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Peggy could lose her beloved pub. Maggie her acclaimed restaurant. Maureen her business and her home. Everyone had something to lose. Whilst old friends try to come to terms with the shocking news, the younger generation continue to forge ahead in the swinging sixties. Relationships flourish and new opportunities blossom; the ever changing world becoming their oyster. But family bonds remain strong, after all, it's people that matter not the buildings.

When her husband suggests a romantic break, Claire feels obliged to say yes but immediately regrets it. After all that they've been through, how can one weekend in Paris save their marriage? Claire and Ronan aren't the only people on a make-or-break visit to the City of Love. There is a big-shot movie producer from Hollywood, full of regret for a life ill-lived; a student from Boston, torn between love and duty; a Ukrainian refugee struggling to protect her little sister; and an old woman from Dijon, hoping to be braver than she has ever had to be before.

Jade isn't even my real name. Jade began as my Starbucks name, because all children of immigrants have a Starbucks name. Jade has done all the right things. She's curated herself to fit right in at her law firm, but tells herself she has no choice. She's with a man who loves her, but isn't always herself around him. She's made her Omma and Baba proud, but resents that they can't properly understand her. Jade is perfectly in control of her life. Until one terrible night unravels Jade's carefully constructed world, leaving her wondering who she truly is.

Мудрые и ироничные записки нью-йоркского врача. В этом мегаполисе сосуществует множество культур и традиций. Также как улицы на карте здесь переплетаются судьбы самых разных людей. Свою историю про обитателей палат, коридоров и врачебных кабинетов в больницах Нью-Йорка рассказывает врач-онколог. Тот, кто рассуждает и принимает решения спокойно, когда другие впадают в панику. Помогает, когда требуется помощь. Улыбается, если смешно, ведь жизнь – удивительная и такая непредсказуемая – продолжается и тут, в палатах онкоцентра.

Welcome, dear listener, as we embark on a thrilling tale that will take you on a journey through the treacherous world of the mafia in Grand Rapids, Michigan. In this riveting novel, you will witness the dangers of associating with a notorious mafia family, Cosa Nostra, set against the backdrop of the vibrant and bustling Furniture City. Brace yourself for a tale of dedication, murder, mystery, sizzling romance, and unwavering perseverance.

Diecisiete años después de su partida, Gabriela regresa a Paraguay. El motivo inicial es que Andrei, un gran amigo de antaño y casi mentor suyo, ha muerto, y le ha legado un cuaderno muy personal. Pero regresa a Paraguay por algo más, para saldar una deuda con una época fundamental de su vida, feliz y dolorosa a la vez. En un cruce continuo entre el presente y el pasado, la novela cuenta la historia de Andrei, un joven croata que, desencantado de su realidad, se embarca rumbo a Argentina; durante la travesía traba relación con dos científicos, Ladislao Biró y Palamazczuk.

Oyeyemi treats you to a kaleidoscopic weekend in Prague, as dazzling as it is effortlessly unique. Get lost in the story like you would an unfamiliar city and let it reward you with moments of philosophical clarity, wheelbarrow rides, raw emotion and raw onions. This novel is a holiday, an adventure, a marvel and a guide. It is a story about the lies behind the lies we tell and a city as a living thing, sustained by the lives of its inhabitants. Suffused with warmth and joy, Parasol Against the Axe is a love letter to Prague, and to the art of storytelling.

Living in flats in a converted house in North London, a group of middle-aged neighbours navigate their careers, love lives and family dramas in this charming sitcom full of heart.

Phoebe Spencer left home a long time ago, desperate to get away from her mother's emotional manipulation. She knows her life is better away from her family, but she can’t help feeling she’s simply running away from her problems… Then Phoebe hears that her younger sister Lucy has disappeared, leaving behind her four-year old daughter, Darcy. Phoebe's certain Lucy will be back soon - she'd never leave Darcy alone - and then Phoebe can get on with her life again.

Living in France among people she hardly understands, Annie has had trouble leaving the house since the death of her husband. And since home happens to be a small place nestled in the heart of Paris, why would she ever want to? But when unexpected events threaten her beloved home, Annie has no choice but to find lodgers—quickly.

Il postino di Girifalco è un uomo schivo e solitario, che ha il dono di saper imitare le grafie altrui e coltiva il vizio di entrare nelle vite dei compaesani leggendo le lettere prima di recapitarle. Così un giorno, mentre il lento scorrere della vita di provincia prosegue imperturbabile, una novità spunta inattesa dal sacco della posta: una lettera insolita, senza mittente, chiusa con un sigillo di ceralacca. Una carta d’amore, di quelle preferite dal portalettere, che ha tutta l’aria di nascondere un mistero.

Piglet is judging the contents of your shopping trolley. She is listening to what you order for lunch and is observing whether the dessert you serve is homemade or snatched from a packet. There isn't another 31-year-old that takes food more seriously. And who could blame her, with a childhood nickname like that? In just over a fortnight, she is marrying Kit. Kit and his tasteful family present an opportunity for reinvention - when she had been growing up in Derby, this life, this man had been beyond her imagination.

Lea trabaja como comercial en una clínica de fertilidad, pero no quiere ser madre. Lea está intentando superar su ruptura con Joel que sí quiere tener un hijo. Lea recibe una orden de desalojo del piso que habita y animada por su amigo Oliver y su padre decide buscar para comprar. Desubicada, rota, decide buscar un nuevo hogar y lo encuentra en el Reino de Belmonte. En un piso en nuda propiedad en el que viven dos ancianos, Estrella e Inocencio. Y sin saber cómo -o sabiéndolo a pies juntillas- entra a formar parte de un plan por mantener la realidad de un mundo que no existe.

1884 - When Betsan Morgan’s mother succumbs to a devastating illness, she doesn't think her life could get much worse. But then her father moves in his new beau, an unserious flitty woman and coincidentally also the bargirl in the pub he works in, and she soon learns her house is no longer a home. All she can do is sit in the attic and stare at the portrait of her mother. Her new stepmother, Elinor, couldn’t even let them have the grace of keeping it in the hallway.

On paper, Zoe Zeng has made it in New York's fashion world...but life in the city isn't quite what Zoe imagined. Her editor at Chic magazine wants to censor her opinions to please the big brands; she shares her 'quaint' (read: small) apartment with three roommates who never let her store kimchi in the fridge; and how is she supposed to afford all the designer clothes on her meagre salary? When Zoe is offered a job at FitPick - a startup based in Silicon Valley - the salary and office perks are great, but moving across the country and leaving her best friends behind? Not so much.

The Mudlark is a captivating tale of courage, resilience, and the relentless pursuit of dreams against all odds. It’s a whirlwind ride, coursing through the riveting life of an intrepid young heroine who challenges her fate with every rising sun.

El desgarrador viaje vital de una niña atrapada en un cuerpo que no sabe habitar. Una novela deslumbrante que no se parece a nada que hayas leído. Un fenómeno literario internacional antes de su publicación. Narrada desde una singular y desgarradora voz en primera persona, La mala costumbre recorre la adolescencia de una niña atrapada en un cuerpo que no sabe habitar, que intenta comprenderse a sí misma y al mundo en el que vive, desde su infancia en una familia de clase obrera en el barrio de San Blas, arrasado por la heroína en los años ochenta, hasta las noches clandestinas en el centro de Madrid de los noventa.

Regarded as one of the most important works in American literature and among the greatest American novels of the twentieth century, The Great Gatsby is the quintessential portrait of Jazz Age America, depicting not only the wild parties, romance, love, and the intense and often unfulfilled desire for wealth and status, but also the immorality, loneliness, disappointment and corruption of The Roaring Twenties.

Sugar, Baby follows Agnes, a mixed-race 21-year-old whose life seems to be heading nowhere. Still living at home, she works as a cleaner and spends all her money in clubs on the weekends searching for distractions from her mundane life. That is until she meets Emily, daughter of one of her cleaning clients, who lives in London and works as a model...and a sugar baby, dating rich older men for money. Emily’s life is the escape Agnes has been longing for—extravagant tasting menus, champagne on tap, glamorous hotels with unlimited room service, designer gifts from dates who call her beautiful.

Spanning four decades in the mid-nineteenth century, the interconnected novellas of Old New York lay out the complex and inscrutable codes, customs, and taboos of New York society in classic Wharton style.