ElphieOnce upon a time in the land of Oz, a green little girl was born ELPHIE: A WICKED CHILDHOOD is the captivating coming of age story of the most iconic witch ever to grace our screens and bookshelves. Young Elphaba is destined to be a witch, she bears the markings from childhood. But what happened before her powers took hold? Elphie is a girl like any other and no other. Nothing like her parents one beautiful, the other pious nor her saintly sister,

Adrift in a foreign city

" - London Times As a child

An incandescent

'Incredibly poignant' BETH O'LEARY

Ten thousand men

four years later

Jeff Noon has delivered a police procedural with a difference - an intricate

it becomes very clear that his past was less white-collar than anyone realised

rebellious Welsh princes and the Scottish king all playing a part in a bloody

The man that so often assists others to examine life's moral questions now found himself in need of help

When finally it reaches its end

' A memoir with the magical quality of not just describing childhood but actually making the reader remember what it was like to be a child