Lissa Evans

Discover the heartwarmingly witty new historical novel about changing (sometimes reluctantly) with the times in the aftermath of WW2, perfect for fans of Maggie O''Farrell and Rachel Joyce.‘A deeply pleasurable postwar tale'' Guardian''Generous, touching and romantic'' Clare Chambers‘One of our finest writers of literary entertainment’ Spectator''Sometimes books that are this funny are easy to underestimate, but Small Bomb at Dimperley is wiser than a good many ponderously serious tomes. An absolute joy to read'' The Times__________It''s 1945, and Corporal Valentine Vere-Thissett, aged 23, is on his way home.But ‘home’ is Dimperley, built in the 1500s, vast and dilapidated, up to its eaves in debt and half-full of fly-blown taxidermy and dependent relatives, the latter clinging to a way of life that has gone forever.And worst of all - following the death of his heroic older brother - Valentine is now Sir Valentine, and is responsible for the whole bloody place. To Valentine, it’s a millstone; to Zena Baxter, who has never really had a home before being evacuated there with her small daughter, it’s a place of wonder and sentiment, somewhere that she can’t bear to leave.But Zena has been living with a secret, and the end of the war means she has to face a reckoning of her own…Funny, sharp and touching, Small Bomb at Dimperley is both a love story and a bittersweet portrait of an era of profound loss, and renewal.____________More praise for Small Bomb at Dimperley‘A future classic’ Woman&Home''This is Lissa Evans at the peak of her mighty powers'' India Knight‘Brilliantly written, gloriously funny... a heart-warming read about learning to live again’ Sun''Incredibly assured and affecting... the perfect novel to be read in such dark times’ Graham Norton‘Perfectly pitched, funny tale, sprinkled with peppery observations and speckled with a poignant bitter-sweetness’ Daily Mail

Stuart Horten meglehetősen alacsony, de nagyon bátor tízéves. April Kingleynek vág az esze, és nagyon kíváncsi. Nemrég találták meg Pöttöm Kis Tony Hortennek, Stuart nagybátyjának a bűvészműhelyét, amiben hét titokzatos találmány várja, hogy megfejtsék a titkát. Mindegyik egy betűt rejt, amelyet összerakva Stuarték megtalálják a nagybácsi végrendeletét. Akié a végrendelet, azé a sok varázslatos masina.Stuart és April tehát hosszú útra indul, és minden erejükre, eszükre és kitartásukra szükségük van, hogy az út végére érjenek. Ráadásul a gonosz Jeannie keze még a múltból is utánuk nyúl... Több mint kalandregény!

Stuart Horten meglehetősen alacsony tízéves. A balsorsa az unalmas Beetonba, apja szülővárosába veti, ahol senkit sem ismer, ráadásul a szomszédban az elviselhetetlenül nagyképű Kingley-lányok laknak. Lehet ennél rosszabb? Ám egyszer csak megkezdődik élete legnagyobb kalandja... Meg kell találnia nagy-nagybátyja elveszett műhelyét, ami telis-tele van trükkös és varázslatos tárgyakkal. Nyomkövetés és rejtélyek minden sarkon - ám ami elsőre izgalmas és mulatságos feladatnak látszik, hamar veszélyes küldetéssé válik, amit nem képes egyedül megoldani. Letehetetlenül izgalmas és csavaros!

Now a major film starring Gemma Arterton, Sam Claflin and Bill Nighy. It's 1940. In a small advertising agency in Soho, Catrin Cole writes snappy lines for Vida Elastic and So-Bee-Fee gravy browning. But the nation is in peril, all skills are transferable and there's a place in the war effort for those who have a knack with words. Catrin is conscripted into the world of propaganda films. After a short spell promoting the joy of swedes for the Ministry of Food, she finds herself writing dialogue for 'Just an Ordinary Wednesday', a heart-warming but largely fabricated 'true story' about rescue and romance on the beaches of Dunkirk. And as bombs start to fall on London, she discovers that there's just as much drama, comedy and passion behind the scenes as there is in front of the camera . . . Originally published as Their Finest Hour and a Half