Boys Don’t Cry

Before anyone else is awake, on a perfect August morning, Elle Bishop heads out for a swim in the glorious freshwater pond below ‘The Paper Palace’ — the gently decaying summer camp in the back woods of Cape Cod where her family has spent every summer for generations. As she passes the house, Elle glances […]

Come of age in the credit crunch. Be civil in a hostile environment. Step out into a world of Go Homevans. Go to Oxbridge, get an education, start a career. Do all the right things. Buy a flat. Buy art. Buy a sort of happiness. But above all, keep your head down. Keep quiet. And keep going.

‘Smart, perceptive, elegant, sad, surprising and addictive. And it’s also FUNNY.’ Nick Hornby ‘What We Run the Tides probes so poignantly is the volatility of female adolescence… Knowing and powerfully enigmatic.’ Observer Teenage Eulabee and her magnetic best friend, Maria Fabiola, own the streets of Sea Cliff, their foggy oceanside San Francisco neighbourhood. They know […]

Drawn from the successful Guardian column, these everyday exultations and inspirations will get you through dismal days. ‘This book is a not-so-small joy in itself.’ NIGELLA LAWSON ‘Parkinson has the gift of making you look with new eyes at everyday things. The perfect daily diversion.’ JOJO MOYES ‘Always funny and frank and full of insight, […]