'I wanted him to be someone he wasn't. I wanted me to be someone I wasn't.' A stunning new book from the number one bestselling, award-winning author of All the Things Left Unsaid and Staring at Lakes. To mark his 70th birthday Michael Harding travelled to Spain and walked the Camino de Santiago. Yet, as he set off on his pilgrimage, he found he wasn't alone. Accompanying him on his 126-kilometre walk in the heat of the Spanish sun was the ghost of his long-dead father, a distant and aloof figure whom he lost when he was only twenty-two years old. Here, with searing honesty and beautifully wrought prose, Harding examines how this man, who had died almost half a century ago, could have had such a profound effect on the writer's life. From the Ireland of his youth, to the time of his father's death, and to the holy wells and pubs he frequented in search of a connection with a man he never really knew, I Loved Him From The Day He Died is a heartfelt examination of love, forgiveness and letting go - told with simple vulnerability and profound insight.

Inspired by true events? Ties That Bind is one woman's quest to find out the truth involving her adoption. Secrets can't remain hidden forever. At what lengths would you go to find out the truth? Romantic, and suspenseful, Ties That Bind will have you swiftly turning the pages to find out.. Review of Ties That Bind: "Pat is a wonderfully engaging and comforting presence in the book. Even when White is describing her hardships, Pat has a sense of calm and strength that is reassuring. What binds the book together is White's empathy for her characters, and how Pat's story is so hopeful and optimistic. In the end, Pat's story feels like a life fully lived and it's a gratifying and enjoyable read to experience it with her."

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'An extraordinary book by an extraordinary man' Ken Loach Tony Garnett's story begins in working-class, war-torn Birmingham where he movingly describes the trauma of his mother's death following a back-street abortion. Nineteen days later, stricken with grief, Tony's father committed suicide and Tony was sent to live with other family members. He eventually moved to London and was part of the counterculture scene in the 1960s. Tony takes us behind the scenes of a selection of his more famous productions, offering secrets and anecdotes, some moving, some amusing. He gives accounts of angry clashes with the BBC and movie executives as he battles to make films that are thought too controversial. Year after year he fought the BBC and movie bosses to bring to the public films about police corruption and psychiatrists' cruelty; films advocating abortion law reform and the abolition of the death penalty; films about the homeless and the waste of young people in poor schools.

In a land where women are limited by rules and religion, an Iranian woman dares to love. A man with mesmerizing eyes invites her to a forbidden territory. Their secret meetings are exciting and his touch takes her to the edge of rebellion. Fariba knows she has to keep it all a secret. Her culture, her religion and most importantly her parents would not understand, nor allow it. When her father accepts a marriage proposal on her behalf Fariba has no choice but to confess that her heart belongs to another man. For her, the game has just begun .it is the beginning of a nightmare in a place where God fails to exist. Fariba witnesses the terror of the war as her dreams shatter and her country bleeds. Fariba's world has changed and so has she. When she is about to lose all that she has, she unleashes the warrior inside. Her heart is an ocean of love which holds secrets deep enough not to surface anytime soon. In her dreams, she holds on to the only man she ever loved. In reality, she longs to reunite with her daughter. This is a woman who won't be forgotten.