback. In this title, she tells what it was like to be a nurse and midwife among a tough cattle-ranching community. Paperback £13.49             Other books by Anne Watts

A Week in Winter - Maeve Binchy Henry and Nicola are burdened with a terrible secret, while cheerful nurse Winnie finds herself on holiday from hell. John has arrived on an impulse after he missed a flight at Shannon; eccentric Freda claims to be a psychic and a part-time hairdresser. Then there's Nora, a silent watchful older woman who seems ready to disapprove at any moment... Paperback £13.49             Other books by Maeve Binchy

Bring up the Bodies - Hilary Mantel Winner of the Man Booker Prize 2012 By 1535 Thomas Cromwell is far from his humble origins. Chief Minister to Henry VIII, his fortunes have risen with those of Anne Boleyn, for whose sake Henry has broken with Rome. But Henry's actions have forced England into dangerous isolation, and Anne has failed to bear a son to secure the Tudor line. Paperback £13.49             Other books by Hilary Mantel

Younger Readers:

 

Wonder - R. J. Palacio Auggie wants to be an ordinary ten-year-old. But ordinary kids don't make other kids run away screaming in playgrounds. Born with a terrible facial abnormality, Auggie has been home-schooled by his parents his whole life. Now he's being sent to a real school, and he's dreading it. All he wants is to be accepted. ‘The breakout publishing sensation of 2012’ – The Times Paperback £12.99

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