Mostrando títulos en Ficción Contemporánea

Where can a woman turn when her own life threatens to overwhelm her ability to keep her children safe? New York Times best-selling author Jacquelyn Mitchard takes the readers of her newest novel on a wry and moving journey of loss and healing.

I have a plan, and it doesn’t include falling for the older, hot single dad who convinced me to be his short-term nanny. So, I will leave my small town and my broken heart behind and go back to college. Or so I told myself. But now I’m starting to wonder if my plan has room for an unexpected happily ever after....

Born into the lap of luxury and comfortable in the here and now, spoiled, tempestuous Tamara Goodwin has never had to look to the future, until the abrupt death of her father leaves her and her mother a mountain of debt and forces them to move in with Tamara's peculiar aunt and uncle in a tiny countryside village. Tamara is lonely and bored, with a traveling library as her only diversion....

1977. Sabrina Mannucci, sei anni, è una bambina prodigio. Di questo almeno è convinto il padre Riccardo, funzionario della Rai. Nel soffocante (e a tratti esilarante) ménage piccolo borghese della famiglia, il "genio" della viziatissima Sabrina costituisce la straordinaria occasione per sognare una vita diversa. 2007. I Mannucci sono riuniti al capezzale di Riccardo, che sta morendo di cancro. Per i tre figli, ormai adulti, è il momento dei bilanci.

In Scarborough, a low-income urban neighborhood, three kids struggle to rise above poverty, abuse, and a system that consistently fails them. The adults in their lives either rise to the occasion or fall by the wayside; together, they make up a troubled yet inspired community that refuses to be undone.

Christopher Lucas, unsure of his own beliefs, is wandering through Jerusalem, working on an article about religious mania. When he meets Sonia Barnes, dusky nightclub singer, devoted Sufi and mystic, he is entranced. As Sonia helps Lucas meet some of the visionaries and gurus who fill the city, the two suddenly find that they have become pawns in a fanatical bombing plot.

Quando la vita chiama, il cuore risponde. Impossibile, però, dare ascolto a questo richiamo quando si è imbottigliati in un'esistenza troppo frenetica, un'esistenza come quella di Lorenzo, che ha sacrificato amicizie e passioni dando corpo e anima alla Londra dell'alta finanza. Non senza fatica, è riuscito a trovare l'onda giusta e a cavalcarla. E ora, eccolo qui: giovane e brillante, una macchina da guerra tirata a lucido e alimentata da adrenalina e ambizione. Ma il carburante si esaurisce. Lorenzo cade e affoga in quell'onda che prima lo teneva in piedi. Ha sopportato troppo, e ora si è spezzato.

Ce que nous aimons sont parfois ceux qui nous font le plus mal. Lily Blossom Bloom n'a pas eu une enfance très facile, entre un père violent et une mère qu'elle trouve soumise, mais elle a su s'en sortir dans la vie et est à l'aube de réaliser son grand rêve : ouvrir, à Boston, une boutique de fleurs. Elle vient de rencontrer un neurochirurgien, Ryle, charmant, ambitieux, visiblement aussi attiré par elle qu'elle l'est par lui.

"La danseuse arrivait, le matin, à sept heures quarante-cinq, gare du Nord. Ensuite le métro jusqu’à la place de Clichy. Le bâtiment du studio Wacker était vétuste. Au rez-de-chaussée, une dizaine de pianos d’occasion, rangés en désordre comme dans un dépôt. Aux étages, une sorte de cantine avec un bar et les studios de danse. Elle prenait des cours avec Boris Kniaseff, un Russe que l’on considérait comme l’un des meilleurs professeurs… Une odeur particulière de vieux bois, de lavande et de sueur."

'To play the country-game, we have to choose a country. Everybody wants to be the USA and Britain and Canada and Australia and Switzerland and them. Nobody wants to be rags of countries like Congo, like Somalia, like Iraq, like Sudan, like Haiti and not even this one we live in – who wants to be a terrible place of hunger and things falling apart?' Darling and her friends live in a shanty called Paradise, which of course is no such thing. It isn’t all bad, though. There’s mischief and adventure, games of Find bin Laden, stealing guavas, singing Lady Gaga at the tops of their voices.

The first time Martha sees the house, she knows it's evil. So she's not surprised when she finds out that someone was murdered in it. She also thinks that someone is watching her. Martha's pretty certain that this Halloween is going to be the scariest of her life, and possibly her last.

Nincshof, ein kleines Dorf an der österreichisch-ungarischen Grenze, soll vergessen werden. So der Plan dreier Männer, die sich "die Oblivisten" nennen und raus wollen aus der hektischen Zeit. Wenn niemand mehr von ihnen weiß, können sie und das ganze Dorf in Freiheit und Ruhe leben. Laut Legende ist das in Nincshof schon einmal so gewesen. Ausgerechnet die alte Erna Rohdiebl soll dabei helfen, dass dieses Vorhaben gelingt, denn die drei Männer glauben, dass die alte Frau die Freiheit im Blut hat und daher genau die Richtige für ihre Bewegung ist.

He has a goal and a plan. If he carries through with the plan, his sister will die first. His ex will die next, and he will die last. In between, he’ll take out as many people as he can. Students. Security guards. Teachers. First responders. They are all fair game.

Jonathan Kepler wants to climb Spoon Mountain with his grown son and daughter on his sixty-fifth birthday in three weeks. The kids, Ben and Miranda, think he’s crazy. For starters, Spoon Mountain is almost the tallest alpine peak in New Mexico. Jonathan’s health is terrible. Still reeling from his third, nearly fatal, divorce, he has a rotten heart, serious asthma, and a fed-up girlfriend who is about to drop him like a bad habit.

Tova Sullivan lavora per l'Acquario di Sowell Bay, una tranquilla cittadina nei pressi di Seattle: pulire i pavimenti durante le ore serali in compagnia delle creature che si muovono silenziose nelle vasche la aiuta a combattere la solitudine dopo la scomparsa di suo figlio Erik, quando era solo un ragazzo. La principale attrazione dell'acquario è Marcellus, un polpo gigante del Pacifico, che dalla sua vasca sembra osservare attento ogni mossa di Tova. Una sera, mentre sta passando lo straccio nell'ufficio del personale, Tova scorge Marcellus impigliato nei fili della corrente e delicatamente cerca di liberarlo.

Un matin, Ethan reçoit le faire-part de mariage de Céline, la femme qu'il aimait et qu'il a quittée pour se consacrer à sa fulgurante carrière. Une décision qu'il regrette amèrement aujourd'hui. Sur un coup de tête, il se rend au mariage et se met au défi de reconquérir la jeune femme. Il ne lui reste que quelques heures pour y parvenir. Quelques heures folles et pleines de mystère, au terme desquelles il est abattu par un inconnu. C'est alors que l'incroyable se produit.

Colm O’Flynn was loved by his close circle of family and friends, however his death came too soon for everyone to make peace with their past. Shauna, his second wife, adored him. But one night she broke their marriage vows and didn’t get time to ask Colm’s forgiveness. Jess was the first Mrs O’Flynn. Her heart is set on someone new, but will the last one-night stand she shared with Colm come back to haunt her? Colm’s best friend, Dan, is recently divorced. Can he take a second shot at happiness if it means betraying the one person who always had his back?

Alice Hamilton loved being a mature-age student, but now she's finished her university degree she needs to find herself a career. But the job market is tough, and it doesn't help that her partner, David, keeps reminding her about their sizable mortgage. When she's offered a role in a major real estate agency, she jumps at the opportunity. David is excited by her prospects in the thriving Melbourne housing market, and Alice is pleased that she'll be utilising her exceptional people skills. But Alice quickly realises all is not as it seems.

What would happen if an ancient Amazon warrior was catapulted into modern America? Follow Antiope as she struggles to understand modern patriarchal society, and help the women she encounters regain their matriarchal heritage.The author, an expert on Pre-Indo-European neolithic matriarchies, uses the story as a vehicle to comment on women's role in modern society.

London in den späten vierziger Jahren: Die temperamentvolle junge Schriftstellerin Juliet erhält eines Tages einen erstaunlichen Brief...