Eva Woods

"Annie Hebden is stuck. Stuck in her boring job, with her irritating roommate, in a life no thirty-five-year-old would want. But deep down, Annie is still mourning the terrible loss that tore a hole through the perfect existence she'd once taken for granted--and hiding away is safer than remembering what used to be. Until she meets the eccentric Polly Leonard"--Amazon.com.

Something Like Happy

'So likeable, smart and wise. A bittersweet read about love, life and friendship that makes you stop and think long after you've finished reading the last page.' - bestselling author Tasmina Perry 'Entertaining, funny and full of wisdom, I loved this book.' - bestselling author Katie Fforde 'I read this recently and loved it SO much. I cried buckets, but it's ultimately a really positive, uplifting book about making every day count.' - bestselling author Clare Mackintosh ---------------------------------- The smallest things can make the biggest difference. Annie has been sad for so long that she's forgotten how to be any other way. Until she meets Polly. Polly is everything that Annie is not. She's colourful, joyful, happy. Because if recent events have taught Polly anything, it's that your time is too short to waste a single day. Polly has one hundred days to help Annie find happiness. Annie's convinced it's impossible, but so is saying no to Polly. And on an unforgettable journey, Annie begins to realise that maybe, just maybe, there's still colour to be found in the world. But then it becomes clear that Polly's about to need her new friend more than ever...and Annie will have to decide once and for all whether letting others in is a risk worth taking. If you liked Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine or The Keeper of Lost Things, you'll love How to Be Happy ********************** 'A joyful, wise read' - Rosie Blake 'It's a gorgeous book - funny, touching, sweet, sad and profound.' - Daisy Buchanan 'You'll laugh and cry . . . heartwarming' - Best 'Uplifting' - Independent 'Will make you laugh while it tugs at your heart strings' - The People

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How to be Happy

She Remembers Everything. He Remembers Nothing

The Man I Can't Forget

From the author of Something Like Happy comes an uplifting and emotionally compelling novel about a woman in a coma fighting for a second chance at life, love and happiness. Rosie Cooke is "in between." In between consciousness and oblivion. Life and death. And though some say that when you're near death your entire life flashes before your eyes, Rosie can't remember anything at all--not even how she ended up in a coma. At least not at first. Then something strange starts to happen. Rosie finds herself revisiting scattered moments from her past: a beach vacation, a play rehearsal, the day her brother was born. But why these memories? And what do they mean? As each piece of the puzzle comes into focus, Rosie struggles to face the picture of her life that forms. But with every look backward comes a glimpse of what might be: A relationship with her sister. The opportunity to pursue her passion. A second chance at love. And Rosie just might discover that she has much to live for. With bighearted emotion and comic sensibility, The Inbetween Days is a life-affirming novel about the little choices that determine our fate and our ever-enduring hope for the future.

The Inbetween Days

The feelgood, uplifting, fabulous new book from Kindle bestseller Eva Woods. ***Shortlisted for The Goldsboro Books Contemporary Romantic Novel Award*** Perfect for fans of Lucy Diamond, Lucy Dillon and Rowan Coleman. Rosie is stuck. She wakes up in hospital after a terrible accident, unable to move or speak. And strange things are happening to her. She's reliving past days of her life, watching her most painful, sad, and embarrassing moments play out again. She's being guided by long-lost friends and family, who she's pretty sure are dead. She knows she's supposed to learn something that will help her wake up - but what is it? Daisy is Rosie's sister - the good girl, the sensible one. She's terrified that her sister tried to kill herself, so she's searching through Rosie's life and past to try and find out what happened that day. But what she learns might shatter their damaged family forever - and mean Daisy can never go back to her own safe, suffocating life. Can she find the courage to help her sister - and herself? It only takes one tiny step to change a life forever...

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The Lives We Touch

Everyone has one. That list. The things you were supposed to do before you turn thirty.

The Thirty List

100 Jours pour être heureux

In our lives we'll meet something like eighty thousand people. Most of them just in passing, sitting beside them on a bus, buying a latte from them, overtaking them too fast on the motorway. Others will become friends, lovers, family. Some will stay in our lives forever, and some will be swept away by the flow of life. But we touch all of these people in some way, tiny or huge, making more of a difference that any of us can imagine. Rosie is in a coma, unable to reach out to the world or communicate. She only has one chance to make it back to consciousness - but she's slipping deeper and deeper into a maze of memories and it's going to be hard to find her way out. Daisy, Rosie's sister, is devastated by the accident. She's always been the good, dependable girl to Rosie's free spirit - but some of Rosie's attitude seems to be creeping into Daisy's dull existence. Can Daisy find the courage to be herself? It only takes one tiny step to change a life forever ...

The first rule of heartbreak club is - get your heart broken. That's all really. Caroline's heart broke when her husband took his own life. Josh's heart broke when his wife was killed in an accident. And somehow, talking to a group of strangers once a week doesn't seem to be helping either of them. Until Sylvia arrives. When she lost her own partner two years ago, she fell apart and had to put herself back together. Most of all she wished for the help of someone who'd been through it already. And now she's here to pass her handbook on to those who need it most. The problem is, following Sylvia's rules means looking to the future. And Caroline and Josh each need some answers from their past before they can even think about that... Praise for Eva Woods and her novels: 'Uplifting' Independent 'Life-affirming' Adele Parks 'Smart and wise' Tasmina Perry 'Touching and thought-provoking' Holly Miller, author of THE SIGHT OF YOU

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"Thorndike Press large print basic"--Verso.

Life doesn't come with a map. Maybe you're going the right way after all. It's the morning of Ellie Warren's wedding day and she's hiding under her childhood bed. She can't shake the feeling that she isn't where she's supposed to be - getting married, that is - but has no idea where exactly she should be. As Ellie looks back on the biggest decisions she's made in her life, the ones that have led her to this moment, you'll see the choices she made as well as what could have been. You'll see everything Ellie has avoided and everything she's gone through; the highs and the lows. But the big question is this: has Ellie taken a wrong turn somewhere? Or is she exactly where she's meant to be? You Are Here is about how the tiniest of choices can cause ripples through our lives. It explores what could have been while also reminding us to have a little faith in what's about to happen. ------------------------ Praise for Eva Woods and her novels: 'Uplifting' Independent 'Life-affirming' Adele Parks 'Smart and wise' Tasmina Perry 'Touching and thought-provoking' Holly Miller, author of The Sight of You

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Non esiste un momento migliore di adesso per imparare a essere felici. «Vivi ogni istante come se fosse l’ultimo.» Facile a dirsi, un po’ meno a farsi, soprattutto se sei ancora giovane e il tuo corpo non perde occasione per ricordarti che il futuro, ormai, è questione di mesi. Tre mesi, per la precisione: cento giorni per realizzare, provare, scoprire tutto quello che hai sempre sognato e che forse non hai mai trovato il coraggio di confessare neppure a te stessa. È questa la sfida che Polly lancia alla neo-amica Annie, conosciuta tra i corridoi e le spoglie sale di attesa di un ospedale e subito adottata come una bimba farebbe con un cucciolo fradicio in un giorno di pioggia. Peccato che sia Polly, e non Annie, a dover morire, e Annie, non Polly, ad aver perso la voglia di andare avanti. Nasce così, da un incontro fra due destini di segno all’apparenza contrario, un’amicizia un po’ matta, quasi sempre luminosa, qualche volta disperata. In grado di cambiare tutto proprio quando l’epilogo sembrava già scritto.

La luce di un giorno di pioggia

Man I Can't Forget

Heartbreak Club

After a series of truly disastrous dating experience, Marnie is trying something new - dating her friends exes in an attempt to 'freecycle' love.

The Ex Factor

Aimee Agresti

Emily Belden

Grab a cocktail and have a girls’ night in! For the first time together, enjoy three stories of bold women searching for their best lives, with the support of their closest girlfriends. Hot Mess by Emily Belden Twentysomething Allie Simon is used to playing by the rules—until Benji Zane walks into her world and pulls her into his. The young chef is as famous for his struggle with addiction as he is for his creative culinary pairings, but Allie convinces herself that loving someone means supporting them no matter what. So when Benji’s offered an opportunity to open a new high-profile restaurant, Allie takes the ultimate risk and invests her life savings in his dream. But then Benji disappears, and Allie finds herself thrust into the cutthroat culinary world, where she can either crumble completely or fight like hell for the life she deserves. Something Like Happy by Eva Woods Annie is stuck in a life no thirty-five-year-old would want. Deep down, she’s mourning the terrible loss that tore a hole through her perfect existence. Until she meets Polly. Bright, bubbly, intrusive Polly is determined to wake her new friend up to life. Because if recent events have taught Polly anything, it’s that your time is too short to waste a single day—which is why she wants Annie to join her on a mission: one happy thing each day for one hundred days. But just as the daily challenge opens Annie up to the possibility of joy, it becomes clear that Polly is about to need her more than ever. And Annie will have to decide once and for all whether letting others in is a risk worth taking. Campaign Widows by Aimee Agresti Cady Davenport is living the American dream…but when her husband-to-be hits the road for the upcoming presidential election, Cady realizes she’s on her own—and that her dream life might not be all she’d imagined. Until she finds herself thrust into the most influential inner circle in Washington, DC: the campaign widows. As friends, they’re an unlikely group, but they share one undeniable bond: their spouses are all out on the trail during a hotly contested election season. With the pressures of the unprecedented election mounting, the widows’ worlds keep turning as they hold down the fort while running companies, raising babies, racking up page views and even reinventing themselves. And their friendship might be just what Cady needs to find the strength to pursue her own happiness.

Girls' Night In

Kaira Rouda

Nicola Cornick

Jamie Raintree

* FREE DIGITAL SAMPLER FEATURING EXTENDED EXCERPTS FROM THE MOST TALENTED VOICES IN WOMEN'S FICTION TODAY * Discover the next novel that will take your book club's breath away! From unconventional love stories to emotional roller coaster rides, from historical sagas to powerful contemporary voices, Graydon House Books is the new home for all your women's fiction needs. Download this FREE e-sampler and get an exclusive preview of four of the most talented voices in women's fiction today. Includes extended excerpts from: SOMETHING LIKE HAPPY by Eva Woods Thirty-something Annie is looking for a fresh start. Her new friend Polly knows every day could be the last. Together they embark on an unforgettable adventure: learning to be happy in just one hundred days. But what happens if time runs out? “A special book that will make you laugh through your tears.”—Amy E. Reichert, author of The Coincidence of Coconut Cake BEST DAY EVER by USA TODAY bestselling author Kaira Rouda The perfect couple is the perfect illusion Paul Strom is the perfect husband—that's why he's planned a romantic weekend for his wife, Mia, at their lake house. He's promised today will be the best day ever. But as Paul and Mia drive toward the countryside, doubts begin to arise. How perfect is any marriage—and what are Paul's secret plans for their weekend at the lake? “Best Day Ever is a creepy, spine-tingling and utterly addictive tale of domestic suspense.”—LIZ FENTON and LISA STEINKE, bestselling authors of The Good Widow PERFECTLY UNDONE by Jamie Raintree Sometimes you have to lose your way to find yourself A romantic proposal from her long-time boyfriend Cooper should be the crown jewel in Dr. Dylan Michaels's perfect life. But now Dylan must face her past and the haunting guilt over her sister's death—and the role she played in it—before she and Cooper stand a chance at a future. Can she find her way back to the man she loves, especially when Cooper makes his own startling confession that changes everything? “Perfectly Undone is an emotionally complex tale of unresolved grief and the secrets we keep, both from those who love us and from ourselves.”—Lorrie Thomson, author of What's Left Behind and Equilibrium HOUSE OF SHADOWS by USA TODAY bestselling author Nicola Cornick The wooded hills of Oxfordshire conceal the remains of the aptly named Ashdown house—a wasted pile of cinders and regret. Once home to the daughter of a king, Ashdown and its secrets will unite three women across four centuries in a tangle of deceit, romance and destiny. “Fans of Kate Morton will enjoy this gripping tale.”—Candis Welcome to Graydon House—open the door to your next great book

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Es sind die kleinen Dinge des Lebens, die den größten Unterschied machen ... In Annies Leben läuft es momentan nicht gerade rund, und eigentlich weiß sie gar nicht mehr genau, wie es sich anfühlt, einfach glücklich zu sein. Bis sie Polly kennenlernt, die wie ein bunter Wirbelwind ihr Leben auf den Kopf stellt. Polly ist alles, was Annie nicht ist – optimistisch, voller Freude, eben glücklich. Und sie macht es sich zur Aufgabe, Annie in einhundert Tagen zu helfen, das Glück wiederzufinden. Anfangs skeptisch, spürt Annie doch bald, wie Pollys unwiderstehliche Lebensfreude auf sie abzufärben beginnt. Doch dann wird klar: Auch Polly braucht ihre neue Freundin mehr, als Annie sich hätte vorstellen können ...

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