Showing results for "Laura" in Literary Fiction

La novela narra la historia de Tita de la Garza a manera de recetario, donde cada capítulo es una receta que relata las aventuras de la protagonista en una casa donde la tradición la obliga a quedarse a cuidar a su madre, y por lo tanto, sin poderse casar nunca.

The enchanting story of a midwestern girl who escapes a family tragedy and is remade as a movie star during Hollywood’s golden age. In 1920, Elsa Emerson, the youngest and blondest of three sisters, is born in idyllic Door County, Wisconsin. Her family owns the Cherry County Playhouse, and...

This “beguiling, addictive read” (People, Book of the Week) and Belletrist Book Club pick about a blue-blooded single mother raising her daughter in rarefied New York City is a “carefully observed family story [that] rings true to life” (The New York Times Book Review). Laura hails from...

Basada en la historia de la corredora Katrhine Zwitzer, la primera mujer que corrió con dorsal la Maratón de Boston. ¿Y si te dijeran que no puedes hacer deporte, que no puedes correr, que eso está prohibido para ti solo por ser mujer? Las mujeres no están hechas para practicar deporte y si...

Kill for Love is a searing satirical thriller about Tiffany, a privileged Los Angeles sorority sister who is struggling to keep her sadistic impulses-and haunting nightmares of fire and destruction-at bay. After a frat party hookup devolves into a bloody, fatal affair, Tiffany realizes something within her has awoken: the insatiable desire to kill attractive young men.

Florence, 1500. Fresco painter Jacopo Torni longs to make his mark in the world. But while his peers enjoy prestigious commissions, his meager painting jobs are all earmarked to pay down gambling debts. When Jacopo hears of a competition to create Florence's greatest sculpture, he pins all his hopes on a collaboration with his boyhood companion, Michelangelo Buonarroti. But will the frustrated artist ever emerge from the shadow of his singularly gifted friend?

Recipient of 3 awards, Beyond All Desiring reveals the deep secrets of Sara, a woman who was "different" in a time of conformity. When Sara's niece, Janice, is notified that her sharp-witted aunt, now in her 80s, hasn't been seen for several days, Janice's panicky drive to find out what's happened begins our journey of discovering that Sara has led a life very different from what her relatives and friends assume. Historical events of the 20th century form a backdrop to Sara's often tumultuous personal life.

Ci sono due porte che si aprono sui nostri sogni: quella d'oro è la più splendente ma porta sogni falsi e sviati; quella di corno è più dimessa, ma i suoi sogni sono veri. Una raccolta di racconti che illuminano la vita contadina e piccolo-borghese dell'Italia tra la fine dell'Ottocento e i primi del Novecento. "Le date, per me, sono essenziali per costruire i miei personaggi, che non vivono dovunque e sempre. Come lettore, io trovo vuoto e piatto un certo modo di raccontare, i cui personaggi potrebbero esistere da qualsiasi parte, a New York come a Milano, in una condizione più teorica che reale.

Emilia only wants one thing: to forget the betrayal and lies of her ex-boyfriend and start over in Munich. But this turns out to be difficult when she moves in with passionate animal rights activist Lorena, who not only throws out all animal products, but also never misses an opportunity to lecture Emilia.

Life is good for Dr. Laura Nelson. Her kids have their ups and downs, but seem well adjusted to high school and college; her research project at the university is going well; and she is highly regarded as the chief of surgery at Tampa City Hospital. The sense of tranquility is disrupted when she is drawn into the diagnosis of the first case of HIV/AIDS seen in Tampa. But the challenge of this new disease is dwarfed by the disaster that impacts Laura’s life a few days later. A highly resistant bacterial infection is raging in the surgical intensive care unit, and patients are dying.

Eine junge Bankerin gegen die Strippenzieher der Finanzwelt: Im 3. Teil der brandaktuellen Thriller-Reihe von Bestseller-Autor Veit Etzold geht es um noch mehr Geld und noch dunklere Geschäfte. Viel Zeit bleibt der jungen Bankerin Laura Jacobs aus Berlin nicht, um sich von der fingierten Mord-Anklage zu erholen, mit der man sie aus dem Verkehr ziehen wollte: Ihr Arbeitgeber scheint in einen katastrophalen Skandal verwickelt, bei dem die Altersversorgung von Millionen von Deutschen auf dem Spiel steht.

Darren Hunter has been seriously injured once again by his father Joseph, so Edward is unprepared for the news that his ex-girlfriend Felicity is expecting his child. He is already father to Lily, and he just got things together with Gemma, thanks to their ordeal.