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Haar hele leven heeft Lara al het gevoel dat ze niet goed genoeg is. Ze staat in de schaduw van haar 'perfecte' broer, terwijl haar ouders zo ongeveer alles bekritiseren wat zij doet. Het leven op de familieboerderij heeft ze daarom zo snel mogelijk achter zich gelaten. Maar dan komt het moment dat haar ouders iemand zoeken om de melkveehouderij over te nemen. Hoewel ze absoluut geen voorkeur hebben voor Lara, voelt dit tegen beter weten in voor haar als dé kans om aan haar ouders te laten zien wat ze in zich heeft.

A boundary-shattering actress finds herself sick to death of her own success story “A single travesti is enough to undermine the foundations of a home, to undo the bonds of commitment, to break a promise, to turn your back on a life,” reflects the unforgettable actress at the heart of this...

When 45-year-old Adam inherits a rundown farmhouse and castle in Tuscany from a great uncle he didn’t know existed, he quits his job in Manchester to renovate the property. He’s thrilled his boyfriend of two years, newly divorced and out-of-the-closet Theo, is joining him. But Theo’s...

Magisch ist zurück im Haus hinter dem Knallerbsenwall mit einem Job, der nicht ganz legal ist. Mehr als fünfzehn Jahre sind vergangen, und Marie und Magisch sitzen unten am Feldweg bei der Pferdekoppel im Schatten der Büsche und trinken Fanta-Korn als wären sie nie weg gewesen. Doch Andi, Maries Bruder, ist auch noch da, war tatsächlich nie weg, ist mittlerweile in der Partei, und noch immer gefährlich. Als Magisch bedroht wird, ist für Marie der Zeitpunkt gekommen, die Frage nach der Brandmauer in der eigenen Familie neu zu stellen.

Art de Almeida hat alles: eine erfolgreiche Bar, ein wildes Privatleben und jede Menge Liebe für seine Nichte und seinen Neffen. Verpflichtungen? Braucht er nicht. Schon gar keine Beziehung – auch wenn seine Schwester das anders sieht. Bis Joey Manning in seinem Büro auftaucht. Joey braucht dringend einen Job. Die Rechnungen stapeln sich, seine Schwestern zählen auf ihn, und Scheitern ist keine Option. Also arbeitet er viel zu viel. Die Wortgefechte mit Art sind die Highlights seiner Tage, doch der ist sein Boss und damit definitiv niemand, mit dem Joey flirten sollte.

Riley is stuck —in a job she hates, a toxic relationship, and in life. She knows the relationship is bad for her, but she also can’t seem to let her go. After catching her girlfriend cheating, again, she finds comfort at her favorite bar, with her best friend by her side. After punching someone in the face and meeting a mysteriously gorgeous bartender, Riley thinks things may be changing. Sawyer is adventurous, sexy, and confident— all the things Riley yearns to be. And a sunrise motorcycle ride starts to give her hope that things can change.

An extraordinary, gloriously uplifting novel about the power of friendship and the puzzling ties that bind us Clayton Stumper might be in his twenties, but he dresses like your grandpa and fusses like your aunt. Abandoned at birth on the steps of the Fellowship of Puzzlemakers, he was raised by...

A ‘Book of the Year’ for The Guardian, The Observer, The Times, Daily Express, The Spectator, The Financial Times, Daily Telegraph, New Statesman and the I 'I must confess my devotion immediately: I read every word this man writes. I wait for every new novel and the wait has been worth it...

“One of my favorite novels of the past few years.” —Jeff VanderMeer, New York Times bestselling author of Annihilation From the award-winning author of Our Wives Under the Sea, a speculative reimagining of King Lear, centering three sisters navigating queer love and loss in a drowning...

Lady Mona Roughton ist keine Aristokratin, wie sie im Buche steht. Der geerbte Adelstitel kommt mit einem altehrwürdigen Anwesen, das mehr Risse hat als ihre Ehe mit dem verstorbenen Lord. Damit der Freigeist aus San Francisco ihr neues Leben im ländlichen England halten kann, wird das stattliche Easley House prompt zur gewinnbringenden Touristenfalle. Zum Glück steht ihr Adoptivsohn Wilfred zur Seite, der einst vor der Deportation durch Thatchers eiserne Legislation floh. Denn als die Amerikanerin Rhonda ein Zimmer mit ihrem Ehemann mietet, braucht Mona jede Hilfe, die sie kriegen kann.

When Eli Harpo was four, he underwent emergency open-heart surgery, flatlined on the operating table, and for a brief time, went to heaven and met Jesus. Or at least that's what his father, a loving but devout Baptist minister, has raised him to believe. Nine years later, Eli isn't so sure. His rounds with his father to evangelize at hospices and sell his father's self-published book, Heaven or Bust!, feel inauthentic and strange, especially now that he's started having sex dreams about Jesus. 

Lei Ling Wen is lonely. Bored of her demanding after-school schedule of tuition, study and violin lessons, she struggles to see eye to eye with her strict Chinese-Malaysian mother. When Lei Ling is befriended by elegant, worldly socialite Gigi Nu, she is enchanted by the realm of luxury and freedom that suddenly opens up to her. Gigi encourages Lei Ling to flout her routines and treats her to designer products and expensive meals, and soon Lei Ling finds herself caught between two lives, and increasingly at odds with her exasperated mother.

At fifty-seven, Julia Ames has found herself with an improbably lovely life. Despite her inclination towards self-sabotage, she has a husband she loves, two happy children and a quiet, contented existence in the suburbs. But, out of the blue, things begin to change. Her always well-behaved son, Ben, is acting strangely, and will soon make a shocking announcement. Her beloved but belligerent teenage daughter is about to depart for college, leaving Julia unexpectedly terrified of an empty nest.

A funny and moving novel about love, loss, and new beginnings found on an unlikely road trip Most days, Magda is fine. She has her routines. She has her anxious therapy patients, who depend on her to cure their bad habits. She has her longtime colleagues, whose playful bickering she mediates...

Diego já sabe muito bem que seu irmão só liga para ele em duas situações: no Natal e quando precisa de um favor. Mas dessa vez, unindo o inútil ao desagradável, Diogo decide inovar e pede um favor natalino: que Diego seja o Papai Noel na festa da escola dos sobrinhos. O problema é que Diego odeia o Natal. E fazer favores. Fugindo de todas as comemorações e decidido a deixar o irmão se virar, Diego recebe a visita de três espíritos natalinos (tal qual Ebenezer Scrooge) que são a cara dos seus sobrinhos e trazem a mensagem de que o Natal quer fazer as pazes.

Diego espera tudo de ruim dos próprios parentes, mas tudo mesmo. Que o pai tenha uma segunda família. Que a mãe comande um esquema de tráfico humano. Que o irmão lave dinheiro. Por serem versados em todos os crimes do manual da família tóxica, Diego decidiu ser gay bem longe deles. E tudo vai muitíssimo bem, obrigado.

Kendall eventually had surgery against her grandmother's wishes and belief that all should happily accept what God gives one. She became a girl and went on to college, where she fell in love and married Margery, a bisexual woman. As if the drama in Kendall’s life wasn’t enough, Margery’s mother disagreed with her sexual status and relationship, while the father came out to reveal he is also bisexual.

Tall. Toned. Attractive. Women were drawn to her easy confidence and mystique. They wanted to be near her and would do anything for her. Sage Bristo enjoyed the attention and her reputation. But what she really needed was a woman of conviction and passion. The last thing Deanne Demore wants in her life is a modern day Don Juana. And she is not about to get caught up in a ruinous relationship. So why is she watching Sage Bristo? More importantly, why is her heart racing?

New York City, 1968: The customers at Café Marie don’t come just for the excellent coffee and pastries. They come for the sophisticated ambiance, and the illusion of being somewhere other than a bustling, exhausting city. Headwaiter Charles Ward helps create that illusion through impeccable service—unobtrusive, nearly invisible, yet always watchful.

It's 1990. In Dalton, Maine, life goes on. Rose goes to work at the diner every day, her bruises hidden from both the customers and her two young boys. At a table she waits, Dr. Richard Haskell looks back on the one choice that's charted his entire life, before his thoughts wander back to his wife, Trudy, and her best friend. Trudy and Bev have been friends for longer than they can count, and something more than lovers to each other for some time now—a fact both accepted and ignored by their husbands.