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Helena will ein letztes Mal ihren Vater besuchen und findet in Netes Hotel mehr als nur eine neue Aufgabe. Gedske droht durch den Verlust ihrer Tochter auseinanderzufallen und entdeckt auf einer Reise eine ungeahnte Kraft. Therese befreit gegenüber einer Pfarrerin ihre Liebe zu Aron, und Caroline erkämpft sich nach dem Unfall ihres Manns die zu sich selbst... In diesen Erzählungen überfällt die Klarheit die Figuren mitunter oder reißt Gewissheiten ein, aber sie öffnet stets neue Wege.

A shimmering, joyful novel about a pair of opposites with the wrong thing in common, from #1 New York Times bestselling author Emily Henry.

Tilda has done everything she can to make her life neat, protected, tidy. No longer the girl who was scared of everything, whose family pushed her away, who hit rock bottom. Now she runs her life – as she does her successful business – with the utmost organization. As long as she keeps everyone at arm’s length, she will be fine. She will be safe. But then a chance encounter with a man who’s fallen on hard times changes everything.

Based on an Athabascan Indian legend passed along for many generations from mothers to daughters of the upper Yukon River Valley in Alaska, this is the suspenseful, shocking, ultimately inspirational tale of two old women abandoned by their tribe during a brutal winter famine.

Yefim Shulman, husband, grandfather and war veteran, was beloved by his family and his coworkers. But in the days after his death, his widow Nina finds a letter to the KGB in his briefcase. Yefim had a lifelong secret, and his confession forces them to reassess the man they thought they knew and the country he had defended.

In this immersive novel, Zuravleff weaves Russian fairy tales and fables into a family saga within the storied American landscape. The challenges facing immigrants-and the fragility of citizenship-are just as unsettling and surprising today as they were 100 years ago.

As a teenager, for a moment, Ella Fitchburg found love—yearning, breathless love—that consumed both her and her boyfriend, Jude, as they wandered the streets of New York City together. But her life was unexpectedly upended when she was accused of trying to murder Jude’s father, an imperious superior court judge, and sentenced to twenty-five years in prison. When she learns she’s pregnant shortly after sentencing, she reluctantly decides to give up the child. Ella is released after serving six years. While she is desperate to turn the page on a new life, she can’t seem to let go of her past.

CZY WYJAŚNIENIE SPRAW, KTÓRE MAJA ZEPCHNĘŁA W GŁĄB SWEJ DUSZY, SPRAWI, ŻE ROZTOPI SIĘ LÓD, KTÓRY SKUŁ JEJ SERCE? Maja, samotna matka trzech dziewczynek, pracuje jako sprzątaczka i całe jej życie kręci się wokół dzieci. Spotkało ją w życiu wiele zła i w efekcie przestała ufać ludziom, a jej serce skurczyło się i nie ma w nim miejsca dla nikogo, prócz córek. Pewnej nocy, gdy wraca z dodatkowego dyżuru w pracy, natyka się w parku na nieprzytomnego mężczyznę i udziela mu pomocy. To wydarzenie stanie się początkiem wielkich zmian w życiu Mai... PIĘKNA OPOWIEŚĆ O STAWIANIU CZOŁA PRZESZŁOŚCI.

Este relato es un cuento apasionante y emotivo, en el que la ambición y la búsqueda de la fortuna desatan un drama familiar inolvidable. A través de los ojos de un joven con un don místico para predecir los ganadores de las carreras de caballos, se exploran las complejidades de la suerte, el deseo y la desesperación financiera. Mientras el niño intenta salvar a su familia de la ruina económica, nos enfrentamos a las profundas preguntas sobre el valor del dinero y el verdadero significado de la felicidad.

Everything is a Little Broken invites listeners to both laugh and cry at some of the painful, heart-wrenching, and absurd moments Mira Cayne and her father, Matt Frank, experience as age and infirmity begin to take their toll. Their story will be instantly recognizable to the 41 million Americans caring for older adults in their lives.

Was eine Familie im Innersten zusammenhält... Wenn ihr alles zu viel wird, dann träumt die junge Mutter Katja Friedinger stets davon, im gemütlichen Fachwerkhaus ihrer Familie am Pfälzerwald ein wenig zur Ruhe zu kommen. Doch nun gibt es den traurigsten Grund, dorthin zurückzukehren: Ihre geliebte Großmutter ist gestorben. Der Schmerz sitzt tief – bis es plötzlich an der Tür klingelt.

War strikes close to home for chief librarian Cordelia when her flat is bombed, and her beloved Robert is called up and sent abroad. Fortunately, her colleagues Mavis and Jane can help see her through hard times. The three friends find purpose in making the Silvertown library a friendly sanctuary for their deprived and devastated community. But sinister forces, from callous bureaucrats to crafty criminals, still lurk among the stacks.

En 2010, lorsqu’une tante qu’elle n’a jamais vue lui offre un voile de dentelle, la jeune et rebelle Alice, à Rio de Janeiro, ne sait qu’en faire. Cette militante féministe n’a aucune intention de se marier, et cette relique familiale semble incarner le pire de la domination patriarcale. Elle ignore pourtant que cette véritable œuvre d’art, d’une qualité exceptionnelle, raconte une histoire de violence et de lutte pour la liberté survenue cent ans plus tôt.

Meet three women with contrasting partners: Lucy's husband is her beloved companion; Vera's husband bores her and she turns elsewhere; and Charlotte's husband is a horrifying bully who turns a high-spirited naive young girl into a deeply unhappy woman. This is the story of how those marriages shape the sister’s lives, the consequences of their decisions, and the sisterly love that hopes to save them from tragedy.

Ellen and Avery North share a stable and secure life. Everything is well looked after: their teenage children, their garden, and Avery’s elderly mother who lives nearby. In time, old Mrs North decides she is in need of a live-in companion, and Louise Lanier arrives after responding to a newspaper advert. When Louise sets out to seduce Avery for the fun of it, her behaviour threatens to destroy Ellen and Avery’s peaceful life together.

1980. On a hot summer's day five friends stumble upon an abandoned cottage hidden deep in the English countryside. Isolated and run-down, it offers a retreat, somewhere they can escape from the world. But as the seasons change, tensions begin to rise. Three decades later, Lila arrives at the remote cottage. Bruised from a tragic accident and with her marriage in crisis, she finds renovating the tumbledown house gives her a renewed sense of purpose. But why did the cottage's previous inhabitants leave their belongings behind? And why can't she shake the feeling that someone is watching her?

Nell and her partner Adrienne are about to have a baby. For Adrienne, it’s the start of a new life. For Nell, it’s the reason the two of them are sitting in a therapist’s office. Because she can’t go into this without dealing with the truth: that she has been a mother before, and now she can hardly bring herself to speak to her own mother, let alone return home to Ireland. Nell is running out of places to hide from her past. But to Ireland and the past is where she must go, and that is where The Amendments takes us.

In the midst of a global pandemic, amidst the chaos and uncertainty that grips the world, one tiny soul listens, learns, and grows within the safety of her mother's womb. "Whispers Within the Womb" invites listeners on a captivating journey through the eyes of Genesis, an incredibly intelligent and emotionally intuitive baby girl, as she bears witness to the trials and tribulations of her parents, Adam and Olivia, during the tumultuous times of COVID-19.

Sola en su vieja casa de la costa noruega, Signe mira por la ventana y se ve a sí misma veinte años atrás, sentada ante la misma ventana, mientras espera el regreso de su marido, Asle, durante una terrible tarde de finales de noviembre en la que él se subió a su bote de remos para no regresar.

MACEY MAY JOHNSON knows something isn't right when her mama puts her alone on a bus to her grandma's farm with strict instructions to wait to be picked up at the station. She's only nine and has never been allowed to travel by herself before, but her daddy is gone and the bills can't be paid. And Macey May knows her family keeps secrets. She can feel it in her bones.