Jakub Chodil Books

Family begins with a capital eff. I'm wondering how many more effing phases I have to endure before my children become civilised and functioning members of society? It seems like people have been telling me "it's just a phase!" for the last fifteen bloody years. Not sleeping through the night is "just a phase". Potty training and the associated accidents is "just a phase". The tantrums of the terrible twos are "just a phase". The picky eating, the back chat, the obsessions. The toddler refusals to nap, the teenage inability to leave their beds before 1 p.m. without a rocket being put up their arse. The endless singing of Frozen songs, the dabbing, the weeks where apparently making them wear pants was akin to child torture. All "just phases"! When do the "phases" end though? When?!

Alicia Berenson’s life is seemingly perfect. A famous painter married to an in-demand fashion photographer, she lives in a grand house with big windows overlooking a park in one of London’s most desirable areas. One evening her husband Gabriel returns home late from a fashion shoot, and Alicia shoots him five times in the face, and then never speaks another word. Alicia’s refusal to talk, or give any kind of explanation, turns a domestic tragedy into something far grander, a mystery that captures the public imagination and casts Alicia into notoriety. The price of her art skyrockets, and she, the silent patient, is hidden away from the tabloids and spotlight at the Grove, a secure forensic unit in North London. Theo Faber is a criminal psychotherapist who has waited a long time for the opportunity to work with Alicia. His determination to get her to talk and unravel the mystery of why she shot her husband takes him down a twisting path into his own motivations—a search for the truth that threatens to consume him....

Number One bestselling author Gill Sims is back with her eagerly awaited fourth and final Why Mummy novel.

Tiffy Moore needs a cheap flat, and fast.Leon Twomey works nights and needs cash.Their friends think they're crazy, but it's the perfect solution: Leon occupies the one-bed flat while Tiffy's at work in the day, and she has the run of the place the rest of the time. But with obsessive ex-boyfriends, demanding clients at work, wrongly-imprisoned brothers and, of course, the fact that they still haven't met yet, they're about to discover that if you want the perfect home you need to throw the rulebook out the window...

Why Mummy Swears is the much anticipated new novel from Gill Sims, author of the hilarious Why Mummy Drinks and online sensation Peter and Jane. It's every parents' nightmare - the start of the school holidays - and instead of sitting in the sun, reading a book over a cold, crisp glass of Pinot Grigio, Mummy has two bored moppets to attend to. After frantically booking sports camps, child minder slots, not to mention time off work, Mummy is exhausted. But this is only the beginning... After being dragged to join the school's PTA in the new term by an annoyingly kind-spirited neighbour, Mummy is stuck with organising the Christmas Fayre and pleasing all the overly disapproving parents. In combination with getting to know her father's surprise new glamorous (and much younger) wife, and being forced to spend more time with her narcissistic mother, life isn't cutting her much of a break. What more could possibly happen?

Life is about to blossom for Lili . . . A brilliantly funny and emotional novel about love, life and friendship, perfect for fans of Jojo Moyes and Lucy Diamond.

Otázka nie je, či Claire potrebuje pohárik. Otázka je, či pre ňu existuje dosť veľký pohár. Manžel jej zahol s najlepšou kamarátkou. Deti na ňu volajú sociálku, vždy keď ich chce nakŕmiť brokolicou. Našťastie však má kamarátky, ktoré spája náklonnosť k tekutej terapii. Spoločne sa im hádam podarí presvedčiť Claire o tom, že život zreje ako kvalitné červené víno. Alebo aspoň o tom, že ponúka niečo lepšie než len žehlenie, varenie a večné upratovanie po lenivých a prefíkaných potomkoch.

The highly anticipated second thriller from the record-breaking, international bestselling author of THE SILENT PATIENT.

Hallie Welchová nikdy nezapomněla na Juliana Vose, syna majitelů rozlehlých vinic, který ji kdysi skoro políbil. Pracuje jako zahradnice a právě získala zakázku na jeho rodinném panství. Jenže Julian už její dávnou lásku nepřipomíná ani trochu. A navíc si na ni nevzpomíná. Julian má v plánu napsat během studijního volna román. Ale jak to má provést, když mu Hallie zahradničí přímo před okny? Chodí všude pozdě, je výstřední, věčně umazaná od hlíny, a přitom tak neuvěřitelně krásná, že se Julian nedokáže soustředit na nic jiného. Muži, který si žehlí i ponožky a všechno má přesně naplánované, nedává její živelná energie smysl, ale zároveň je na ní něco důvěrně známého…

Sedmnáctiletá Priscilla se narodila do jednoho z předních rodů gildy Bojovníků s Nicotou. Ti chrání lidstvo před útoky monster, která před věky pronikla do naší dimenze a jen díky těmto nadaným jedincům nezpůsobila zánik civilizace. Jako nejslabší z klanu Daalmanů je ale Priscilla svojí rodině jen na obtíž.Když v zoufalém pokusu osvojit si za pomoci zakázaného rituálu novou bojovou schopnost začne do našeho světa nekontrolovaně povolávat stvůry Nicoty, ohrozí tak nejen své nejbližší, ale možná i bezpečnost celého světa.