Résultats pour "Helena" dans Littérature du monde

Après une vie mouvementée, Tormod Neshov, le patriarche de la famille, coule enfin des jours paisibles dans sa maison de retraite. Plus rien ne l'empêche désormais de baigner dans les souvenirs de son premier amour, un jeune soldat allemand, une histoire qu'il a dû nier toute sa vie et que pourtant il n'a jamais oubliée. Pour rien au monde, il ne souhaite quitter cet établissement, que ce soit pour se rendre à l'hôpital après une chute, ou à la ferme où règne dorénavant sa petite fille Torunn. Elle ne lâche rien pour remettre l'exploitation en état, tout en s'investissant dans l'entreprise de pompes funèbres de son oncle Margido.

La obra póstuma de Umberto Eco, que el autor entregó a imprenta pocos días antes de morir, es una selección de artículos inéditos en España, seleccionados por él mismo.

"Grace Helena Walz has taken her place among such treasured Southern novelists as Dorothea Benton and Anne Rivers Siddons." --Mary Kay Andrews, NYT bestselling author "This is a positively charming debut from a stand-out new voice. Add it to your TBR list immediately!" --Kristy Woodson Harvey...

Left suddenly penniless, the Honorable Sophia Grafton, a viscount's orphaned daughter, sails to the New World to claim the only property left to her name: a tobacco plantation in the remote wilds of colonial Virginia. Enlisting the reluctant assistance of a handsome young French spy - at gunpoint - she gathers an unlikely group of escaped slaves and indentured servants, each seeking their own safe haven in the untamed New World.

Jessie Sullivan has been married half her life, and has become accustomed to her role. But when she returns to the isolated island where she grew up to establish why her mother has been behaving oddly, she is to find a lot more than she came looking for. A loving, exuberant character, who believes herself to be happy, she has forgotten a hidden part of her spirit - the part represented by the beautiful, vibrant and legendary mermaid carved on a chair in the island's monastery.

The frontier of the Commonwealth of Virginia, 1783. In the years since the first settlers arrived, looking to build new lives, the township of Grafton has flourished. Together, European immigrants, Native Americans, indentured servants, and former slaves have established a tight-knit community. As time passes and America becomes a nation, Grafton is swept up in the tumult of the outside world. The Cherokees are rounded up and driven west. The Civil War leaves a long shadow. Newcomers make their mark, fortunes are won and lost, and loyalties are tested in the march of history.

Buzzfeed’s Most Anticipated LGBTQ Romances of 2022 Miriam Blum has no choice but to face the past she thought she’d left behind when she inherits her great-aunt’s Christmas tree farm in this witty, glittering, heart-filled romcom with “all of the warm, queer, Jewish holiday vibes you...

Recorriendo los temas que le apasionan y que son referenciales en el resto de su obra, en Bajo una luz más clara Helena establece un diálogo con los muertos, tan real como en la Antigüedad clásica. En el tránsito de la memoria, el recuerdo, la negación del olvido, la protagonista busca...

Neste livro, a autora propõe uma compreensão aplicada das virtudes nas áreas pessoal, familiar, interpessoal, social, espiritual, com atitudes concretas para o uso desses dons. Assim, o adulto terá ideias para transpor esse entendimento para o momento criativo das crianças, a fim de criar historinhas com elas, em que sempre haverá a noção de responsabilidade pelas escolhas.

Single-mom Samantha moves with her daughter to a quiet village in the Peak District. The post as matron at Hallow Croft, now an exclusive residential home, seems to offer the escape she needs. But away from the TV room and afternoon activities, one of the residents is kept locked out of sight "for their own safety." And nobody will talk about the previous matron. She disappeared, leaving behind only a scuffed diary. Forty years ago, a girl was killed on the grounds of Hallow Croft Manor. Some people even say that began a curse on the home and the family who owned it.