Showing results for "Julia" in Psychological

Nicky lebt im Münchner Umland, liebt Max und verbringt gerne Zeit mit ihrer quirligen Schwester Lena. Sie ist glücklich, bis sie einen Autounfall verursacht, bei dem Lena ums Leben kommt. Traumatisiert und von Schuldgefühlen gequält, zieht sie sich in die Einsamkeit zurück. Zwei Jahre später lernt sie die herzliche Maria kennen, die sie in ihre Wahlheimat Mexiko einlädt. Trotz gemischter Gefühle spürt Nicky, dass diese Reise eine Chance ist, um neu anzufangen. Bald nimmt das gleichermaßen zauberhafte wie dunkle Gesicht Mittelamerikas sie gefangen.

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¿Puedes estar viviendo tu vida sin darte cuenta de que no es la vida que quieres? Cuántas veces nos hemos engañado para estar a gusto con nosotros mismos. Julia lo tenía todo y de la noche a la mañana se esfumó. Con esta historia, Ginny Bennet quiere darnos a entender que la felicidad no hay que quererla únicamente, sino que hay que sentirla también.

Ruby was our miracle baby. I would have done anything to become a mother, and when she finally arrived, I held her in my arms, looked in her blue eyes and swore I would never let anything harm her. Now she's everything I could have dreamed of. I don't even think about all the years of heartache I went through before she was born. So when I get the strange warning at her birthday party, I ignore it, hiding it in my bag with trembling hands. Someone is simply jealous of her.

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One night three years ago, the Tanner sisters disappeared: 15-year-old Cass and 17-year-old Emma. Three years later Cass returns without her sister, Emma. Her story is one of kidnapping and betrayal, of a mysterious island where the two were held. But to forensic psychiatrist Dr. Abby Winter, something doesn't add up. Looking deep within this dysfunctional family, Dr. Winter uncovers a life where boundaries were violated and a narcissistic parent held sway.

When April joins a support group for young widows, she's looking for comfort after her husband's sudden death. What she finds instead is a group in turmoil. Set up by well-meaning amateurs, the founders are tussling for control of the group, and everyone's on edge. The founders are fighting for control, members are keeping dangerous secrets, and forbidden relationships are threatening to tear the club apart. And then there's Nick, the newest addition, whose charm feels just a little too calculated. But the most dangerous secret of all? Not all members are who they seem to be.

Escucha ahora este audaz cambio de registro en el que Julia Navarro disecciona la ambición, la codicia y el egoísmo del ser humano. Soy un canalla y no me arrepiento de serlo. He mentido, engañado y manipulado a mi antojo sin que me importaran las consecuencias. He destruido sueños y reputaciones, he traicionado a los que me han sido leales, he provocado dolor a aquellos que quisieron ayudarme.

In June 2014, Julia White - a beautiful and intelligent young woman - blows up a coffee shop in central London, killing 24 people before turning herself in to the police. Apart from publishing a potentially ironic manifesto, she refuses to explain the reasons for her actions.... Clare Hardenberg, an investigative journalist, has been commissioned to write a biography of Julia, but at the start of the novel she is on her way to prison herself. What has brought her to this point?

Die Frauen in Menomorphosen stehen mitten im Leben – und oft am Rand des Wahnsinns. Mit scharfem Blick, radikalem Humor und poetischer Wucht erzählen sie von Aufbrüchen und Abstürzen, der Abwesenheit von Sex, einem Übermaß an Gefühlen – und nicht zuletzt von der lust- und leidvollen Suche nach einem passenden Ich. Schauspielerin, Regisseurin und Drehbuchautorin Jule Ronstedt zeigt schonungslos, was passiert, wenn Frauen nicht verschwinden, sondern sichtbar bleiben – wütend, wild, witzig.

Julia Gooden remembers nothing about the worst night of her life. Thirty years ago, her nine-year-old brother, Ben, was abducted from the room they shared. Now a crime reporter at a Detroit newspaper, Julia tries to give others the closure she's never found. But guilt and grief over Ben's disappearance have left her fearful that whoever took her brother is going to come back. And then, on the anniversary of Ben's disappearance, Julia's worst fears are realized when her two-year-old son, Will, is snatched from his bed.

Crime writer Julia Gooden has just completed the most important story of her life - a book about her beloved brother's childhood abduction and how she found his killer after 30 years. But that hasn't taken her focus off her day job - especially with what looks to be a serial killer terrorizing the city. Female runners are being snatched off jogging trails, then slaughtered in abandoned churches. As Julia begins investigating, with help from Detective Raymond Navarro, she realizes just how personal this case has become.

Sick and abandoned by his wife and son, Oséias decides to go back to his hometown after 20 years away. During this time apart, he has heard about his family only through sporadic phone calls from his younger sister, Isabela. The shadow of the suicide of their sister Lígia, when she was 15, lingers over Oséias as he tries to reestablish contact with his siblings.

Annelie reicht es: Schon wieder ist ein potentieller Traummann aus Versehen in den Leichenkeller ihres Vaters gestolpert und hat verstört das Weite gesucht. Sie muss endlich ausziehen, weg vom familiengeführten Bestattungsunternehmen in Thüringen. Doch kaum, dass sie zwei Tage außer Landes ist, erreicht sie die Nachricht, dass ihr Vater einen Schlaganfall hatte. Schweren Herzens kehrt Annelie zurück um den Laden wenigstens vorübergehend zu schmeißen.

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.