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単行本刊行時「もっと早く読んでいたら私も離婚にならなかった」「バスの中で涙で読めなくなり、恥ずかしくなるくらいでした」「もう人生の終わりに近づきこの本を読んだのは残念」

Against the mythical dreamscape of America, Auster brilliantly weaves the bizarre narrative of Marco Stanley Fogg, an orphan searching for love, his father, and the key to the riddle of his origin and fate.

What begins as a routine journey on the luxurious Orient Express soon unfurls into Agatha Christie's most famous murder mystery. This all-star production features lead performances from Tom Conti ( The Dark Knight Rises, Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence) as Hercule Poirot, Sophie Okonedo ( After Earth, Hotel Rwanda and Ace Ventura) and Eddie Marsan ( Sherlock Holmes, V for Vendetta and Hancock) plus a full supporting cast.

Surrey, England, 1938. After 30 devoted years of marriage, Ellie Endicott is blindsided by her husband’s appeal for divorce. It’s Ellie’s opportunity for change too. The unfaithful cad can have the house. She’s taking the Bentley. Ellie, her housekeeper Mavis, and her elderly friend Dora—each needing escape—impulsively head for parts unknown in the South of France.

Jill MacSweeney wishes everything could go back to normal. But since her dad died, she's been isolating herself from her boyfriend, her best friends - everyone who wants to support her. And when her mom decides to adopt a baby, it feels like she's trying to replace a lost family member with a new one. Mandy Kalinowski understands what it's like to grow up unwanted - to be raised by a mother who never intended to have a child. So when Mandy becomes pregnant, she wants a better life for her baby.

Es gibt keine Zufälle, es gibt nur Zeichen. Davon ist die Hamburger Autorin Katrin überzeugt. Doch während sie Bücher schreibt, die anderen Orientierung geben sollen, steckt sie selbst in einer Lebenskrise. Bis das Schicksal auch ihr ein Zeichen gibt: Als sie einen Liebesbrief findet, adressiert an einen Filipe in Portugal, beschließt sie, dem Empfänger die Botschaft persönlich zu überbringen. Mit ihrer Freundin Julia reist sie auf eine idyllische Halbinsel an der Atlantikküste, die Heimat des geheimnisvollen Filipe. Bei der Suche nach ihm gerät Katrin unversehens in ein Familiendrama.

Hava hat ihre Heimat als junge Frau verlassen, aber in Deutschland, am Bodensee, ist sie nicht glücklich geworden, genauso wenig wie in ihrer Ehe. Den Mann, den sie nicht heiraten durfte, hat sie nie vergessen - und ihrem Vater nie verziehen. Und so machen sich Ayla und ihr Bruder Yasin mit ihrer Mutter in einem alten Mercedes auf den Weg nach Anatolien, damit Hava ihre große Liebe wiedersehen kann. Eine Reise beginnt, die in die Vergangenheit führt, zu dem kleinen Dorf in den Bergen, in dem Bauer Mesut von der großen, weiten Welt träumte - und seine Tochter von der Freiheit.

As the Great War continues to take its toll, headstrong 21-year-old Emily Bryce is determined to contribute to the war effort. She is convinced by a cheeky and handsome Australian pilot that she can do more, and it is not long before she falls in love with him and accepts his proposal of marriage. When he is sent back to the front, Emily volunteers as a “land girl,” tending to the neglected grounds of a large Devonshire estate. It’s here that Emily discovers the long-forgotten journals of a medicine woman who devoted her life to her herbal garden.

Giunto all’età della pensione, Hüseyin ha finalmente realizzato il suo sogno: dopo trent’anni di duro lavoro nelle fabbriche tedesche, si è comprato...

Ein berührender Roman von Bestsellerautorin Sibylle Weischenberg über ein Leben im Verborgenen. Niemand weiß von ihrem Leben im Geheimen, bis eine neugierige junge Frau die Tür öffnet und das Leben hereinlässt. V.I.P.-Betreuerin im vornehmsten Hotel von St. Moritz! Begeistert tritt Karen ihre neue Stelle an. Doch warum darf sie nur bestimmte Areale des Hotels betreten? Neugierig geworden, bricht sie das Verbot und begegnet Isobel Forster, einer alten Dame aus einer prominenten Familie, die sich seit Jahrzehnten vor der Öffentlichkeit versteckt.

Molly has arrived home from Vassar to reveal that she has an important announcement to make. Her mother, Suzanne, is convinced that Molly’s news is history repeating herself and that she’s about to become a 36-year-old grandmother. Suzanne’s mother, Ava, develops a case of impending great-grandmother fever - that is, when she’s not spying on the new next-door neighbor, Buddy McKinley, who turns out to be a blast from her past.

En un nou exercici de narrativa magistral de Colm Tóibín, ens reunim amb Eilis Lacey, l’heroïna dels seu gran èxit de vendes Brooklyn. Vint anys després dels fets, als anys setanta, Eilis està vivint amb el seu marit, Tony Fiorello, i els seus fills en una casa a Long Island, massa a prop dels seus sogres. Una notícia impactant impulsa Eilis de tornada a Irlanda, a un món que ella creia que feia molt de temps que havia deixat enrere i maneres de viure, i estimar, que creia haver perdut per sempre.

I thought moving to this quiet cul-de-sac was the fresh start my husband and I needed, escaping the noise of our cramped flat in Hounslow. I left India and all that was familiar for a new life with him in England. But my husband works all hours, leaving me alone in a house that doesn’t feel like a home. Our neighbours notice the bruises on my arms. They draw the obvious conclusions. They seem kind, but they’re hiding something. I just can’t shake the feeling that someone is always watching me . . . waiting. My husband’s working late. Again. That’s when I see it.

Seit Kurzem lebt sie mit ihrem Traummann Nick zusammen, doch nun entpuppt sich ausgerechnet die Weihnachtszeit als fieser Beziehungstest: Erst nennt er ihre Adventsdeko Kitschkrempel, und dann werden auch noch ihre geliebten Weihnachtsrituale zum Brandbeschleuniger ernsthafter Startschwierigkeiten der frischgebackenen Patchworkfamilie. Als dann auch noch die teuren Präsente für Neles Kinder in der Post verloren gehen, legt Weihnachten den Schleudergang ein. Notgedrungen muss Nele mit ihren Freundinnen Fiona und Hermine Hobbydetektivin spielen.

Kimiko, giovane scrittrice di romanzi rosa, esce con Goro, che convive con Yukiko, una lontana parente molto più grande di lui. Una sera, dopo una visita all'acquario di Tokyo a vedere i delfini, Kimiko fa l'amore con Goro, ma capisce subito che la loro storia non ha futuro. Temendo di legarsi troppo a lui, decide allora di abbandonare Tokyo. Nel tempio vicino al mare in cui trova rifugio, conosce Mami, una ragazza con doti soprannaturali, e da lei viene a sapere di essere incinta.

This is a mini-sequel to The Other Son, a little gift for all those listeners who have been begging to know what happens next. Alice has been lying to herself for years, holding fast to the belief that the needs of her family far outweigh her own. But her outwardly successful marriage hides dark secrets, and for much of her life, the children were the only reason she stuck around.

Set on the French Riviera in the late 1920s, Tender Is the Night is the tragic romance of the young actress Rosemary Hoyt and the stylish American couple Dick and Nicole Diver. A brilliant young psychiatrist at the time of his marriage, Dick is both husband and doctor to Nicole, whose wealth goads him into a lifestyle not his own, and whose growing strength highlights Dick's harrowing demise. A profound study of the romantic concept of character - lyrical, expansive, and hauntingly evocative.

Londoner Madeleine Grant is studying at the Sorbonne in Paris when she marries charismatic French journalist Giles Martin. As they raise their son, Olivier, they hold on to a tenuous promise for the future. Until the thunder of war sets off alarms in France. Staying behind to join the resistance, Giles sends Madeleine and Olivier to the relative safety of England, where Madeleine secures a job teaching French at a secondary school. Yet nowhere is safe. After a devastating twist of fate resulting in the loss of her son, Madeleine accepts a request from the ministry to aid in the war effort.

Mantova, corte dei Gonzaga, giugno 1501. Quando Isabella d'Este scopre che suo padre, il duca di Ferrara Ercole I, ha scelto come moglie per l'erede al trono la donna più discussa della penisola, Lucrezia Borgia, figlia bastarda del papa, già sposa di due mariti, il primo ripudiato, il secondo ucciso in circostanze ambigue, il suo animo ne resta completamente sconvolto. La figlia di una tenutaria di bordello, come amava definirla, non può mischiare il suo sangue con quello purissimo e regale degli Este.

Quando meninas, as irmãs Cibi, Magda e Livia fizeram uma promessa ao pai: sempre estariam juntas, não importa o que acontecesse a elas. Anos depois, com apenas 15 anos, Livia é enviada a Auschwitz pelos nazistas. Cibi, 19 anos, decide cumprir a promessa e vai com Livia, determinada a proteger a irmã ou a morrer com ela. Magda, 17, escapa da captura por um tempo, mas eventualmente também é transportada para o terrível campo de extermínio.