The Many Lives of Heloise Starchild

Literature & Fiction

Ironmonger, John

Contemporary

The Coincidence Authority

orion#

Not Forgetting The Whale

Weidenfeld&Nicolson

Review\na warm-hearted book crammed with interesting ideas. It's a book full of doomsday predictions with a Cityboy in a starring role that makes the world seem like a more hopeful place. It's also very, very good.―EMERALD STREET\nThis is a tremendously enjoyable book. And as the front pages crowd with headlines that grow ever more grim, Not Forgetting the Whale offers a very welcome alternative.―Marianne Levy, INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY\nAn intriguing and thought-provoking story―CANDIS\nAn exciting and moving read―ESSENTIALS\nThe lives of the residents in sleepy St Piran is changed when a man washes up, half drowned, on the shore of the Cornish seaside village.―THE TIMES\nIt's easy to see this simply as a modern interpretation of the story of Jonah and the whale, but this charming tale by John Ironmonger.. is considerably more complex.. it's a love story of sorts and, above all, it's about hte innate goodness of people and our connections with the wider world―PRESS ASSOCIATION\nA gentle and uplifting tale of warding off apocalypse in a remote corner of Cornwall . . . charming―FINANCIAL TIMES\nThis book achieves what should be impossible: a heart-warming dystopia. Forget everything you know about apocalypses. This novel, set in Cornwall, will restore your faith in humanity.―ELLE UK\nPreviously published as NOT FORGETTING THE WHALE\nTHE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER\n'A gentle and uplifting tale of warding off apocalypse in a remote corner of Cornwall . . . charming' Financial Times\nFor fans of ELEANOR OLIPHANT, THE ROSIE PROJECT & THE UNLIKELY PILGRIMAGE OF HAROLD FRY.\nIt all began with the whale.\nWhen a young man washes up on the sands of St Piran in Cornwall, it is clear to the villagers that this is not a regular day. What has brought him here? And what is the crisis only he understands, that threatens not only their community but all of civilisation?\nWith a global pandemic on the horizon, and a whale lurking in the bay, the villagers of St Piran must band together to survive. Intimate, funny and heart-warming, John Ironmonger tells a compelling story about the important things that hold us together, and how hope can be found, even at the end of the world.\n'Fun, uplifting, charming' Financial Times\n'A warm-hearted book crammed with ideas . . . very, very good' Emerald Street\n'A tremendously enjoyable book' Independent on Sunday

The Whale at the End of the World

Humor & Satire

Maximilian Ponder shut himself away for 30 years in an attempt to record every memory he ever had. Now he's dead, surrounded by 'The Catalogue' - a set of notebooks he hopes will form the map of one human mind. But before his friend Adam can call the police, one rather gruesome task remains in order for Max's project to be complete!

The Notable Brain of Maximilian Ponder

Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )

If you were looking for the perfect escape, where would you go? This is the heartwarming story of one man who has given up hope and the village that gives it back to him.
When a young man washes up, naked, on the sands of St Piran in Cornwall, he is quickly rescued by the villagers. From the retired village doctor and the beachcomber, to the priest's flirtatious wife and the romantic novelist, they take this lost soul into their midst. But what the villagers don't know is that Joe Haak is a city analyst who has fled London, fearing he may - inadvertently - have caused a global financial collapse.
 But is the end of the world really nigh? And what of the whale that lurks in the bay? Intimate, funny and heart-warming, Not Forgetting the Whale is a story about community, the best and worst in our nature, and the search for a place to call home.
'Fun, uplifting, charming' Financial Times
'A warm-hearted book crammed with ideas . . . very, very good' Emerald Street
'A tremendously enjoyable book' Independent on Sunday

REMEMBER ME WHEN THE COMET COMES... On the day the comet came, a girl named Heloise was born. She would live a fine life, and inherit a fortune, but would meet a cruel, untimely death. Years later, strange dreams plague Katya Nemcová, a teenager burdened with a rare and curious gift. Memories come to Katya in her dreams - images and stories from a past that isn't her own. Are these ghosts real? And what of the memory she seems to have of Heloise's treasures, two centuries old? A novel that spans the history of Europe - from revolutionary France to the world wars, the Prague Spring, post Brexit Britain, and beyond - this is the irresistible, adventurous and affectionate story of a quite extraordinary woman, her exceptionally talented ancestors, and the curious memories they share.

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Fantasy

Ulverscroft

Das Jahr des Dugong - Eine Geschichte für unsere Zeit: Die neue Erzählung vom Autor von Der Wal und das Ende der Welt

FISCHER, S.

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