Résultats pour "Vera" dans Fiction

Antoine Duris est professeur aux Beaux-Arts de Lyon. Du jour au lendemain, il décide de tout quitter pour devenir gardien de salle au musée d’Orsay. Personne ne connaît les raisons de cette reconversion ni le traumatisme qu’il vient d’éprouver. Pour survivre, cet homme n’a trouvé qu’un remède, se tourner vers la beauté. Derrière son secret, on comprendra qu’il y a un autre destin, celui d’une jeune femme, Camille, hantée par un drame. Xavier Béja nous emporte aux côtés de personnages émouvants, qui trouveront dans l’art la seule réponse à la douleur. Un récit bouleversant.

'Vera Wong is my new favourite sleuth' Elle Cosimano Put the kettle on, there’s a mystery brewing… Tea-shop owner. Matchmaker. Detective? Sixty-year-old self-proclaimed tea expert Vera Wong enjoys nothing more than sipping a good cup of Wulong and doing some healthy ‘detective’ work on...

Cuando el deseo también es el peligro Vera ha seguido siempre las reglas: ha vivido durante más de veinte años con la elegancia, la discreción y la dignidad exigidas a la esposa de un marqués. Pero ahora, a los cuarenta y cinco, recién separada y sin nadie que le dicte qué hacer, empieza...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS’ CHOICE A poignant and bitterly funny tale of a family struggling to stay together in a country rapidly coming apart, told through the eyes of their wondrous ten-year-old daughter, by the bestselling author of Super Sad True Love...

Paris, 1943.Marc Vallorin has spent eighteen years measuring buildings, checking figures, and producing assessments that cannot be questioned.Now the same precision that made him good at his work has made him useful to a system built to take property from people who no longer have the power to...

Set in 1970s Chicago, a radiant story of personal and political revolution within a tight-knit Puerto Rican community. Over two thousand miles away from their ancestral island, Rosalinda Acevedo and her friends must adhere to their parents’ traditional expectations for Puerto Rican girls: Do...

Mars, terminus, tout le monde descend ! Alors qu'une sonde robotisée se pose enfin sur Mars, prélude à une première mission habitée vers la planète rouge, Elma York embarque à bord de la navette qui la ramènera sur Terre après une affectation de trois mois sur la Lune. Mais le retour ne se passe pas comme prévu : un incident contraint son appareil à se poser en urgence dans un champ désert, loin du lieu d'atterrissage initial.

Milano, primi anni 2000. In una città rock'n'roll e dalle infinite possibilità, una ragazza di diciannove anni inizia la propria vita adulta scegliendo di intraprendere un percorso oscuro e scandaloso per i più: diventare una implacabile Dominatrice. Per lei, dopotutto, rappresenta la migliore prospettiva possibile: un viaggio interiore per mettere a nudo l'animo umano e la sua concezione del mondo.

No futuro distópico apresentado em Não Verás País Nenhum, falta água, o calor é insuportável e as florestas desaparecem aos poucos. O clássico de Ignácio de Loyola Brandão, escrito em 1981, fala diretamente com a nossa realidade hoje e, consequentemente, sua narrativa se torna cada vez mais essencial e urgente. A nova edição conta com apresentação de Heloise M.

Ricco, vecchio e solitario nel suo esilio in Madagascar, Long John Silver rimugina sul passato. C'è una taglia sulla sua testa ma il pensiero della forca lo preoccupa meno di un'oscura posterità. Nel poco tempo che gli resta, il tremendo pirata dell'isola del tesoro racconta la sua versione della storia, tracciando un poderoso affresco della pirateria con tanto di arrembaggi, estenuanti bonacce, giri di chiglia e feroci capitani.

New York Times bestselling author Carol Edgarian delivers “an all-encompassing and enthralling” (Oprah Daily) novel featuring an unforgettable heroine coming of age in the aftermath of catastrophe, and her quest for love and reinvention. Meet Vera Johnson, fifteen-year-old illegitimate...

‘Had me laughing aloud within its first five pages. Charming, hilarious and heartfelt’ Emily Henry, New York Times bestselling author of Beach Read Life is good for sixty-year-old teashop owner and amateur sleuth, Vera Wong. Her teashop is bustling, and her son, Tilly, finally has a...

Als Pina mitten auf der Straßenkreuzung zusammenbricht, hat sie nur einen Gedanken: Wer kümmert sich jetzt um Leo? Ihr Sohn ist zwanzig Jahre alt und lebt in seiner eigenen Welt, die außer ihm nur Pina kennt. Doch jetzt liegt Pina auf der Intensivstation und Leo ist zum ersten Mal allein in der Wohnung. Und während diese ungewöhnliche Truppe durch einen völlig neuen Alltag stolpert, realisiert jeder Einzelne von ihnen: Sie brauchen Leo auch.

L'audiolibro racconta la vita di Davide: una vita avventurosa che molti sognano, ma che solo lui sceglie di vivere fino in fondo. Un viaggio che attraversa Milano, Nizza, Algeri e Casablanca, tra incontri decisivi e situazioni pericolose. Lungo la strada accadono eventi che mettono alla prova il coraggio, le scelte e i legami. Tra sfide, amicizie e svolte inattese, il viaggio diventa insieme reale e simbolico: un attraversamento di luoghi e di esperienze che intreccia storie e provenienze diverse in un racconto intenso e profondamente umano.

'A heart-breaking, moving, and soaring novel' NGUYỄN PHAN QUẾ MAI 'Gorgeous and expansive' STYLIST Hong Kong, 1941. Following the Japanese occupation of Shanghai, the wealthy Tang family flee to Hong Kong. As the First Wife of the family, Mingzhu leads a sheltered - if lonely - existence...

Under falsk navn ankommer den unge Sandrine fra krigens mørke til et solbeskinnet Sverige. Året er 1945. Hendes eneste bagage er et ufødt barn, som hun planlægger at skille sig af med, og en hemmelighed, som hun for alt i verden vil beholde.

New York City, 1962. Vera Kelly is struggling to make rent and blend into the underground gay scene in Greenwich Village. She's working night shifts at a radio station when her quick wits, sharp tongue, and technical skills get her noticed by a recruiter for the CIA. Next thing she knows she's in Argentina, tasked with wiretapping a congressman and infiltrating a group of student activists in Buenos Aires. When a betrayal leaves her stranded in the wake of a coup, Vera learns the Cold War makes for strange and unexpected bedfellows.

Lucy Entwhistle's beloved father has just died; aged twenty-two she finds herself alone in the world. Leaning against her garden gate, dazed and unhappy, she is disturbed by the sudden appearance of the perspiring Mr Wemyss. This middle-aged man is also in mourning - for his wife Vera, who has died in mysterious circumstances. Before Lucy can collect herself, Mr Wemyss has taken charge: of the funeral arrangements, of her kind aunt Dot, but most of all of Lucy herself - body and soul.

Una mattina estiva del 1920 la giovane Lucy perde il padre improvvisamente ritrovandosi sola e disperata, senza speranze. È uno sconosciuto a risvegliarla dal torpore che il lutto le ha causato: il legame con Everard Wemyss, quarantenne rimasto vedovo da poco, è immediato, e la condivisa sofferenza per la recente perdita dà origine a una confortante intimità. Ma il matrimonio con Wemyss sarà diverso da come Lucy aveva sognato: le mura di casa diverranno quelle di una tetra prigione dove i giorni sono scanditi da rituali irrazionali.

A late morning mining accident casts gloom over the town of Blessings Valley. Over 20 souls were lost in an excavating explosion. Recently widowed laundress Vera Baldwin is pregnant and terrified of how she will provide for her unborn child. She has no family to turn to, neither her’s nor her late husband’s. Assigned to investigate the mining accident that killed several men in Blessings Valley, undercover agent Jack Daniels is torn between duty and family when he learns Vera Baldwin is carrying his estranged brother’s child.