Sandy Balfour Livres

A formidably clever book by a man who clearly knows his way around the world... Of the Hornby-influenced books, it is the best in a long time' Markus Berkmann, Daily Mail

Sandy Balfour's father and the game of Contract Bridge were both conceived in 1925. Vulnerable in Hearts spans the eight decades of Tom Balfour's life and the same period in the epic story of Bridge's spread around the world. Sandy Balfour's poignant and beguiling book traces both journeys to explore the relationships between a game and an empire (and the rules that supported it); and a father and a son. Part memoir, part history, part entertainment, Vulnerable in Hearts is a meditation on how we communicate; why we play games; and the ways in which we love.

This is a first word and picture book exploring the busy world of farms, from farm crops and favourite animals to big machines and fruit farms. Illustrated throughout with colourful photography, it is designed to promote a child's awareness.

Set partly in late 1950's London, Waiting for Walter follows the fortunes of two people over a forty-year time span, crisscrossing between countries. Days before his son's marriage to an Asian girl, Martin is obsessed by a chance sighting of a familiar young woman on the other side of the street.