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“A pitch-perfect love letter to the power of friendship– honest, uplifting and straight from the heart” ― Jill Mansell, Sunday Times bestselling author
The Bright Side Running Club (published as The Cancer Ladies Running Club in the UK) is a page-turning, life-affirming novel by bestselling author Josie Lloyd.
When Keira first receives her breast cancer diagnosis, she never expects to end up joining a running group with three women she’s only just met. Totally blind-sided, all she can think about is how she doesn’t want to tell her family or step back from work. Nor does she want to be part of a group of fellow cancer patients. Cancer is not her club.
And yet it’s running—hot, sweaty, lycra-clad running in the company of brilliant, funny women all going through treatment—that unexpectedly gives Keira the hope she so urgently needs. Because Keira will not be defined by the C-word. And now, with the Cancer Ladies’ Running Club cheering her on, she is going to reclaim everything: her family, her identity, and her life.
One step at a time.
Moving, uplifting and full of hope, this is a beautifully crafted novel about love, family, and the power of finding your tribe.
The Cancer Ladies Running Club (published as The Brightside Running Club in the US) is an uplifting, feelgood story of the power of women's friendship by bestselling author Josie Lloyd.
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Sometimes we need our friends to help us find our feet....
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When Keira first receives her breast cancer diagnosis, she doesn’t want to have to tell her family, or step back from work. She doesn’t want to sit in a hospital, or be part of a group of fellow cancer patients. Cancer is not her club.
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But as she accepts that her health is no longer something she can rely on, Keira finds herself embracing running. And running in the company of a group of brilliant, funny women each going through treatment unexpectedly gives Keira the hope she needs.
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Because the C-word is not going to define Keira’s identity. And with the Cancer Ladies’ Running Club cheering her on, she’s going to reclaim her life.
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One step at a time.
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Life isn’t always the race we expected to run but this moving and uplifting novel is full of hope and about love, family, friendship and the power of finding your tribe.
'Amazing, heartbreaking and inspiring' ―Sunday Times bestselling author Jenny Colgan
Lifesaving For Beginners is an addictive, moving, heart-warming novel by bestselling author Josie Lloyd.
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In life’s stormy waters, it’s your friends who keep you afloat…
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Maddy Wolfe’s life has just capsized. After her twenty-year marriage suddenly implodes, she heads to Brighton to search for her estranged son, Jamie. But he’s nowhere to be found and for the first time, she’s totally alone. That is, until she meets the Salty Sea-Gals, a group of feisty sea-swimmers.
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Seventy-two-year old Helga is determined not to slow down, while thirty-something Tor is still figuring out who she is. Bereaved Dominica is trying to find a reason to carry on, and busy mum Claire is learning to put herself first for a change.
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As their regular cold-water plunges become a lifeline for them all, Maddy starts to realise that these brave women might just help her find both Jamie and herself. Together, will they turn the tide?
‘A beautifully warm-hearted tale of friendship and hope’ — My Weekly
A STITCH IN TIME
A sweeping historical trilogy set in the 1920s — in London, Paris & New York!
Perfect for fans of Lucinda Riley, Santa Montefiore, Gill Paul & Dinah Jefferies
Book 1 — The Runaway Daughter
'Perfect holiday read!' — Amazon reviewer
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The Runaway Daughter by Joanna Rees is the first novel in the A Stitch in Time trilogy.
It’s 1926 and Anna Darton is on the run from a terrible crime she was forced into committing. Alone and scared in London, salvation comes in the form of Nancy, a sassy American dancer at the notorious nightclub, the Zip.
Re-inventing herself as Vita Casey, Anna becomes part of the line-up and is thrown into a hedonistic world of dancing, parties, flapper girls and fashion.
When she meets the dashing Archie Fenwick, Vita buries her guilty conscience and she believes him when he says he will love her no matter what.
But unbeknown to Vita, her secret past is fast catching up with her, and soon the people closest to her start getting hurt.
But in confronting her past, what if she risks losing everything she holds dear?
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A twisting, page-turning, emotional rollercoaster awaits.
Book 2 — The Hidden Wife
The Hidden Wife by Joanna Rees is the second novel in the A Stitch in Time trilogy.
Paris, 1928
Having fled London and been on the run around Europe, Vita Casey has established a new life for herself, keeping a low profile as a dresser at a cabaret hall where Nancy is part of the risqué dance troupe. It’s a vibrant world of wild parties, drugs and jazz music.
But despite the fun, hedonistic lifestyle they lead, Vita longs for a proper career and to re-kindle her dream of designing lingerie. When an opportunity to work for famous couturier Jenny Sacerdote presents itself, Vita grabs it with both hands and is soon exposed to an altogether different side of Paris society. Before long, romance blossoms in the unlikeliest of places.
However, left to her own devices, Nancy spirals into danger and drug abuse and Vita has to save her friend. But can Vita really trust the people who want to help her? Especially when there are those back in England who wish to see her ruined and forced to pay for the past she ran away from . . .
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Packed with mystery and romance from the very first page.
'Excellent historical fiction a must for all fans of this genre' — Amazon reviewer
Book 3 — The Sister Returns
Downton Abbey fans will devour Joanna Rees’ sumptuous, addictive and glamorous 1920s saga' — Amazon reviewer
The Sister Returns by Joanna Rees is the third novel in A Stitch in Time – a sweeping historical trilogy.
It’s 1929 and after running away from her family in Lancashire, becoming a dancer in London and having a riotous time in Paris with her best friend Nancy, would-be fashion designer Vita Casey is now living a much more sedate life in New York with her baby son, Bertie, far away from her evil brother, Clement, and her nemesis, Edith.
When the disastrous events of the Wall Street Crash change their destinies, Vita and Nancy flee to Los Angeles, where Nancy is determined to make it in the talkies. Schmoozing their way into the ranks of the Hollywood elite, Vita is starting to think that she can begin to fulfil her fashion ambitions. But when the love of her life, Archie, is hired as a writer on Nancy’s new movie and Clement exacts his ultimate revenge, Vita’s past and present collide.
She has no choice but to tell the truth and try to reclaim what is rightfully hers. Or is it already too late?
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Will the secrets, mystery and lies buried in their past ruin their chances of happiness and romance forever?