The Accidentals by Guadalupe Nettel

The Accidentals by Guadalupe NettelWhen an albatross strays too far from its home, or loses its bearings, it becomes an accidental, an unmoored wanderer. The protagonists of these eight stories each find the ordinary courses of their lives disrupted by an unexpected event and are pushed into unfamiliar terrain: a girl encounters her uncle in hospital, who was cast out of the family for reasons unknown; a menacing force hovers over a fracturing family on a rural holiday; a couple and

as the last royal family of Iraq is slaughtered on the steps of a small royal palace in Baghdad

With tips on the best places to eat and stay with your pup

musical lover or budding dancer

with award-winning children's science writer Rebecca Stefoff

' Chloe Gong

a coastal treasure' Amy Liptrot'Like its talismanic title

He shows how the events of forty years – from disastrous treaties

WINNER OF THE ELWYN HARTLEY-EDWARDS AWARD FOR EQUINE WRITING

Cy Twombly

with a fresh new look

**EXCLUSIVE SPECIAL LIMITED-EDITION with foiled gold symbol hidden under the cover

offering a tantalizing clue about her mother’s demise