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Something happened to me when I was nine. My childhood memories before that fateful day are gone. Extinguished. The aftermath has become a living nightmare with a guilt that runs so deep that I’m not sure I can ever tell anyone. I fear I've left it too late. The burden of my secret and the hurt and pain that silence cost each and every member of my family is too overwhelming. But you can't avoid fate and now I have the opportunity to right the wrongs inflicted on us. There was no justice. Not then. Not now. But I can change that.

One of Edith Wharton's most acclaimed works, The Custom of the Country is a blistering indictment of materialism, power, and misplaced values. Its heroine, Undine Spragg, is one of the most ruthless characters in all of literature, as selfishly unscrupulous as she is fiercely beautiful. As she climbs the class ladder through a series of marriages and affairs, she shows little concern for who she has to step on.

When two people have history, how can they ever be history? That's the question facing Molly and Doug, who are separating after 16 years of marriage. He's moving out (albeit a mere three streets away), and she's moving on (just as soon as she can get her wedding ring off)—only somehow, they can't seem to stay away from one another.

As the sun rises on a hot summer’s day, four lives are about to be changed forever.... Today, Maisie McTeer decides to track down the ex who jilted her at the altar. Today, she’ll find out that revisiting the past can also rewrite her future. After losing her husband, Harriet Bassett can no longer bear her lonely life. Today, a familiar face in a crowd will spark a quest to discover if there’s something and someone worth living for.

""That rarest phenomenon: a war novel that feels at once timeless and precisely of the moment…"" —Washington Post A poignant coming-of-age story with the sensitivity and haunting power of What Belongs to You and Swimming in the Dark, about a young boy wrestling with his sexuality as war...

Daniel Reyes spent years believing silence was easier than truth. Raised in a home where vulnerability was dismissed and emotions were treated like weakness, he learned to shrink himself to survive. But when a year of loss, betrayal, and unraveling finally forces him to confront the pain he buried as a child, Daniel begins a journey that transforms him in ways he never expected. What begins as a quiet attempt to understand his past becomes a powerful reckoning with generational wounds, paternal absence, and the emotional inheritance so many men are taught to carry alone.

Zwei Jahre ist es jetzt her, dass Toby seine Frau kurz nach der Geburt der Zwillinge verloren hat. Seitdem hat er sich von der Welt zurückgezogen und kümmert sich fast ausschließlich um seine vier Töchter. Als er ein paar freie Stunden hat, trifft er in einem Café auf Basti. Der Mann mit den blauen Haaren fasziniert ihn, aber Toby kann diese Faszination nicht recht einordnen. Was er nicht weiß: er wird Basti wiedersehen. Und das nicht nur einmal.

After being guilted to come home for the holidays, Linda decides to make the best of it and spend some quality time with her mother... and the step-father that Linda has never been close with. As soon as she steps into her childhood home, Linda is greeted with memories and nostalgia that help her prepare for a week of her mother's hovering and awkward conversations with her step-father. But just as Linda starts to feel comfortable in her childhood home again, her brothers arrive. The same brothers she hasn't talked to in three years.

In the wake of Lola Messer's gruesome murder, the tranquil town of Valparaiso is thrown into turmoil. The killer slips through the cracks of justice, leaving the community shattered and fear-stricken. For the Messer family, the trauma is compounded by the task of rebuilding their lives. As they grapple with their shattered world, two young sisters face an agonizing choice: remain in the shadow of the crime or escape to forge a new beginning elsewhere.

Dans une petite maison jaune de Sunnyvale, un citronnier pousse devant le porche. Sous ses branches, un garçon de quinze ans nommé Noah parle doucement à son cochon d’Inde, Açaí — le seul être qui semble vraiment le comprendre. Quand NeuralNext, la nouvelle entreprise d’Elon Musk, propose à ses parents de “connecter” son cerveau pour l’aider à mieux apprendre, ils acceptent — portés par l’amour et la peur mêlés.

Two weddings? Two opportunities for conflict, drama and lasting memories. Beth Wheeler has waited her whole life for a Christmas wedding, but she never envisioned it taking place on Captiva Island. Even if it makes her mother happy, without snow, jingle bells and sleigh rides, Beth’s dreams of saying “I do” under a canopy of sugar plums and mistletoe are disappearing faster than a flying reindeer.

Innsbruck, 1897: Josefa vertraut fest darauf, dass ihr Stiefvater Rupert nur ihr Bestes will, als er die Heirat mit dem wohlhabenden Geschäftsmann Berthold arrangiert. Doch bereits auf der Hochzeitsreise zeigen sich erste Risse in der Fassade ihres Ehemanns. Josefa versucht verzweifelt, ihrer Rolle als Ehefrau gerecht zu werden, doch ihr Lebenstraum ist ein anderer: Sie möchte Kunstgeschichte studieren. Berthold hat eigene Pläne für seine Frau und die Situation eskaliert dramatisch.

Cats once again prove to be the best medicine in the wonderful third book following the award-winning, bestselling Japanese novel We’ll Prescribe You a Cat. When you are lost, the Kokoro Clinic for the Soul will find for you. Dr. Nikké and his clinic are always ready to offer their...

Dawn es una joven esposa y madre que siente que su vida se le escapa lentamente. Todo cambia cuando conoce a Hazel, su nueva vecina: entre ellas surge una conexión inmediata, tan luminosa como prohibida. Pero en una época que no perdona a las mujeres que se salen del guion socialmente aceptado, la felicidad tiene un precio. Cuarenta años después, Maggie, madre de dos hijos, atraviesa una crisis personal. Cuando su padre, Heron, recibe un diagnóstico terminal, el pasado irrumpe con fuerza: las verdades que le contaron sobre su madre—su silencio, su supuesto abandono—empiezan a desmoronarse.

When former Special Forces soldier turned artist Brooks Redgrave discovers he may have adult children in Europe, he leaves behind the New York art world and travels to Sancerre, France, where unexpected connections force him to confront a past he thought he’d buried.

«Казус Кукоцкого»—семейная сага Людмилы Улицкой, которая описывает жизнь семьи профессора Павла Алексеевича Кукоцкого на фоне истории Советского государства от момента его создания до середины 1960-х годов.v

Als ein Neugeborenes nachts auf ihrem Bauernhof abgelegt wird, ist Babett sicher, dass der kleine Junge der Sohn ihrer früheren Freundin Evelin ist. Nun nimmt sie das Findelkind wie ein eigenes bei sich auf. Nicht ahnend, dass sie damit nicht nur das Leben des Jungen und ihrer eigenen Tochter, sondern auch das einer jungen Frau in der dritten Generation beeinflussen wird. SPIEGEL-Bestsellerautorin Gina Mayer verwebt in ihrem neuen großen Roman die bewegende Geschichte dreier Frauen.

Twenty-nine-year-old Ella Nilsen has never known her parents—or even how her mother died. Raised by her emotionally distant Norwegian grandmother, Hilda, Ella has long accepted that the topic of her parents is off-limits. When Hilda passes away, Ella is shocked to find that her inheritance includes a summer cottage perched above the sea in a place called Lyngør, a remote island in Norway. To sell it, she’ll have to visit the cottage and take stock of what’s there—and maybe Lyngør holds the key to her mother’s mysterious passing, if she can get the locals to talk.

When new neighbors move into a close-knit, cul-de-sac community, they are welcomed into the fold. Julianna, a nervous newlywed, does her best to fit in among the established clutch. Wearing the perfect outfit to holiday gatherings. Bringing the perfect gift to children’s birthday parties. And making the perfect appetizer for barbecues. Perfect, perfect, perfect. But her neighbors soon learn that Julianna’s perfection is an illusion, a painfully sought façade. There is darkness beneath her glossy surface for she was raised in a dangerous cult she escaped from as a teenager.

Raised in Queens, Michael straddles two vastly different paths: his mother’s unwavering moral compass and his father’s intoxicating life, where loyalty is everything and danger lurks behind every handshake. From a picture-perfect Italian wedding that spirals into a parking lot brawl to familiar road trips to prison, the story unravels in a series of cinematic moments—glamour, violence, humor, and heartbreak.