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Makellose Fassaden und menschliche Abgründe: Sunday lebt mit ihrer sechzehnjährigen Tochter Dolly noch immer in dem Haus, in dem schon sie aufgewachsen ist. Sie ist anders als die meisten Menschen. An manchen Tagen isst sie ausschließlich weißes Essen und sie hat einen Ratgeber aus den Fünfzigern, der ihr in komplexen sozialen Situationen hilft. Sundays geordnetes Leben gerät jedoch aus den Fugen, als die charismatische Vita mit ihrem Mann nebenan einzieht.

Il romanzo Il faro delle anime è ambientato a Deauville, in Normandia, e racconta il viaggio interiore del protagonista alla ricerca di verità e significato esistenziale. Il cammino spirituale è accompagnato dalla musica classica, esplorando temi come amicizia, relazioni umane, vita, morte, amore e destino. Il faro di Deauville rappresenta una guida spirituale, illuminando incontri significativi con personaggi saggi. Il fedele cane Bart, compagno del protagonista, simboleggia la fedeltà e il legame uomo-animale.

The Crowdies have worked the same landscape on the Scottish coast for generations. When Bern Crowdie passes away, everyone expects the farm to pass to his youngest daughter Nina who, with her young son Barnaby, has been living and working with her father for the past five years. Her older sister Bette left when she was eighteen, vowing never to return. Now a successful lawyer in London, it’s doubtful she’ll even make the funeral – or the reading of their father’s will.

Two years ago, a trendy diet drink called SlimPro left my world in ruins. The Contamination turned people like my mom and dad into violent, shambling creatures. Now, the rehabilitated ones are being sent home with shock collars connected to their brains to control their aggressive impulses.

Nacida en un pequeño pueblo de la campiña de Yorkshire, en Inglaterra, Leah Thompson crece para convertirse en una joven de belleza deslumbrante. Y cuando capta la atención de la influyente pero conflictiva familia Delancey sabe que su vida nunca volverá a ser la misma. Años más tarde, Leah se ha convertido en la supermodelo más cotizada del mundo, con constantes viajes a Milán, Londres y Nueva York rodeada de lujo y glamour. Pero su pasado la persigue como una oscura sombra, misteriosamente entrelazado con la trágica historia de dos hermanos en la Polonia de la Segunda Guerra Mundial.

In 2004, Juliette Marker, a white college freshman, and Noah King, a Black high school senior, are two lonely souls who enter each other’s orbit, forge a connection, and, after a chance meeting, go home together. Twelve years later, Noah has done the impossible and made it in Hollywood. His first film is about to be released, and he and his beloved wife Jesse, a successful writer herself, have just had a baby. Meanwhile, Juliette’s best friend Annie is back in LA for the first time in more than a decade.

Vicky and Alek disagree on a lot. But there’s one thing they both agree on. They both believe they are fundamentally misunderstood – by society, and by their loved ones. When Vicky’s past catches up with her, and her unpleasant ex threatens to destroy her marriage, she’s faced with an impossible choice. Will she compromise her morals to protect herself and her family, or risk everything she holds dear?

It’s just a small picture in the local paper—Katie can’t explain why it sets her heart racing. But hiding the photo of local GP Joe Harvey in her bag sets in motion a chain of events that will dramatically alter her life forever. Driven by a unhealthy desire for a man she hardly knows, the mother of two begins to worm her way into Joe’s life, knowing it’s reckless but still unable to control herself. As her obsession intensifies, Katie’s world becomes increasingly stressful and she’s forced to cover her tracks by lying to everyone around her.

5 de abril de 2019: la primavera despunta en Brooklyn y en el hogar de los Walker-Byrne la felicidad doméstica se resquebraja lentamente. Dan e Isabel han empezado a distanciarse, y el hecho de que Robbie, el encantador y frágil hermano de ella, al que todos adoran, deba abandonar la casa no es algo que ayude. Mientras este busca apartamento e intenta superar su último fracaso sentimental ocultándose tras un glamuroso avatar en las redes, Nathan, el hijo de diez años, da pasos inseguros hacia la adolescencia y su hermana Violet, de cinco, hace lo posible por aliviar el desencanto familiar.

Ellis Island, 1909: da uno dei tanti transatlantici in arrivo sbarcano una giovane donna e il suo bambino. Provengono dall'Italia, dall'Aspromonte più arcaico e violento. I loro nomi sono Cetta e Natale: ma il bimbo viene subito chiamato, dagli addetti dell'Immigrazione americana, "Christmas". Natale-Christmas: nella trasformazione di questo nome è racchiuso tutto il sogno della giovane, indomita Cetta, che affronta con coraggio le difficoltà della vita nel ghetto italiano del Lower East Side di New York con un solo desiderio.

Claire Eiffel, the beautiful, brilliant eldest daughter of the illustrious architect Gustave Eiffel, is doted upon with an education envied by many sons of the upper classes, and entirely out of the reach of most daughters. Claire’s idyllic childhood ends abruptly when, at fourteen, her mother passes away. It’s soon made clear that Gustave expects Claire to fill her mother’s place as caregiver to the younger children and as manager of their home.

Claudia, single mom of two, pines for her past independent life. Her ex, after all, has moved on to a new wardrobe, new hobbies and—worst of all—new adult friends. But in Claudia's house she's still finding bananas in the sock drawer, cigarettes taped to wrestling figures, and colourful doodles on her MasterCard bills. Then Claudia receives the unexpected news that her mother has died.

Claire, Elena, and Becca were not only sisters but the best of friends growing up, relying on each other for love and affection amidst a home lacking in love. As they grew older things shifted, life took them in separate directions. When Claire’s husband is offered a new position in his company, leaving him gone more than at home, Claire’s insecurities of abandonment rise, threatening to unravel the tight-knit family she’s worked so hard to maintain.

Die zehnjährige Mascha und der junge Hund Tinkapur müssen sich zusehends Regeln beugen, die ihren eigenen Lebensimpulsen widersprechen. Wie sie in ihrem Umfeld um ihre Identität ringen und sich gegenseitig unterstützen, davon erzählt dieses Buch. Mit großer poetischer Kraft und tiefem Mitgefühl für alle Figuren beschreibt die Autorin ein knappes Jahr im Leben der beiden Protagonisten, das sich mehr und mehr zum Thriller einer Kindheit entwickelt.

J.T. never quite got over the painful breakup with his ex-girlfriend, Joey. So finding out she moved in next door leaves him with mixed feelings. Joey has moved back to Castle Springs after a six-year absence to renovate the old Bradford place and turn it into a Bed and Breakfast. When she bought the place, she had no idea J.T. O’Connell was building his new home on the adjacent property. But the deal is done and there’s no going back on it now.

Charlotte and I argued so badly the last time we spoke. I was just worried about her, but she refused to hear me out. And now she’s lying pale, still and silent in a hospital bed. I’m convinced this was no accident: the police should be questioning her boyfriend, Freddie. I never thought he was good enough for her, but did he hurt my daughter? Guilt floods through me again and again. If we hadn’t argued, she wouldn’t have been with him today. If we hadn’t argued, I could have been there for her.

Als Emma und Aidan beschließen, ihre kleine Pension in Lobster Bay zu erweitern, ist Emma Feuer und Flamme, denn sie ist sich sicher, dass dies genau das Projekt ist, das sie braucht, um ihren schönen Rückzugsort am Meer attraktiver zu machen – und um sie und Aidan noch mehr zusammenzuschweißen. Sie hat drei Monate Zeit, um das Projekt abzuschließen, bevor ihre Gäste zu einem üppigen Weihnachtsfest eintreffen. Doch unvorhergesehene Hindernisse bereiten Emma und ihre Liebsten schon bald wenig festliche Probleme.

Sisters Ruth and Miriam Green spent most of their childhood loving each other and hating each other, treasuring each other and resenting each other. Now they're grown up their lives have taken them on very different paths, creating a rift which is proving difficult to heal. Ruth has followed her traditional Jewish upbringing. Miriam has not–and while she wants to instill her heritage in her children, they just want to fit in.

Charming and heroic, there’s nothing about Gabriel Woodruff that Avery Burke doesn’t love. His warm brown eyes, his generosity, that small scar above his lip. The newspaper photo of him carrying her from a burning home only adds to the romance of it all. A fairytale beginning and a picture-perfect marriage practically guarantees Avery and Gabriel a ride into the sunset. But every relationship has flaws, and what they ignored while they were busy being flawless eventually surfaces. The unraveling begins with the smallest tug on the tiniest string.