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Brought to you by Penguin. SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2019'In the first minute following her death, Tequila Leila's consciousness began to ebb, slowly and steadily, like a tide receding from the shore. Her brain cells, having run out of blood, were now completely deprived of oxygen. But...

A trio of dramas based on Henry Green’s most notable novels Born Henry Yorke, aristocrat and industrialist Henry Green led a double life as a managing director of an engineering firm and one of the finest English modernists of the 20th century. A contemporary and friend of Evelyn Waugh and...

**** Zoe lost a part of herself after a heartbreaking loss and when she returns to work, everyone is tiptoeing around her and hoping she is back to her old self. But she knows she’ll never be the same carefree party girl she was before. Then she meets Cian – her disarmingly charming...

Brought to you by Penguin. Discover the gripping dark academia fantasy about the limits of truth and power from the author of The Sword of Kaigen, perfect for fans of Babel by R. F. Kuang, Leigh Bardugo's Ninth House, and V. E. Schwab. For twenty years, Sciona has devoted every waking moment to...

Escape to the Cotswolds in this big-hearted, feel-good and life-affirming story of new beginnings, second chances, female friendship and the healing power of books and the communities that form around them. Helen reminds us of the importance of living life to the full without age limits.

Three young people from vastly different backgrounds – Armando from Mozambique, Lolita from India and East German national Theo – are drawn together in a small Baltic city in 1989, just as the DDR begins to collapse around them.

In 1963, three college friends at the University of Michigan are on the cusp of adulthood, full of dreams and discovering their place in the world. But when two of them become pregnant, they face an impossible reality: abortion is illegal, birth control is hard to come by, and society is quick to judge. Set in the years before Roe v. Wade, The Reluctant Womb follows these young women as they grapple with love, shame, secrecy, and the consequences of choices no one should be forced to make alone.

È vita di tutti i giorni quella di Lisa, Marta, Betty e Asia; quattro amiche che raccontano le loro storie, i loro amori, le loro difficoltà, spesso attraverso la chat di gruppo su WhatsApp. Il fil rouge che lega le quattro protagoniste è l'erotismo. Il romanzo descrive le emozioni, le passioni, i sentimenti e la sessualità dei protagonisti, non solo delle quattro amiche, ma anche dei loro compagni, facendo vivere al lettore, passo dopo passo, ciò che loro stessi hanno vissuto.

Audrey and Ian were best friends—until they fell in love with the same man. To be precise, they fell in love with, married, and divorced the same man. And there’s no coming back from that. Twenty-odd years later, they’re right back at the beginning: Vienna, where their university study abroad turned into a love triangle from which they never quite recovered. But it’s Christmas, and Audrey’s daughter is getting married. Time to let bygones be bygones.

Brought to you by Penguin. SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2017 A once-in-a-generation series, Ali Smith's Seasonal quartet is a tour-de-force about love, time, art, politics, and how we live now. Daniel is a century old. Elisabeth, born in 1984, has her eye on...

When a group of friends rent a converted farmhouse in the Yorkshire Dales, they have little idea that this one weekend may change the course of their lives forever. While out on a walk, a storm descends and the friends take shelter in the mouth of an old lead mine. Inside, they discover a backpack filled with more money than they've ever seen. Of course, they agree, they will hand the money to the police at the first opportunity. But as the storm continues and time passes, some of the party begin to think again.

Auch Frauen können Helden sein – für die junge Krankenschwesterschülerin Frances McGrath gleichen diese Worte einer Offenbarung. In der sich wandelnden Welt des Jahres 1965 wagt sie es, von dem ihr vorherbestimmten Pfad abzuweichen, und folgt ihrem Bruder nach Vietnam. Und während sie inmitten der Grausamkeit des Krieges über sich hinauswächst, erwartet sie die wahre Herausforderung bei ihrer Rückkehr. Wie schon in Die Nachtigall lässt Weltbestsellerautorin Kristin Hannah einen besonderen Moment der Geschichte aus der Sicht von Frauen lebendig werden, deren Mut und Tatkraft allzu oft vergessen werden.

Discover the life-affirming debut novel from acclaimed poet Kaveh Akbar: a love letter to the world and our search for meaning - in faith, art, ourselves and those we care for. 'Dazzling' Ann Patchett ‘Profoundly moving' Elif Shafak ‘Gorgeous’ Tommy Orange ‘Radiant’ Lauren Groff...

Nach einem schmerzhaften Verlust kehrt Eva Wist Oslo den Rücken. Die 33-jährige Biologin zieht sich für die Dauer eines Sommers in ein Dorf in Vestfold zurück – mit einem ungewöhnlichen Ziel: Sie will den Eremitenkäfer finden, eine Art, die als ausgestorben gilt. In Vestfold trifft Eva auf Olga, ihre neue Nachbarin: 76 Jahre alt, exzentrisch, eigenbrötlerisch, aber unter ihrem selbstzugelegten »Schutzpanzer« liebevoll und empathisch.

Seit fast zehn Jahren haben sich die fünf Frauen nicht mehr gesehen, die zu Schulzeiten beste Freundinnen waren. Ein Brief weckt Erinnerungen an vergangene Zeiten. Spontan beschließen sie, ein paar entspannte Tage miteinander zu verbringen. Zu fünft treten sie eine Kreuzfahrt an, die ganz harmonisch beginnt. Alle sind glücklich, sich wiederzusehen, haben die kleinen Reibereien, die manchmal zwischen ihnen herrschten, über die Jahre vergessen. Täglich nimmt dann allerdings nicht nur die Windstärke zu, sondern auch die Spannungen zwischen den Freundinnen werden größer.

The riveting, darkly humorous, and deeply strange story of three roommates whose everyday struggle to survive in New York is complicated by the intestine-eating demon who haunts their apartment. Leni was kidnapped and almost sacrificed to the devil as a child, but now she’s perfectly fine...

Who killed Harriet? The unputdownable new thriller from the bestselling author of You Need to Know. Complicated, driven, loving. Manipulative, irresistible, monstrous. Love or hate her, Harriet Osman is impossible to turn down. But someone in her life has finally snapped, leaving her face-down...

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Ein tiefes Zerwürfnis hatte die drei Freundinnen seit Kindertagen über Jahre getrennt. Erst der Tod der Vierten im Bunde, Marie, ein Jahr zuvor hatte sie schließlich wieder zusammengebracht. Jetzt steht das nächste Pfingsttreffen an. Seit ihrem Wiedersehen ist viel passiert: Alexandra hat gerade ihren Job als Verlegerin verloren. Jules Tochter Pia ist ungewollt schwanger. Und Friederike muss sich nun wohl endgültig von ihrem Lebenstraum verabschieden. Doch ihr Treffen im Haus am See setzt Kräfte frei, die ihrer aller Leben in gänzlich unerwartete Richtungen lenken.

Als die ersten Flocken fallen, neigt sich das Jahr in der Freitagsbuchhandlung dem Ende zu – der vierte Roman der Freitagsbuchhandlung von Sawako Natori Der Jahreswechsel rückt immer näher, und der Winter bringt eine so ungewöhnliche Kälte mit sich, dass die vertrauten Abläufe ins Wanken...