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Thinking Of You - The Ultimate Escapist Read
Jill Mansell, unlike other writers in the rom-com arena, seems to get better with every book she writes. Thinking of You is her latest offering and proves that it is possible to get better with age!

Ginny Holland, a best selling author if left rattling around in her house on her own after daughter Jem goes to university. Lonely, she advertises her spare room for rent. Instead of a happy roommate, she gets moaning Laurel who is still hung up on her ex-boyfriend. If that wasn’t enough, Ginny finds herself lusting after two men who can only be bad for her. Will Ginny get the man of her dreams, or will he be the one that gets away?

Mansell has a disarming ability to create characters that you already know and that tends to make her books impossible to put down. This book is no different. It is charmingly written, hopelessly funny and will make you forget all of your own troubles as soon as you read the first page.

(ISBN: 0755328116, ISBN-13: 9780755328116)

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Title: Dustbin Baby
Author: Jacqueline Wilson
ISBN: 0552556114
EAN: 9780552556118
New title. Edition
160 Pages
Publisher: Corgi Childrens
Binding: Paperback
Publication date: 2007-03-01

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Tessa Peake Jones reads Jacqueline Wilson's Dustbin Baby in this unabridged double-cassette audio book. Jacqueline Wilson is the diva of dynamic writing for children, and in Dustbin Baby--possibly her best book since The Illustrated Mum--she proves yet again that she is a force to be reckoned with.

April Showers (so called because of her birth date, April 1, and her tendency to burst into tears at the drop of a hat) was unceremoniously dumped in a rubbish bin when she was only a few hours old. Her young life has passed by in a blur of ever-changing foster homes but as she enters her teens she decides it is time to find out the truth about her real family.

As ever, Wilson breaks through the barriers and brings one of her trademark feisty females to life in an original, unforgettable and often very funny story that is sure to make you weep. She tackles the big emotional issues with one foot firmly on the ground, allowing her characters to thrive against a backdrop of sadness. But she never lapses into melodrama or schmaltz and ultimately showers the reader with an overwhelming feeling of hope.

The story is suitable for ages nine and above and running time is three hours and 15 minutes. --Susan Harrison

2008-09-14 Book for young teenagers

This was a very interesting book. Again the ending was very very short because you would have expected more things to happen but I thought this book had a very good storyline. It was yet again based on a teenage girl who looks like she still goes to primary school and can't help think where and who her mother is. On her birthday she decides to take a little adventure and goes to revisit her past. Good story but could have been better.