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Set in the American Midwest and Southwest, the novel opens in 1976, when the young teenage protagonist, Erica, is in a psychiatric hospital following a suicide attempt. In the present day, Erica, now in her 50s, takes a phone call at work telling her that her mother has died. From this point the story moves backwards in time, with each chapter shedding light - and dramatic irony - on those it follows. This mother-daughter relationship seesaws.

When Eva and Adam fall into bed one Friday night, tired and happy after drinks with friends, they have their whole lives ahead of them. But their story ends in the first few minutes. That's no reason to stop listening, though, because How I Lose You is a story told backwards - and it's all the more warm, tender and moving because we know it is going to be interrupted. It's a story Eva thought she knew - but as you and she will discover, it's not just the ending of the story that she got wrong.

Una novela llena de ternura e intriga para los lectores y oyentes de; Una madre y El curioso incidente del perro a medianoche. Guille es un niño introvertido, con una sonrisa permanente. Tiene solo una amiga. Hasta aquí, todo en orden... Pero esta apariencia de tranquilidad esconde un mundo fragilísimo y con un misterio por resolver

Ana quiere plantar una milpa en su traspatio, en pleno Distrito Federal. Pero en la tierra hay altos contenidos de plomo y la privada donde vive está plagada de ausencias. Su hermana murió, sus papás están de luto y sus hermanos de campamento; su única amiga se fue a buscar a quien la abandonó cuatro años atrás. Menos mal que queda Alfonso.

The stories in The Two of Us focus on pairs: intense one-on-one relationships and encounters. Characters undergo genetic testing, garden, overeat, starve themselves, consider suicide, travel, have their hair cut, fall pregnant, all while simultaneously driving each other towards moments where they - sometimes unwillingly - glimpse the meaning and shape of their lives and who they might become.

Der charmante Gelegenheitsdieb und Hippie Mahony glaubte immer, seine Mutter habe ihn aus Desinteresse 1950 in einem Waisenhaus in Dublin abgegeben. Sechsundzwanzig Jahre später erhält er einen Brief, der ein ganz anderes, ein brutales Licht auf die Geschichte seiner Mutter wirft. Mahony reist daraufhin in seinen Geburtsort, um herauszufinden, was damals wirklich geschah. Sein geradezu unheimlich vertrautes Gesicht beunruhigt die Bewohner von Anfang an.

À un an d'intervalle, Anne, Hélène et Émilie perdent leur mère, puis leur père. Entre les deux, David Bowie lui aussi disparaît. Dans l'enfance d'Hélène, la "sœur du milieu", le chanteur a eu une importance toute particulière, dont le souvenir soudain ressurgit. Alors, elle commence à raconter... Sur les thèmes inépuisables de la force et de la complexité des liens familiaux, de la place de chaque enfant dans sa fratrie, voici un roman d'une déconcertante et magnifique sincérité.

The year is 1964. The Hillsingers and the Quicks have shared the small Maine island of Seven for generations. But though technically family - Jim Hillsinger and Billy Quick married Park Avenue sisters Lila and Hannah Blackwell - they do not mix. Now, on the anniversary of Hannah's death, Lila feels grief pulling her toward Billy. And Jim, a spy recently ousted from the CIA on suspicion of treason, decides to carry out the threat his wife has explicitly forbidden: to banish their youngest son, the 12-year-old Catta, to the neighboring island of Baffin for 24 hours.

Nach dem Tod ihres Mannes steht Hanna plötzlich ihrer Mutter wieder gegenüber - zum ersten Mal seit 25 Jahren. Damals verließ Hanna ihren kleinen Heimartort bei München, weil sie das Leben an der Seite ihrer trinkenden Mutter nicht mehr aushielt - und ließ auch Alexander zurück, ihre erste große Liebe. Ihre Flucht ermöglichte ihr ein neues Leben, doch Alex hat sie nie vergessen. Und nun findet Hanna heraus, dass auch er nicht aufgehört hat, an sie zu denken.

To her friends, Amber leads the perfect life with her successful marriage, her powerful job in London and her immaculate style. But as more of her friends fall pregnant, and her best friend, Dylan, announces his decision to adopt a baby with his gay lover, Amber's carefully structured world begins to fall apart. Intricately crafted and sensually evocative, Something I'm Not is a sharp, contemporary novel that discusses the way the psychological scars of the past pass through the generations of a family.

Tres familias de orígenes y culturas dispares protagonizan esta apasionante saga de emigrantes que recalan en Cuba y cuyos destinos a lo largo de más de 150 años correrán parejos con los de la bella isla. Desde el Miami actual, la historia retrocede hasta 1856, cuando entran en contacto los personajes, procedentes de China, España y África, y surge el amor, que hallará una mágica continuidad un siglo más tarde. Una hermosa historia de esperanzas y sueños rotos, de nostalgia, exilio y amores unidos por el destino.

Teresa, accompagnata dal marito Cesare, torna dopo molti anni nella città di provincia dove è nata, in occasione della morte dell'anziana madre, Grazia. Qui si trova ad affrontare problemi di vario genere, a cominciare dal fatto che, prima di morire, la donna ha venduto, senza una ragione apparente, quasi tutto ciò che possedeva. E questa non è la sola stranezza negli ultimi anni di vita di Grazia, donna proverbialmente bella, elegante e con un passato non privo di qualche ombra.

Major Hugh Dégaré never thought working a desk job could be worse than combat. But shortly after starting a new position in a bureaucratic military headquarters far from the front lines, he finds himself fighting to maintain his grip on reality. Amid sleepless nights and intense memories from his combat service, he does what he's always done - takes action. Afraid of being stigmatized by his chain of command, he turns to a psychologist and an estranged friend, Daryl, now an ex-soldier. Despite his best efforts, Hugh's rage continues to grow.

Nicolaas Storm fährt mit seinem Vater Willem durch ein vollkommen verändertes Südafrika. Nach einem Fieber, das weltweit fünfundneunzig Prozent der Menschen getötet hat, versuchen die beiden, einen sicheren Platz zum Leben zu finden. Das Land ist in einem Zustand der Gesetzlosigkeit. Gangs ziehen schwerbewaffnet umher, wilde Tiere bedrohen die Menschen. Schließlich aber finden Vater und Sohn einen Platz für eine Siedlung.

C'est pas moi, je le jure?! étonne par sa fraîcheur et sa verve, par sa vision du monde de l'enfance, par son imaginaire débridé. À trente-neuf ans, soit l'âge qu'aurait aujourd'hui son petit héros, l'auteur est manifestement resté très près de ses premières années. - Marie-Claude Fortin, Voir

Three years have passed since Joelle Gordon came home to Landon, Minnesota, following her heart back to her family of women and their little café on Flickertail Lake. Joelle, her sister Jillian, and her daughter Camille have grown closer through the shared heartaches and passionate loves they experienced since that first summer. Now the Shore Leave Café is again basking under the brilliant June sunshine, and this summer promises to be hotter than ever.

Beena and Sadhana are sisters who share a bond that could only have been shaped by the most unusual of childhoods - and by shared tragedy. Orphaned as teenagers, they have grown up under the exasperated watch of their Sikh uncle, who runs a bagel shop in Montreal's Hasidic community of Mile End. Together, they try to make sense of the rich, confusing brew of values, rituals, and beliefs that form their inheritance. Yet as they grow towards adulthood, their paths begin to diverge.

A gorgeous stranger in an old photograph. A desperate search from another century. And a mystery Camille Gordon cannot resist. It has been two years since Camille discovered that she was going to be a teenage mother. Abandoned by her child's father, Camille is determined that she and her daughter will make it on their own. When she discovers an old picture hidden in a trunk in her grandmother's attic, Camille is at once drawn to the man in the image.

Tish Gordon has worked tirelessly to earn a law degree from her father's alma mater in Chicago. Although the Shore Leave Café will always be in her heart, Tish wants nothing short of a high-profile law career in the glamorous city. There is just one minor roadblock - a summer internship in Jalesville, Montana, where a fast-talking company is snapping up acreage and threatening local business. Tish heads west, determined to accomplish the internship and return to Chicago, but Montana has distractions of its own, like a sexy musician/cowboy.

Der Bestseller von Karin Kalisa ist ein Sommer-Roman mit Tiefgang für jede Lebenslage. Mit Wärme, Witz und Lust an kleinen Wundern erzählt Karin Kalisa von traumhaften Verwandlungen im Berlin unserer Tage. Ausgehend vom kleinen vietnamesischen Laden des studierten Archäologen Sung nimmt eine Völkerverständigung der ganz eigenen Art ihren Lauf. Urberliner und Nachkommen der vietnamesischen Vertragsarbeiter verbünden sich in einer spielerischen Alltagsrevolution.