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The Story of a New Name follows Elena Ferrante's critically acclaimed My Brilliant Friend, featuring Lila and Elena. The two protagonists are now in their 20s, and marriage appears to have imprisoned Lila. Meanwhile Elena continues her journey of self-discovery.

INSTANT INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER A beautiful tale of hope, courage, and sisterhood—inspired by the real House of Mercy and the girls confined there for daring to break the rules. Growing up in New York City in the 1910s, Luella and Effie Tildon realize that even as wealthy young women, their...

She was born to be a queen, yet she’s nothing more than a political pawn. With no name and no place to call her own, she’s doing her best to hold on to the only thing that belongs to her and her alone—her soul. A difficult task, given that she was kept alive for the sole purpose of being given to the formidable King Rowan of Northrend to fulfill the treaty signed by the three kingdoms of Greatland long before she was born.

It’s 1965, and life has taken a turn for eighteen-year-old Anton Addison-Rice. Nearly a year after his brother died in a tragic accident, Anton is still wounded - physically and emotionally. Alone for the holidays, he catches a glimpse of his neighbor Edith across the street one evening and realizes that she’s in danger. Anton is determined to help Edith leave her abusive marriage. Frightened and fifteen years Anton’s senior, Edith is slow to trust. But when she needs a safe place to stay, she lets down her guard, and over the course of ten days an unlikely friendship grows.

Agneta är fyrtionio år och har bleknat in i tapeten. De utflugna barnen hör bara av sig när de vill att hon ska swisha pengar, och arbetskamraterna har absolut noll intresse för henne. Agnetas man Magnus, fågelskådare och frisksportare, anser att ”din kropp är ditt tempel” och att templet inte ska besudlas med till exempel rödvin eller aprikosmarmelad. Lyckligtvis finns ett utrymme bakom frysen i källaren där Agneta kan ha sin marmelad. Att ligga i sängen, dricka vin i smyg och se på tv-serier där folk renoverar franska gårdar är hennes enda, hemliga njutning.

In a small, Texas town where tradition reigns supreme, 14-year-old Grayson has always been told who he is supposed to be. But the world inside his heart doesn't match the world he's been born into. Struggling to embrace his true self while living under the watchful eye of his conservative, opinionated grandfather, Grayson finds himself caught in a tug-of-war between identity and expectation. As secrets unravel and courage takes root, Grayson discovers allies in unexpected places—and challenges his own perception of love, family, and what it means to live authentically.

Corey’s cell phone rings at three a.m. His father is dying. Along with his wife and two children, Corey journeys back to his hometown to say goodbye. Immersed in his childhood home, he journeys even further back in memory to the summer of 1982, when he was 14 years old; obsessed with arcade games, movies, and rock ‘n’ roll music; forming lifelong bonds with friends; and starting to date girls. A heartfelt, humorous coming-of-age story, In a Town Without a Name explores topics that are just as relevant today as they were in the '80s.

Fifteen-year-old Charlotte is restlessly coming of age in early twentieth-century Basra, Iraq. The daughter of a Seattle doctor and missionary, Charlotte craves an adventure of her own making. Just the thought of the steppes, hills, valleys, and the winding river stirs Charlotte’s imagination and sends her compass of flight dancing. So, preferring the wondrous unknown to solicitude, Charlotte packs up copies of her father’s Gospels and a statue of the Baby Jesus and runs away.

Ever since that snowy Russian winter's night when she was born, Molly has longed to know the secret behind each of her 35 names. When Molly unearths a pair of time-worn spectacles in her garden, she is drawn into a mysterious realm of vivid, magical discoveries. Who are these women she is named for and what have they gifted her? What are those fantastic colors swirling around the people she sees and the young man she meets on her wedding day?

A teenage girl writes in her diary, similar to any other girl her age, except her experiences are like no other. Fifteen-year-old Sophie Smyth bought her diary to express the devastating tragedy of her past. She's spent her life being judged for what she looks like on the outside, and not for who she is on the inside. From being trampled on from an early age, to losing close relatives, to the reality of life, all she wants is to find happiness and to be an inspiration to other people. Will Sophie finally find that sense of security she's always dreamed of?

In this riveting, heartfelt debut, a young woman assumes a new name to escape her dark past and find the redemption she desperately seeks. “It’s impossible not to root for this strong, willful girl as she finds her place in the world and for her brother as he tries to make sense of it...

Viven en Madrid, en la actualidad. Ella es arquitecta, tiene miedo a hacer proyectos de futuro y busca algo que no puede definir. Él escribe ensayos, lleva cuatro años a su lado y nunca pensó en verse soltero de nuevo, en un «mercado» sentimental del que lo desconoce todo. Por las grietas de su derrumbe como pareja entran las amistades, sus consejos y sus vidas, la mayoría de las veces con más dudas que certezas. Es la generación Tinder, la de unas personas que eliminan a otras con un dedo; una generación en la que todos están expuestos y a la postre desencantados.