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In Lisa Genova’s extraordinary New York Times bestselling novel, an accomplished woman slowly loses her thoughts and memories to Alzheimer’s disease—only to discover that each day brings a new way of living and loving. Now a major motion picture starring Julianne Moore, Alec Baldwin, Kate...

* International Bestseller * A Book of the Month Club Pick* The Little Paris Bookshop meets Jojo Moyes in Goodbye, Paris, an utterly charming novel that proves that sometimes you have to break your heart to make it whole. From the simple melody of running her violin shop to the full-blown...

FROM THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE HUSBAND'S SECRET AND BIG LITTLE LIES. A “cheerfully engaging”(Kirkus Reviews) novel for anyone who’s ever asked herself, “How did I get here?” Alice Love is twenty-nine, crazy about her husband, and pregnant with her first child. So...

Diese hier handelt von dem bewegten Leben einer irdischen Heiligen, die manche für eine ganz normale Verrückte hielten. Prinzessin Alice erzählt vom bewegten und überraschenden Leben der hochadligen Alice von Battenberg, der Großmutter des britischen Königs Charles III. Eine atemberaubende Schönheit, erzogen dazu, Königin zu werden. Ihre Familie wandte sich ab und brachte sie in einer der frühen Psychiatrien unter, der sie unter größter Gefahr aber mit großem Einfallsreichtum entkam. Fortan lebte sie in größter Einsamkeit in Griechenland, wo sie eine Suppenküche für die Ärmsten unterhielt.

On the day that her youngest child leaves home, Alice Hatton discovers two disturbing truths in a matter of hours. The Empty Nest cliché is true. And she does not love her husband Peter at all. Now in her fifties, Alice is appalled to realise that she is no longer considered her own person, but is instead defined by her relationships – mother to her adult children, wife to her husband. Horrified by the thought of spending another thirty years with Peter in their North London suburb, Alice decides to take matters into her own hands.

This “authentic, generous, and heartfelt” (Mary Kay Andrews, New York Times bestselling author) novel from the New York Times bestselling author of the Beach House series is about the bonds and new beginnings that are born from disasters and how, even during the worst of circumstances—or...

Die Zwillinge Emma und Alice werden 1945 auf der Flucht aus Ostpreußen getrennt. Beide glauben, die andere hätte nicht überlebt. Emma wächst in Westberlin auf, Alice in einem Heim in der DDR. Erst zwölf Jahre später finden sie sich überraschend wieder. Durch Alice lernt Emma den Ost-Berliner Physiker Julius Laakmann kennen. Als Julius Zeuge einer Entführung wird, gerät er zwischen die Fronten der Geheimdienste. Dann verschwindet Alice spurlos. Zu spät erkennt Emma, welcher drohenden Gefahr sie und ihre Schwester gegenüberstehen.

Finalista Premio Planeta 2015: Cuando Chris muere en un accidente de coche sospechosamente lejos de donde debía estar, la vida de su mujer, Alice, con una niña de seis años y otra en camino, se desmorona. Incapaz de asumir la pérdida y con el temor de que tal vez su relación perfecta haya sido una mentira, se obsesiona con descubrir de dónde venía Chris y qué secreto escondía.

Ever since Sophia Saunders was murdered, her husband, Peter, and daughter Lauren have been trying to rebuild their lives. Desperate to fill the emotional void, Peter becomes involved with a woman from his grief support group. But as his relationship with Alice progresses, Lauren becomes unsettled. Why can’t she find any trace of Alice online? Who is she, really, and what does she want? Lauren is right to be suspicious. But the deeper her investigation of Alice goes, the greater the danger grows.

“Gripping courtroom drama and social commentary . . . the story flows well . . . [the author is] masterful in building suspense.”—Kirkus Reviews Set in 1920s New York, an addictively readable, thoroughly entertaining historical novel involving sex and secrets, race and redemption, and...

Alice is a single mother raising her three young daughters on the rez where she grew up. Life has never been easy, but she’s managed to get by with the support of her best friend, Gideon, and her family. When an unthinkable loss occurs, Alice is forced to confront truths that will challenge her belief in herself and the world she thought she knew.

« Une place pour chaque chose et chaque chose à sa place. » Telle est la devise de Sarah, qui s'est efforcée de construire sa vie en accord avec ce principe simple, à force de Post-it et de to-do lists. Mais dans ce mécanisme en apparence bien huilé se cache un grain de sable qui pourrait tout faire basculer…