Résultats pour "Lydia" dans Roman féminin

Et si vous pouviez revivre votre plus belle histoire d'amour ? Lydia et Freddie. Plus de dix ans d'amour, auquel un terrible accident met brutalement fin. Face au vide, à l'absence, Lydia se laisse sombrer, incapable de poursuivre le fil de sa vie. Jusqu'au jour où elle accepte d'avaler un médicament pour dormir et le miracle se produit : elle se réveille au côté de Freddie, bien vivant. Alors, Lydia se met à vivre pour ses nuits. Chaque soir, elle avale un cachet et vole quelques heures, des morceaux de la vie qui aurait dû être la sienne.

Kevin Kwan, best-selling author of Crazy Rich Asians, is back with a wickedly funny new novel of social climbing, secret emails, art-world scandal, lovesick billionaires, and the outrageous story of what happens when Rachel Chu, engaged to marry Asia's most eligible bachelor, discovers her birth father.

When Leila Johnston discovers the bleak reality of her family's life from a young age, everything comes crashing down for her. She watches her family fall apart, she loses those she treasures the most, and through it all, she's forced to be alone and fend for herself because society is no help. Leila is determined to come out stronger. She's seeking refuge and figuring out who she is and her purpose. She tries to pick up the pieces of what's left of her and turn them into something new. At the end of it all, she comes out stronger, winning the battle and emerging as a fierce survivor.

A propulsive novel about class, power, politics, and desire by the celebrated author of The Golden State. The year is 1998, the End of History. The Soviet Union is dissolved, the Cold War is over, and Bunny Glenn is an American teenager in Azerbaijan with her Foreign Service family. Through...

When Marianne comes home from work one day to find her husband talking to a glamorous woman in the kitchen, insecurities resurface from a time when she was bullied at school. Jealousy rears its head and her marriage begins to fall apart. Desperate for a solution, she finds herself trying to track down her first schoolgirl crush: Edward Harvey. Even thinking his name made her tingle with half-remembered childlike giddiness.

Chloe Wolfe is a woman on the run who will stop at nothing to protect her children. Befriended by a stranger, she makes a desperate offer and finds herself crossing state lines with a man she doesn't know. Her only goal is to reach her children before her abusive husband does. Penniless and at the mercy of others, she runs for her life. It didn't take long for Trenton Cole to track her down. And the moment he got her in his truck, she was his-the money for the job was as good as claimed once she led him to her children. So why was he having second thoughts?c

1933. בילדותה נהגה לידיה לדמיין כיצד תעביר את ימיה בחזרות מפרכות, ובערב תעמוד על במות ותשתחווה בפני קהל לקול תשואות סוערות. בפועל, המציאות הייתה זוהרת פחות. היא לא זכתה בתפקידים הראשיים והנדודים בין ערי פולין היו קשים ואף מסוכנים. ערב אחד התפרץ לחדרה גבר מרשים, ובמהלך ששינה את חייה לעד היא כרכה את זרועה בזרועו ויצאה איתו מחדר ההלבשה.

Beyond the skyline of Toledo stands the Toledo Institute of Astronomy, the nation's premier center of astronomical discovery and a beacon of scientific learning for astronomers far and wide. One of these is George Dermont, a dreamer and a man of deep faith, who's trying to prove the scientific existence of a Gateway to God, and speaks to ancient gods and believes they speak back. Its newest star is Irene Sparks, a pragmatist and mathematician invited to lead the Institute's work on a massive superconductor being constructed below Toledo.

For New Yorkers Catherine and Mark, a picturesque coastal village in Sicily offers an escape from the shadow over Catherine's career and a chance to rebuild their eroding marriage. Catherine sets up an art studio, while Mark explores the exciting potential of Italy's languishing agricultural regions. For a moment, there's hope for healing on the banks of the sparkling lagoon. But the appearance of a mysterious young boy shakes their relationship to its core.

At the opening of My Happy Life, the unnamed narrator of this bittersweet fictional memoir has been abandoned in a locked room of a defunct hospital for the mentally ill. She hasn't seen the nice man who brings her food in days; she's eaten the soap and the toothpaste; she tried to eat the plaster on her walls, a dietary adventure that ended none too well. And yet, curiously, the narrator is happy. Despite a lifetime of neglect, physical abuse, and loss, she's incapable of perceiving slight or injury.

A new adventure is on the menu . . . Juliet has learnt that life is too short not to chase your dreams. But when she buys an old watermill in France, her tranquil new start is quickly kneaded into something far more ambitious when the local mayor offers her a deal she can’t refuse: reopen the...

Miri ist frisch getrennt. Mit ihrer besten Freundin Katja will sie einen Lebenstraum verwirklichen: Eine eigene Buchhandlung eröffnen. In einer alten Barkasse am Hamburger Hafen finden sie genau den Ort dafür. Mit Leidenschaft und Hingabe bauen die beiden Freundinnen den ramponierten Kahn zum Bücherschiff um. Auch privat geht es für Miri bergauf, mit ihrem Nachbarn Henning könnte sie sich mehr vorstellen als nur freundlichen Small Talk im Treppenhaus. Doch dann kommt eins zum anderen: Die Miete für die schwimmende Buchhandlung wird erhöht, das Schiff soll luxussaniert werden - ausgerechnet von Hennings Architekturbüro.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA FIRST NOVEL AWARD ""What is the cost of a mother’s desire?...Emily Itami explores this question with wit and poignancy."" -- New York Times Book Review ""The perfect marriage of Sally Rooney and early Murakami."" -- Kathy Wang, author of Impostor Syndrome Mizuki is a...