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In 1944, British bomber pilot Hugo Langley parachuted from his stricken plane into the verdant fields of German-occupied Tuscany. Badly wounded, he found refuge in a ruined monastery and in the arms of Sofia Bartoli. But the love that kindled between them was shaken by an irreversible betrayal. Nearly 30 years later, Hugo's estranged daughter, Joanna, has returned home to the English countryside to arrange her father's funeral. Among his personal effects is an unopened letter addressed to Sofia. In it is a startling revelation.

Ein Anruf der Anwaltskanzlei Rogers & Rogers verändert schlagartig das Leben des Literaturprofessors Samuel Anderson. Er, der als kleines Kind von seiner Mutter verlassen wurde, soll nun für sie bürgen: Nach ihrem tätlichen Angriff auf einen republikanischen Präsidentschaftskandidaten verlangt man von ihm, die Integrität einer Frau zu bezeugen, die er seit mehr als zwanzig Jahren nicht gesehen hat. Ein Gedanke, der ihm zunächst völlig abwegig erscheint.

The field is all around us. It's our needs and our wants. This is what George tells Lydia. A disturbance, however, is something that keeps us from grasping and attaining the things we need. Usually, we can adapt to these disturbances and move forward. But, what happens if a disturbance becomes too great to move past? In this entrancing tale of loss and understanding, acclaimed author Lynne Sharon Schwartz plots the course of a woman's life, through the cycles of love, loss, and acceptance.

Was auch geschieht, zusammen sind wir stark! Ein neuer gefühlvoller und Mut machender Roman von Frankreichs Autorin Nr. 1. Dieses Gefühl, dass das Leben an einem vorbeizieht – Anna kennt es nur zu gut: Die alleinerziehende Mutter jobbt als Kellnerin, das Geld ist immer knapp, und ihre beiden Töchter sieht sie fast nur noch am Frühstückstisch. Während sich die 17-jährige Chloé in eine Schwärmerei nach der nächsten stürzt, hat die 12-jährige Lilly nur einen Freund: die Ratte, die sie nach ihrem Vater benannt hat. Schließlich hat er auch das sinkende Schiff als Erster verlassen.

An old man lies dying. Confined to bed in his living room, he sees the walls around him begin to collapse, the windows come loose from their sashes, and the ceiling plaster fall off in great chunks, showering him with a lifetime of debris: newspaper clippings, old photographs, wool jackets, rusty tools, and the mangled brass works of antique clocks. Soon, the clouds from the sky above plummet down on top of him, followed by the stars, till the black night covers him like a shroud. He is hallucinating.

In a novel of extraordinary richness the whole sweep of British civilisation unfolds through the story of one place, Salisbury, from beyond recorded time to the present day. The landscape - as old as time itself - shapes the destinies of the five families....

A dark, fantastical, multi-enerational tale about a family whose patriarch is consumed by the hunt for the mythical, elusive Sasquatch he encountered in his youth. Eli Roebuck was nine years old when his mother walked off into the woods with "Mr. Krantz", a large, strange, hairy man who may or may not have been a sasquatch. What Eli knows for certain is that his mother went willingly, leaving her only son behind.

The day Fitzwilliam Darcy marries Elizabeth Bennet, he thinks his life is complete at last. Four months later, even greater joy appears on the horizon when Elizabeth finds out she is pregnant. But it is not long before outside forces intrude on their happiness. When the unthinkable happens, Elizabeth and Darcy must discover their love for each other all over again.

First published in 1944, The Building of Jalna is one of sixteen books in the Jalna series written by Canada's Mazo de la Roche. In The Building of Jalna, Adeline, an impulsive bride with an Irish temper, and her husband, Captain Whiteoak, select Lake Ontario as the site of their new home. De la Roche chronicles their trials and tribulations during the building of the house, the swimming and skating parties, and the jealousies and humourous events that arise.

Alexander Cleave, actor, has left his career and his family behind and banished himself to his childhood home. He wants to retire from life, but finds this impossible in a house brimming with presences, some ghostly, some undeniably human. Memories, anxiety for the future, and more particularly, for his beloved but troubled daughter, conspire to distract him from his dreaming retirement.

"Celles qui restent" est une histoire de sœurs. De femmes. De liens si puissants que les rompre bouleverse tout. Clara est l'aînée, la sage, l'exemple à suivre. Celle qui fait tout comme il se doit, quitte à grincer des dents en se forçant à sourire. Constance est la cadette. Si discrète, qu'on en oublie qu'elle existe... jusqu'à ce qu'elle décide de cesser d'exister en se jetant du haut d'un pont.

Der neue große Generationenroman der Bestsellerautorin, von der Weimarer Republik bis heute. Lena eckt an, seit sie denken kann: in der Schule, im Studium, in Beziehungen und in ihrem politischen Engagement. Als sie mit ihrer Mutter Anja die Wohnung der Großmutter ausräumt, entdeckt sie das Vermächtnis von Anjas Großtante Clara, über deren Leben stets der Schatten von etwas Unausgesprochenem lag. Im Berlin der 1920er-Jahre interessiert sich die junge Clara kaum für Politik.

Campania, fine Ottocento. 'A Piccerella, ingenua e credulona per natura, lavora a servizio per un'aristocratica famiglia napoletana, in cui il padrone, detto Mascariello, e anche suo figlio, soprannominato Zufolo, approfittano ripetutamente della sua innocenza e delle sue grazie con il benestare della moglie del primo, la Libbardèra, da sempre al corrente dei tradimenti del marito. Tutto cambia quando la ragazza scopre di essere incinta, senza che si conosca l'identità del padre.

Lasya ‘LJ’ Raghavan is a spectacularly single, unsuccessful playwright with an estranged family, crippling debt, and a dead-end job. When the family matriarch, Chandralekha Chakrapani, dies, LJ has to face the family that considers her an epic failure.... Especially her father, who has taken a vow of silence against her; her cousin sister, Ahalya, who blames LJ for destroying her marriage; and Bridezilla Kiki whose wedding has been cancelled.

People respond to tragedy in different ways. Some try to move on. Some don't move at all. A year after her young son's death due to a rare genetic disease, Emma Hazelton is still frozen by grief, unable and unwilling to consider her husband Noah's suggestion that they try to have another child. As the future Emma once imagined crumbles, her family's past comes into sharp relief. Searching for the roots of her son's disease, Emma tries to fit together the pieces in her genealogical puzzle.

When Joe Brinson was 16, his father moved the family to Great Falls, Montana, the setting for this harrowing, transfixing novel by the acclaimed author of Rock Springs. Filled with an abiding sense of love and family, and of the forces that test them to the breaking point, Wildlife is a book whose spare poetry and expansive vision established it as an American classic.

In the tradition of In the Time of the Butterflies and The Kite Runner, a tender, evocative novel about the years leading up to the Sri Lankan civil war. On the day the Herath family moves in, Sal Mal Lane is still a quiet street, disturbed only by the cries of the children whose triumphs and tragedies sustain the families that live there. As the neighbors adapt to the newcomers in different ways, the children fill their days with cricket matches, romantic crushes, and small rivalries.

Per tutta la vita, Riley MacPherson ha creduto che sua sorella maggiore Lisa, violinista prodigio destinata a un futuro di successi, fosse morta suicida quando era solo un'adolescente. Questa convinzione ha modellato la sua infanzia e quella del fratello Danny, la loro visione della famiglia e della vita. Più di vent'anni dopo, però, in seguito alla morte del padre, Riley è a New Bern, nel North Carolina, per mettere ordine nella loro casa d'infanzia e scopre per caso una sconvolgente e inimmaginabile verità: sua sorella è ancora viva e ha assunto una nuova identità.

A família Bennet tem cinco filhas, mas nenhuma pode herdar os bens da família, então elas precisam de bons casamentos. A chegada de um novo vizinho solteiro e abastado movimenta a rotina das mulheres da casa. Cada uma tem uma visão diferente do que sonha para seu futuro companheiro. Elizabeth Benneth, a segunda filha mais velha, perspicaz e decidida, ao conhecer o senhor Darcy deixa bem claro o que pensa. Ele atenderá às suas expectativas?

Until John Wilson met the warm, wise woman who became his fourth wife, the object of his most intense devotion had always been the work of William Shakespeare. From his feat of memorizing Romeo and Juliet and half a dozen other plays as a student to his evangelical zeal as a professor, John's faith in the Bard has shaped his life. But now his mental powers have been diminished by dementia, and his wife has reluctantly moved him to a residential care facility.