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Meanwhile, fighting off family members who relish in their inheritance and her possible demise, Virginia is changed when she meets the Spitfire, Mrs. Jean. Mrs. Jean, a Black woman, transforms Virginia's life for the better by teaching her, by example, the meaning of the two most powerful four-letter words in the universe: hope and love. In this satirical portrayal of ignorance and abandonment, Bernadette shines a humorous light on the otherwise serious subject matter of the human health-care industry.

À 17 ans, Aleisha travaille dans la petite bibliothèque de son quartier : un job d’été tranquille qui lui permet de reprendre son souffle loin de sa mère bipolaire. Elle, qui ne lit que très peu, s’y ennuie terriblement jusqu’au jour où elle découvre une mystérieuse liste de lecture en rangeant un exemplaire de Ne tirez pas sur l’oiseau moqueur. Intriguée, elle décide de se plonger dans tous les ouvrages de la liste pour pouvoir conseiller les usagers de la bibliothèque, dont un vieil homme isolé à la recherche des livres grâce auxquels il réussira à se rapprocher de sa petite-fille.

Seventy-five-year-old Ronnie has made it her mission to help women of a certain age rediscover themselves. The owner of a palazzo in Rome, she has left her troubled past behind and reinvented herself in the most beautiful city in the world. And now she helps other women to do the same. Renting out her spare apartment for three months at a time, Ronnie invites her guests to take on a series of challenges that will help them to embrace beauty and joy, to rediscover themselves and to live their lives to the fullest. But Ronnie’s confident exterior hides heartbreak and closely held secrets.

Vier Jahre nach dem tragischen Verlust ihres Bruders beschließt Gwen, endlich mutig zu sein und in kleinen Schritten wieder zurück ins Leben zu finden. Und der Umzug ins Stargazey Cottage mit ihrer besten Freundin Ella, die sich nach ihrer zerbrochenen Ehe ebenfalls einen Neuanfang wünscht, scheint genau das richtige Mittel zu sein. Gemeinsam wollen die Freundinnen die engen Mauern ihres Cottages in das luxuriöse Refugium ihrer Träume verwandeln. Schon bald stellen sie fest, dass sie nicht die einzigen Neuankömmlinge in St. Aidan sind. Auch ihr gutaussehender Nachbar Ollie scheint im malerischen Cornwall inneren Frieden zu suchen.

Sarah ist Bücherjägerin, Kartensammlerin und Restauratorin, sie liebt Manuskripte und alte Landkarten und kann generell besser mit Büchern als mit Menschen umgehen. Seit dem Tod ihrer Tante Amalia, die sie und ihre Schwester aufgezogen hat, lebt Sarah zurückgezogen in deren Kölner Villa mit dem wild sprießenden Garten. Ihre einzige Gesellschaft: die Schildkröten Bonnie und Clyde. Das ändert sich, als Benjamin, ein junger Bibliothekar aus London, vor der Tür steht.

When Jenny has the chance to leave her days of sofa surfing behind and move to the beach to run her best friend’s ice cream parlour, she jumps at the opportunity. With no relevant experience, she’s certainly kept busy with learning new skills to manage the ice cream parlour at the same time as juggling motherhood and trying to settle into their new home. But when Nick, her best friend’s ex, comes into her life, ill feelings quickly turn to friendship, leaving them both wanting more.

Unlike most people, Ty’s daily routine did not start with an alarm, making the bed, or checking his phone. As far as Ty was concerned, his day well and truly began with a scent, the aroma of his morning cup of tea. Only once the cup was in his hand, warming his palms, was he ready to begin the rest of his day.

The beginning of Janet, Viv and Zelda’s friendship could not have been less promising. Navigating their new lives as widows, the three women venture to the same dreary bereavement group in a chilly church hall. But what bonds them is not their shared predicament, but instead how quickly they all decide to flee the depressing gathering, choosing instead to share a bottle of wine. The Three Muscat-eers is born. The women may be down but they’re not out; in their sixties but certainly not past it. They agree a mission: to find fulfilment as single women and recover their joie de vivre.

When Pippa’s aunt leaves her a cafe by the beach, it doesn’t take her long to jump at the chance of a new start. Waving goodbye to mounting debt, threatening bailiffs and never-ending shifts at a job she hates, she and her young son, Joshua, prepare for their new life. But as Pippa strives to make her new business a success, the arrival of her ex makes her question everything. Will she succumb to his charms, or will Joe, the local plumber, be able to repair Pippa’s heart?

Against the chaotic backdrop of World War II, Grace Murphy is working as a midwife in Doncaster Royal Infirmary with her two friends, Clodagh and Patsy. In between delivering babies and tending wounded airmen, the girls endure bombing raids, rationing and the hardships and heartbreak that war brings. But in the faces of the new babies she welcomes to the world, Grace always looks for hope, as she dreams of a time when the war will end.

Par un froid après-midi de décembre, Sam repère Sadie sur le quai du métro parmi la foule. Ils ne se sont pas vus depuis des années, mais jamais ils n'ont oublié leur première rencontre, à l'hôpital. Sam se remettait d'un accident, Sadie venait voir sa sœur malade, et ces deux enfants passionnés de jeux vidéo se sont mis à refaire le monde.

Unsere Stimmen sind laut! München, 1966: In den Kneipen tobt das pure Leben, Rock 'n' Roll-Künstler aus England und Amerika sind die großen Idole. Fast immer sind es Männer, die die Bühnen beherrschen. Die vier jungen Frauen Monika, Peggy Sue, Rita und Inge könnten unterschiedlicher nicht sein, doch sie verbindet eine tiefe Liebe zur Musik - und sie wollen das Feld nicht den Männern überlassen. Gegen alle Vorurteile gründen sie die Band "Monaco Birds" und kämpfen bald nicht nur um einen Plattenvertrag, sondern auch darum, als Frauen laut sein zu dürfen.

Still grieving the death of her watchman husband in a terrorist attack during the Outrages, factory worker Rose is struggling to make ends meet when she encounters middle-class Annie, a newspaperman's wife who devotes her time to lobbying for better working conditions. Rose is desperate to avoid making waves with three mouths to feed. But she can't sit back and watch women and young girls continue to work in dangerous conditions, including her desperately sick lodger.

Spätsommer auf Sylt – sanfte Wattewolken tanzen am Himmel, Heckenrosen leuchten um die Wette und magischer Inselzauber verwöhnt Herz und Seele. Der Alltag der vier Freundinnen Bea, Lissy, Nele und Vero könnte sich in dieser zauberhaften Jahreszeit entschleunigen, doch das Leben schreibt auch auf der Trauminsel seine eigenen Geschichten: Lissys Sohn Niels braucht als Frühchen die volle Aufmerksamkeit der Mutter, Freundin Nele steht vor ungeahnten Hürden bei ihrer Hochzeitsplanung mit Sven, Buchhändlerin Bea plagt eine Schreibkrise und Cafébesitzerin Vero hadert mit einer späten Midlife-Crisis.

As time ebbs and flows over the summer both Katie Teague and her godmother Mattie Cranford discover their lives are at a crossroads. Mattie shackled to the family wool shop for over 50 years, feels life has passed her by. She dreams of seeing the world and shaking off a lifetime of regrets. When Katie is made redundant, Mattie seizes the moment and asks Katie to move back to her home town of Dartmouth and breathe new life into the rundown wool shop and to her surprise Katie agrees.

Freya, masquerading as an angry dragon, represents the constraints and insecurities that hold us back, while Iduna symbolizes the unwavering trust and unconditional love that empowers us to shed our limiting beliefs. As the story unfolds, listeners are taken on a journey where Freya, with the guidance of Iduna, embraces her divine nature and steps into her role as the most powerful of the goddesses.

Von Monika Helfer selbst gelesen: nach der Trilogie über ihre Familie, jetzt die Geschichte einer Schulfreundin. Gloria und Moni sind beste Jugendfreundinnen – die eine reich, die andere arm. Ein halbes Jahrhundert später begegnen sich die beiden Frauen wieder und Gloria beichtet ihr Lebensgeheimnis: Nie hat sie mit jemandem geschlafen. Gloria kam früher immer gut an, war exzentrisch und schön, wollte Schauspielerin werden, war viel unter Menschen. Gloria und Moni wachsen auf im Mief der sechziger Jahre, sind konfrontiert mit Ehe, Enge und Gewalt.

Clemmie throws herself into volunteering with the very organisation who helped her and her sisters when they were homeless: the WVS. Demonstrating a natural flair, painfully shy Clemmie is soon drafted to set up one of the British Welcome Clubs aimed at easing American troops' integration into English life. There, she meets Squadron Leader Dunning who, shot down in the Blitz, has been left partially paralysed. As friendship turns to something more, Clemmie faces an impossible decision - sacrifice her dreams of motherhood, or lose the man she's learning to love.

Mabel Beaumont’s husband Arthur loved lists. He’d leave them for her everywhere. ‘Remember: eggs, butter, sugar’. ‘I love you: today, tomorrow, always’. But now Arthur is gone. He died: softly, gently, not making a fuss. But he’s still left her a list. This one has just one item on it though: ‘Find D’. Mabel feels sure she knows what it means. She must track down her best friend Dot, who she hasn’t seen since the fateful day she left more than sixty years ago.

Cleo, o pictoriță britanică în vârstă de 24 de ani, a lăsat în urmă Anglia și a ales să facă un masterat cât mai departe de casă, la New York, orașul care nu doarme niciodată. Aici îl cunoaște pe Frank. E cu douăzeci de ani mai mare decât ea, are propria firmă de advertising, construită prin propriile puteri, iar viața lui pare să aibă preaplinul și senzația de împlinire pe care și le dorește Cleo. Frank îi oferă șansa de a fi fericită, libertatea de a picta și ocazia de a aplica pentru cetățenie.