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After a falling out between their mothers, 13-year-old best friends Nell and Lydia are forbidden from seeing each other for the whole summer. Nell struggles with the thought of not only losing her best friend, but also losing the only person in whom Nell finds refuge from the difficulties she faces at home. Determined to find a place of their own, Nell and Lydia spend the summer hiding out in an abandoned golf course where Nell and Lydia find mysterious symbols scattered throughout the grounds. As they reveal the secret of the symbols, Nell discovers she isn't the only one seeking haven and begins to uncover what's really been hidden all along, finally allowing herself to be truly seen.Hidden Summer is a quietly beautiful coming of age story about self-discovery, family, and friendship. An elegantly written children's book debut from an award-winning author in the vein of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn and for fans of Moon Over Manifest.

A novel of warmth and true feeling, The Well and the Mine explores the value of community, charity, family, and hope that we can give each other during a time of hardship. Look out for Phillips's new novel, Fierce Kingdom. In a small Alabama coal-mining town during the summer of 1931, nine-year-old Tess Moore sits on her back porch and watches a woman toss a baby into her family's well without a word. This shocking act of violence sets in motion a chain of events that forces Tess and her older sister Virgie to look beyond their own door and learn the value of kindness and lending a helping hand. As Tess and Virgie try to solve the mystery of the well, an accident puts their seven-year-old brother's life in danger, forcing the Moore family to come to a new understanding of the power of love and compassion.

---------------------- 'So electrifyingly suspenseful and so brilliantly vivid, that I had to put it down to catch my breath at times - and I mean this as a compliment!

Lincoln is a good boy. At the age of four, he is curious, clever and well behaved. He does as his mum says and knows what the rules are.'The rules are different today. The rules are that we hide and do not let the man with the gun find us.'When an ordinary day at the zoo turns into a nightmare, Joan finds herself trapped with her beloved son. She must summon all her strength, find unexpected courage and protect Lincoln at all costs ? even if it means crossing the line between right and wrong; between humanity and animal instinct.It's a line none of us would ever normally dream of crossing.But sometimes the rules are different.

* A deeply affecting, timely, and emotionally uplifting story set in Depression-era Alabama about the value of community, charity, family and hope.

When an ambitious female lawyer becomes the victim of harassment, she must decide what's more important: her family's safety or the rights she's fighting for? Set in Alabama in the early '80s, Family Law follows a young lawyer, Lucia, who is making a name for herself at a time when a woman in a courtroom is still a rarity. She's received plenty of threats for her work extricating women and children from troubled relationships, but her own happy marriage has always felt far removed from her work. When her mother's pending divorce brings teenaged Rachel into Lucia's orbit, Rachel finds herself captivated not only with Lucia, but with the change Lucia represents. Rachel is out-spoken and curious, and she chafes at the rules her mother lays down as the bounds of acceptable feminine behavior. In Lucia, Rachel sees the potential for a new path into womanhood. But their unconventional friendship takes them both to a crossroads. When a moment of violence--a threat made good--puts Rachel in danger, Lucia has to decide how much her work means to her and what she's willing to sacrifice to keep moving forward. Written in alternating voices from Lucia and Rachel's perspectives, Family Law is a fresh take on what the push for women's rights looks like to the ordinary women and girls who long for a world redefined. Addressing mother daughter relationships and what roles we can play in the lives of women who aren't our family, the novel examines how we shape each other and how we make a difference. The funny, strong, and yet tender-hearted female leads of Family Law illuminate a new kind of timeless Southern fiction--atmospheric, rich, and with quietly surprising twists and nuances all its own.

Dyrenes rike utforsker det å være mor – fra de ømmeste øyeblikkene av lys og kjærlighet til det punktet der man forvandles til et rasende villdyr som gjør alt for å beskytte avkommet sitt. Gjennom romanen stiller Gin Phillips spørsmålet om hvor grensen går mellom det dyriske overlevelsesinstinktet og plikten vi som mennesker har til å ta vare på hverandre. For hvem skal en mor risikere livet?

Dyrenes rike utforsker det å være mor – fra de ømmeste øyeblikkene av lys og kjærlighet til det punktet der man forvandles til et rasende villdyr som gjør alt for å beskytte avkommet sitt. Gjennom romanen stiller Gin Phillips spørsmålet om hvor grensen går mellom det dyriske overlevelsesinstinktet og plikten vi som mennesker har til å ta vare på hverandre. For hvem skal en mor risikere livet?

En adrenalinfylld bladvändarthriller och en gripande skildring av moderskap.Ett par gärningsmän med vapen tar sig in i en djurpark, blockerar utgångarna och börjar skjuta folk, för att sedan metodiskt ta sig igenom hela djurparken i jakt på att döda de som fortfarande lever.Joan är på väg mot utgången med sin fyraårige son Lincoln när hon ser kroppar på marken. En man står med ryggen mot dem, med ett vapen i sin hand. Innan han hinner vända sig om tar Joan upp sin son i famnen och springer för sitt liv. Under de följande timmarna gör hon allt som står i hennes makt för att överleva och hålla sig och Lincoln gömda. Joans kunskap om parkens uppbyggnad, de undangömda stigarna och vilka utställningar som är under ombyggnad är det enda som håller dem ett steg undan upptäckt. Men gärningsmännen kommer allt närmare.De gömda är en gripande och intensiv bladvändare som skildrar hur det mest fasansfulla plötsligt kan vara ett andetag bort. En stark spänningsroman som går under huden på läsaren.»Spännande och otäck, och värst är naturligtvis att det börjar kännas som en alldeles realistisk historia.« Dagens Nyheter»Man läser hypnotiserad, fastnaglad, i en enda sittning.« M-Magasin»Nervpirrande Jag faller lite extra för den här boken« SVT Gokväll»Gripande, chockerande och omöjlig att lägga ifrån sig.« The Sun»Fängslande debut, intensiv och stämningsfull.« Daily Mail»En utomhusversion av Emma Donaghues Room, proffsigt tempo och välavvägt slut, men dess mest uppseendeväckande egenskap är skildringen av moderskapet.« The Sunday Times

The zoo is nearly empty as Joan and her four-year-old son soak up the last few moments of playtime. They are happy, and the day has been close to perfect. But what Joan sees as she hustles her son toward the exit gate minutes before closing time sends her sprinting back into the zoo, her child in her arms. And for the next three hours-the entire scope of the novel-she keeps on running. Joan's intimate knowledge of her son and of the zoo itself-the hidden pathways and under-renovation exhibits, the best spots on the carousel and overstocked snack machines-is all that keeps them a step ahead of danger. A masterful thrill ride and an exploration of motherhood itself-from its tender moments of grace to its savage power-Fierce Kingdom asks where the boundary is between our animal instinct to survive and our human duty to protect one another. For whom should a mother risk her life?