Books With Flair

Based on a true story, Brooke Nolan is a battered child who makes an anonymous phone call about the escalating brutality in her home. When Social Services jeopardize her safety, condemning her to keep her father's secret, it's a glass of spilled milk at the dinner table that forces her to speak about the cruelty she's been hiding. In her pursuit for safety and justice Brooke battles a broken system that pushes to keep her father in the home. When jury members and a love interest congregate to inspire her to fight, she risks losing the support of family and comes to the realization that some people simply do not want to be saved. "Beautifully written, hauntingly real, Spilled Milk is a must read for any young adult today." - F.P Lione, Author

The white shape silhouetted against a blue background changes on every page.Is it a rabbit, a bird, or just spilt milk? Children are kept guessing until the surprise ending -- and will be encouraged to improvise similar games of their own.

A cathartic journal which evolves into a highly personal self-help book for those who still live in the shadow of an abusive past.

A collection of humorous anecdotes and practical tips by a prize-winning former senior editor at Utne shares real-world advice on how to overcome breastfeeding challenges, in a guide that covers such topics as nursing discomfort, pumps, and health issues from a non-political perspective. Original.

Things aren't always what they seem... In the idyllic mountain town of Little Bethlehem, the hills and valleys hold many secrets. 20-year old Amber St. Germaine knows all about secrets... With a sister locked up for murdering their father, and a selfish, abusive mother, Amber has no choice but to step up and care for younger sister, Rorie. On the brink of insanity, her only solace is her twisted obsession with big brother, Bret, and visits with Rose in prison. Spilled Milk is the story of a girl trying to break free from a crippling family legacy tainted with forbidden love, incest, abuse, and a trail of mysterious deaths. When pieces of the forgotten past resurface, can Amber keep it together for the sake of her little sister- or will she finally succumb to the darkness?

'Spilt Milk' pens the journey of a young woman navigating through love and loss - and the accompanying stages of grief - while rebelling against cultural and societal norms, and ultimately finding acceptance and forgiveness within herself. This book is for all those who are desperately looking for a light on their darkest days, and a reminder that they too can live to tell their story.

In her literary debut, internationally award-winning writer Courtney Zoffness considers what we inherit from generations past -- biologically, culturally, spiritually -- and what we pass on to our children Spilt Milk is an intimate, bracing, and beautiful exploration of vulnerability and culpability. Zoffness relives her childhood anxiety disorder as she witnesses it manifest in her firstborn; endures brazen sexual advances by a student in her class; grapples with the implications of her young son's cop obsession; and challenges her Jewish faith. What role does a mother play, she asks, in raising thoughtful, generous children? Where is the line between privacy and secrecy? And how do the stories we tell inform who we become? These powerful, dynamic essays herald a vital new voice. 'Gentle, playful and laced with subtle wit, these essays are a welcome balm in an insane and un-gentle time.' -- Mary Gaitskill, author of This is Pleasure 'I don't know what I love the most about Courtney Zoffness's Spilt Milk. The taut originality of the prose? The acuity of its insights? The daring vulnerability? There is so much I want to say about Spilt Milk, but honestly they're all variations of This is fucking brilliant. Whatever you think this book is, it's more.' -- Mat Johnson, author of Pym

Over the uppy downy dunes, across the dark, wide river and up the steep, steep mountain, Penda lovingly carries a bowl of milk to her father in the grasslands. But will she manage to get it there without spilling a single drop?

A collection of lectures by eminent members of the British Psycho-analytical Society. Includes papers on the experience of having a baby, pregnancy and the internal world, pregnancy after stillbirth or neonatal death, and therapeutic intervention for post-partum disturbance.

'A potent, moving story of mother and sisterhood' Sainsbury's Magazine 'A tale of sisterhood, lies and illegitimate babies' Good Housekeeping The new novel from the author of 22 Britannia Road, Amanda Hodgkinson. 1913. Unmarried sisters Nellie and Vivian Marsh live an impoverished existence in a tiny cottage on the banks of the Little River in Suffolk. Their life is quiet and predictable, until a sudden flood throws up a strange fish on their doorstep and a travelling man who will change them forever. 1939. Eighteen-year-old Birdie Farr is working as a barmaid in the family pub in London. When she realises she is pregnant she turns to her mother Nellie, who asks her sister to arrange an adoption for Birdie's new born daughter. But as the years pass Birdie discovers she cannot escape the Marsh sisters' shadowy past - and her own troubling obsession with finding her lost daughter will have deep consequences for all of them . . . Amanda Hodgkinson was born in Burnham-on-Sea in Somerset and grew up in Essex and Suffolk. She currently lives in south-west France with her husband and two daughters. Her first novel, 22 Britannia Road, is available in Penguin.