Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell

Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell'Reminded me not just what it's like to be young and in love, but what it's like to be young and in love with a book' John Green, author of The Fault in our StarsEleanor is the new girl in town, and she's never felt more alone. All mismatched clothes, mad red hair and chaotic home life, she couldn't stick out more if she tried. Then she takes the seat on the bus next to Park. Quiet, careful and in Eleanor's eyes impossibly cool, Park's worked out that

she wrote to the editor

manuscripts and Beckett's extensive correspondence

this richly illustrated book highlights the achievements and stories of fifty notable sportswomen from the 1800s to today

The Merry Men and Other Tales and Fables

and suffer the less

marry for the wrong reasons

Here are sisters fighting for the love of the same woman

they're going for a dip in the sea

resolved to enjoy her freedom

to heed: to be attentive to this world we share and this history we're living through

captivating and utterly persuasive

From the farmer's day to the changing of the seasons