Títulos em Amizade

Sloane Thompson has a daughter named Daisy, attends school activities with other parents, and even has an amicable relationship with her ex-husband. But after ten years in bucolic Sycamore Glen, Sloane has yet to find someone to call a true friend. Until Harper and Ben Wilson move in next door. Harper is open, charismatic, and restless. She and Sloane quickly become confidantes and fall into a deep and intoxicating friendship. Then one afternoon, Daisy’s dependable babysitter, Margaret, fails to show.

Twenty years ago, during a family holiday on the savage and remote island of Little Auger, eleven-year-old Hazel left her bed and was never seen again. The unanswered questions surrounding Hazel’s disappearance tore three families apart and the girls left behind all experience their own terrible guilt. Roz, because she broke a promise; Catrin, because it was her idea; and Nina, who slept through it all. Their friendship never recovers and all three women go on to lead vastly different lives.

Vidya isn’t in Waterloo Bay for a holiday. Officially, she’s visiting the beautiful, quirky seaside town for work – but unofficially, she’s on a mission. One of her colleagues hooked up with her sister at a party, and as the sensible one in the family, it’s her job to find out who. But there’s a catch: all she has to go on is a vague description of a shoulder tattoo. Vidya has just two weeks to glimpse her colleagues shirtless without getting fired, but crazy hotel guests, malicious seagulls and her pesky day job keep getting in the way.

May Velasco has always wanted to be a lacrosse player, and she’s finally achieved her dream: joining her college team. But with a terrible junior season in the books, she's got to give her all to the team to keep scholarship. But then CJ "Colt" Bradley, her grade school nemesis, turned star of New Haven’s pro lacrosse team, shows up at her college to help with training. She absolutely cannot stand him, and the last thing she wants to do is take pointers from him.

Vivian Molloy hardly expected to retire early from teaching, but for her husband, Dave, she'd do anything. But when Dave abandons her after a weekend away, she returns home to their picturesque town in Tasmania, shell-shocked and alone with nothing to fill her days. When an old colleague tries to rope her into teaching a writing class at the local library, Vivian is hesitant. How can she teach with her life falling apart? But it is the people she meets that help her remember who she is.

"A Solas" narra la historia de dos mujeres que, amigas de infancia, se reencuentran al cabo de muchos años de distancia. A través de los correos electrónicos que empiezan a intercambiar, consiguen recuperar la complicidad perdida y acaban convirtiéndose en un punto de apoyo la una para la otra. Serena, una psicóloga de éxito está en la India, reencontrándose a si misma, mientras que su marido y sus hijos la esperan felizmente en casa. Martina, en cambio, periodista en paro, se acaba de separar, tiene un niño pequeño y debe reconstruir su vida desde cero.

Mia and Cricket have always been close. The gifted daughters of a young single mother, the “Lowe girls” are well-known in the small Maine town they call home. Each sister has a role to fill: the responsible and academically-minded Mia assumes the position of caregiver far too young. While Cricket, a bouncing ball of energy and talent, seems born for soccer stardom. But the cost of achieving athletic greatness comes at a steep price.

Sixteen and living in a small Michigan town, Gertie is harboring a secret heavy enough to fracture her closest friendship. She and Cindy have been bonded since birth by the fact their fathers are addicts, and their unsteady home lives are a little easier when they’re together, sprawled on a trampoline with pilfered vodka and dreams of moving to New York.

It’s been years since Ingrid has heard from her childhood best friend, Mayra, a fearless rebel who fled their hometown of Hialeah, a Cuban neighborhood just west of Miami, for college in the Northeast. But when Mayra calls out of the blue to invite Ingrid to a weekend getaway at a house in the Everglades, she impulsively accepts. From the moment Ingrid sets out, danger looms: The directions are difficult, she’s out of reach of cell service, and as she drives deeper into the Everglades, the wet maw of the swamp threatens to swallow her whole.

Bo is running out of time. Yet time is one of the few things he’s got left. These days, his quiet existence is broken up only by daily visits from his home care team. Fortunately, he still has his beloved elkhound Sixten to keep him company … though now his son, with whom Bo has had a rocky relationship, insists upon taking the dog away, claiming that Bo has grown too old to properly care for him. The threat of losing Sixten stirs up a whirlwind of emotion, leading Bo to take stock of his life, his relationships, and the imperfect way he’s expressed his love over the years.

Try as he might, Junius "Little Whit" Whitman can't unsee the busted foundation of his father's holy roller faith. All in one night, he's watched a man die in the middle of a prayer service, a tornado level a neighboring town, and his parents' marriage incinerate above him. Even though he doubles down on his efforts to believe, Whit enters young adulthood searching for a faith he can hold onto.

Fifty-two-year-old Michelle Banks is struggling to keep all the plates spinning. She’s a perimenopausal district nurse, caring for elderly parents. Her husband is wasting their money on children’s TV memorabilia, her teenage daughter is riddled with anxiety and her 16-year-old son is behaving secretively. Alexa is the only one who knows how much Michelle is juggling. Listening in via four smart speakers, she also knows that it’s about to get even worse. So, when Michelle pleads for help, Alexa decides to go rogue.

Was, wenn der Erfolg in New York wartet, die Liebe aber in Yellow Creek? Olivia hat einen klaren Plan: Ein Jahr für ein Trainee-Programm in den Big Apple, wo ihre Karrierechancen grenzenlos scheinen. Doch statt des bunten Lebens in New York wartet auf die ehrgeizige Berlinerin die verschneite Kleinstadt Yellow Creek. Dabei sind Gefühle für den attraktiven Vorgesetzten durch und durch unangemessen, wenn man sich als Frau in der Tech-Branche beweisen muss. Schließlich kann Mason das größte Hindernis auf Olivias Weg zur Anerkennung werden.

Voller Romantik, Inselflair und Sommersonne: In unseren Träumen ist immer Sommer ist der neue atmosphärischen Urlaubsroman von SPIEGEL-Bestsellerautorin Jenny Colgan! Nie war Schottland unwiderstehlicher als in diesem Roman! Willkommen im idyllischen Carso! Hier glitzert die Sonne auf dem türkisfarbenen Meer, und der Himmel erstreckt sich weit über dem Strand. Viele, die hier geboren sind, wollen niemals weg. Die schüchterne Gertie dagegen träumt von Abenteuern in der Ferne.

Miranda Quinn is back in the courtroom working as a legal aid attorney when she's asked to represent Lennon, the daughter of a high school friend currently serving time in prison. Still struggling with guilt from the role she played in her friend's downfall, Miranda agrees to help. The former assistant DA has given up a lucrative career as a legal talk radio host to better serve her community. In her spare time, she volunteers as a counselor for at-risk teens.

Life, the world and the neighborhood as seen from the sage and sensible perspective of 80 yr/old Gordon and his friends.

Ocean Vuongs neues, atemberaubendes Werk nach dem Welterfolg von Auf Erden sind wir kurz grandios. Der queere Hai, Sohn einer vietnamesischen Mutter, lebt in East Gladness, einer heruntergekommenen Industriestadt in New England. Überall hängen die Schilder der Obama-Kampagne "Yes, we can", doch Hai schluckt Pillen und denkt an Selbstmord. Bis er Grazina aus Litauen kennenlernt, eine Überlebende des Zweiten Weltkriegs, in deren Kopf noch die Stimmen der Opfer schwirren. Beide verbindet eine innere Verwundung.

When Haley’s parents left on a last-minute trip to a tropical island for Christmas, they knowingly left something important at home: their daughter. Faced with the reality of her first holiday alone, Haley and her roommate lose themselves in a wine-fueled movie marathon. Next thing they know, there are empty bottles on the coffee table along with a list of dares that turn the twelve days leading up to Christmas into a series of hilarious, festive challenges.

Durante uma visita a um museu em Praga, Ana vê seu passado refletido em um quadro. O retrato traz à tona Eleonora, uma pessoa que ela gostaria de ter esquecido há muito tempo. Na única noite em que se encontraram, ainda adolescentes, cometeram um crime que escandalizou o Brasil: queimaram um indígena nas ruas de São Paulo. Após o homicídio em plena avenida Angélica, Eleonora é condenada a mais de dez anos de prisão e cumpre quase metade da pena na Penitenciária de Santana. Ana, ainda menor de idade, passa três anos na Fundação Casa.

'Isabella's NOT dead.' Every time someone asks Gwen about her best friend – you know, the one who ghosted them all fifteen years ago – this is what Gwen tells them. But where is Isabella? Why did she leave, just when Gwen needed her the most? Setting out to solve the mystery, in an adventure that takes Gwen across the country then across Europe; that tests her friendships and strains her marriage, Gwen searches for Isabella. But Isabella's not the only one who's lost. Is Gwen also searching for… herself?