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In the early 1900s in Wicklow, Ireland, the lives of six year old Mary and her siblings are torn apart when their father dies leaving the family penniless. Mary''s mother is forced to travel to Dublin to find work. She places her children in an orphanage for a short stay, which turns into years. Many years later Mary settles in Cardiff with her Welsh/Bajan husband Louis, and is thrilled at the arrival of their first child, Teresa. But the birth of the baby dredges up long hidden memories that Mary must confront before she can bond with her daughter.

In 2003, the Welsh National Assembly led the world achieving parity and an equal balance between the sexes as regards representation in her National democratic institution. That was an incredible feat, especially considering that only four female Members of Parliament had represented Wales in the United Kingdom Parliament between 1918 and 1997. Taken from the recordings of the Welsh Women''s Archive project of the same name, Setting the Record Straight collects together the recollections of those women who have represented the people of Wales in the devolved government. It provides a compelling and fascinating introduction to the role of women in politics from the grass roots to government - the opportunities, the challenges (from being heard to childcare), the successes and failures.

Gwawr is a celebrant who conducts non-religious naming ceremonies, weddings and funerals. She''s good at her job and proud of her reputation. However, someone is working behind the scenes, a saboteur trying to destroy her career. Only by revisiting the most difficult period of her life can Gwawr discover who is out to get her. Help comes from unexpected sources and with the support of her clients, friends and family, Gwawr learns important lessons about the nature of love, loss, and the importance of trusting others.

From the author of The Luck comes Scrap, a story of displacement and belonging in post-industrial Swansea. Life is hard on the scrap heap for fostercarer Mackie, who takes each day in his stride, going through the motions of juggling his tyrannical boss Tranter and caring for grandchildren while his wayward daughter is missing. To make matters worse, Mackie harbours a painful past hidden in the roots of his treasured rowan tree. But his fate takes an unexpected turn when he and his equally defeated coworkers discover The Kid, a young boy hiding out in the boot of an abandoned scrap car. The Kid has a remarkable gift - he can draw the future, and this opens up new possibilities that Mackie could never have foreseen

Poet Dorothy ''Dorf'' Bonarjee was born in India in 1894 into an elite Bengali family. As a child, she moved to London and in 1912 she enrolled at the University College of Wales at Aberystwyth. Two years later, she was awarded the Bardic chair at the UCW Eisteddfod, and went on to publish poems in Welsh journals. Bonarjee later took a law degree at the University of London and eloped with a French artist. France remained her home for the rest of her life.

An accident and a terrible lie tear a family apart. When sixteen year old Angie blames her younger sister for their brother''s death, she changes their lives forever. Lisa is sent away, Angie spirals into self destruction and they don''t speak for thirteen years. Returning in 1983 for their mother''s funeral, Lisa quickly realises her sister is trapped in a dangerous marriage. What does Lisa owe to the family that betrayed her? And if she tries to help, will she make things more dangerous for them all?

Windstill is set in Hamburg in the winter of 2015. Lora, a 22-year-old university drop-out, is staying with her widowed German grandmother after the sudden death of her grandfather. The novel takes place in the week following the funeral, where all kinds of uninvited guests and unexpected histories emerge. Elfriede''s buried postwar memories resurface after her husband''s death, and Lora must somehow protect her grandmother from a puzzling history while negotiating her own heartbreak.

A popular history telling the stories of a varied group of people who found refuge in Wales from the scourge of National Socialism in Germany in the 1930s and 1940s. The book is designed to resonate with those who have personal experience of similar situations, those looking to understand the refugee experience, young people investigating Welsh and European history and the stories of their ancestors, as well as the general history reader. The book will include a chapter - a kind of historical postscript - on the experience of contemporary Syrian refugees.

Twenty original stories commissioned for this new volume... A striking collection of the widest range of crime short stories from contemporary urban thriller to historical rural mystery and the speculative and uncanny. This collection includes a range of authors from established, award-winning Welsh authors, to unpublished gems from rising talent.

The ''70s wasn''t all glam rock and flares, punk and pogo-ing In Painting the Beauty Queens Orange, the women who lived the decade reveal what it meant to push boundaries, claim your identity, and carve out your place amidst the winter of discontent, the scorching summer of ''76 and the rise of Thatcherism. One young woman says a forced goodbye to her newborn baby. Another grasps new opportunities and sets sail on a LGP Tanker with a crew of men. A third asserts her sexual identity. A fourth sets up a kitchen table business that launches an international brand. These stories of ambition and adventure, motherhood and marriage, are by turns heart-breaking, humorous, and honest.

Grace is clearing her late husband''s things, when she finds evidence her husband had another family. She and her daughter Kat travel to Montenegro to find them, but when they meet Rosa and her son Luka they have different reactions - Grace is deeply hurt by her husband''s betrayal, while Kat is fascinated by her brother. Kat works as a chef and Rosa owns Cafe Lompar, so they are drawn together by their shared passion for great food. Where does that leave Grace? Can mother and daughter navigate painful emotions, new opportunities and new loves, without tearing their relationship apart?

Summer 1966: When her father comes home with lipstick on his collar, ten-year-old Claire''s life is turned upside down. Her mother heads to London, and Claire and her brothers are packed off to Ireland, to their reclusive grandmother on the beautifully bleak coast of Connemara. Claire finds it hard to make friends until she happens across a boy her own age from the school next door. He lives at the local orphanage, a notoriously harsh place. Amidst half-truths, lies and haunting family secrets, Claire forms a forbidden friendship with Emmet - a bond that will change both their lives forever.

Winter, 1904, and feisty twenty-one-year old Ellen has been summoned back from her new life in Hoboken, New Jersey, to the family farm on windswept Gower, in a last bid to prevent the impending death of her alcoholic father. On her return, she finds the family in disarray. Ailing William is gambling away large swathes of Thomas land; frustrated Eleanor is mourning the husband she once knew; and Ellen''s younger twin brothers face difficult choices. Ellen, tasked with putting her family''s lives in order, finds herself battling one impossible decision after another.

Set 35 before the events of A Time for Silence in 1833, the Owens are set to lose tenancy of the family farmstead of Cwmderwen following the death of the eldest son. As patriarch Thomas slides into religious obsession, Leah tries to keep the legacy of her brother alive for his son John. As the forces of religion, morality, greed and family feuds gather, Leah finds herself torn between her duty to others and her duty to herself.

Mark gradually ingratiates himself into the life of his nex-door neighbour Freya, who is struggling with the death of her own husband. Freya, lost in a sea of grief, only slowly begins to realise that Mark''s motives may not be quite as compassionate as they seem and her eyes are opened to the threat she has guilelessly invited into her home.

A reprint of the Welsh classic.

The first biography of the bestselling author and journalist Marguerite Jervis.