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Rosemary, dnes vyše osemdesiatročná pani, prežila v Brixtone celý život. Všet- ko sa však neúprosne mení – knižnicu, v ktorej pracovala, zrušili, z rodinného zeleninárstva sa stal bar a jej milovaný manžel George zomrel. Kate sa práve prisťahovala a v rušnom veľkomeste sa cíti osamelá. Spočiatku mala veľké očakávania, no časom stratila záujem o okolitý svet. Jej kariéra novinárky sa iba rozbieha – píše bezvýznamné články do miestnych novín, no rada by sa pustila do skutočných reportáží. Svoju šancu vycíti v okamihu, keď sa dozvie o ohrození existencie miestneho kúpaliska. Táto správa znepokojí aj Rosemary. Ak by bazén zatvorili, stratila by dôvod žiť. Boj o záchranu kúpaliska, srdce miestnej komunity, obe ženy spojí a postupne ich vzťah prerastie do hlbokého priateľstva, jednej z mála hodnôt, na ktorých v živote záleží. Román Bazén je balzam na dušu pre všetkých nepokojných, osamelých ľudí, ktorým sa nedarí uchmatnúť si v tomto hektickom svete kúsok šťastia.

Fans of Libby Page's smash-hit debut, THE LIDO, will love this gorgeous follow-up novel about two women who find solace in wild swimming, friendship and community.

Among the cobbled streets of the Somerset town of Frome, Lou is embarking on the start of something new. After the death of her beloved mother, she takes a deep breath into the unknown and is opening her own vintage clothes shop. In upstate New York, Donna has just found out some news about her family which has called into question her whole upbringing. The only clue she has to unlock her past is a picture of a yellow dress, and the fact it is currently on display in a shop in England. For Maggy, she is facing life as a 70-something divorcee and while she got the house, she's not sure what to fill it with now her family have moved out. The new vintage shop in town sparks memories of her past and reignites a passion she's been missing...Together, can these three women find the answers they are searching for and unlock a second chance at a new life?It's never too late to start again...

With THE LIDO, we asked you to dive in and swim outside the lanes... With THE 24-HOUR CAFÉ, we asked... to make friends and follow your drea Now with Libby Page's best novel yet, we invite you to find where you truly h

Welcome to the cafe that never sleeps. Day and night Stella's Cafe opens its doors for the lonely and the lost, the morning people and the night owls. It is many things to many people but most of all it is a place where life can wait at the door. A place of small kindnesses. A place where anyone can be whoever they want, where everyone is always welcome. Meet Hannah and Mona: best friends, waitresses, dreamers. They work at Stella's but they dream of more, of leaving the cafe behind and making their own way in life. Come inside and spend twenty-four hours at Stella's Cafe; a day when Hannah and Mona's futures will be changed and their friendship tested. Today is just the start, but it is also marks a conclusion. Because all beginnings are also endings. And all endings can also be beginnings ...

Eine Liebeserklärung an das Leben und die Magie einer richtig guten Geschichte Tilly fällt aus allen Wolken, als sie an ihrem Geburtstag einen Anruf von Buchhändler Alfie Lane erhält. Ihr Verlobter Joe hat in Alfies kleinem Laden ein Geschenk für sie hinterlegt: ein Jahr voller Bücher – für jeden Monat eins. Seit Joes Tod vor fünf Monaten ist Tilly nicht mehr dieselbe, doch nun fasst sie sich ein Herz. Die Bücher führen sie von einem Abenteuer ins nächste. Durch die lebhaften Straßen New Yorks, zu neuen Freunden in Paris, in die friedvollen Hügel der Toskana und zu den kilometerlangen Sandstränden von Bali. Mit Alfies Hilfe entdeckt sie alte und neue Seiten an sich und lernt eine Tilly ganz ohne Joe kennen. Kann ihr dieses Jahr voller Bücher und Wunder zeigen, wie man wieder lacht, träumt und Pläne schmiedet? Und wie man sich vielleicht sogar neu verliebt?