Résultats pour "The Moor" dans Vie de famille

Ada Sibelius is raised by David, a single father and head of a computer science lab in Boston. Homeschooled, she accompanies her loving father - brilliant, eccentric, socially inept - to work every day. By 12 she is a painfully shy prodigy. At the same time that the lab begins to gain acclaim, David's mind begins to falter, and his mysterious past comes into question. When her father moves into a nursing home, Ada is taken in by one of David's colleagues. She embarks on a mission to uncover her father's secrets.

From the opening story, "Willing" - about a second-rate movie actress in her 30s who has moved back to Chicago, where she makes a seedy motel room her home and becomes involved with a mechanic who has not the least idea of who she is as a human being - Birds of America unfolds a startlingly brilliant series of portraits of the unhinged, the lost, the unsettled of our America. Lorrie Moore explores the personal and the universal, the idiosyncratic and the mundane, with all the wit, brio, and verve that have made her one of the best storytellers of our time.

Een indrukwekkend verhaal met een Nederlands tintje over de allesoverstijgende kracht van liefde. Gulliver's Bay, Cornwall, 1944 Als Rupert Dash sneuvelt tijdens de Slag om Arnhem, is zijn vrouw Florence er kapot van. Ze kan niet accepteren dat hij voor altijd uit haar leven is verdwenen. Wanneer ze een gedicht met de titel Wacht op mij vindt in een oud boek, gelooft ze dat het een teken van haar man is. Een belofte dat hij bij haar terug zal komen.

1931, Cornwall. Lynette Nicholls lost her brother exactly a year ago in a tragic air training accident. When she visits the coastal town where it happened, she begins to doubt everything she's been told about the incident and becomes determined to uncover the truth. Her investigation takes her deep into the community, where she meets Geordie Sargent, the leader of the miner's dispute. When sparks fly between them, and Lynette is drawn into his fight, she risks losing everything.

Ein verfallenes Herrenhaus wird für Laura Milton zum Schlüssel in die Vergangenheit. Denn das Schicksal der Lady Victoria Milton wirft seine Schatten bis in die Gegenwart ... Exmoor, gegen Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts: Die 20-jährige Victoria wird bald ein ansehnliches Vermögen erben. Doch ihr Vormund Richard hat seine eigenen Pläne mit ihrem Geld und verbannt sie in eine Anstalt für Geisteskranke – aus der Arthur, einer von Richards Bediensteten, ihr zur Flucht verhilft.

"Du musst kommen. Deine Mutter ist verschwunden!“ Mit diesen Worten wird Frederike Feldmanns schönes Leben auf den Kopf gestellt. Vor sieben Jahren hatte Freddi ihrer Familie den Rücken gekehrt. Nun bringt ihr schlechtes Gewissen sie dazu, nach Hause zu fahren und sich um ihre kleinen Geschwister zu kümmern. Als sie zu Hause ankommt, übertrifft die Realität ihre schlimmsten Erwartungen. Vor ihrem Verschwinden hatte ihre Mutter immer wieder vor dem Monster gewarnt, das nachts im Moor herumirren soll.

Walnut Tree Island is home to artists, dreamers, lovers and heartbreakers. Life is different here: slow, languorous and always communal, with every evening offering a new opportunity to gather at a neighbour's houseboat over a glass of wine. But when a former resident reappears after nearly two decades away, the islanders are thrown into a frenzy as they wonder what plans their new landlord has in store for them. And for Jo, an artist who long ago lost her muse, his return reopens the wounds of a love she thought was gone forever.

“Down with the Shipmans is a timely and compelling family drama written with hope, humor, and a lot of heart. A perfect New England beach read!” —Elizabeth Castellano, author of Save What’s Left From the bestselling author of Mansion Beach, a summery drama following three sisters who...

“If you love Elin Hilderbrand and The Great Gatsby, Moore’s confection of a novel, set on Block Island, is a satisfying treat.”—The New York Times From national bestselling author Meg Mitchell Moore comes a sparkling, escapist novel following a young woman entwined in the opulent lives...

The Hawthorne family has it all. Great jobs, a beautiful house in one of the most affluent areas of Northern California, and three charming kids with perfectly straight teeth. And then comes their eldest daughter's senior year of high school....

In this novel of family and redemption, a mother struggles to save her eighteen-year-old daughter from the devastating consequences of mental illness by forcing her to deal with her bipolar disorder. New York Times best-selling author Bebe Moore Campbell draws on her own powerful emotions and...

J. Courtney Sullivan’s Maine meets the works of Elin Hilderbrand in this delicious summer read involving three strangers, one island, and a season packed with unexpected romance, well-meaning lies, and damaging secrets. Anthony Puckett was a rising literary star. The son of an uber-famous...

As the United States begins gearing up for war in the Middle East, 20-year-old Tassie Keltjin, the Midwestern daughter of a gentleman hill farmer - his "Keltjin potatoes" are justifiably famous - has come to a university town as a college student, her brain on fire with Chaucer, Sylvia Plath, Simone de Beauvoir. Between semesters, she takes a job as a part-time nanny. The family she works for seems both mysterious and glamorous to her, and although Tassie had once found children boring, she comes to care for, and to protect, their newly adopted little girl as her own.

Meet the Garnett Girls... Three sisters living in the shadow of their parents' glorious failed marriage. Rachel, desperate to return to London, but tied to the beautiful crumbling house they grew up in on the Isle of Wight. Imogen, with a devoted fiancé and a fledgling writing career, feeling a powerful connection to a beautiful stranger. And wild, passionate Sasha, trapped between her sisters and her husband, hiding a secret that could shake their family to the core...

""I adored this summer novel! My favorite beach reads are written by Meg Mitchell Moore, and Summer Stage is her brand new smash hit. If you like my books, you’ll love this!"" —Elin Hilderbrand From the bestselling author of Vacationland, a spirited summer page-turner following a family of...

"Don't miss this heartfelt story about paths not taken."--People magazine For fans of Elin Hilderbrand and Emma Straub comes an emotionally gripping novel about a woman who returns to her hometown in coastal Maine and finds herself pondering the age-old question of what could have been Growing...

A young Amish boy ventures from Pennsylvania to California in this richly imagined historical novel from the author of An Unseemly Wife. It's 1867. Growing up among the Pennsylvania Amish, 11-year-old Joshua knows that his father is a respected church deacon who has the ear of God. But he's also seen his father's weakness for drink and borne the brunt of his violent rages. In the aftermath of a disastrous fire, Joshua fears his father's reprimand enough to run away from home.

Step into the haunting world of J. C. Moore's 'Tangled,' a collection that weaves together the mysterious, the psychological, and the suspenseful in a tapestry of horror. This assembly of terror draws inspiration from listeners' twisted fantasies, crafting unsettling tales that make the audience question their reality.

A girl who loses her parents at a tender age faces life's troubles at the early stage of her life. Her decision to leave her family apartment was so that she could leave all memories behind her. She moves from street to street looking out for shelter to rest her head. Fortunately for her, she was helped by the same guy who she met while on her way back from school, only for him to take her in his house, and land in the hospital after a few days of Emily's arrival.

Angel Hill is home to The Lonely Man, the Ash Wednesday killer, and who knows what’s going on at the Mertland Childrens’ Home. But for 12-year-old Frank, the only evil he fears is his mother’s new husband Terry. The source of all the ridicule and shame Frank faces on a daily basis, the swats to the head, the laughter when Franks falls and needs stitches, Terry is the source of it all.