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As someone raised in an orphanage, Carmel knows she should be grateful for a roof over her head and a respectable family, but she would love nothing more than to escape Birr, Co Offaly and get away from her husband, the monosyllabic Bill and his horrible sister forever. Life as Mrs. Sheehan should be bearable, all she had to do was look after the house and cook Bill’s meals. She didn’t even need to speak to him, in fact, he preferred that she didn't. But, as her fortieth birthday approaches, Carmel knows the change must be now or never.

Saga Bez pożegnania – klasyczna polska saga rodzinna – powraca w nowym wydaniu. Kontynuacja dziejów Zofii i Kasi. Bohaterki przedostają się wraz z Armią Andersa do Afryki. Historia przedstawiona z perspektywy córki, Kasi, w zajmujący sposób opisuje codzienne życie Polaków w Ugandzie, fascynującą Afrykę i tęsknotę za ojczyzną. Książka, napisana w 1969 roku jako pierwszy tom Sagi, podbiła serca wielu pokoleń Czytelniczek i Czytelników.

Saga Bez pożegnania – klasyczna polska saga rodzinna – powraca w nowym wydaniu. Pierwszy tom historii Zofii i jej córki Kasi. Młoda matka wraz z małą córeczką zostają wywiezione z Baranowicz na Syberię. Czas próby udaje im się przetrwać dzięki niezwykłemu hartowi ducha matki, przychylnym ludziom, których spotykają na swej drodze, i dzięki sile matczynej miłości, która nawet w takiej gehennie jest w stanie zapewnić dziecku poczucie bezpieczeństwa i szczęśliwe dzieciństwo.

Saga Bez pożegnania – klasyczna polska saga rodzinna – powraca w nowym wydaniu. Kontynuacja historii Zofii i jej córki Kasi. Akcja rozgrywa się w Polsce na przełomie lat 50. i 60., w pierwszych latach PRL-u. Opowieść przywołuje klimat epoki wraz z jej absurdami. Kasia odbywa podróż na Daleki Wschód z zespołem Mazowsze, a dramatyczne zdarzenia w życiu osobistym wywracają jej świat do góry nogami.

Saga Bez pożegnania – klasyczna polska saga rodzinna – powraca w nowym wydaniu. Dalsze losy Zofii i Kasi – wymarzony powrót do powojennej Polski. Tam jednak matkę i córkę czeka brutalne spotkanie z komunistyczną rzeczywistością. Rodzina osiedla się w Zamościu i wbrew wszelkim trudnościom stara się budować nowe życie. Niesie ono wiele niespodzianek, niekoniecznie przyjemnych.

Coronation Close survives the brutal Bristol Blitz but with rationing, call up papers and new rules and regulations everyone’s lives are changed forever. Resident do-gooder PC Percy Routledge's obsession with rules being upheld finds him spying and reporting fellow neighbours on the slightest infraction whilst his poor brow-beaten wife, Margaret can only watch on in shameful silence. It’s whispered that one day he’ll get his comeuppance…

A lovely full-cast, family-based saga by Catherine Czerkawska. It follows Alison, as she discovers a yacht which belonged to a family of boat makers whose lives were tinged by turbulent love, sorrow and death. She finds the lady the boat was named after and discovers the history of the boat she has fallen in love with, and the family behind its excellent craftmanship.

Iniciado hace más de diez años con Nos vemos allá arriba (Premio Goncourt 2013), el monumental proyecto de Pierre Lemaitre de ofrecer una historia subjetiva, incuestionable y sobre todo gozosa del siglo XX, que no ha cesado de sumar lectores y elogios de la crítica, prosigue con Un futuro prometedor, un sabrosísimo relato lleno de giros, misterio, tensión, espías y amor en el contexto de la Guerra Fría.

Radiosa, innocente, la più pura tra le sacerdotesse di Atena. La bellezza di Medusa va ben oltre quella dei semplici mortali. Per questo, quando lo sguardo colmo di lussuria del dio Poseidone cade su di lei, l’unico luogo in cui spera di trovare rifugio è il sacro tempio della protettrice dei greci. Ma nessuno può sfuggire a un dio. E la divina Atena, signora delle arti e della guerra, non avrà pietà per colei che ha profanato la sua casa. Poco importa che Medusa, violata nel corpo e nello spirito contro la propria volontà, implori il suo perdono.

September 1942. Esme Donaldson is still grieving the devastating loss of her husband, Anthony, when she’s forced out of her dream job by wartime budget cuts. Left with few options, Esme faces an uncertain future – until a chance encounter sends her to Redcliffe Manor, a grand estate deep in the Somerset countryside, and an unexpected role as the manor’s librarian. As Esme settles in, she discovers the house is no ordinary country estate. The grounds have been requisitioned by an American military hospital, while the house is sheltering a displaced girls’ boarding school.

La primera parte de la historia se enfoca en el desarrollo de Jacinta Y Juanito Santa Cruz. Sus familias acordarían un matrimonio entre ambos para consolidar y fortalecer su propia economía sin correr riesgos. Jacinta al presenciar la falta de interés y el rechazo de Santa Cruz ante el acuerdo de sus familias, se obsesiona con su pasado y se enzarza entre las sobras del mismo, que giran alrededor de un hijo abandonado, hijo que podrían significar más dudas que respuestas.

The main character is born in 1894. The book contains her memoir, so the action goes back and forth in time, including Emmeline's childhood, through World War One and World War Two and up to "present day," which is 1968-1969.

A powerful new saga, in the grand tradition of Katie Flynn, Dilly Court and Josephine Cox, of one woman's quest for happiness after a bitter tragedy, filled with romance, drama and triumph in adversity.When terrible tragedy strikes at the local colliery, the residents of Fairley Terrace's 10 houses suffer more than one loss, and for Maggie Donovan the word turns upside down. Turning for comfort to the one man she can trust, she finds a sudden and undeniable passion instead.

A powerful saga in the Families of Fairley Terrace series, filled with romance, tragedy, drama, secrets and triumph in adversity from the author of All The Dark Secrets. When Annie Day at number four, Fairley Terrace, loses her beloved husband in a tragic mining disaster, she cannot afford the luxury of grief. For now she must find a way to support herself and her two young daughters, Kitty and Lucy, and marriage to widower Algernon Pierce seems to be the answers to Annie's prayers.

For Mary Callaghan, marriage has brought heartaches and disappointment. But with it have come joys, the greatest of which are her daughters. And what Mary wants most in the world for her girls is what she never had - a husband who will offer the security her own hard-drinking, free-spending, brash-talking Jack denied her. But when Daisy confesses she's pregnant, Mary knows the future looks grim, for the father's rough, pleasure-loving Sam O'Grady. As Nell watches her sister sink into bitter poverty, she begins to wonder if she could ever allow herself to fall in love, when her own mother and sister are suffering so much.

In love and war, who can you trust? Hampshire, 1944. Her face still bearing the scars from the explosion at the factory, Rita Brown is nonetheless back on her feet. She's caught the eye of local wide boy Blackie Bristow, who's sweeping her around the country in a life of shady glamour. But there's a war on, and life is not all fun and games. Some of the local men are taking advantage of the topsy-turvy world to break more than just hearts, and standing up to them comes with its own costs.

Angela has reached the end of her rope. Bills are piling up, money is sparse, and her two-timing ex-husband traded her in for a "Barbie" lookalike. Depression and a lack of hope put her in a world filled with never-ending pain, and when she loses the one thing she has left—her will to live—she knows there's nothing left to go back to. Until an unexpected knock on her door wakes her up.

Christmas 1940. Despite the rationing and the blackout, excitement at Mollison Farm is building as Alice and her workforce prepare for the annual Christmas Eve party. The snow has arrived, and this year, Alice has a big secret. She has invited her evacuee children’s mother to spend a few precious days with her kids at Christmas. But disaster strikes, and Alice is given the shocking news that Rose’s home is now nothing more than a pile of bricks, and the woman herself is missing, lost in the blitz.

Die neue Reihe der SPIEGEL-Bestsellerautorin und Historikerin Julia Kröhn. Frankfurt, 1965: Zwanzig Jahre hat Ella erfolgreich das "Bücherreich" geführt, doch nun herrscht Zwist: Ihre deutlich jüngere Schwester Luise hat die schnulzigen Bücher satt. Ihr Kopf ist voller neuer, unerhörter Ideen, zu denen sie der charismatische und politisch aktive Student Thilo anstiftet. Zunächst steht Ella diesen ablehnend gegenüber. Doch dann bringt Luise sie dazu, ein dunkles Kapitel ihrer Vergangenheit aufzuschlagen.

Ken Follett's World Without End was a global phenomenon, a work of grand historical sweep beloved by millions of readers and acclaimed by critics. Fall of Giants is his magnificent new historical epic. The first novel in The Century Trilogy, it follows the fates of five interrelated families - American, German, Russian, English, and Welsh - as they move through the world-shaking dramas of the First World War, the Russian Revolution, and the struggle for women's suffrage.