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An extraordinary novel from the Orange Prize winning author of ‘We Need to Talk About Kevin’.What do you pack for the rest of your life?Shepherd Knacker is bored with his humdrum existence. He's sold his successful handy-man business for a million dollars and is now ready to embark on his 'Afterlife' – a one way ticket to a small island off the coast of Africa. He tries to convince his wife Glynis to come with him, but she laughs off the idea as preposterous.There's no way she'll let Shepherd uproot the family to some far-flung African island.When Glynis is diagnosed with an extremely rare and aggressive form of cancer, Shepherd's dreams of an exotic adventure are firmly put on hold. He devotes himself to caring for his sick wife, watching her fade before his eyes.Shepherd's best friend Jackson knows all too well about illness. His sixteen year old daughter has spent her life dosed up on every treatment going while he and his wife Carol feed their youngest daughter sugar pills so she won't feel left out. But then Jackson undergoes a medical procedure of his own which has devastating consequences …So Much For That is a deeply affecting novel, told with Lionel Shriver's trademark originality, intelligence and acute perception of the human condition.

Penny Jordan is an award-winning New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling author of more than 200 books with sales of over 100 million. We have celebrated her wonderful writing with a special collection of her novels, many of which are available for the first time in eBook right now.The key to a mother’s love is in her past…Sage Danvers has spent a lifetime running from a past too painful to confront: the mother who seemed to shut her out, the father who openly resented her and the heartache of a love that was bitterly betrayed.Now, her mother, Liz, lies critically ill in hospital and, longing to reconcile the past, implores her estranged daughter to return. As Liz opens up her heart through her diaries, Sage discovers the mother she never knew – a loving woman in a loveless marriage, torn between duty and passion. Sage is inexorably drawn into the seething emotions of love and betrayal that these pages so painfully expose.As she reads on, Sage discovers she’s moving dangerously close to the truth about her very existence. And only when she can confront her own fears will she be free to unlock her deepest desires…