'Wow - what a book. I could not put it down.' READER REVIEW Sixteen year old Cass Sawyer wakes up in the woods with a head injury. She has no recollection of what happened. But she recognises where she is. The Haven. The idyllic, off-grid retreat her parents claimed would heal their broken family. As Cass searches the now deserted buildings, memories begin to trickle through. Her father's erratic behaviour. Her mother's pleas that they go back to town. The Haven's charismatic, free-spirited leader. The strange girls that hang on his every word. And a nagging feeling: that Cass has done something terribly wrong. What happened at The Haven? Where is Cass's family? And will they ever escape? Praise for Fiona Neill 'No one writes about modern family with more truth and authenticity than Fiona Neill' Lisa Jewell 'Neill has a trained eye for the pressures and poignancies of modern family life' The Guardian 'Incisive, smart and at times darkly funny' Gillian McAllister 'Neill is brilliant at capturing the wrong turns people make and the consequences that follow' Stylist
Fiona Neill Libri
Fiona Neill è un'acclamata romanziera il cui lavoro attinge al suo passato di giornalista. Il suo stile letterario è caratterizzato da un acuto acume sulla vita contemporanea e sulla maternità, spesso intriso di umorismo. Attraverso narrazioni avvincenti, esplora le complessità della vita familiare moderna. La sua scrittura risuona con i lettori per la sua autenticità e la sua capacità di immedesimazione.






After a chaotic childhood, Grace Vermuyden is determined her own daughters will fulfil the dreams denied to her. Lilly is everyone's golden girl, the popular, clever daughter she never had to worry about. So when she mysteriously collapses in class, Grace's carefully ordered world begins to unravel. Dark rumours swirl around their tight-knit community on the edge of the Fens as everyone comes up with their own theories about what happened. Consumed with paranoia, and faced with increasing evidence that Lilly has been leading a secret life, Grace starts to search for clues. Left to her own devices, ten-year-old Mia develops some wild theories of her own that have unforeseen and devastating consequences for the people she loves most. Beneath the Surface explores the weight of the past upon the present, the burden of keeping secrets and what happens when children get caught in the undercurrents of adult relationships.
Scratch the surface of any family hard enough and you'll draw blood . . . No one can believe it when straight A student Romy Field finds herself at the centre of a scandal, least of all her mother Ailsa - who is also the head of her new school. Ailsa is quick to hold Romy's new boyfriend and his parents responsible for what has happened. But as mother and daughter reveal their very different version of events, a much darker truth emerges. It soon becomes apparent that Romy isn't the only member of her family harbouring secrets and her disgrace becomes the catalyst for the unravelling of all those around her. It takes a split second to make a decision that can alter the course of your life. And a lifetime to undo the consequences.
What the Nanny Saw
- 548pagine
- 20 ore di lettura
Nanny required to take care of needs of busy professional London family When penniless student Ali Sparrow answers Bryony and Nick Skinner's advertisement her life changes overnight. She is catapulted into the privileged and excessive world of London's financial elite. At first everything is overwhelming - from twins who speak their own language to a teenage girl with weight issues and a son almost her own age. Then there is Bryony, who has one eye on her dazzling career and the other on Ali's failings. When boom turns to bust and a scandal erupts that suggests something corrupt has been hatched behind the Skinners' front door, their private life is suddenly public news. And as Ali becomes indispensible, she realizes she's witness to things she probably shouldn't see. But is she principled enough to keep the family's secrets when the press come prowling for the inside scoop? Or will she dish the dirt on the family who never saw her as anything other than part of the scenery?