Feel Good Reads by Jenny Oliver

 The Summer We Ran Away  

In Cedar Road, everyone is preparing for Lexi’s ‘White Hot’ summer party. For one night, parking squabbles and petitions are put aside as neighbours sip Prosecco under the fairy lights and gather by the hot tub to marvel at Lexi’s effortlessly glamorous life with Hot Hamish.

For Julia, it’s a chance to coax husband Charlie out of his potting shed and into a shirt so they can have a welcome break from the hellish house renovation they’ve been wrestling with. And it’s a chance for Julia to pretend – just for a night – that her life is as perfect as Lexi’s.

But when, during the party, one of Julia’s WhatsApp messages falls into the wrong hands and reveals her most intimate thoughts, things reach boiling point…
    
And when all the neighbours know exactly what you’re thinking, there’s only one thing to do.

Run away.

It’s going to be a summer Julia will never forget…

The House We Called Home  

The house where Stella and her sister Amy grew up never changes – the red front door, the breath-taking view over the Cornish coast, her parents in their usual spots on the sofa. Except this summer, things feel a little different…

Stella’s father is nowhere to be seen, yet her mother – in suspiciously new Per Una jeans – seems curiously unfazed by his absence, and more eager to talk about her mysterious dog-walking buddy Mitch.

Stella’s sister Amy has returned home with a new boyfriend she can barely stand and a secret to hide, and Stella’s husband Jack has something he wants to get off his chest too. Even Frank Sinatra, the dog, has a guilty air about him.
This summer, change is in the air for the Whitethorns…

Warm, funny and gloriously feel-good, this is the perfect summer read.

The Little Christmas Kitchen  

Ella Davenport is turning her world upside down. She s ditching her cheating ex, swapping Carnaby Street for Corfu and heading back to the bustling family restaurant of her childhood. But as she throws herself back into the heat of the kitchen and old tensions start to resurface, she realises returning home isn t as easy she thought.

Meanwhile, sister Maddy has always loved the quiet pace of island life but recently she s been longing to escape. So when Ella arrives in Corfu, she jumps at the chance to flat sit for her and soon she s exploring the snowy streets of London in search of her own adventure. But even though she s finally following her dreams, something is still missing...

Thousands of miles apart and struggling to adjust to their new lives, Ella and Maddy are about to find out that all they want for Christmas is each other.

• Author  -  Jenny Oliver
  
• Series / Key Character  -  n/a
• Illustrated  -  No
• Age range  -  Adult
  
• ISBN  -  Various
  
• Publisher  -  Harper Collins
• Date  -  n/a
• Format  -  Paperback
• Approx. size  -  20 x 13 cm
  
• Weight  -  275g
  
• No. of pages  -  n/a
• RRP  -  £7.99