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Confusion by Elizabeth Howard

London and Sussex, 1942. The English family in turmoil . . .
During the long, dark days of war the divided Cazalets begin to find the battle for survival echoing the confusion in their own lives.

Headstrong, independent Louise surprises everyone by abandoning her dreams of the stage and making a society marriage. Unhappiness and loneliness quickly settle in. Michael seems more interested in his ship and his mother, to whom her is extraordinarily close, than in his young bride. Polly and Clary, now in their late teens, finally fulfil their ambition of living in London. But the reality is not quite as they hoped: Polly is coming to terms with the death of her mother and looking after her grieving father, while clever, sharp Clary is acutely aware she is neither beautiful like Polly nor striking like Louise - and is also the only Cazalet who seems to believe that her father might not be dead.

The Expatriates by Janice Lee

Mercy, a young Korean American and recent Columbia graduate, is adrift, undone by a terrible incident in her recent past. Hilary, a wealthy housewife, is haunted by her struggle to have a child, something she believes could save her foundering marriage.
Meanwhile, Margaret, once a happily married mother of three, questions her identity in the wake of a shattering loss. As each woman struggles with her own demons, their lives collide in ways that have irreversible consequences for them all.
The Expatriates is an atmospheric, moving, and utterly compelling story of motherhood and family set against the unforgettable backdrop of Hong Kong.

The Unseen, Katherine Webb

England, 1911. When a free-spirited young woman arrives in a sleepy Berkshire village to work as a maid in the household of The Reverend and Mrs Canning, she sets in motion a chain of events which changes all their lives. For Cat has a past - a past her new mistress is willing to overlook, but will never understand . . .
Then her husband invites a young man into their home, he brings with him a dangerous obsession . . .
During the long, oppressive summer, the rectory becomes charged with ambition, love and jealousy - with the most devastating consequences.

I See You Everywhere by Julia Glass

Louisa and Clement Jardine are sisters, friends and rivals. While both are ambitious and exacting - Louisa in her passion for art, Clem as a guardian of wildlife - they are far more different than alike. Louisa strives for the steadiness of marriage and home. Clem meanwhile is restless in her work and almost ruthless in love.

Yet the sister are drawn together repeatedly by ordinary accidents of fate and by the fierce, thorny ties shared by siblings alone.

In a hypnotic moving duet that spans twenty-five years in the lives of these two vibrant women, Julia Glass once again explores the intimacies of a very particular family, as well as the nature of sisterhood itself.

These books are available to collect in Portlaoise, Co. Laois or they can be posted to you for 5 EURO. They will arrive by post in 1-2 days.