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Things Can Only Get Better - by David M Barnett (Paperback)

Things Can Only Get Better - by  David M Barnett (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><b>*FROM THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF CALLING MAJOR TOM*</b> <p/><b>'I loved it!' - Joanne Harris, </b><i>Sunday Times</i><b> bestselling author of </b><i>Chocolat</i> <p/>'I loved it. Nostalgic without being saccharine, hopeful, real characters with edge. <b>A brilliant book.</b>' - <b>Hayley Webster<br></b><br>'<b>I adored it! Truly uplifting</b>. Exactly what people want and need to read right now.' - <b>Daisy Buchanan<br></b><br><b>For elderly churchwarden Arthur Calderbank, there's no place like home. His home just so happens to be a graveyard.</b> <p/>He keeps himself to himself, gets on with his job, and visits his wife everyday for a chat. When one day he finds someone else has been to see his wife - and has left flowers on her grave - he is determined to solve the mystery of who and why. He receives unlikely help from a group of teenage girls as he searches for answers, and soon learns that there is more to life than being surrounded by death. <p/>Set during the 90s, when we were all just common people believing things could only get better, this is an uplifting story about the power of a little kindness, friendship and community. <p/><b>For readers who enjoy Sue Townsend, Ruth Hogan and Joanna Cannon</b>.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>I adored it! Truly uplifting. Exactly what people want and need to read right now.--<b>Daisy Buchanan</b><br><br>I loved it. Nostalgic without being saccharine, hopeful, real characters with edge. A brilliant book.--<b>Hayley Webster</b><br><br>I loved it!--<i><b>Joanna Harris</b></i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>David Barnett</b> is an author and journalist based in West Yorkshire. After a career working for regional newspapers he embarked upon a freelance career writing features for most of the UK national press. He is the author of the critically-acclaimed Gideon Smith series of Victorian fantasies, published by Tor Books, and the writer of the Punks Not Dead comic series from Black Crown/IDW. David was born in Wigan, Lancashire, in 1970 and is married to Claire, also a journalist. They have two children, Charlie and Alice.

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