LISA JEWELL

Tony is dealing with divorce and a weight problem, Sean has writer's block and is coping with a shock announcement, while Ned has made a surprise return from Australia. Three brothers cope with adult life and wonder why their mum is so keen on looking after Gervase, the unsavoury waif.

When she was nine years old, Melody Browne's house burned down, taking every toy, every photograph, every item of clothing and old Christmas card with it. But not only did the fire destroy all her possessions, it took with it all her memories - Melody Browne can remember nothing before her ninth birthday. Now in her early thirties, Melody lives ...

Eleven years ago, Jem Catterick and Ralph McLeary fell in love. They thought it would be for ever, that they'd found their happy ending. Then two became four, a flat became a house. Romantic nights out became sleepless nights in. And they soon found that life wasn't quite so simple any more. Now the unimaginable has happened. Two people who ...