Títulos em Sagas

A storm takes everything. But can hope rise from the wreckage? 1881, a violent storm ravages the Scottish fishing village of Eyemouth, leaving devastation in its wake. Newlywed Rosabelle Maltman loses her husband, while her mother-in-law, Effie, is left to grieve not only her husband but all three of her sons. Across the close-knit community, families are shattered, and life will never be the same again.

De kom från öar är första delen i trilogin om Dagmar och Holger, tre romaner som formar berättelsen om en familj men också om det svenska folkhemmet, från små kustsamhällen till nybyggda höghus i industristaden. Det är en varm och stämningsfull berättelse med ovanligt levande karaktärer.

Änkan som vägrade döär en underhållande berättelse om tre generationer kvinnor i familjen Mitra, ett smyckeskrin och en släkt på ruinens brant.

I SVÅRMODETS DÖTTRAR skildrar ANNA LAESTADIUS LARSSON med skarp blick och stort inkännande hur bristen på självbestämmande över liv och sexualitet för kvinnorna löper som en blodröd tråd genom vår 1900-talshistoria.

I skuggan av andra världskriget växer Teresa och Angelina upp på landsbygden i det fattiga Puglia. De är så olika som två systrar kan vara, Angelina vacker och rebellisk, Teresa blyg men pålitlig. Det är en vardag präglad av kamp för att överleva och när deras far saknas i kriget har deras mor inget annat val än att bli den mäktige baron Personès älskarinna. Skvallret och skammen som sedan följer familjen ger ringar på vattnet. Angelina är den enda som bortser från det, istället drömmer hon om ett annat liv, ett liv som är långt bort från deras torftiga tillvaro.

Tillbaka till henne berättar den originella historien om Signe, Hanna och hundra år gamla ord. När historia skär genom nutid blir inget sig likt igen. Det här är första av två delar i serien

Paris, 1923. Lily Levin boards a train with her baby daughter Mimi and American husband, leaving behind her beloved mother Chloe for a new life across the ocean. Carrying her mother’s precious diamond pin and the Yiddish lullabies she sings to Mimi, Lily faces an uncertain future in a country she’s never seen. In New York, as Lily struggles to fit in, she finds an unexpected ally in Gloria, a young mother hired to care for Mimi. The two women forge a friendship deeper than blood as they share dreams, fears, and their fierce love for their children. Then tragedy shatters their world.

In 1944, Petra Reynolds, a tender 12-year-old farm girl, resided in a tranquil Midwest town. Removed from the atrocities of World War II, Petra’s innocence is kept intact. However, she knows polio has already killed or maimed thousands of Americans. Petra’s friend, Benjy, a polio survivor, uses a wheelchair. Quarantine signs posted throughout town fill her with dread. There’s nowhere to hide. Petra’s life took an unexpected twist when, due to a playground incident, she found herself in the school‘s infirmary alongside the notorious eighth-grade rebel, Chester Harrison.

Christmas sees Pennington’s at its most glorious, thronged with shoppers, its grand staircase and balcony adorned with holly, mistletoe, tinsel and lights. It should be the happiest time, but dramas are simmering beneath the surface. For shop girl Cornelia Culford, a divorce hearing looms, where she could lose custody of her young sons to her overbearing and unfaithful husband. For Stephen Gower, being head of security at Pennington's is the perfect refuge from a tragic past at Scotland Yard.

Three narrative strands follow the lives of three individuals–Peter, Cathy and Ivan–through the second half of the 20th century, from post-war austerity and mediocrity in the 1950s and 1960s to the fast-moving life-style of the present decade, whereby the plot is embedded in real events of the period. The three biographies intersect at crucial points, which reveals their internal landscapes and the different ways of understanding reality. Things are not always what they seem, and we do not always know the whole truth.

Drawing strength from their ancestor, Aisha, a slave born free on the west coast of Africa, four Black women will do whatever is necessary to succeed—and will do even more to protect their daughters. Aisha’s granddaughter, Dinah, a plantation slave, fends off the advances of the master’s son and vows to prevent the same mistreatment of her daughter, Sarah. During the Harlem Renaissance, Augusta, an aspiring teacher, falls in love for the first time. Her mother, Julia, is determined to prevent her from getting hurt.

As long as Carmel stays in London, nothing can happen to shatter her perfect life. She has a wonderful marriage, a rewarding career and a great bunch of friends. As far as she's concerned, the sadness of her past can stay back in Ireland, where it belongs. For Carmel, Ireland only means misery, loneliness and fear and she never wants to return. The new, confident and happy Carmel only exists on the cosmopolitan streets of Britain's capital. If she ever was forced to return, she fears she would revert to the mousey downtrodden woman she once was.

Moving to Timberwolf Lodge didn't shake up Stephanie Nix's life much. She's content to spend time with her best friend and sister while keeping an eye out for any mystical truths hidden in plain sight. Werewolves? Not surprising. Falling in love? That'll require more than a touch of magic. Enter Blue Carter, the eccentric Omega of the Jasper wolf pack. With his bright clothes and irrelevant ways, something about Blue captivates Stephanie. After four months together, she wonders if there might be something more than friendship brewing.

Das berührende und leidenschaftliche Finale der großen Familiensaga von Janet MacLeod Trotter Indien 1962: Für die temperamentvolle Sammy ist nichts mehr, wie es war, als sie wegen des aufkeimenden Grenzkrieges mit China ihre geliebte Heimat verlassen muss und auf ein Internat in England geschickt wird. Erst an Weihnachten kann sie dank eines Waffenstillstands nach Hause. Doch das freudige Wiedersehen endet in Streit, als ein altes Foto den ersten Hinweis auf ein traumatisches Familiengeheimnis ans Licht bringt. Plötzlich klafft ein unüberwindbarer Abgrund zwischen Sammy und ihrer Mutter.

One moment from her past could cost them everything. Eve Driskill has it all—millions of followers, a new cosmetic line on the horizon, and a future with Anson Hawkins. But when a vindictive ex posts intimate photos she never knew existed, her world shatters. Online outrage spreads fast, threatening Eve’s reputation and Anson’s political career. Anson believes their love can survive anything, but Eve fears staying could destroy his dreams. To protect the man she loves, she may have to sacrifice her own.

January 1939. Two months after Kristallnacht (The Night of Broken Glass), sisters Elsie (7) and Rose (5) are torn from their mother’s arms and placed on the Kinder transport to London—a promise of safety that becomes a journey of unimaginable loss.

Esta es la historia de Saleem Sinai, nacido en Bombay al filo de la medianoche del 15 de agosto de 1947, en el momento mismo en que la India, entre fuegos artificiales y multitudes, alcanza su independencia. El destino de Saleem queda inexorablemente unido al de su país, y sus peripecias personales reflejarán siempre la evolución política de la India o serán reflejadas por ella. Hijos de la medianoche es una asombrosa novela que combina magistralmente magia y humor, compromiso político, fantasía y humanidad.

Three best friends. Two crumbling estates. And one trip that changes everything. When three barn besties escape for a girls’ trip to Ireland, they expect a lot of fun. They don’t expect to want to stay… forever. Natalie was always the responsible one, the organized one, the together one. But when she inadvertently leaves one day early for their vacation and comes home pink-cheeked with embarrassment, the last thing she expects to find is her husband. . .in their bed with another woman. Luckily, they don’t notice her, and she takes the trip as a time-out to figure out what to do.

Revisit Five Island Cove at Christmastime! Join the women in the cove as they come together for an unforgettable holiday getaway, and new ideals to what it means to be a mother, daughter, sister, aunt, and friend. As Christmas approaches, the close-knit group of friends—Robin, Alice, AJ, Kelli, and Eloise—decide to take a break from their usual routines and rent a luxurious, sprawling house on Rocky Ridge. With breathtaking views and all the comforts they could wish for, it’s the perfect place to escape the hustle and bustle of their everyday lives.

London, 1941. The war has robbed eight-year-old orphan Elsie of everything except her older brother Jack. Evacuated together, they escaped a cruel farming family only to find their home destroyed, their mother gone. Elsie hasn’t spoken since. Wandering under the falling ash, their stomachs twist with hunger and Jack knows he cannot protect Elsie alone. But everything changes when they join a rag-tag band of orphans, runaway evacuees who’ve returned to the city just like them.