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The nurses of Lovely Lane – Dana, Victoria, Pammy and Beth – are now in their second year and are about to face some truly harrowing and difficult times on the wards. St Angelus needs a new assistant matron, but the members of the Liverpool District Hospital Board have overruled Emily Haycock and Dr Gaskell in their choice. Enter the mysterious Miss Van Gilder from somewhere down south. The life of St Angelus is soon disrupted as her proposals turn the running of the hospital upside down and threaten the jobs of the domestics and porters.

1950s Liverpool. In the tight-knit Irish Catholic community of the Four Streets, two girls are growing up. One is motherless – and hated by the cold woman who is determined to take her dead mother's place. The other is hiding a dreadful secret which she dare not let slip to anyone, lest it rips the heart out of the community. What can the people of the Four Streets do when a betrayal at the very heart of their world comes to light?

As a young girl, Aurora del Valle suffered a brutal trauma that erased the first five years of her life from her mind. Raised by her ambitious grandmother, she grows up with privilege, comfort and everything she could ask for. When she finds herself alone at the end of an unhappy love affair, she decides to explore the mystery of her past, to discover what had such a devastating effect on her young life all those years ago.

Shelves of sequins in a kaleidoscope of colours. Bolts of silk and tulle against the back wall. The sewing room was the last place anyone had seen her daughter alive. Manchester, 1942. Flora Toussaint packs parachutes for the RAF, haunted by the twin daughters she was forced to give up eighteen...

An Irish mother faces her destiny in California as the acclaimed trilogy comes to an end—"a vibrant picture of American history in the mid-19th century" (Historical Novel Society). With her two children, Gracelin O'Malley travels to post–Gold Rush San Francisco to meet the sea captain who...

An Irish mother must flee her beloved homeland for a new life in America, in the "gripping" second novel of the acclaimed historical trilogy (Publishers Weekly). Forced to flee Ireland, Gracelin O'Malley boards a coffin ship bound for America, taking her young daughter with her on the arduous...

Ballenstedt, 1018: Im Kloster Gernrode ist der Schreiberin Uta, Tochter eines verarmten Burgherrn, ein Leben in Dienst und Einsamkeit vorherbestimmt. Doch als Herzogin Gisela von Schwaben ihr Talent entdeckt, verändert sich ihr Leben schlagartig: Als Hofdame der zukünftigen Kaiserin bereist Uta das Reich und erschließt sich ungeahnte Wissenswelten. Die Freiheit währt jedoch nur kurz. Gegen ihren Willen wird sie mit dem mächtigen Markgrafen Ekkehard von Meißen verheiratet, obwohl sie in dessen Bruder verliebt ist.

När Simon plötsligt dyker upp och vill bli en del av Emilies liv igen går hennes känslor isär. Kan hon förlåta honom och lita på att han verkligen har förändrats? Odd kämpar med att rädda verksamheten när banken plötsligt kräver full återbetalning av lånet. På något sätt måste han få ihop flera tusen dollar inom två veckor. "Sagan om Emilie" är en släktkrönika fylld av hemligheter och kärleksintriger. Vi följer den vackra torpardottern Emilie i norska Trøndelag på 1880-talet, ett samhälle med stora klyftor mellan rika och fattiga.

It is 1964 and fun-loving Rita has her dream job, working as a nanny for a huge popstar and his family. At first it seems great fun. The house is always full of glamorous people and parties, but soon she begins to worry for the children, who are neglected and crave stability. As if this wasn't enough to contend with, her employer, Cameron Knight, is spending a lot of time in the nursery – and not for the children. Can she keep herself and her charges safe in this chaotic household?

Grace Dixon osserverebbe per ore le nuvole nel cielo di Oxford, lasciandosi accarezzare dalla pioggia battente. Hunter Christopher Price, rampollo di una potente famiglia di Londra, è il ragazzo più irresistibile e temuto del college. Grace, però, un concentrato di ottimismo e pungente sarcasmo, non si fa intimidire: vuole godersi la sua nuova vita e lasciarsi alle spalle un passato che ancora brucia. Così, fin dal primo incontro tra le mura della rinomata università di Oxford, Hunter e Grace si odiano con cocente intensità.

1939. Norma knows what the world does to women in her position. Pregnant, unmarried… abandoned. And when the man who promised to marry her is arrested for murder, she has only one option left: run. A borrowed wedding ring. A fake name. A one-way ticket to Wales. Mrs Finch never existed before that train journey, but now she’s Norma’s only chance at survival.

Lucy Riwall hat auf der japanischen Insel Soshima die Leitung der knapp vor dem Aus stehenden tsubaki-Manufaktur übernommen und damit keine leichte Aufgabe geschultert. Und sie muss hart arbeiten, um das Vertrauen der Mitarbeitenden zu gewinnen. Dabei denkt sie sehnsüchtig an Finn und fragt sich, ob sie je wieder zusammenkommen werden. Doch auf dem großen Jubiläumsfest in Lucys bretonischer Heimat, zu dem sie mit ihren japanischen Kolleginnen und Kollegen anreist, kommt es zu überraschenden Wendungen und unerwarteten Begegnungen.

Brought to you by Penguin. The tale of female camaraderie and bravery from beloved saga author Rosie Meddon. When one woman's attempt to help the war effort from her sleepy Devon village is thwarted, she is determined to fight back! September 1940: When Isabel Thaxley becomes homeless and...

When the distressing shadows of war fall across Europe, Olivia Brodie watches the man she loves, Captain Spencer Middleton, lead his men proudly to the front, his final words a promise to return. Left behind among the working-class neighbours she calls family, Olivia clings to hope as the world around her changes forever. Her spirited younger brother, Lachie, eager to prove himself, enlists underage – his letters home filled with bravado and dreams of glory.

निर्बन्ध, महासमर का आठवाँ खण्ड है। इसकी कथा द्रोण पर्व से आरम्भ होकर शान्ति पर्व तक चलती है। कथा का अधिकांश भाग तो...

Fleur liebt das Leben in Goldberg. Doch alles gerät ins Wanken, als ihre Mutter Helene stirbt und die Zukunft des Weinorts auf dem Spiel steht. Zusammen mit ihrer besten Freundin Eleonore beschließt Fleur, für ihre Stadt zu kämpfen. Goldberg soll richtig aufblühen! In Schwung kommen ihre Pläne allerdings erst, als Jean-Claude, Koch und vielgereister Weltenbummler, in die Heimat zurückkehrt.

BROKEN WOMEN: A Story of Rejection, Redemption, Resilience by Edwina Hoyle, narrated by Catherine Divaris and produced and published by Audiobook Publishing Services, is a powerful historical saga about survival, generational trauma, and the extraordinary resilience of women who refuse to be defined by their suffering.

Fruchtige Süße, als hätte man das Glück in Rubinrot eingefangen. Als die Schwestern Emma und Tilde Fromm 1899 in Rostock den Zug besteigen, um einen Neuanfang in Schwartau zu wagen, ist die geliebte selbstgemachte Erdbeermarmelade natürlich im Gepäck. Die Frauen ahnen nicht, dass dieses kleine Stück Heimat der Grundstein für ein florierendes Familienunternehmen sein wird, dessen Konfitüren die Welt erobern. Doch der Weg dahin ist gespickt mit Intrigen und Widerständen.

Civil unrest sweeps the mountains of Jalisco, displacing Mexico's elite. Under the cover of darkness, Catalina steals away from her vast ranch with her two daughters. Stuffed into their saddlebags, the precious jewels of the Hernandez-Castañeda family fortune begin their journey across time and legend. Over one hundred years later, in the United States, Sophie's marriage takes its dying breath after she catches Adam cheating. The demise of her marriage shakes her to the core, and she hopes it isn't too late to build the stable family of her dreams.

Drei Frauen, drei Generationen − ein Garten am Meer. Ein Roman über Vergänglichkeit, Neubeginn und Hoffnung. Und darüber, was es heißt, in der Fremde Wurzeln zu schlagen. Magdas Leben verändert sich mit einem Schlag: Ihr Mann Alfred, Botaniker in Münster, verliert 1933 seine Professorenstelle, weil er Jude ist. Im fernen Istanbul lockt ein überraschendes Angebot: Republikgründer Atatürk will die Universitäten des Landes modernisieren, und am Bosporus soll ein prächtiger Botanischer Garten mit Pflanzen aus aller Welt entstehen.