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If you loved Landscape of a Marriage by Gail Ward Olmsted, you'll absolutely adore Katharine's Remarkable Road Trip. In the fall of 1907, Katharine decides to drive from Newport, Rhode Island to her new home in Jackson, New Hampshire. Despite the concerns of her family and friends that at the age of 77 she lacks the stamina for the nearly 300-mile journey, Katharine sets out alone. Over the next six days, she receives a marriage proposal, pulls an all-nighter, saves a life or two, crashes a high-society event, meets a kindred spirit, faces a former rival, makes a new friend, takes a stroll with a future movie mogul, advises a troubled newlywed, and reflects upon a life well lived: her own!

Ahead of looming layoffs within the ongoing decimation of media, Jacob Goldberg, a culture writer in New York, knows what will save him: a podcast. Not just any podcast, but something that will demonstrate his singular thoughtfulness in an oversaturated, competitive market. When Jacob learns the true, tragic circumstances behind the mysterious death of Seth, one of his best friends from high school, his world is turned completely upside down. But when the dust settles, he realizes he has an idea worth digging into. Of course, it’s not so simple.

Elaine Rowe is a Toronto writer who likes to write for children (and others) about unexpectedly talented animals and resourceful women. After years of hiding her light under a bushel, she decided to see if anyone else likes her stories. This one is about a meeting of a Wednesday morning women's writers group that takes a sudden and surprising turn—but the group manages things very nicely.

Two young women with different backgrounds, attitudes, and aptitudes are living in an exciting but confusing time, the most extreme counter-culture movement the modern world has ever seen. They have little in common except for the place they both call home: an apartment building on Isabella Street.

Meet Relebogile Naledi Mpho Moruakgomo. Or, for short, Eddie: an aspiring playwright who dreams of making it big in London’s theater world. But after repeated rejections from white talent agents, Eddie suspects her non-white sounding name might be the problem. Enter Hugo Lawrence Smith: good looking, well-connected, charismatic and…very white. Stifled by his law degree and looking for a way out of the corporate world, he finds a kindred spirit in Eddie after a chance encounter at a cafe. Together they devise a plan, one which will see Eddie’s play on stage and Hugo’s name in lights.

This is a story about four friends who grew up together in rural northern New Jersey. The four are close enough to be brothers- chosen family- whose loyalty and love for one another becomes a powerful force in their lives growing up.

Amy, Carole, Lenore and Susan have been friends since school but now they’re in their 40s, life seems to be selling them short. Encouraged by arch feminist and natural leader Amy, they embark on a graffiti campaign in their home town of Hamilton, scrawling anti-patriarchy slogans on the walls of local buildings.

As Mara and Tom navigate their break-up/non-break-up, Mara becomes fixated on the perfect couple living in the flat above her. While her best friend accuses her of being self-involved and her already overfamiliar boss keeps getting her drunker and drunker, the Happy Couple become a symbol for everything Mara and Tom could have been – but, crucially, are not.

Born and raised in the small prairie town of Lanigan, Saskatchewan, Jane Smith had to be the most awkward girl around. She had reached an age when her parents were allowing her to experiment with make-up, and all the boys around her were becoming more attractive as each day passed. Especially Todd. He was her biggest secret crush. Unfortunately, Jane was too shy to do anything about it.

When a young couple accidentally comes into possession of a playful kitten, their daily routine (and cramped apartment) is turned upside down. Soon they find their existence forever altered. Charting the couple’s ever-evolving relationship with cats – some they live with, others who exist only in their imagination – Invisible Kitties is a meditation on the quiet moments of everyday life and a celebration of cats in all their many forms.

When an anonymous parcel turns up at the shop where Sophie works, she’s surprised to find a beautifully bound classic novel, one that eerily seems to chime with her own story. Enigmatic Harry lives in a crumbling manor house, spending solitary days patching up leaks in the roof. The subject of unwelcome gossip in the village since his return from London, he prefers to keep to himself. As Christmas draws near and the gifting season arrives, Sophie attempts to get to the bottom of her mysterious parcel.

When Shantal gets the call to move from London to Brazil, to test out her racing simulator on high performance Formula One racing drivers, she leaves her life behind, and goes. Darien knows one thing in life: passion is everything. It’s his passion for driving that has led him to the heights of motorsport, a coveted seat as a Formula One driver. When his team insists he move to Brazil to trial a new racing simulator and racetrack, he goes. Because the one thing he is more passionate about than cars, is Brazil, his home. When Shantal and Darien meet, sparks aren’t just flying from the gearbox.

Ruby Wood is perfectly happy playing the dating game – until she has a red-hot dream about her very attractive flatmate, Nick. He might spend every day saving lives as a junior doctor, but he’s absolutely the last man on earth that fun-loving Ruby would ever date! The solution? Focus on all of Nick’s bad points. And if that fails, up her dating antics and find herself a man. So what if she manages to make disapproving, goody two-shoes Nick jealous in the process…

A hilarious drama about wild women, wild secrets and the power that can come from both. Perfect for fans of Liane Moriarty.

Robin and Kessie have been best friends since childhood when their families fractured. Now, in their mid-thirties, they are keen to have children themselves, but each faces daunting obstacles. In stepping up to support each other, they begin to negotiate unconventional routes towards motherhood, challenging assumptions about ‘normal’ family relationships along the way.

Действие третьей части неаполитанского квартета, уже названного "лучшей литературной эпопеей современности", происходит в конце 1960-х и в 1970-е годы. История дружбы Лену Греко и Лилы Черулло продолжается на бурном историческом фоне: студенческие протесты, уличные столкновения, растущее профсоюзное движение... Лила после расставания с мужем переехала с маленьким сыном в район новостроек и работает на колбасном заводе. Лену уехала из Неаполя, окончила элитный колледж, опубликовала книгу, готовится выйти замуж и стать членом влиятельного семейства.

История о пропавшем ребенке — четвертая, заключительная часть захватывающей, ставшей для многих читателей потрясением эпопеи о двух подругах: тихой умнице Лену и своенравной талантливой Лиле. Время идет — у каждой из них семья, дети, престарелые родители, любовники... однако самым постоянным, что было в жизни Лену и Лилы, остается их дружба. Обе героини приложили немало усилий, пытаясь вырваться из бедного неаполитанского квартала, в котором выросли, — царства косности, жестокости и суровых табу.

Прекрасный мир, где же ты (2021) — третья книга молодой ирландской писательницы Салли Руни, которую критики называют "голосом поколения миллениалов". Первая — "Разговоры с друзьями" (2017) и вторая — "Нормальные люди" (2018) — имели, без преувеличения, феноменальный успех как у читателей, так и у литературных критиков. Элис, Феликс, Айлин и Саймон находятся в поисках любви перед лицом крайне неопределенного будущего — их собственного и всего человечества.

Вторая часть завоевавшего всемирную популярность четырехтомного "неаполитанского квартета" продолжает историю Лену Греко и Лилы Черулло. Подруги взрослеют, их жизненные пути неумолимо расходятся. Они по-прежнему стремятся вырваться из убогости и нищеты неаполитанских окраин, но каждая выбирает свою дорогу. Импульсивная Лила становится синьорой Карраччи; богатство и новое имя заставляют ее отречься от той себя, какой она была еще вчера, оставить в прошлом дерзкую талантливую девчонку, подававшую большие надежды. Лену же продолжает учиться, стремясь доказать самой себе, что может добиться успеха и без своей гениальной подруги.

Первый из четырех романов уже ставшего культовым во всем мире "неаполитанского цикла" Элены Ферранте — это история двух подруг, Лену и Лилы, живущих в 50-е годы в одном из бедных кварталов Неаполя. Их детство и юность проходят на суровых улицах, где девочки учатся во всех обстоятельствах полагаться только друг на друга. Идут годы. Пути Лену и Лилы то расходятся, то сходятся вновь, но они остаются лучшими подругами — такими, когда жизнь одной отражается и преломляется в судьбе другой.