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1	Notes From an Exhibition by Patrick Gale add to wishlist The new novel from the bestselling Patrick Gale. Renowned Canadian artist Rachel Kelly -- now of Penzance -- has buried her past and married a gentle and loving Cornish man. Her life has been a sacrifice to both her extraordinary art and her debilitating manic depression. When troubled artist Rachel Kelly dies painting obsessively in her attic ... see all copies from $2.53! new only from $3.99!
2	A Sweet Obscurity more books like this by Patrick Gale add to wishlist Eliza Hosken returns to Cornwall, where her mother is in the hospital. Eliza is trying to write her thesis on a local composer of the Tudor period, so she's also doing some research. And with her is the orphan niece she has raised as a daughter. Eliza's interactions with them all, and with her ex-husband Giles (a countertenor) and his pregnant ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.66! \| signed copies
3	Rough music more books like this by Patrick Gale add to wishlist Young Julian is indirectly responsible for a jail break at Wandsworth Prison that prevents his father (who is Governor of the prison) from joining the rest of the family on holiday. The events of that journey to the Cornwall coast resonate in Julian's life for many years afterward. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Kansas in August more books like this by Patrick Gale add to wishlist A toe-tapping story of life and its wonderful and unexpected complexities. Hilary is a young, attractive teacher with aspirations to be a tap-dancer. Henry, his elder sister, is a crisp, professional psychologist. The unpredictable and unreliable Rufus, a failed pianist, is their lover -- whom neither Hilary nor Henry realise they are sharing. ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
5	The Facts of Life more books like this by Patrick Gale add to wishlist A composer who finds success in his later years surveys his grandchildren as they come to terms with the harsher facts of modern life. A young composer, Edward Pepper, is exiled from his native Germany by the war, struck down with TB, and left to languish in an isolation hospital. But then he falls in love with his doctor, Sally Banks, and his ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.59! \| first editions
6	Aerodynamics of pork. more books like this by Patrick Gale add to wishlist Patrick Gale's first novel is suffused with heady wish-fulfilment as two contrasting love stories entwine in the space of one simmering summer week. WPC Mo Faithe is overcome with lust while investigating a series of violent attacks on newspaper astrologers. Meanwhile in Cornwall, the Peakes are conducting their annual music festival, the cue for ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.23! \| signed copies \| first editions
7	The Whole Day Through by Patrick Gale add to wishlist The new novel from Patrick Gale, author of Richard & Judy-bestseller Notes from an Exhibition. When forty-something Laura Lewis is obliged to abandon a life of stylish independence in Paris to care for her elderly mother in Winchester, it seems all romantic opportunities have gone up in smoke. Then she runs into Ben, the great love of her student ... see all copies from $2.53! new only from $10.32!
8	Friendly Fire more books like this by Patrick Gale add to wishlist Youthful beauty, intellectual brilliance, physical passion, tragedy and disgrace are all in this wonderful new Patrick Gale novel as told through the eyes of a 14 year old girl. Sophie is a self-contained,exceptionally bright child who has no known parents and has spent all her life in a children's home.Her life is transformed when she wins a ... see all copies from $4.53! new only from $7.41! \| signed copies \| first editions
9	Secret Lives more books like this by Patrick Gale, Tom Wakefield, Frances King add to wishlist Three novelists, each from a different generation and with a substantial following of his own, have contributed a novella to this volume. All three stories focus on the shadowy side of their characters' lives. The theme of secret lives, hidden and unknown to others, runs throughout the text. see all copies from $2.95! first editions
10	Little Bits of Baby more books like this by Patrick Gale add to wishlist An acutely observed story of a young man's journey of self-discovery and how the path of life can take one on many diverse routes. No one knew why Robin abandoned a brilliant university career to start a new life at an eccentric island monastery, but it was thought to have something to do with the surprise engagement of Candida, Robin's childhood ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.50! \| first editions
11 view cover	Ease more books like this by Patrick Gale add to wishlist A novel about downsizing from a life of ease and upgrading to one of sleaze. Many people would kill to be Domina Tey. She's one of life's successes: an award-winning playwright living in a beautiful house with an equally celebrated writer. A lucky woman. She knows it. And she appreciates it. But she isn't happy. Life is too easy. It's becoming ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.50! \| first editions
12 view cover	The Cat Sanctuary more books like this by Patrick Gale add to wishlist A powerful and moving novel in which Patrick Gale casts a compassionate yet satirically sharp eye over the pains and abuses inflicted by families, friends and lovers. Judith and Deborah are sisters driven apart by traumatic events in their childhood, but thrown back together again when Deborah's diplomat husband is accidentally assassinated. ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.59! \| signed copies \| first editions
13 view cover	Dangerous pleasures : a decade of stories by Patrick Gale add to wishlist A collection of Patrick Gale's most brilliant pieces of short fiction. The subjects are wide-ranging and various -- curious childhood loyalties, long-hidden memories, newly discovered joys, startling secrets, dislocated relationships, overwhelming, thrilling passions. In prose which is vivid and fresh, Patrick Gale explores the subtle boundaries ... see all copies from $3.20! new only from $9.75! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Notes From an Exhibition by Patrick Gale add to wishlist The new novel from the bestselling Patrick Gale tells the story of artist Rachel Kelly, whose life has been a sacrifice to both her extraordinary art and her debilitating manic depression. When troubled artist Rachel Kelly dies painting obsessively in her attic studio in Penzance, her saintly husband and adult children have more than the usual ... see all copies from $11.99! new only from $17.82! \| signed copies \| first editions
15 view cover	Armistead Maupin more books like this by Patrick Gale add to wishlist Armistead Maupin is one of Britain''s leading writers of gay fiction. This biography reveals the journey that took Maupin from a middle class upbringing in North Carolina, to serve in the US Marines Vietnam to the writer of a series of novels.' see all copies from $8.19! new only from $60.00!
16 view cover	The Scarlet Boy more books like this by Tom Wakefield, Patrick Gale add to wishlist Taking his inspiration from the powerful screen goddesses of the day, young Edward will stop at nothing in his single-minded pursuit of stardom, cutting a swathe through his parents' mining community and the local grammar school. see all copies from $10.44!
17 view cover	Notes From an Exhibition by Patrick Gale add to wishlist The new novel from the bestselling Patrick Gale tells the story of artist Rachel Kelly, whose life has been a sacrifice to both her extraordinary art and her debilitating manic depression. When troubled artist Rachel Kelly dies painting obsessively in her attic studio in Penzance, her saintly husband and adult children have more than the usual ... see all copies from $4.99!
18 view cover	Tree Surgery for Beginners more books like this by Patrick Gale add to wishlist From the author of The Facts of Life comes a cunning mix of tragedy and comedy, featuring one man's journey to self-discovery. * As befits the hero of a modern fairy tale, Lawrence Frost has neither father nor siblings, and fits so awkwardly into his worldly mother's life, he might have dropped from the sky. Like many such a hero, he grows up ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.62! \| first editions
19 view cover	Facing the Tank more books like this by Patrick Gale add to wishlist A writer visits a quaint English Cathedral town and discovers its goings-on are stranger than fiction. When Evan J. Kirby, an eminent American expert on Heaven and Hell, arrives in Barrowcester to do some research, he finds the community in a less than blissful state. There is the bishop sharing his doubts with the confirmation class, while his ... see all copies from $2.55! new only from $92.18! \| first editions
20 view cover	Gentleman's Relish by Patrick Gale add to wishlist An exhilarating new collection of stories by the author of Richard & Judy-bestseller Notes from an Exhibition Patrick Gale, which combines wit and poignancy to illuminate experiences both common and uncommon. Love (& loathing) within families are dissected -- a father makes an unexpected discovery about his son which is too hard for him to cope ... see all copies from $26.89! new only from $26.89!
21 view cover	The Whole Day Through by Patrick Gale add to wishlist The new novel from Patrick Gale, author of Richard & Judy-bestseller Notes from an Exhibition. When forty-something Laura Lewis is obliged to abandon a life of stylish independence in Paris to care for her elderly mother in Winchester, it seems all romantic opportunities have gone up in smoke. Then she runs into Ben, the great love of her student ... see all copies from $20.71! new only from $20.71!
22	Ease : an adventure story by Patrick Gale add to wishlist see all copies from $18.23! first editions
23 view cover	The Whole Day Through by Patrick Gale add to wishlist The new novel from Patrick Gale, author of Richard & Judy-bestseller Notes from an Exhibition When forty-something Laura Lewis is obliged to abandon a life of stylish independence in Paris to care for her elderly mother in Winchester, it seems all romantic opportunities have gone up in smoke. Then she runs into Ben, the great love of her student ... see all copies from $29.90! new only from $29.90!
24	Dictionary of twentieth century culture. African American culture more books like this by Sandra Adell, Thomas L. Morgan, Patrick Roney, Gale Research Company add to wishlist New Volume This unique ready-reference series investigates international culture and the means by which we communicate. Each alphabetically arranged volume focuses on a particular culture, with 500 to l,000 signed entries ranging from 50 to 1,000 words. Enhancements include maps, illustrations and photos, a master chronology, a glossary and a ... see all copies from $24.75!
25	Une Douce Obscurite by Gale Patrick add to wishlist see all copies from $77.50! new only from $77.50!

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