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After the death of her mother, Maren Crane returns to the Portland home where she grew up expecting to settle an estate and move forward with her life. Instead, she discovers an extraordinary inheritance. Hidden in a spare bedroom are twelve carefully organized boxes filled with voice recordings, photographs, handwritten notes, and personal artifacts created by her mother, Sylvie Crane, after being diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's disease.

Recently bereaved Jamie is staying at a rural steading in the heart of Scotland with his actor boyfriend Alex. The sudden loss of both of Jamie's parents hangs like a shadow over the trip. In his grief, Jamie finds himself sifting through bittersweet memories, from his working-class upbringing in Edinburgh to his bohemian twenties in London, with a growing awareness of his sexuality threaded through these formative years.

Alles beginnt mit einem vierjährigen Buben aus Coburg, der nicht weiß, dass er Eltern hat – bis er eines Tages mit der Eisenbahn in Lindau ankommt. Ein fremder Mann holt ihn ab und begleitet ihn in ein Haus ans Bett einer gelähmten Frau: Er ist sein Vater, sie ist seine Mutter. Wie wird man der Mensch, der man ist? Michael Köhlmeier selbst hat sein Lebensbuch eingelesen, den großen Roman seiner Familie. Er erzählt von den Traumata der Weltkriege, die bis in die Gegenwart nachwirken, und vom Alltag in einer erzählsüchtigen Familie.

One hot day. One bad decision. No backing out. Seventeen-year olds Josh, Brendan, Tye, and Davis think they're just wasting another sunburned afternoon in their Las Vegas suburb—until Brendan loses a stash of weed he stole from his parents. Convinced his strict father will finally make good on...

Some children get chosen. Marlow Prater got what was left over. Marlow was born when her mother was still a teenager, too broken by addiction to raise her. So her grandmother raised her instead — messy, loving, half in the bottle, but there. Then Marlow's mother met a man who helped her get clean, had a second child with him, and became, to everyone watching, a redemption story. To Marlow, it looked like something else entirely: proof that she'd never been the reason worth saving.

At the edge of a quiet village, where mist lingers and time seems to pause, there flows a river unlike any other —a river that remembers. In The River of Forgotten Names, Eleanor returns to the place she once left behind, drawn by a quiet emptiness she cannot fully explain. Her life has moved forward, yet something essential feels lost, as if part of her story has been erased. At the Whispering River, she meets the Keeper of Names, who reveals a haunting truth: every name that drifts upon the water belongs to a life once lived, a story once told, and a memory waiting to be reclaimed.

1978. In the sleepy New York suburb of Tallmadge, eighteen-year-old Mira Winston is beguiling, talented, and full of youthful recklessness. She spends her summer perfecting her swing at her parents’ country club – and continuing her long-running affair with her father’s golf buddy, a...

Mit einem Unfall am See beginnt die Freundschaft zwischen Ella und Harriet. Obgleich grundverschieden, sind die beiden Mädchen einander unmittelbar zugetan. Doch Harriet hat ein Geheimnis, das sie ihrer besten Freundin lange verschweigt. Als der Krieg die Idylle ihrer Kindheit erreicht und vertraute Gewissheiten aufbricht, werden Ella und Harriet mit tiefgreifenden Verlusten konfrontiert.

At the heart of Maya Caruso's sharp, tender, insightful and wickedly ironic novel is Silvia Junior: a 42-year-old Italo-Australian workaholic who's nailed career success but flunked personal fulfilment. Romance? She ghosted it sometime after her divorce. Enter her mother, Silvia Senior: a...

Ein Todesfall. Eine Nacht ohne Erinnerungen. Und ein Luxusresort, in dem jeder etwas zu verbergen hat. Vor einem Jahr hat Ariadne Mykonos verlassen und dem luxuriösen Sandcastle Resort, in dem sie aufgewachsen ist, den Rücken gekehrt. Zurück blieb eine zerstörte Clique und lückenhafte...

L'histoire vibrante d'une femme en quête de liberté. Après une enfance chaotique dans une secte, Anita traverse divers milieux jusqu'à fonder une famille avec un banquier expatrié à Londres... Un rêve ou bien une nouvelle forme d'enfermement ? Orpheline dans une secte libertaire de...

Nach einem gewalttätigen Vorfall in der Schule wird Vidar vom Lehrdienst suspendiert. Zu Hause findet er in einem alten, vergessenen Pappkarton zufällig die Telefonnummer des alten Sommerhauses der Familie. Als er die Nummer wählt, meldet sich sein Vater, der vor langer Zeit verstorben ist. Vidar hat den 17. Juni 1986 angerufen, einen Tag aus seiner Kindheit, an dem etwas Entscheidendes passiert ist. Nur was? Immer wieder wählt Vidar diese Nummer, immer wieder landet er beim 17. Juni – es ist, als ob sich eine Falltür in die Vergangenheit öffnet.

East Wind: West Wind is told from the eyes of a traditional Chinese girl, Kwei-lan, married to a Chinese medical doctor, educated abroad. The story follows Kwei-lan as she begins to accept different points of view from the western world and re-discovers her sense of self through this...

A literary father –daughter novel about memory, forgiveness, and the search for belonging. He wrote detectives who lived in shadows. She grew up searching for a signal in the static. When Jeff Griffin and Zoe MacKenzie meet, silence gives way to memory, music, and the chance to belong. Jeff Griffin built his name writing acclaimed crime novels set in postwar New Orleans —but spent decades hiding from his own past. Zoe MacKenzie grew up without him, raised on stories instead of a father. For more than 18 years, Zoe MacKenzie only knew half her story.

Avery Knox has spent her entire high school basketball career believing that leadership means control. As captain of the Ridgeview Ravens, she sets the tempo, calls the adjustments, and carries the expectations of teammates, coaches, and college scouts. With playoffs approaching and scholarship opportunities within reach, her future appears secure. Then a lingering knee injury begins to worsen. What starts as a manageable problem slowly becomes a threat to everything she has worked for.

Thrust into a brutal military coming-of-age, a seven-year-old boy must survive ancient Sparta's deadliest training. Perfect for an intense commute, this gripping historical fiction immerses you deeply in the shadows of the agoge. Listeners will taste the sweat, smell the iron, and feel the...

Survive the brutal flues of Victorian London in this harrowing historical drama of a child's fight for his life. Feel the claustrophobia of the dark chimneys and the biting cold of the icy streets as you embark on an intense, deep-focus listening experience. This gritty, immersive journey...

Stanley and Ernie are best friends who couldn't be more unalike. Virtually parentless and completely on his own, Stanley is wily, charming, and street-smart to a fault. Ernie, who comes from a conservative Harlem household, is subdued, yet physically intimidating on a mythical level. The common...

Time is running out for the Angel Sworn. Cimree's restored memories have shattered everything she thought she knew—about her past, her power, and the fate of a dying world. The twisted magic that birthed monstrous abominations is spreading, and she alone understands how to stop the devastation...

“The perfect book for anyone who has ever built an entire fantasy life around a man who barely knows your last name and who makes you ask, ‘Is this love, or am I just deeply unwell?’ It’s funny, cringey, painfully real yet still tender about the humiliations we endure to feel chosen."...