Skye arrives, with has decisions to make about her future. Will a summer in Devon help her make up her mind? I really did. I didn’t fully understand the nature of the illness or the impact it has on families until I started speaking to sufferers. There are several stories that will stay with me and haunt me now. One in particular was a mum about my age, who was utterly desperate and who broke down when she told me that her daughter chose starvation every day, and no amount of love or guidance could sway her from the path she was on.

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You don’t need material or life experience. You don’t need to be wise and have all the answers when you’re starting out. Stories are about questions. One question after another. What happens next? Why did she do that? What will he do to escape? When you write, you write for you, to tell yourself the story. Amanda Prowse has been described as the queen of contemporary dramas – and with good reason. She’s not shy about exploring issues like illness, alcoholism and war, but ultimately her stories are about relationships, about people, about love. You don’t need to know the whole story now. And here’s the crux of it, when we’re talking about Big Ideas: ideas don’t happen by magic, they’re constructed. Ideas happen when you go looking for them!Skye is on leave from her role with the Hope Foundation charity project in Uganda. She needs to make a decision but had to have time away to clear her head to do so.

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Sometimes we all deserve a little extra sparkle. Treat box containing a curated collection of sustainable products from female-led business. Want a flavour of what might be featured? Think of handmade jewellery, luxury teas, beautiful stationery, scented candles, fairtrade chocolate and other extravagant treats. UK delivery included, get in touch for worldwide. Delivered early December 2020. It was great to see them open up to each other eventually and to see how the storylines came together to a beautiful and satisfying conclusion. The Promoter reserves the right to publish entries (including parts of entries) other than the winning entry and publication does not necessarily mean the entrant has won a prize.How can the baby’s father realistically not actually see from looking at the baby that it is his? Obviously it looks like him when he’s saying hey funny thing that baby looks like my dad. Well duh! He would have features and if it looks like your dad it clearly must look like you too then. There is obviously some resemblance on the fathers side so how could he not put two and two together? Beautifully written and richly layered with characters that feel like firm friends, it’s full of Cathy’s wonderful warmth, wisdom and wit’ Alex Brown

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A wonderfully told story of complicated relationships, Cathy Bramley’s heart-warming and uplifting novel is rich, funny warm and wise’ Sunday Express Comforting, funny, warm and wise. No-one does complicated family and friendships like Cathy' Veronica Henry The holidays are here, and in Salcombe, Liz longs for the arrival of her god-daughters, Skye and Clare and Clare's daughter baby Ivy. After years on her own, she needs help to save the catering business she built with Clare's late mother, Jen.

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It took me some time to warm to Clare as she is the kind of woman who won't accept any help. Although when she breaks her arm, she finds that she has to as she can't manage alone with daughter Ivy. For a list of winners please send a stamped envelope to News UK, Competitions Department, 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF stating for which competition you would like winners’ details. Boys, we know this is probably feeling less relevant to you right now, but we also know you care about the women in your life, so please keep reading. Any parent can only imagine the horror of looking at the emaciated frame of the child they love and feeling so powerless to fix them. What can you do when the cure is also the disease; food? The characters were relatable, believable, and instantly likeable. I wanted to be friends with the ladies, sample their supper club creations, and even holiday in that beautiful part of the country.