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WHETHER IT'S A ROMANCE, A THRILLER OR EPIC FAMILY SAGA, HANNAH STEPHENSON SUGGESTS 11 SIZZLING SUMMER READS FOR YOUR HOLIDAYS

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they leave heroin behind and seek joy on the dance floor, at the end of the Thatcher years.

Their journey to redemption takes in Edinburgh, London, Amsterdam and Paris and to Sick Boy's wedding day.

MY OTHER HEART

by Emma Nanami Strenner, Hutchinson Heinemann, £18.99

Female friendships form the heart of this coming-of-age story across continents and generations, from the journalist who has spent much of her life living in southeast Asia, Australia and the US.

Beginning in 1998, it sees Mimi Traung lose her toddler at Philadelphia Airport, after which she is bundled onto a plane back to Vietnam and it seems her daughter is lost to her forever. Some 17 years later, she returns to look for her.

Meanwhile, two best friends, both part Asian but from very different backgrounds, plan to travel to search for their roots. Eventually the three women come face to face and have to confront the people they truly are.

SOMEWHERE ONLY WE KNOW

by Cathy Bramley, Orion, £16.99

The latest book from the bestselling author of The Lemon Tree Café, sees a woman grieving over the loss of her daughter, but when she finds her late child's travel journal, she sets out on the gap year trip the 23-year-old had dreamed of taking.