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The Flight of Cornelia Blackwood by Susan Elliot Wright

10th Jan 2019 by Norrie

A dark and tragic tale of grief and loss. The Flight of Cornelia Blackwood by Susan Elliot Wright Genres: Fiction, Suspense Published: 21st February, 2019 (expected) Goodreads Series: N/A Rating: 4 Cornelia Blackwood is about to do something very wrong, for reason she believes to be right. She has a loving marriage but she has no friends. Everyone knows Cornelia’s name but no one will speak to her now. Cornelia has unraveled once before. What could possibly happen to her […]

Categories: Books, Read, Review • Tags: contemporary, Fiction, mental health, mental illness, Review, Suspense, Thriller

The Secrets We Keep by Mia Hayes

3rd Aug 2018 by Norrie

When Desperate Housewives takes a dark turn down Mental Illness Lane… The Secrets We Keep by Mia Hayes Genres: Women’s Fiction Published: 2nd July, 2018 Goodreads | Bookdepository | Amazon UK Series: N/A Rating: 4 After fleeing her city life for something quieter in the suburbs, Elizabeth Mavery grapples with her new existence. When she’s not going to Costco or day-drinking with her best friend, she’s trying to escape her past. And it seems to work – until an anonymous […]

Categories: Books, Read, Review • Tags: bipolar disorder, Bitch Brigade, Fiction, mental health, mental illness, Mia Hayes, Review, suicide, The Secrets We Keep, Women's Fiction

Toxic by Nicci Cloke

26th Jul 2018 by Norrie

Depression, teenage drinking and abuse; some heavy topics converge in Toxic, a novel by Nicci Cloke that could have been the ultimate YA summer read, but just wasn’t. Toxic by Nicci Cloke Genres: Young Adult, Contemporary Published: 26th July, 2018 Goodreads | Bookdepository | Amazon UK Series: N/A Rating: 3 Hope has never been happier. She’s on her way to Crete, after a group of her friends have made her an honorary ‘lad’ and let her tag along on their […]

Categories: Books, Read, Review • Tags: abuse, contemporary, mental illness, YA, young adult

The Family at Number 13 by S.D. Monaghan

7th May 2018 by Norrie

There was some great mystery buried in this book, under some unnecessary rabble that made finishing this book quite an ordeal. The Family at Number 13 by S.D. Monaghan Genres: Mystery, Thriller Published: 27th April, 2018 Goodreads Series: N/A Rating: 2 The most perfect lives can hide the darkest secrets… Mary has everything. Beautiful and rich, she lives on an exclusive street in the heart of the city, in a house with gorgeous views and an immaculately maintained garden. Her […]

Categories: Books, Read, Review • Tags: abuse, mental illness, Mystery, s d monaghan, TFAN13, the family at number 13, Thriller

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Tag: mental illness

The Flight of Cornelia Blackwood by Susan Elliot Wright

The Secrets We Keep by Mia Hayes

Toxic by Nicci Cloke

The Family at Number 13 by S.D. Monaghan