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Vivian Molloy hardly expected to retire early from teaching, but for her husband, Dave, she'd do anything. But when Dave abandons her after a weekend away, she returns home to their picturesque town in Tasmania, shell-shocked and alone with nothing to fill her days. When an old colleague tries to rope her into teaching a writing class at the local library, Vivian is hesitant. How can she teach with her life falling apart? But it is the people she meets that help her remember who she is.

"A Solas" narra la historia de dos mujeres que, amigas de infancia, se reencuentran al cabo de muchos años de distancia. A través de los correos electrónicos que empiezan a intercambiar, consiguen recuperar la complicidad perdida y acaban convirtiéndose en un punto de apoyo la una para la otra. Serena, una psicóloga de éxito está en la India, reencontrándose a si misma, mientras que su marido y sus hijos la esperan felizmente en casa. Martina, en cambio, periodista en paro, se acaba de separar, tiene un niño pequeño y debe reconstruir su vida desde cero.

Bo is running out of time. Yet time is one of the few things he’s got left. These days, his quiet existence is broken up only by daily visits from his home care team. Fortunately, he still has his beloved elkhound Sixten to keep him company … though now his son, with whom Bo has had a rocky relationship, insists upon taking the dog away, claiming that Bo has grown too old to properly care for him. The threat of losing Sixten stirs up a whirlwind of emotion, leading Bo to take stock of his life, his relationships, and the imperfect way he’s expressed his love over the years.

It’s been years since Ingrid has heard from her childhood best friend, Mayra, a fearless rebel who fled their hometown of Miami for college in the Northeast. But when Mayra calls out of the blue to invite Ingrid to a weekend at a house in the Everglades, Ingrid impulsively accepts. From the moment Ingrid sets out for the house, danger looms: the directions to the house are difficult, she’s out of reach of cell service, and the wet maw of the swamp threatens to swallow her up as she drives deeper into the Everglades.

After an accident involving a bonfire and an aerosol can sends Gertie to the hospital, she finds herself with nowhere to go but to Sioux Falls to live with her newly clean father. She sees it as a chance to escape the hometown drama she's caused, but it finds her all the same: parties without curfews, boys without boundaries, a compromising photo, tragedy back home . . . and her father, once again teetering on the edge of oblivion.

Mia and Cricket have always been close. The gifted daughters of a young single mother, the “Lowe girls” are well-known in the small Maine town they call home. Each sister has a role to fill: the responsible and academically-minded Mia assumes the position of caregiver far too young. While Cricket, a bouncing ball of energy and talent, seems born for soccer stardom. But the cost of achieving athletic greatness comes at a steep price.

Try as he might, Junius "Little Whit" Whitman can't unsee the busted foundation of his father's holy roller faith. All in one night, he's watched a man die in the middle of a prayer service, a tornado level a neighboring town, and his parents' marriage incinerate above him. Even though he doubles down on his efforts to believe, Whit enters young adulthood searching for a faith he can hold onto.

Pentru tanarul narator intelectual, intalnirea cu Zorbas, intr-o dimineata cetoasa, pe tarmul Greciei continentale, se dovedeste providentiala: calauzit de noul sau prieten, acesta descopera atat frumusetea aspra a unei umanitati atemporale, cat si raspunsul la intrebarile metafizice care il condamnau la inactiune. Asemenea lui Falstaff sau lui Sancho Panza, Zorbas ii ofera o noua cheie a intelegerii lumii. Datorita lui, naratorul indrazneste sa caute dragostea; alaturi de el, asista neputincios la spectacolul violentei si al mortii.

When two childhood best friends blow up their respective romantic relationships, they make a time-sensitive pact: serial-cheater Chuck cannot sleep with anyone as she attends a three-month-long recovery group for cheaters, while sex-deprived Sofia vows to hook up with as many people as possible before recommitting to monogamy and tying the knot with her long-time fiancé. To keep things interesting, Chuck and Sofia decide to revive a past tradition from their summer camp days—also known as the dawning of sluthood.

Olivia träumt von NYC, nur um in dem kleinen Örtchen Yellow Creek in den Rocky Mountains zu landen Der Traum der ehrgeizigen Berlinerin Olivia ist zum Greifen nah: ein Jahr für ein Trainee-Programm in den Big Apple. Bunt vielfältig und vor allem karrierefördernd. Aufgrund eines Missverständnisses landet sie jedoch in der Kleinstadt Yello Creek und muss sich dort als Frau in der Tech-Branche nicht nur den Kunden, sondern auch ihrem missgünstigen Kollegen Brad gegenüber beweisen. Dabei ist die Anziehungskraft zu dem attraktiven Mason, der sie total aus der Fassung bringt, wenig hifreich.

No final de um beco escuro, há um prédio antigo onde funcionam vários estabelecimentos. Um deles é a Clínica Kokoro, um lugar que apenas as almas que mais precisam de ajuda conseguem encontrar. A misteriosa clínica oferece um tratamento exclusivo — e um tanto estranho — para aqueles que chegam até lá: gatos.

Net zo onvergetelijk als Daar waar de rivierkreeften zingen en Ga als een rivier. Als de wolven huilen (voorheen Alice, het wolvenmeisje). In het ruige noordwesten van Amerika ligt het Olympic National Forest – ruim een miljoen hectare aan ondoordringbare duisternis en onvoorstelbare schoonheid. Uit dit diepe woud verschijnt op een dag een zesjarig meisje. Ze draagt een wolvenjong op haar arm, kan niet praten, en er is geen enkele aanwijzing over haar identiteit. Dr. Julia Cates was een beroemde kinderpsychiater, tot een schandaal haar carrière ruïneerde.

In ihrem New Yorker Appartement lauscht die 35-jährige Billie auf Schreie der Panik. Es ist Cassie, ihre beste Freundin seit Kindertagen, die nur eine Etage über ihr wohnt, und sie hat gerade entdeckt, dass ihre kleine Tochter verschwunden ist. Als Billie den Blick senkt, liegt dort das Baby in ihren Armen. Ist sie für die Entführung verantwortlich? Wie konnte es dazu kommen? Psychologisch geschickt und mit viel Empathie entwirrt Carola Lovering in diesem spannungsgeladenen Roman das komplexe, hochemotionale Geflecht einer jahrzehntelangen Frauenfreundschaft.

Umberto e Angela si incontrano. Lui alla soglia della pensione, alcolista, cresciuto al CEP – esperimento di aggregato popolare affacciato sulla laguna di Venezia – e lei poco più che ventenne, appena uscita dal carcere della Giudecca, proveniente da una rispettata famiglia ottusamente cattolica, la cui infanzia è stata scandita dalle ossessioni di un padre bigotto. Quando si incontrano per la prima volta, Umberto è il serio, scorbutico e apprezzato macellaio di un supermercato di Mestre che porta sulle spalle il peso di una terribile tragedia accaduta vent’anni prima.

Ronda McCann lives a quiet, careful life. She cycles to her job as a care assistant in a nursing home from her childhood home, where she lives with her widowed mother, Annie, after a failed relationship. But Ronda has a rich fantasy life. In her imagination she is brave, assertive, respected and admired … much like her sister Margo, a successful working mother and wife. However, there’s no place for a chronic day-dreamer in Margo’s world. Ronda is flung out of her dream world when her sister insists that she learn to drive.

Tao is an immigrant fortune teller, traveling between villages with just her trusty mule for company. She only tells "small" fortunes: whether it will hail next week; which boy the barmaid will kiss; when the cow will calve. She knows from bitter experience that big fortunes come with big consequences… Even if it’s a lonely life, it’s better than the one she left behind. But a small fortune unexpectedly becomes something more when a (semi) reformed thief and an ex-mercenary recruit her into their desperate search for a lost child.

Andy loves Jen. Jen loved Andy. And he can't work out why she stopped. Now he is. . . Without a home Waiting for his stand-up career to take off Wondering why everyone else around him seems to have grown up while he wasn't looking. Set adrift on the sea of heartbreak, Andy clings to the idea of solving the puzzle of his ruined relationship. Because if he can find the answer to that, then maybe Jen can find her way back to him. But Andy still has a lot to learn, not least his ex-girlfriend's side of the story…

One winter morning, Kyungha receives an urgent message from her friend Inseon to visit her at a hospital in Seoul. Inseon has injured herself in an accident, and she begs Kyungha to return to Jeju Island, where she lives, to save her beloved pet—a white bird called Ama. A snowstorm hits the island when Kyungha arrives. She must reach Inseon’s house at all costs, but the icy wind and squalls slow her down as night begins to fall. She wonders if she will arrive in time to save the animal—or even survive the terrible cold that envelops her with every step.

Voller Romantik, Inselflair und Sommersonne: In unseren Träumen ist immer Sommer ist der neue atmosphärischen Urlaubsroman von SPIEGEL-Bestsellerautorin Jenny Colgan! Nie war Schottland unwiderstehlicher als in diesem Roman! Willkommen im idyllischen Carso! Hier glitzert die Sonne auf dem türkisfarbenen Meer, und der Himmel erstreckt sich weit über dem Strand. Viele, die hier geboren sind, wollen niemals weg. Die schüchterne Gertie dagegen träumt von Abenteuern in der Ferne.

Miranda Quinn is back in the courtroom working as a legal aid attorney when she's asked to represent Lennon, the daughter of a high school friend currently serving time in prison. Still struggling with guilt from the role she played in her friend's downfall, Miranda agrees to help. The former assistant DA has given up a lucrative career as a legal talk radio host to better serve her community. In her spare time, she volunteers as a counselor for at-risk teens.