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Sep 25, 2024 | 
headtopics.com | Fran Littlewood
📆 9/25/2024 11:55 AM📰 BBCMOTD⏱ Reading Time:38 sec. here2 min. at publisher📊 Quality Score:News: 19%Publisher: 51% United Kingdom Headlines News United Kingdom Latest News,United Kingdom HeadlinesChe Adams had 'little doubts' about moving his life to Italy - but the Scotland striker is at the top of Serie A with Torino. Ten years ago a 17-year-old Adams helped Ilkeston beat Glossop North End 2-0, the striker winning a second-half penalty to claim the trophy. "It's crazy.
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Dec 23, 2023 | 
borneobulletin.com.bn | Fran Littlewood |Christian Cooper |Taylor Wolfe |David Von Drehle
THE WASHINGTON POST – Here are 10 books that remind us to appreciate the simple things in life – whether that’s a dog-eared book or a newfound friend. Buoyed by hope, these works reach for joy even in times of turmoil. 1. Amazing Grace Adams by Fran LittlewoodGrace Adams was once an award-winning polyglot who spoke five languages and had a future brimming with possibility.
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Nov 22, 2023 | 
penguinrandomhouse.co.za | Katy Hays |Fran Littlewood |Costanza Casati |Shelley Read
This year has seen the most spectacular debut adult fiction yet! In this diverse collection of first works of literature, the authors share the unique inspiration behind their novels. From Katy Hays, who contemplates fate and discovery at the Met Cloisters, and Fran Littlewood exploring the challenges of midlife to Costanza Casati's portrayal of a powerful and beloved Clytemnestra and Brook Robinson's examination of the complexities of translating for the criminal justice system.
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Sep 15, 2023 | 
lithub.com | Fran Littlewood
When America Ferrera launched into that monologue toward the end of the Barbie movie—telling it how it is for women everywhere—she stole the show. An iconic speech, delivered by a woman on the cusp of 40, Ferrera’s character, Gloria, is one of a new breed of midlife heroines emerging in film. These are women packing some significant life experience and stepping outside the spaces assigned to them.
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Sep 15, 2023 | 
bookreporter.com | Fran Littlewood
Fran Littlewood’s debut novel, AMAZING GRACE ADAMS, opens with a scene that readers won’t soon forget. It’s the hottest day of an already hot London summer. As if that wasn’t bad enough, forty-something Grace Adams is having a hot flash.
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Sep 5, 2023 | 
readinggroupguides.com | Fran Littlewood
Bernadette, Eleanor Oliphant, Rosie, Ove...meet AMAZING GRACE ADAMS, the funny, touching, unforgettable story of an invisible everywoman pushed to the brink --- who finally pushes back. Grace Adams gave birth, blinked, and now suddenly she is 45, perimenopausal and stalled --- the unhappiest age you can be, according to the Guardian. And today she’s really losing it. Stuck in traffic, she finally has had enough. To the astonishment of everyone, Grace gets out of her car and simply walks away.
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Jul 17, 2023 | 
penguin.com.au | Fran Littlewood |Mikki Brammer |Brooke Robinson |Darcy Tindale
In 2023, we’re all about hearing exciting new stories from fresh voices. With a focus on new authors, we’re celebrating 'A Year of Fresh Voices' to platform some of the biggest up-and-coming names in literature. Though Penguin Random House has always aimed to publish unique stories from new perspectives, it is a central focus of our publishing program in 2023.
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Jun 8, 2023 | 
kirkusreviews.com | Fran Littlewood |Susan Mallery
A book begging to be read on the beach, with the sun warming the sand and salt in the air: pure escapism. Three woman who join together to rent a large space along the beach in Los Angeles for their stores—a gift shop, a bakery, and a bookstore—become fast friends as they each experience the highs, and lows, of love. Bree is a friendly but standoffish bookstore owner who keeps everyone she knows at arm’s length, from guys she meets in bars to her friends.
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Mar 15, 2023 | 
penguinrandomhouse.co.za | Fran Littlewood
One hot summer day, stuck in traffic on her way to pick up the cake for her daughter's sixteenth birthday party, Grace Adams snaps. She doesn't scream or break something or cry or curl into a ball. She simply abandons her car in traffic and walks away. But not from her life - towards it. Towards the daughter who has banned her from the party. Towards the husband divorcing her. Towards the terrible thing that has blown their family apart . . .
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Mar 15, 2023 | 
penguinrandomhouse.co.za | Fran Littlewood
It’s the book that will make you laugh, cry, and punch the air as the butt-kicking Grace Adams takes back her own. Author Fran Littlewood chats about dealing with teenage daughters, the move towards talking more about menopause, and the bespoke Love Island cake, a contentious character in itself. Do you think readers will relate to Grace? If so, why?
