Extence, Gavin – The Bell Bookshop https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk Henley-on-Thames Fri, 13 Dec 2024 15:39:41 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cropped-Bell-Background-Blue-32x32.png Extence, Gavin – The Bell Bookshop https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk 32 32 Finding Phoebe https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/product/finding-phoebe/ Thu, 03 Aug 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/product/finding-phoebe/ ‘Totally enchanting, warm and funny’ Ciara Smyth, author of Not My Problem’Neurodiversity has a voice, and it’s witty and uplifting and enlightening all at once’ Jasper Fforde, author of The Eyre Affair’A lovely book’ Graeme Simsion, author of The Rosie ProjectPhoebe is autistic. She prefers to stay in her comfort zone: walking her dog, writing fantasy fiction, surviving school with as few incidents as possible.When her best (and only) friend rebels and gets a secret boyfriend, Phoebe reluctantly agrees to cover for her. Before long, Phoebe’s dealing with all sorts of things she’d rather not, like deception, fashionable jackets, and the bewildering politics of the school chess club. Breaking the rules has never been Phoebe’s thing, but as events take a seriously unexpected turn, she realises there’s more to her than she ever imagined . . .

]]> Universe Versus Alex Woods https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/product/universe-versus-alex-woods/ Thu, 09 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/product/universe-versus-alex-woods/ *Perfect for fans of A BOY MADE OF BLOCKS*

**RICHARD AND JUDY summer bookclub read 2013, Amazon Rising star, and shortlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize**

*** A funny and touching story of an unlikely friendship and an improbable journey***

Alex Woods knows that he hasn’t had the most conventional start in life.

He knows that growing up with a clairvoyant single mother won’t endear him to the local bullies.

He also knows that even the most improbable events can happen – he’s got the scars to prove it.

What he doesn’t know yet is that when he meets ill-tempered, reclusive widower Mr Peterson, he’ll make an unlikely friend. Someone who tells him that you only get one shot at life. That you have to make the best possible choices.

So when, aged seventeen, Alex is stopped at Dover customs with 113 grams of marijuana, an urn full of ashes on the passenger seat, and an entire nation in uproar, he’s fairly sure he’s done the right thing.

A tale of an unexpected friendship, an unlikely hero and an improbable journey, Alex’s story treads the fine line between light and dark, laughter and tears. And it might just strike you as one of the funniest, most heartbreaking novels you’ve ever read.

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