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In 1992—when Amy Fisher dominated every news channel—there lived two men. The first was a once-prominent cartoonist who had a very public fall from grace. The other was an alcoholic who worked in a landfill. Both lived in different parts of the country and led completely separate...

'Cecilia Knapp beautifully captures the experience of contemporary womanhood in this lyrical and insightful novel. A genuine triumph' ELIZA CLARK 'Poignant to the bone. Lack is both masterfully, poetically complex and beautifully easy to read' GEMMA CAIRNEY In the quiet, lonely hours of the...

Meet Harriet. But don't be surprised if she isn't interested in meeting you. Harriet has life all figured out, and she doesn't hesitate to inform others of their shortcomings. Though her attempts to become president of the homeowner's association failed, that doesn't stop her from berating "off-leash-dog-man" or reporting the neighbor who had the audacity to leave their Easter decorations up an entire week past the holiday. The problem is, unbeknownst to her, Harriet's rigid rules and judgmental opinions are not her own.

Sie und Jan sammelten jeden Sommer Inseln für ihre gemeinsame Landkarte der Liebe. Bis sie unheilbar erkrankte. Ein Jahr nach Rikes Tod wagt sich Jan an die Nordsee – um vorsichtig zu versuchen, ob es auch ohne sie weitergehen kann. Hier, mitten im Watt, scheint die Zeit stehen geblieben zu sein, und Jan spürt eine längst vergessene Ruhe. Dann lernt er Maren kennen, auch sie versucht, ihren düsteren Erinnerungen zu entkommen. In vielen gemeinsamen Stunden am Strand erkennen sie, dass man das Leben jeden Tag aufs Neue beginnen kann.

In "Hearts That Never Learned To Leave," acclaimed author Lena Fairfax invites listeners into a richly woven tapestry of love, loss, and the enduring ties of friendship. Set against the backdrop of a small coastal town, this evocative novel traces the intertwined lives of three childhood friends—Clara, Samuel, and Elise—as they navigate the tumultuous waters of adulthood.

In the tourist-filled streets of Key West, four lives are drawn together by the currents of chance. Janet, fleeing the suffocating grip of an abusive marriage, rediscovers a long-buried passion for art. Randall, a charter boat captain, battles financial ruin and the ghost of his past. Stacy, an aspiring songwriter, yearns for the breakthrough to transform her dreams into reality. And Eli, an escape artist facing the twilight of his career and fading vision, prepares himself for his final performance. As their paths converge, each must confront the struggles that define them.

Growing up used to be loud, messy, and unforgettable. No filters or likes on social media. Training wheels optional. Just kids, courage, and the terrifying thrill of figuring out who you are. Set from the late 1980’s into the early 2000’s, Just a Nobody traces the life of a quiet boy everyone overlooks, until the moments come that no one can ignore. Bullies, first crush, mistakes that feel like the end of the world, and friendships worth fighting for. Ordinary days turn into the stories that stay with us forever.

For sixty-three-year-old Mebel, retirement means her husband of more than forty years announcing that he's leaving her for their private chef. Mebel isn't sure who's the bigger loss, but she has the perfect plan to win him back: she'll finally learn to cook. However, Mebel quickly realizes she's...

Hamburg, 1962: Fotografie ist Abbys Leben, das Motiv ihrer Bilder: vier junge Männer aus Liverpool. Die Beatles warten immer noch auf ihren Durchbruch und bitten Abby, sie nach England zu begleiten. Abby stürzt sich in die Arbeit, denn noch immer schmerzt sie der tragische Verlust ihrer großen Liebe Stuart tief. Bei ihrer Mitbewohnerin Sofia findet sie Halt. Doch auch diese braucht Hilfe, denn ihr Freund Lukas, der ihr zur Flucht verholfen hat, ist noch immer in Ostberlin.

Teo ha ventotto anni e tra sé e la sua adolescenza ha messo molti chilometri e altrettanti silenzi. Milano gli ha concesso l'anonimato, avventure sessuali e soprattutto la possibilità di dimenticare. Quando però due dei suoi migliori amici del liceo si sposano, decide di tornare a casa, nella città di provincia in cui è cresciuto, dopo quasi dieci anni di assenza. Qui ritrova il gruppo di amici dell'epoca: oltre agli sposi - monade a due teste fin dalla terza superiore - ci sono Sofia, il suo amore mancato, Tommaso, l'indomabile, e Marta, la più fragile e misteriosa del gruppo.

🌊🐚Discover the healing power of the seaside and community in this charming, feel-good second chance romance, perfect for fans of Heidi Swain & Milly Johnson 🐚🌊 *** Could a taste of love mend two broken hearts? In the enchanting Northumberland village of Tilldale, Cath is flourishing...

'An enchanting Christmas treat' Heidi Swain, Sunday Times bestselling author Can neighbours become more than just good friends this Christmas? Bella Moore is excitedly counting down the days to Christmas. That is until she arrives home one evening to find her boyfriend leaving her for another...

Escape into the world of Sally Page with the perfect armchair read! From the author of phenomenal bestsellers The Keeper of Stories and The Book of Beginnings comes another novel that will warm your heart. All Lara wanted was a quiet life among the flowers of North Dorset. No drama. No danger...

Sixty is the new forty… Sixty-one-year-old nurse Vicky is at the end of her tether. Her beloved dog, Scout, has just died in her arms and there’s nothing left for her in Liverpool. With Scout gone, there’s no reason not to take up old friend Angeliki’s offer; three months on a Greek...

After thirty-five years of teaching and one quiet retirement party that ends too soon, Maggie Lawson realizes she has no idea what comes next. So she makes a list—one hundred ice cream flavors to taste before her next birthday—and starts with the nearest scoop shop in town. What begins as a playful challenge quickly becomes something deeper.

Il negozio delle idee. Entra per trovare il tuo ingrediente segreto: questa l'insegna sul negozio di Amelia, in cui entra chi cerca ispirazione per un regalo, per conquistare una donna o per realizzare un sogno. Lei trova la soluzione per tutti, tranne che per sé. Non riesce infatti a superare lo shock della pandemia che ha esacerbato in lei la paura dei germi, portandola a una sorta di anestesia affettiva. Il percorso verso la guarigione inizia quando conosce Cesare e salvano due cuccioli.

For fans of Maeve Binchy and Sheila O'Flanagan, 'this is a feelgood book you won't be able to put down' (Irish Independent) One crisp September evening art teacher Audrey Matthews sits alone in room six at Carrickbawn Senior College, wondering if anyone is going to sign up for her Life Drawing...

Nach sechzig Jahren in Australien kehrt Helen Cartwright in den kleinen Ort in der Nähe von Oxford zurück, in dem sie geboren wurde. Doch dann nimmt Helens Leben eine plötzliche Wendung, als ein unerwarteter Gast in Form einer gutmütigen Maus auftaucht. Während die Maus in der Küchenspüle aus einem kleinen Flaschendeckel trinkt, tritt Helen wieder in Kontakt mit ihren Nachbarn – und begibt sich auf eine unerwartete Reise zurück zu sich selbst. Denn egal, was wir für uns geplant haben: Manchmal hat das Leben seine eigenen Pläne.

In the mist-shrouded city of Idrion, where magic is law and every mage wears a mask, both literal and political, power belongs to the guilds, and reputation can mean life or death. But when a forgotten guild on the brink of extinction takes in a mysterious apprentice named Jasten, the Veiled City begins to stir. Jasten is no ordinary newcomer. Beneath his rustic charm and too-wide smile lies something older, sharper, something watching. His arrival at the crumbling Virelyn Spire is not chance. It is intention.

On the set of Boom!, a big‑budget adaptation of a Tennessee Williams play, Elizabeth Taylor is at the height of her fame. It's an exhilarating experience for everyone in her orbit. That includes Jean, her personal assistant, and Buddy, her semi-closeted best friend and costume designer. Yet Jean can see that for all Elizabeth’s verve, she's worried that her box-office potential is dimming. At thirty-five, she needs to stretch. She sets her sights on an unlikely role: the lead in the film version of Hello, Dolly!

A selection of episodes of the iconic radio show about the Australian flying doctor service Listen now to this delight from the archives. A timeless and exciting drama series giving a fictional insight into the work of the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia. Adapted from the TV series, The...

Katja lebt nur für Mann, Tochter, Hund und Haushalt, und einen Job wuppt sie auch noch nebenbei. Alle halten das für selbstverständlich, und keiner dankt es ihr. Erst die originelle Nachtklubbesitzerin Erna zeigt ihr, dass man für Dienstleistungen jeder Art auch Anerkennung erwarten kann.

‘Savas writes with both sensuality and coolness, as if determined to find a rational explanation for the irrationality of existence...’ New York Times ‘I fell in love with this book.’ Katie Kitamura, author of Audition and A Separation The mesmerizing debut novel by the author of The...

By day young Mirren Jarvis works in the twisting department at Ferguslie Thread Mills and by night she works in a local fried-fish shop. She also cares for her sick mother and forgoes the freedom and luxuries her friends enjoy, dreaming of the day her fiancé, Donald, will send for her to come and live with him in America. In the aftermath of the Great War, many of the women in Mirren's life are struggling.

Young Betty Cantrel is just 14-years-old when she reluctantly leaves her troubled family home to take up a position as companion to Frances Crawley, the ailing daughter of Eben and Mary Crawley. As her friendship grows with Frances, Betty accompanies her to London, where she glimpses another world – a world full of art, music, and freedom, and she begins to dream of a different kind of life.

As the dark clouds of war finally begin to break, Grace Fitzgerald and Richard Lewis glimpse the possibility of a future together after years of turmoil. Their hard-won love has withstood so much already. Now, as the Allies launch their final assault on the European continent—determined to rid the world of Nazi terror at whatever cost—Grace must say goodbye once again. Richard has a dual mission: to witness and report on the invasion that will decide the world’s fate, and to fulfil a promise to find someone who vanished without a trace.

Lilly-Bob loves her home by the River Thames in the heart of London. Throughout her childhood, it echoed with music and her father’s love, and for seventy years it’s been her sanctuary through a life well lived. These days, the familiar walls and treasured memories keep loneliness at bay. But for months she’s been ignoring letters from a building developer, and now a compulsory purchase scheme threatens to take her home by force. Seventeen-year-old Lilly-Bob didn’t fear change, but present-day Lilly refuses to let go.

One summer storm. One split second. Two lives changed forever. Ellie Harker doesn't believe in fate, only hard work and keeping her heart safe. Rhys Davies used to believe in love, until heartbreak left him focused on his little girl. When lightning strikes them both, an unexplainable connection sparks between two strangers.

The unforgettable, heartbreaking story of a doomed love and a young man’s education in hope. In the crowded streets of a Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon, Waseem has learned to navigate life with quiet resilience. Born with a disability that leaves him largely unable to speak or walk, Waseem’s world is shaped by the small, intimate details of camp life.

Situazioni assurde al limite del paradossale, riflessioni filosofiche alternate a scene Paasilinniane. Un'ironia che accompagna costantemente trama e personaggi in un racconto che richiama alla necessità che ognuno di noi si assuma la responsabilità di cambiare la rotta autodistruttiva sulla quale stiamo navigando. Una visione del futuro che deve assumere, come fondamento della nostra stessa esistenza, la difesa della natura, compresa quella selvaggia, ricercando quel difficile equilibrio con il rispetto delle popolazioni che hanno la fortuna di vivere in territori così preziosi.

Tori needs a holiday. London is cold and grey, work is manic, and after a regrettable New Year's Eve hookup with her ex, her best friends won't stop pushing her onto dating apps. So when a colleague offers Tori the last spot on a Jamaican getaway, she doesn't take much persuasion. But paradise comes with a twist. Not only is she forced to share a room with grumpy, recently dumped Robert, but her ex has turned up too, hand-in-hand with his new girlfriend. Ten days in the sun suddenly looks like ten days of torture. Still, Tori is determined to make the most of her situation.

From the author of Adelaide comes a bittersweet, deeply felt story that follows the start and unraveling of a seemingly unbreakable bond between two young women. Lina and June’s friendship shouldn’t make sense. June has her future planned to a T; Lina takes life day by day, party by party...

When Agatha Christie invites fellow members of the Detection Club to witness the famous excavations at the ruins of Ur, Dorothy L. Sayers, her quick-witted assistant Eliza Baker, and Theo Sharp expect ancient wonders – not fresh corpses. But when an archaeologist is found dead in the sand, whispers of a deadly curse sweep through the camp. Eliza suspects something far more dangerous than superstition.

When they were young, Josie and Shane thought both they and their band were headed for greatness. But fast forward three decades, and Josie's life looks more like this: A dead-end job in a niche London bookshop, a boyfriend who thinks the answer to their financial problems is Josie sharing photos of her feet on OnlyFans, a grown daughter who'd rather Josie stayed out of her new family's business. Then Ravi – their band's fearless frontwoman and Josie's oldest friend – dies, leaving one last request: for Josie and Shane to finish the 'tour' they abandoned all those years ago.

Susan never imagined herself an amateur sleuth, and she certainly never goes looking for trouble, preferring days spent walking her loyal dogs Libs and Rocco, and maybe even a dip in the sea to cool off after this interminable heatwave. When she hears of a break-in at the vet's where her new neighbour works, Susan's curiosity is piqued. And then, a few days later, the lead vet, Peter, mysteriously disappears. They assume it's business related until his body is washed up on the beach close to his clifftop home.

When Paige returns to her ancestral family home, Woodham Hall, she's nursing an unbearable heartbreak. The man she'd thought she loved has told her the most terrible lie, one she feels she'll never recover from. The only thing that seems to be able to hold her interest is the story of a poisoning that once supposedly happened in the house – depicted in brutal detail in a painting by an unknown artist…

Tilly Fernsby's happiest memory is the summer spent on the Isle of Mull with best friend Logan Wray and his aunt Joy, exploring the beautiful Scottish island and making plans and promises for their future. Returning together nearly fifteen years later after Logan inherits his beloved aunt's house is a bittersweet experience. Overcome with sadness, they both carry regrets and secrets from that summer. For Tilly it's a chance to right a wrong and learn to open her heart without the fear of getting hurt.

Rosie O'Malley has not drawn breath after tragically losing her mother and then being abandoned by the one man she knew she loved. Boston-based Patrick Power touches down at Dublin Airport for his brother Seán's wedding, having dedicated the last decade to building his thriving Irish restaurant business. Imagine Patrick's shock when he discovers the wedding is being held in Cliff Top, Rosie's hotel - the girl he let slip away. As Sandycove shimmers in a heatwave, can Patrick navigate a family wedding as well as his own feelings?

Rose MacDowall is hopeful that her husband Alex can overcome his post-war night terrors and return to full health so she can concentrate on her thriving dress-designing business. When the McCarts, an Irish family arrive in Paisley they are offered a warm welcome, employment and support, but dark secrets threaten to destroy the new lives they're trying to build. As Alex's father's health fails, Fiona steps in to help run the family furniture emporium but Rose is unsettled by Fiona's ambitions and wary of her motives.

Die Freundinnen Susa, Wilma und Laura haben sich nach dem plötzlichen Tod ihrer Freundin Betsy eine kleine Auszeit in dieser Ferienanlage genommen. Es gibt so viele Fragen und sie wollen auch den Vater von Betsys Tochter suchen, den sie hier in Casalappi vermuten. Inmitten von Weintrauben, Sonnenblumenfeldern und Oliven wird ihnen bewusst, wie sehr sich der Alltag in ihrer aller Leben geschlichen hatte. Und wie wichtig ihnen ihre Freundschaft ist, nicht zu vergessen, die Liebe.

Una novela serena, reflexiva y conmovedora sobre segundas oportunidades. Una terapeuta que ha sido cancelada públicamente por una serie de comentarios desafortunados sobre un actor de televisión entabla una relación de amistad con una preadolescente que sufre de acoso escolar. Juntas se embarcan en el rescate de un gato callejero, y esa tarea común modifica sus relaciones con el trauma y con sus vínculos familiares y amistosos.

Eighteen years after being cast out by her father for falling pregnant, Kirsty Lennox returns to Paisley determined to lay the ghosts of the past to rest. Kirsty's husband Matt takes over the cabinetmaking business running it with the help of their two eldest sons. When a tragic accident befalls the family one snowy February day, it casts a pall over Kirsty's marriage and family life. Rivalry between the men in the family and Matt's chronic illness place further strains on the family, and then Kirsty's ability to earn an income is almost destroyed by an act of spite.

When a teenage girl with haunted eyes enters Bec’s world, she stirs something in Bec she thought she’d buried long ago. Still reeling from the loss of her husband, Bec is barely keeping her life together. But there’s something about Skye, motherless, wary and alone, that reaches into the shadows of Bec’s past. Twenty years ago, she was that lost girl, grieving her twin brother and cut off from her parents after one terrible night. Now, with the threat of those same parents re-entering her life, Bec makes an impulsive decision: she offers Skye food, shelter and the promise of help.

After the death of her husband, Kirsty Lennox remarries and rebuilds her life, watching her children find success. But the arrival of four-year-old Rowena Lennox, Kirsty's granddaughter by marriage, throws the family's plans for the future into disarray. Conflict flies when Rose Hamilton, one of Kirsty's partners in a second-hand clothing store, buys the mill her son Alex had his eye on, destroying their friendship. When Britain declares war on Germany in 1914 and the men begin to enlist, it's down to the women to carry on in their absence.

Amanda King and Tess Cuffe are strangers who share the same Georgian house, but their lives couldn't be more different. Amanda seems to have the perfect life. But the reality is a soulless home, an unfaithful husband and a very lonely heart. While Tess has spent a lifetime hiding and shutting her heart to love. But if they can open up to one another, these two women may just learn that sometimes letting go is the first step to moving forward and new friendships can come from the most unlikely situations.