August is one of the best months for new reads
As the summer comes to an end, we’re preparing for the quieter and cozier months by building up our reading lists. We’ll have plenty more time to read once the summer is over, and there are three books you need to add to your reading list in August.
Love Unlocked by Cecelia Ahern (Published August 27th)
Sometimes the key is letting go…Melody has vowed never to fall in love again. Al is a hopeless romantic. So, when they quite literally bump into each other, there’s no reason sparks should fly. But the world seems a little upside down lately.
A few weeks ago, Al ordered the removal of all the lovers’ padlocks from one of Dublin’s beautiful bridges. Ever since then, couples across the world have started splitting up. And as Melody begins investigating this mysterious wave of breakups for her podcast, it seems there might be a bigger story to tell. Together, they decide to uncover what’s unravelling so many love stories. And, in the middle of solving everyone else’s heartbreak, can they unlock their own?
Pre-order here.
A Nation Once Again by Paul Howard (Published August 27th)
Meet Fiach O’Bric: career diplomat, recent widower, and a man looking forward to a peaceful retirement. But just when he thinks he’s out, he is persuaded to take over a top-secret department tasked with preparing for a United Ireland – the ultimate impossible job. Running a civil service department staffed with oddballs, time-savers and a die-hard nationalist from Dundalk, Fiach finds himself refereeing endless arguments about flags, anthems, guns for gardai, the location of the new parliament – and don’t even mention the national anthem.
Fiach can feel the hand of history on his shoulder. He suspects it may soon throttle him. Yet, against his better judgement – and all available evidence – a dangerous thought takes hold. What if he could be the one to do what Padraig Pearse, Wolfe Tone and centuries of Irish martyrs failed to do: make Ireland one, and somehow not die in the process. Dream on, Fiach.
Pre-order here.
Brand Beckham by Alison Boshoff (Published August 13th)
What happens when brand comes before blood? From football legend and Spice Girls pop icon to global power couple, David and Victoria Beckham transformed fame into a billion-pound global brand. Together they would secure a level of notoriety that would redefine what it means to be a modern celebrity. With their children Brooklyn, Romeo, Cruz and Harper, they sold the world a story of unity and loyalty as showbiz’s ‘first family’. But over the past four years a different story has been unfolding. In the first definitive book on the Beckham family saga since Brooklyn Beckham’s explosive revelations about his parents, acclaimed Daily Mail journalist Alison Boshoff draws on years of research and inside sources to uncover what really lies at the heart of Brand Beckham. Alison has had a front-row seat to the evolution of the Beckham brand, writing for the national press from the beginnings of the Spice Girls and the first headlines of David and Victoria’s romance, to the drama today.
From the inner circle who helped build the brand to those who witnessed its private tensions firsthand, Brand Beckham delivers explosive new insights into the Peltz-Beckham family feud and the true story behind one of the world’s most famous families.
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