Collection: Large Print Adult Fiction Paperback

First published as a column in Punch, and then as a book in the 1950s, 'M for Mother' has a new wave of fans from regular readings on Radio 2, in Sarah Kennedy's Dawn Patrol. Enchantingly funny, it is for everyone who's ever had, or been, a mother.

On a bright summer's day, old Miss Clare, now retired from teaching, awaits the visit of her oldest friend, Emily Davis. In between, she recalls the events in their 70-year friendship and country life in England during that time.

Rejecting any terrorist involvement, Tweed senses the danger but cannot identify the source. His desperate search drives Grey, Newman and Cardon underground inside Europe. And Cardon is trapped in an emotional situation with a strange woman.

Modest, reliable and decorous throughout his life, George Bland faces retirement with uncertainty, an uncertainty compounded by the death of his friend Putnam, condemning him to unwonted solitude. Anita Brookner won the Booker Prize in 1987.

Tired from a grim war in America, Ross Poldark returns to his land and his family. But the joyful homecoming he has looked forward to turns sour, for his father is dead, his estate is derelict, and the girl he loves is engaged to his cousin.

The story of Amory Blaine's adolescence and undergraduate days at Princeton, This Side of Paradise captures the essence of an American generation struggling to define itself in the aftermath of World War I and the destruction of the 'old order'.

Michelle's life had been touched by tragedy. Then one more terrifying twist of fate brought new peril - and a new man into her life. But the pain of the past had left a secret fear, that threatened to destroy her future happiness and unexpected love.