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For readers of Taylor Jenkins Reid and Kristin Hannah, the lyrical, deeply felt story of an artist and the great love that defined his life, set against the electric, delirious backdrop of 1970s New York City and the tumultuous years prior. Growing up motherless and under the cruel eye of his...

High in a subsidized studio apartment, the unnamed 82-year-old narrator of Elegy in Blue looks out across the rooftops of Brooklyn all the way to the sea. His distinguished career on Wall Street is in ruins, his mansion in Brooklyn Heights has been burned to the ground, and most of all, his father, his son, and his wife―the stunningly beautiful and equally kind Clare―have been taken from him, one by one, over the decades, by war and an act of violence. Now his “allegiance is to his ghosts.” He’s almost lost to memory, reflection, and a purposeful letting go of life.

From a Booker Prize-longlisted author, a novel in which a woman tries to overcome her abusive past and find her estranged sister in a deeply moving and darkly funny quest for redemption Foul-mouthed, scrappy, and self-destructive, Steffie is her own worst enemy. Sustained by her sardonic sense...

Ein Mann steigt in sein Boot, um über den Fjord in die Großstadt zu fahren. Als er von den Kaufleuten betrogen wird, macht er sich angewidert von den Großstädtern auf den Rückweg und entscheidet spontan, auf einer Insel haltzumachen. Dort trifft er Eline wieder, seine Jugendliebe, nach der das Boot benannt ist. Eline hat gerade ihren Mann verlassen.

Powroty do rodzinnego domu okazują się trudne – szczególnie jeśli relacje w nim budowane były na sekretach i kłamstwach. Po osiemnastu latach nieobecności Magdalena wraca do rodzinnego Szczecina. To trudna decyzja, podjęta z ostrożnością, ale i pod jednym warunkiem – że dziadek, charyzmatyczny i zamknięty w sobie Ludwik Starkowski, wyjawi jej całą prawdę o swojej dramatycznej przeszłości. Ich wspólne chwile przeradzają się w wędrówkę do czasów wojennych.

Wiosna, 1835 rok. Eliza, córka hrabiny Modlińskiej, nigdy nie pasowała do arystokratycznego świata. Śladami tajemniczego Tatara Tarasa wyrusza, by odnaleźć część legendarnej mapy i poznać sekret, którego strażnikiem był jej ojciec. Zaginione artefakty, pradawna klątwa pustynnej wiedźmy i strażnicy Złotej Ordy – wszystko to splata się w sieć intryg, rozciągającą się między stepami Krymu a litewskimi puszczami.

Niniejszy zbiór zawiera siedem zróżnicowanych opowiadań. Pomimo iż zostały opublikowane książkowo w tym samym roku co Pociągi pod specjalnym nadzorem, ukazują inne oblicze autora, zdecydowanie bardziej bezkompromisowe. Na Sprzedam dom, w którym już nie chcę mieszkać składają się teksty stanowiące jeden z najważniejszych kluczy do zrozumienia twórczości Bohumila Hrabala oraz źródeł jej poetyckości oraz ponadczasowości.

Una historia de amor, amistad y familia que sorprende. Hay afectos que surgen de la convivencia y son sólidos, sinceros y plenos de ternura. Tango tiene un valor añadido a la historia que en ella se narra, los personajes y su personalidad, la enorme humanidad que rebosan cada uno en su papel. Cada cual al leer una novela siente empatía hacia uno u otro personaje, en Tango son varios los que provocan esa complicidad que nos lleva a leer como formando parte de lo acaecido. Si es posible escucha alguno de los tangos, a mí me gusta Malena en una versión de Calamaro.

Three adult sisters are faced with their mother’s provocative last request in this clear-eyed and moving novel exploring choice, change, and power in the bodies and lives of four different women. Sloane, a former actress now working as a therapist, is determined to find a meaningful way...

Two witchy sisters find themselves framed for the disappearance of their elderly client’s substantial trust after her sudden death—from the New York Times bestselling author of Payback's a Witch and the critically-acclaimed author of All Dressed Up. As descendants of one of the original...

Even in absence, Miriam’s spirit remains the heart of her family. December 2009. Snow blankets East London in one of the harshest winters in memory. In the old family house once shared by Miriam, Roy, and Rafa, preparations for Christmas are underway. Miriam’s youngest daughter, Florence, now middle-aged, bustles to hold the family together alongside her twin daughters, Faith and Betty—both grown, headstrong, and carrying their own burdens. As the festive season unfolds, the past surfaces: an emotional visit to Rafa in a care home, a few family disasters, and a looming divorce. ...

Una historia en la que el afecto supera al desafecto. En la que duele más la falta de atención materna que la violencia. Deja claro que no basta con traer al mundo a un hijo para ser una verdadera madre. La sencilla manera de vivir la vida puede dar más felicidad que alcanzar un gran éxito profesional.

La vida nos reta de muchas maneras, hay que afrontar esos retos y seguir adelante. Vigilar a los posibles enemigos y defendernos. Dando lo mejor de nosotros mismos a quienes nos muestran su amistad.

“Vivid and intriguing...Evokes unresolved family history with subtle heat.” —The New York Times From National Book Award–winning Elisa Shua Dusapin, a subtle yet powerful portrayal of family, secrets, and silence set against the backdrop of a crumbling house in the French...

“For fans who appreciate emotionally wrenching reads such as those by Sarah Jio or Kristin Hannah.” –Library Journal “Fans of Jodi Picoult and Kristin Hannah now have a new go-to author.” —Sally Hepworth, bestselling author of The Secrets of Midwives From the bestselling author of...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER NAMED A BEST BOOK BY PEOPLE AND PARADE The New York Times bestselling author of The Most Fun We Ever Had (“wonderfully immersive…deliciously absorbing”—NPR) returns with another brilliantly observed family drama in which the enduring, hard-won affection of a...

Wyoming, 1876. For as long as they have lived on the frontier, the Bemis and Webber families have relied on each other. With no other settlers for miles, it is a matter of survival. But when Ernest Bemis finds his wife, Cora, in a compromising situation with their neighbor, he doesn’t think of survival. In one impulsive moment, a man is dead, Ernest is off to prison, and the women left behind are divided by rage and remorse.

1984. Bessie is a confident sixteen-year-old girl with the world at her feet, dreaming of what life will bring and what she’ll bring to this life. Then everything comes crashing down. Her bright and trusting smile is lost, banished by shame - and a secret she’ll carry with her for the rest of her life. 2021. The last thirty-seven years have not been easy for Bess. At fifty-three she is visibly weary, and her marriage to Mario is in tatters. Watching her son in newlywed bliss - the hope, the trust, the joy - Bess knows it is time to face her own demons.

For social worker Mallory Ward, working with at-risk youth is a calling. But when one of her clients is tragically killed, she finds herself at a crossroads. Despite long-held resentments toward her distant mother, Mallory retreats to her childhood home on the Rhode Island coast to contemplate her future. Instead, she’s confronted by her past, not only in the renewed tensions with her mother but in the unexpected appearance of a familiar face—and the wrenching losses that drove her away a decade ago.

When Arkady Petrovich comes home from college, his father finds his eager, naïve son changed almost beyond recognition, for the impressionable Arkady has fallen under the powerful influence of the friend he has brought with him. A self-proclaimed nihilist, the ardent young Bazarov shocks Arkady's father by criticizing the landowning way of life and by his outspoken determination to sweep away traditional values of contemporary Russian society.