Author:Helen Dunmore

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'It was nothing, she tells herself, but her body knows better.'
Florence lives in the country, lapped by miles and miles of darkness. She feels safe there - until a noise wakes her in the middle of the night.
Protection is a short story by bestselling author Helen Dunmore that will cause your skin to prickle and make you ask yourself how far you would go to protect your family.
Typically clever and artful, a nervy skin-prickler that grabs your attention immediately and then develops into a subtler character piece
—— SpectatorGuaranteed giggles
—— BRichard Asplin's romp through Hollywood is comic and thrilling. I whipped one page over so fast it tore
—— Ben Hatch, author of The Lawnmower CelebrityBig cast, big characters and jokes-a-plenty, it puts Asplin straight up there with Carl Hiaason and Mr Elton
—— Emlyn Rees, co-author of Come Together & Love LivesExtremely funny
—— ObserverExhibits extraordinary originality
—— John Bayley , IndependentSaramago can transform banal sentiments into unexpected profundities
—— David McAllister , TLSEarle seems to have little trouble expanding his range from a three-minute song to a 300-page narrative... And though the novel comes no closer to establishing the facts of Hank Williams's death, it certainly reveals a good deal of truth behind it
—— Alfred Hickling , GuardianA witty, heartfelt story of hope, forgiveness and redemption
—— Booklist