The Drownings by Hazel Barkworth #joyce 'Nicki was and always will

'Nicki was and always will be the absolute queen of pop' Mel B'When it comes to the music industry

'Strange to think back on those days when it was perfectly natural that we all slept on the floor in one small room

lending her expertise in the hope that it might rescue her reputation - and perhaps even mend her broken relationship with her son

Complex emotional YA stories

The Drownings by Hazel Barkworth #joyce 'Nicki was and always willSOMETIMES YOU MUST CHOOSE TO PLAY WITH FIRE On a remote university campus in the north of England, famed for the wild waters that surround it, two cousins arrive for the new term. Zara wants to be at the centre of everything Leysham has to offer. Serena, an ex champion swimmer, struggles to find her place. When they meet Jane, a beguiling and ambitious postgrad obsessed with historic local witch trials, both are drawn in by her desire to expose