Deborah Moggach

'I barked out loud. Not since Freud has sex been more in bed with death. She gets sharper and more mordant with age and about age. This page-turner is like the best wakes, it will make you feel hungry and alive' The Times'She really is the Nora Ephron of North London' Clare Chambers, author of Small PleasuresPru is on her own. But then, so are plenty of other people. And while the loneliness can be overwhelming, surely she'll find a party somewhere?Pru's husband has walked out, leaving her alone to contemplate her future. She's missing not so much him, but the life they once had - nestling up like spoons in the cutlery drawer as they sleep. Now there's just a dip on one side of the bed and no-one to fill it.In a daze, Pru goes off to a friend's funeral. Usual old hymns, words of praise and a eulogy but...it doesn't sound like the friend she knew. She's gone to the wrong service, though it was more excitement than she's had for ages. So Pru buys a little black dress in a charity shop and thinks, why not go to another? No-one will challenge her - and what harm can it do?'As ever with Moggach, the joy is in her witty observations of middle-class life and her bracingly tart portrayal of family relationships' Daily Mail'Full of warmth and humour, as well as blistering truths' Daily MirrorWhat readers say about THE BLACK DRESS:'I loved literally everything about this book. It kept me gripped from start to finish. Enjoyed every single page' ? ? ? ? ?'Laugh out loud funny and a brilliantly constructed novel' #11088; ? ? ? ?'This is easily the best book I have read for years. Very uplifting for those of us who are getting on a bit . We can break the rules, we can have great fun. Fabulous' ? ? ? ? ?'I just could not put it down. It was funny and dark in turns. Super relaxed style of writing in the first person' ? ? ? ? ?

Pru is on her own. But then, so are plenty of other people. And while the loneliness can be overwhelming, surely she'll find a party somewhere?'Moggach is at the height of her powers' Sunday TimesPru's husband has walked out, leaving her alone to contemplate her future. She's missing not so much him, but the life they once had - picnicking on the beach with small children, laughing together, nestling up like spoons in the cutlery drawer as they sleep. Now there's just a dip on one side of the bed and no-one to fill it. In a daze, Pru goes off to a friend's funeral. Usual old hymns, words of praise and a eulogy but...it doesn't sound like the friend Pru knew. And it isn't. She's gone to the wrong service. Everyone was very welcoming, it was - oddly - a laugh, and more excitement than she's had for ages. So she buys a little black dress in a charity shop and thinks, now I'm all set, why not go to another? I mean, people don't want to make a scene at a funeral, do they? No-one will challenge her - and what harm can it do?'Full of warmth and humour, as well as blistering truths' Daily Mirror

The Sunday Times Top Ten Bestseller: with an unforgettable twist: 'Unputdownable, fun and tender with characters that jump off the page. Perfection' Marian Keyes

Seventeenth-century Amsterdam - a city in the grip of tulip fever. Sophia's husband Cornelis is one of the lucky ones grown rich from this exotic new flower. To celebrate, he commissions a talented young artist to paint him with his beautiful young bride.

I 1600TALETS AMSTERDAM SKENAR HANDELN MED TULPANLÖKAR. TULPANFEBERN ÄR ETT FAKTUM.Den välbärgade köpmannen Cornelis Sandvoort anlitarkonstnären Jan von Loos för att måla ett porträtt av honom och hans unga hustru Sophia. Ett ödesdigert beslut som resulterar i oväntad passion, svek och lögner. Målningen växer fram penseldrag för penseldrag, i samma takt som passionen mellan konstnären och Sophia. Har de en gemensam framtid att se fram emot eller ska deras sköra lycka spricka liksom den överhettade tulpanlöksmarknaden?Sommaren 2017 är Tulpanfeber aktuell som film i regi av Justin Chadwick med Oscar©vinnaren Alicia Wikander i huvudrollen och Dane Dehaan, Cara Delevingne, Judi Dench och Christoph Waltz i övriga roller.”Mycket fängslande! Tulpanfeber rekommenderas varmt!” HENNES''En berättelse om kärlek, svek och personförväxlingar värdig en dramaförfattare från restaurationstiden.'' DAILY MAIL”Raffinerad intrig och en bok att älska” JÖNKÖPINGSPOSTENTulpanfeber utspelas under 1630-talets tulpangalenskap i Amsterdam. Istället för i aktier spekulerar man i tulpanlökar. Framgångsrika män låter måla sitt porträtt. Konstnären Jan van Loos får i uppdrag att måla av den förmögne gamla mannen Cornelis Sandvoort och hans unga hustru Sophia. Målningen växer fram penseldrag för penseldrag och i samma takt utvecklas en passion mellan konstnären och den unga Sophia. Snart är de indragna i en förbjuden relation med hemliga möten som blir allt djärvare och drömmar om en våghalsig flykt. Men passionen har ett pris...''Mycket fängslande! Tulpanfeber rekommenderas varmt.'' Hennes

The bestselling author of The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel and Tulip Fever is back with a warm, witty and wise novel about the unexpected twists that later life can bringâ?¦â??Nobody in the world knows our secret ...

"Classic Moggach: readable, memorable . . . an unashamedly colorful journey across continents, with clothes, food, landscapes brought joyously to life." --The Times (London)"Nobody in the world knows our secret . . . that I've ruined Bev's life, and she's ruined mine."Petra's romantic life has always been a car crash, and even in her sixties she's still getting it disastrously wrong. And then she falls in love with Jeremy, an old friend visiting from abroad. There's just one catch: Jeremy is married to her best friend, Bev. Meanwhile, on opposite sides of the world, two other women are also struggling with the weight of betrayal: Lorrie, a Texan, is about to embark on the biggest deception of her life, and in China, Li Jing is trying to understand exactly what it is her husband does on his business trips. It turns out that no matter where you are in the world or how well you think you know the one you love, everyone has secrets.

From Deborah Moggach, bestselling author of The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, comes another hilarious and romantic comedy, this time set in a run-down B&B in Walesâ?¦When retired actor Buffy decides to up sticks from London and move to rural Wales, he has no idea what he is letting himself in for.

Enticed by advertisements for a luxury retirement home in India, a group of strangers leave England to begin a new life. On arrival, however, they discover the palace is a shell of its former self, the staff are more than a little eccentric and the days of the Raj appear to be long gone.

Now a major motion picture starring Jude Dench, Bill Nighy, Dev Patel, Tom Wilkinson, and Maggie Smith. When Ravi Kapoor, an overworked London doctor, reaches the breaking point with his difficult father-in-law, he asks his wife: "Can't we just send him away somewhere? Somewhere far, far away." His prayer is seemingly answered when Ravi's entrepreneurial cousin sets up a retirement home in India, hoping to re-create in Bangalore an elegant lost corner of England. Several retirees are enticed by the promise of indulgent living at a bargain price, but upon arriving, they are dismayed to find that restoration of the once sophisiticated hotel has stalled, and that such amenities as water and electricity are . . . infrequent. But what their new life lacks in luxury, they come to find, it's plentiful in adventure, stunning beauty, and unexpected love.

A collection of writings about prejudice, abuse, and neglect, but also about courage, resilience and changing attitudes towards girls.

Struggling to keep herself, her lodgers, and her son going as every day life vanishes in the face of war, Eithneâ??s world is transformed by the arrival of Mr Turk, the virile, carnal, carnivorous local butcher who falls passionately in love with her.

Featuring Buffy with three ex-wives, a failing career and only his dog George for company, Buffy's bachelorhood is looking worryingly confirmed. Until he meets Celeste. Dazzled by love, Buffy has no idea that Celeste is systematically researching his ex-wives, children and step-children, and unearthing secrets that will change all their lives...

From the bestselling author of The Best Exotic Marigold HotelEast is East and West is West... Fresh from London, Christine and Donald Manley have come to the alien swelter of Karachi: Christine to conceive a child, Donald to sell the Pill for a pharmaceutical company.

From the bestselling author of The Best Exotic Marigold HotelTake an ordinary, well-off family like the Prices. Watch what happens when one Sunday seventeen-year-old Hannah disappears without a trace. See how the family rallies when a ransom note demands half a million pounds for Hannah's safe return.

From the bestselling author of Best Exotic Marigold HotelDesmond never did have much luck with women - except in getting them through their driving tests.

Natalie is stuck in a dead end job, so when she sees a chance to change her life, she takes it. After all it's only a minor crime, it won't hurt anyone, will it? But other people do get hurt, like Colin the man Natalie marries, because Natalie's actions do have consequences, tragic consequences.