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A heartwarming and hilarious novel about unexpected friendships and new beginnings from the bestselling British author of Confessions of a Forty-Something F**k Up. Liv Brooks is in shock. Newly divorced and facing an uncertain future, she impulsively trades her fast-paced London life for the tranquil hills of the Yorkshire Dales, determined to make a fresh start. But fresh starts are harder than they seem. Feeling lost and lonely, she adopts Harry, a grumpy old dog from the local shelter, to keep her company while she renovates the dilapidated cottage she has optimistically taken on.

Das echte Leben ist eine herbe Enttäuschung. Leonie, genannt Leo, will sich nach der Schule kopfüber in die Freiheit stürzen und landet stattdessen auf dem Boden der Realität. Streit mit der Mutter, Strafanzeige gegen den Vater und Ferientage mit dem kleinen Bruder, statt ein Sommer mit Olli, der sie erst geküsst und dann sitzengelassen hat. Hin- und hergerissen zwischen dem Wunsch, sich ins Leben zu werfen und der Angst vor dem Absturz, beginnt für Leo ein unvergesslicher Sommer, in dem sie lernt, was es bedeutet, mutig zu sein.

Während Irmi 1956 in einem wohlhabenden Kölner Haushalt zur Welt kommt, stehen die Vorzeichen für Linda, die in Hamburg geboren wird, denkbar schlecht. Einige Jahre später treffen die beiden Mädchen in der Schule aufeinander, und trotz ihrer sehr unterschiedlichen Herkunft werden sie beste Freundinnen. Jede muss auf ihre Weise mit der abwesenden Mutter in ihrem Leben klarkommen. Von den bewegten Sechzigern bis zur Wiedervereinigung und dem Ende des Jahrtausends bilden sie füreinander die wichtigste Konstante.

Forty-year-old Faye Lawson is falling back in love with life at last. Finally divorced from her cheating husband, she has turned her back on the UK and has been living the Greek dream in Corfu managing a beautiful traditional boutique hotel. Twenty-something ex-professional basketball player Kostas Petsas's life, as he has always known it, is over. Having to take early-retirement because of injury, he's at a loss as to what to do next. But when a piece of land in Corfu comes on the market, it seems this might be the perfect fit.

In a near future where memory can be preserved and revisited, the past is no longer something people simply carry; it is something they can return to. Obe Wise is nearing eighty, living quietly in a transformed Washington where life has grown safer, longer, and strangely flatter. When news arrives that his oldest friend has died, Obe receives an unexpected inheritance. What begins as an act of remembrance slowly unsettles the story Obe has told himself about his life, his friendships, and the choices that shaped them.

Can two women save each other from the ghosts of their past or will history claim them both? From the war-shadowed streets of Eastern Europe to the uneasy calm of American suburbs, CHOSEN FAMILY follows Perle, a child shaped by danger, loss, and the fierce love of a father torn away in the night. When she meets Myrna wild, brilliant, and unstoppable they are bound instantly, two girls clinging to each other in a world that has already taken too much.

Madrid, 1991. Sette donne molto diverse tra loro si incontrano in una piccola accademia di cucito. Ognuna ha un motivo diverso per imparare a cucire e tra stoffe, cartamodelli e spilli, entreranno in contatto con parti di sé che credevano dimenticate, scoprendo il potere terapeutico dell'amicizia e imbastendo il racconto dei loro amori, dei loro dolori e dei segreti più reconditi. Le loro voci si intrecciano in una storia in grado di mostrarci che, nel cucito come nella vita, si sbaglia e si impara sempre, punto dopo punto, passo dopo passo.

Sicilia, 1894. Rossella osserva sua madre immergersi nell'azzurro per raggiungere sul fondale la Pinna nobilis, il mollusco che produce la seta del mare. Un giorno, però, accade qualcosa di irraccontabile. Rossella osserva, dalla riva, una vita che si spezza. La gola si chiude per lo spavento e la sua voce scompare. Anni dopo, in una città dell'entroterra, la ragazza trascorre il tempo che le resta tra le mura dell'Opera pia, una struttura per "donne traviate" gestita da suore severe e austere.

‘I could not put it down’ MADELINE CASH The acclaimed author of The Art of Fielding returns with a long-awaited, immersive new novel. The Brightness follows the electric, chaotic, everything-can-happen lives of Pella Affenlight and her best friend, Irma, as they fumble their way into a...

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Dramatised readings from the award-winning Jan Carson, plus bonus interview with the author herself Northern Irish writer Jan Carson won the EU Prize for Literature 2019 for her novel The Fire Starters, and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2023. Her work has been...

Wie Begegnungen unser Leben verändern. Dieses Buch zeigt die unausweichliche Wahrheit auf, dass alle Leben miteinander verwoben und wir für unsere Handlungen verantwortlich sind, genauso wie für die Freude und das Leid der anderen. Nach dem Überraschungserfolg von 23 Leben kommt nun der 2. Band der außergewöhnlichen Buchreihe.

Friends from different walks of life all share a common thread of living in a broken system, where the rich stay rich and the poor stay poor. After the pandemic, with the cost of living increasing due to inflation, each and every friend finds their existence and mental health being tested.

Rita quiere escribir una novela. O quizá quiere dejar de mentir cuando dice que lo está haciendo. Han pasado ocho años desde que descubrió su vocación en Atlanta, rodeada de una familia peculiar, y desde entonces encadena trabajos precarios y bocadillos de fuet y vive con la sensación constante de no pertenecer a ninguna parte.

In the heart of Chicago, recently widowed forty-five-year-old Angie Sortino finds herself at a crossroads. After she discovers that her deceased husband has left her penniless, Angie's spirited niece, Gina, and Gina's best friend, Kim, approach her with the idea of starting a catering company targeting funeral parlors. Angie embarks on this new venture, discovering the challenges of the catering business.

When a group of middle-aged friends accidentally receives a city youth-sports grant, they do what any responsible adults would do—they spend it on go-karts and form a racing team called The Rusty Sprockets. What follows is a chaotic, heartfelt misadventure involving garage politics, spreadsheets taken far too seriously, social-media fame nobody asked for, suspicious municipal auditors, and a rival team that actually knows what they’re doing.

Emily, Carl and Jules have all ‘gone before their time’. After dying on the same day in Halifax, West Yorkshire, they each wake up in a room in a hotel on the outskirts of town. They’re instructed to meet in the basement headquarters of film production company ‘End Credits’, where no-nonsense producer Suzi tells them their lives have been secretly filmed and they must edit their own biopic before they are able to move on.

Zwei Freunde, ein Traum – und ein Schicksalsschlag, der alles verändert. Als die beiden Freunde Tobias und Florian eine Vermittlung zwischen Hundeliebhabern gründen, träumen sie von Selbstständigkeit, Investoren und einem sorgenfreien Leben. Vielleicht will Tobias dann sogar in die Familienplanung mit seiner Frau Katharina starten. Doch als er nach einem Unfall ins Koma fällt, steht nicht nur das Unternehmen auf dem Spiel, sondern auch seine Freundschaft zu Florian und seine Ehe.

Alicia deja su ciudad natal para estudiar Filosofía en Madrid, convencida de que allí encontrará compañeros con los que hablar de libros y profesores capaces de cambiarle la vida. Seducida por un grupo de estudiantes tan inteligentes como crueles, pronto descubrirá que el saber no siempre es sinónimo de virtud, pues en las aulas reina la arrogancia, y la brillantez intelectual convive con la precariedad, el cinismo y las miserias cotidianas.

Sie will kein Fangirl sein. Er will keine Beziehung. Und doch zieht es Sarah immer wieder zu Max, dem attraktiven Frontsänger, dessen Charme sie so fasziniert. Sie treffen sich, lachen, streiten, reden über alles und vertrauen sich blind. Ihre Seelen haben sich längst verbunden, das spüren sie. Aber Max hat schwer zu tragen an emotionalen Verletzungen und steckt in alten Mustern fest, während Sarah ihren ganz eigenen romantischen Traum von der Zukunft hat. Eines Abends bricht Max auf der Bühne zusammen und Sarah sitzt an seinem Krankenbett.