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Con questa sua prima prova narrativa Miriana Trevisan racconta - con voce alta, chiara e forte - le storie di donne che potrebbe avere incrociato sulla sua strada. Ci dice di Virginia, che dalla semplicità di una famiglia umile si ritrova catapultata in un serraglio televisivo dove impara ben presto le leggi della convenienza e del ricatto, poi racconta di Maria, che capisce subito che per scalare i gradini della buona società deve cambiare il suo nome in Anastasia, e con il nome cambia capelli, vestiti, linguaggio, cambia i denti per cambiare il sorriso e cambia il seno.

L'avventura commovente e intrigante di una ragazza alle prese con le sue paure. Bianca è una giovane donna che sembra realizzata. Vive con il fidanzato Edoardo, il suo ex analista, lavora in una casa d'aste e finalmente ha un rapporto civile con suo padre e la sua compagna, dopo anni di dissidi. Quella di Bianca, insomma, sembra una vita serena, con la prospettiva di un futuro coronato dal successo professionale e dalla costruzione di una famiglia con l'uomo che pensa di amare. Purtroppo basterà poco a far crollare la felicità che si è cucita addosso.

La povertà. La povertà subita e la povertà come spoliazione. Alessandro Mari parte da questo nodo di luce e costruisce un romanzo a due strade. In una insegue la figura di Francesco d'Assisi, ne registra l'avventura interiore, ne illumina il mistero e lo scandalo, fa vibrare la poesia della sua vicenda terrena. Nell'altra si muove nel nostro tempo e racconta di Rachele e Ilario: lei psicologa in un centro per anziani, lui titolare di un'agenzia di marketing al servizio del non profit.

Arrivato a Parigi negli anni '70, Ben Jelloun ha lavorato come psicologo in un centro per le malattie psicosomatiche: qui ha incontrato e ascoltato per anni un centinaio di pazienti nordafricani, entrando così in quel mondo emotivo segreto che gli immigrati custodiscono, spesso ignorati dal resto della società. Cosa sognano? Cosa soffrono? Come sopportano la mancanza, la solitudine, il desiderio, le privazioni fisiche? Per Ben Jelloun nessun approccio scientifico o saggistico può davvero raccontare la verità di queste esperienze, solo la letteratura può tentare di farlo.

Poco después de la caída del Muro de Berlín, unos amigos celebran una fiesta que parece no acabar nunca. Ilse, Fátima, Werner y Ulrich pertenecen a la generación Erasmus, que en los años 90 vive el sueño idílico de un mundo que ha abolido las fronteras y la lucha de clases. Se aman, se odian, y alguien muere. Un crimen "o un accidente" que nunca será aclarado.

La sexòloga Daniela Costa-Pau viu el sexe de manera desacomplexada en una època en què encara és un tabú. De portes enfora és una dona amb autoestima, però alhora és freda i desdenyosa. La seva aparent seguretat amaga un misteri: mai no ha pogut plorar.

Poco después de la caída del Muro de Berlín, unos amigos celebran una fiesta que parece no acabar nunca. Ilse, Fátima, Werner y Ulrich pertenecen a la generación Erasmus, que en los años 90 vive el sueño idílico de un mundo que ha abolido las fronteras y la lucha de clases. Se aman, se odian, y alguien muere. Un crimen «o un accidente » que nunca será aclarado. Quince años después, el mundo y sus vidas han cambiado, e Ilse regresa al lugar donde todo sucedió para intentar averiguar qué pasó realmente.

In a nameless Hungarian town, teenagers on a competitive swim team occupy their after-training hours with hard drinking and fast cars, hash cigarettes and marathons of Grand Theft Auto, the meaningless sex and late-night exploits of a world defined by self-gratification and all its attendant recklessness. Invisible to their parents and subject to the whims of an abusive coach, the crucible of competition pushes them again and again into dangerous choices. When a deadly accident leaves them second-guessing one another, they’re driven even deeper into violence.

Diane a dû faire une croix sur son mariage, mais elle a encore assez d’amour pour trente. Alors elle donne généreusement : d’abord à ses grands enfants, puis à sa meilleure amie Claudine et à ses filles, et bientôt, à toute une classe de petits qui ne demandent pas mieux, et même à Madeleine, l’adorable voisine fripée toute perdue dans sa grande maison ouverte au vent et aux chats. Ça en laisse encore assez pour un homme capable de la faire sentir comme une reine... Lady Di, ça sonne bien, non?

Cameron Collins es una chica que en su adolescencia mantuvo su peso a raya y se ejercitó con constancia porque su mayor sueño era llegar a las más importantes pasarelas de la moda. Lo tenía todo, belleza, estatura y...más de 100 cm de cadera. Lamentablemente, esa característica que le arrancaba deseos al sexo opuesto, no encajaba en la industria de la moda rechazándola de forma cruel por ser ”gorda”.

Jasmine Black, a 34-year-old alcoholic, criminal lawyer, has a secret. At the age of 16, she was in a gang of youths that committed a horrendous crime. As members of the gang start being killed one by one, Jasmine fears for her life. Desperate to uncover who is responsible for the murders, Jasmine starts to investigate. But can she uncover the truth before it’s too late? Very Nearly Dead is a gripping and suspenseful psychological thriller with an ending you won't see coming. The perfect listen for fans of authors like K.L. Slater, Mark Edwards and C.L. Taylor.

Sunrise in Central Park. A man wakes up on a park bench with no idea who he is or how he got there. The only clues to his identity are the gold ring engraved “From G.V.” he wears on his right hand and the black address book with a single phone number he finds in his jacket pocket. Lacking a name, the man takes one from a passing beer truck and a plane flying overheard - Buddwing, he decides to call himself. Buddwing searches Manhattan hoping to rediscover his missing life. But no matter where he looks or whom he talks to, the past remains a confusing, disconnected jumble.

When Frankie’s mother dies, he tells his teacher. But he can't seem to get anyone at his school in southern England to listen to him. So the six-year-old comes up with a plan: go to France, find a police station and ask the officers to ring his father. Thus a stowaway’s view of the sea opens Pauline Holdstock’s eighth novel, narrated in turns by Frankie - who likes cheese, numbers, the sea when it’s pink, and being alone when he feels bad - and a cast of characters that includes his worried Gran, his callous teacher and his not-so-reliable father.

Ein Ort, der nicht gefunden werden will. Eine österreichische Gräfin, die über die Erinnerungen einer ganzen Gemeinde regiert. Ein Loch im Erdreich, das die Bewohner in die Tiefe zu reißen droht. In ihrem schwindelerregenden Debütroman geht Raphaela Edelbauer der verdrängten Geschichte auf den Grund. Der Unfalltod ihrer Eltern stellt die Wiener Physikerin Ruth vor ein nahezu unlösbares Paradox. Ihre Eltern haben verfügt, im Ort ihrer Kindheit begraben zu werden, doch Groß-Einland verbirgt sich beharrlich vor den Blicken Fremder.

Jessica Westhead's Worry, pitched as a novel for listeners of Little Fires Everywhere and Truly Madly Guilty, is about an anxious, overprotective mother who brings her four-year-old daughter to the remote family cottage of the woman who has been her best friend - and her husband's best friend - for years, and where over 48 tension-filled hours, old and new resentments surface alongside a mother's constant worry for her child and the appearance of a mysterious neighbor.

When Father Henry McGrath hears a confession that sends a cold chill throughout his body, he’s unsure what to do. To divulge the private confession would violate holy canon law. When he refuses to go to the police, people begin to die, and the priest becomes the prime suspect. Elizabeth Monroe, a college professor who teaches forensic psychology, doesn’t believe the elder priest fits the killer’s profile. Elizabeth discovers a frightening thread woven within each killing - a thread that began 30 years ago.

A infelicidade é um destino ao qual se chega por inúmeros caminhos. O que leva uma mulher a colocar um detetive atrás do marido que sempre lhe foi fiel? Do que é capaz o ser humano ao ver sua grande paixão ir embora? Que tipo de laços afetivos une um tio bilionário a suas queridas sobrinhas? Que violência nós, brasileiros, aprendemos a tolerar?

A woman on the edge of the sea finds a girl on the edge of life. Brittle but not yet broken, Ia Pendilly ekes out a fierce life in a caravan on the coast of Cornwall. In years of living with Bran - her embattled, battering cousin and common law husband - she's never yet had her own baby. So when she discovers the waif washed up on the shore, Ia takes the risk and rescues her.

How well do you really know your husband? Grace Dalton is trying to put her life back together after her husban,d John, died suddenly in a hit and run. Her perfect world is collapsing around her, the home she hoped to fill with children is huge and empty, and she’s paralysed with grief. But as Grace sorts through her husband’s belongings, she realises the man she loved was lying to her. There’s a mysterious list of names hidden among his things, a secret bank account, and a shocking revelation about his family that he kept from her since the day they met.

Driving home after a day in the countryside with his wife, Katy, and their two kids, doting father Adam Parr gets cut up by a speeding silver car, nearly causing him to crash. Shocked and upset that his kids could have been killed, he pulls over. That’s when he sees a struggling woman in the back seat of the silver car, her eyes pleading for help, and he knows his family are in terrible danger. In the blink of an eye, the Parrs' ordinary lives are plunged into an unimaginable nightmare....