FICTION · MAN-WOMAN RELATIONSHIPS
Jill Mansell
Also known as: Mansell, Jill., Mansell, Jill, 1957-
Jill Mansell started writing fiction while working in the NHS, after she read a magazine article that inspired her to join a local creative writing class. She has since written over twenty Sunday Times bestsellers, including And Now You’re Back, It Started With A Secret, Maybe This Time, This Could Change Everything, The One You Really Want and You And Me, Always, and her books have sold over 13 million copies around the world. Jill’s hobbies include buying stationery, particularly magical new colours of ink for the fountain pen she uses to write all her books. She lives in Bristol with her family.-website
Emma gasped when she entered the exam room, though she couldn't say which of the two creatures there alarmed her more.
— from Take a chance on me
Most acclaimed
Solo
1999
Solo, ciclo espositivo presso il Museo Novecento di Firenze, da cui emergono brevi ritratti di grandi maestri del secolo scorso. Dopo Emilio Vedova, il successivo appuntamento è dedicato a Piero Manzoni (1933-1963), la cui apparizione nel cielo dell'arte è stata tanto breve quanto luminosa, di un'intensità che continua a crescere dopo l' improvvisa morte a Milano, nel suo studio di via Fiori Chiari. II curatore di mostra e catalogo, Gaspare Luigi Marcone, si è concentrato sugli "oggetti" - o meglio i "concetti-oggetti" - che l'artista produce dal 1959 al 1962. Con particolare riguardo per le "Linee", che Lucio Fontana, intervistato alla radio l'8 febbraio 1963, ebbe a definire un'innovazione artistica di portata internazionale. Non mancano gli "Achromes" (realizzati fin dal 1957, ma così intitolati solo nella primavera del 1959, in occasione della mostra al bar La Parete di Milano), su cui si è concentrato in questi decenni l'interesse dei collezionisti.
Kiss
1990
A wonderfully insightful and entertaining novel for older readers from the phenomenal bestselling author.Sylvie and Carl have been friends since they were tiny children. They've always played together, eaten with each other's families, called each other boyfriend and girlfriend and deep down, Sylvie has always believed that they'd end up married to each other. They even have a a magical fantasy world that belongs to them alone - and the glass hut where it's all created, at the bottom of Carl's garden. But as they become teenagers, things are starting to change. They each have different friends. Sylvie would still rather spend all her time with Carl. But Carl has a new friend, Paul, who is taking all his attention. And he seems much less happy to be called Sylvie's boyfriend. And in a game of spin the bottle, he avoids having to kiss her. Sylvie can tell his feelings have changed and that her plans for the future may be affected. But can she guess at the true reasons behind it all? A moving, compelling and delicately handled treatment of sexuality from the Children's Laureate.
The unexpected consequences of love
"Sophie has no interest in finding love. But what happens when love finds her? Sophie Wells is a successful photographer with a focus on putting the past firmly behind her. When Josh Strachan returns to the seaside town of Cornwall from the States to run his family's hotel, he can't understand why the fun, sexy girl has zero interest in letting him or any man for that matter into her life. He also can't understand how he's been duped into employing Sophie's impulsive friend Tula, whose crush on him is decidedly unrequited. Both girls remain mum about the reasons behind Sophie's indifference to love. But that doesn't mean Josh is going to quit trying"--Publisher.