Showing results for "Silence" in Contemporary Fiction

Set in the extreme landscape of Alaska, The Quality of Silence follows the story of Yasmin and her deaf daughter, Ruby. Yasmin arrives in Alaska to be told her husband, Matt, is dead, the victim of a catastrophic accident. Yasmin, unable to accept this as truth, sets out into the frozen winter landscape, taking Ruby with her, in search of answers. But as a storm closes in, Yasmin realises that a very human danger may be keeping pace with them.

On Emilia Morris's thirteenth birthday, her mother Rachel moves into a tent at the bottom of their garden. From that day on, she never says another word. Inspired by her vow of silence, other women join her and together they build the Community. Eight years later, Rachel and thousands of her...

As a child Natalia goes fishing with her father, Walker, but spends more time humming songs than catching fish. When Walker comes upon Natalia sitting beside a stream, he hears her singing and asks what the music is. Natalia tells him that it’s the music she hears in her dreams, music she wants to write and perform. So begins into the silence: the fishing story, America Hart’s genre-bending, time-warping debut novel. Natalia does become an accomplished musician, but even with her father’s encouragement, she struggles with her family to be understood.

Un soir de l’été 1974, Jules, la fille de Mary Pat Fennessey disparaît dans le South Boston. Personne ne l’aidera, la communauté irlandaise est plus désunie que jamais. Elle devra partir seule à la recherche de la vérité. Un thriller passionnant et un beau portrait de femme.

Jónas ha quarantanove anni e un talento speciale per riparare le cose. La sua vita, però, non è facile da sistemare: ha appena divorziato, la sua ex moglie gli ha rivelato che la loro amatissima figlia in realtà non è sua, e sua madre è smarrita nelle nebbie della demenza.Tutti i suoi punti di riferimento sono svaniti all'improvviso e Jónas non sa più chi è.