Amanda Brookfield

• Oct-1989
• / Women's Fiction
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On the day that her youngest child leaves home, Alice Hatton discovers two disturbing truths in a matter of hours.The Empty Nest cliche is true.And she does not love her husband Peter at all. Now in her fifties, Alice is appalled to realise that she ...

• Feb-1991
• / General Fiction
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• May-2001
• / Contemporary Romance
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When Frances married her husband the ten year age gap seemed nothing to worry about. But twenty years later Paul's death in middle age leaves Frances a widow at only forty-three. One life is over. Is there a new one about to begin? It seems so wh...

• Oct-2002
• / Historical Romance
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‘The novel walks a line between comedy and wrenching sadness. It is fluently written and its depiction of domestic chaos … is all too recognisable’ Sunday TimesA Family Man tells the story of thirty one year old Matt Webster, who arrives home f...

• May-2006
• / General Fiction
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For some families, a year can feel like a lifetime ... The Harrisons are a large and extremely close-knit family. But with the grandchildren fast becoming adults and elderly Pamela struggling to adapt to widowhood and the emptiness of Ashley House, t...

• Jan-2008
• / General Fiction
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Amanda's latest novel tells the story of 39-year-old Charlotte Turner, trying to get her life back on track after a miserable marriage. She discovers in the process that readiness to embrace a better future is not in itself a reliable route to happi...

• Oct-2019
• / Women's Fiction
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*Shortlisted for The People's Book Prize*'No one gets to the heart of human relationships quite so perceptively as Brookfield.' The MirrorWho can you trust with your darkest secrets...Everyone that meets Kat Keating is mesmerised. Beautiful, smart an...

• Oct-2020
• / Women's Fiction
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'An engaging, emotionally-charged and intriguing story' Michelle Gorman No one gets to the heart of human relationships quite so perceptively as Brookfield.' The MirrorOn a normal day, in a normal house, on a normal street, wife and mother Fran has h...

• Jan-2021
• / Women's Fiction
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‘This book, about deep and complex family love from this accomplished author, is told with true passion’ Family CircleThe Harrison family, gathering for Christmas at their big country house, inhabit a tight safe world of privilege and tradition. ...

• Aug-2022
• / Women's Fiction
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Two decades on from a passionate courtship and marriage, Lucas and Esther are getting divorced. For Esther, it’s proving hard not to feel bitter watching Lucas enjoying his successful career, not to mention the attentions of his gorgeous, intellige...

• May-2023
• / General Fiction
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‘Stop trying to be brave all the time, Rachel. Fear is a necessary part of being alive. Sometimes we have to let it show. We have to own up to it or it drives us mad.’Rachel Elliot is single and attractive, a director of a successful advertising ...

• Aug-2023
• / Women's Fiction
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‘In the weeks that followed, Jane did her best not to think about anything very much. Usually, it worked. But every so often she would freeze, and tremble at the terrifying realisation that she wanted to leave her husband.’While many regard her m...

• / General Fiction
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Would you swap houses with a family of strangers? The price you pay might be greater than you think . . . Sophie and Andrew are looking for relief from the daily grind - if not each other - so when a friend puts them in touch with William and Beth, n...