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高永家の子供たちは四兄妹。中学の新米教師で正義感の強い長男、いわゆる美容男子である高三の次男、スカートを穿いて進学校に通う高一の三男、いちばん如才なく兄たちのことを観察している中二の末娘たちだ。

'Miraculous, mischievous and quietly devastating' Rachel Joyce 'A tender, delicately devastating novel' Sarah Waters ' An engulfing, deeply humane novel about the triumphs and failures of human connection' Marina Kemp A reunion. A journey. A longing for a place called home... When veteran...

In der geerbten Gärtnerei ihres Großvaters will sie schreiben – ganz ohne Ablenkung. Widerstrebend nimmt Anna ihn als Untermieter auf – und fühlt sich schon bald mehr als nur wohl in seiner Nähe. Doch als Toms manipulative Ex-Freundin Patricia auftaucht, droht das frische Glück zu zerbrechen.

京都の路地にある怪しげなクリニック「中京こころのびょういん」。今日も飄々としてノリが軽いニケ先生とクールな看護師・千歳さんが、スマホ依存症の小学生、ルッキズムに囚われた女子大生、亡くなった飼い猫を想う母……

Part riveting love story, part coming-of-age tale, Everything to the Sea is a breathtaking debut novel spanning years and shores after a sudden tsunami devastates the island of Hawai’i and cuts short a young couple’s budding romance—a deeply moving testament to the catastrophes love can...

Imogen, the beautiful and much younger wife of distinguished barrister Evelyn Gresham, is facing the greatest challenge of her married life. Their neighbour Blanche Silcox, competent, middle-aged and tweedy - the very opposite of Imogen - seems to be vying for Evelyn's attention. And to Imogen's increasing disbelief, she may be succeeding.

Au Funiculi Funicula, lieu de tous les regrets et de tous les espoirs, faire la paix avec son passé est possible. Le temps d'une tasse de café, tous ces personnages en feront l'expérience. « Yū » signifie « douceur » en japonais. Megumi pourra-t-elle donner ce prénom à sa fille sans l'accord de son mari disparu ?

Paris, janvier 1907. Albert arpente frénétiquement les rues du 11e arrondissement. Marthe, la fillette de 12 ans qu'il accompagnait à un spectacle de music-hall à Ba-Ta-Clan, s'est volatilisée. Avec Marissi, la mère de l'enfant, il se rend au commissariat afin de signaler la disparition. Alors que les plus hautes instances de l'État envisagent l'abolition de la peine de mort, l'enquête sur la disparition de Marthe piétine et l'opinion publique gronde.

Ana et Auguste forment un couple parfait. Tout juste mariés, ils profitent du soleil balinais : Ana admire l'océan Indien tandis qu'Auguste peint. Soudain, tout s'effondre : un tremblement de terre survient et, dans la panique, Auguste court récupérer sa toile, lâchant la main d'Ana. Après le passage du tsunami, le jeune homme reste introuvable, et comme les autres disparus arrachés à la terre ferme, les autorités le déclarent bientôt décédé.

Joan Didion s'apprête à dîner avec son mari, l'écrivain John Gregory Dunne, quand ce dernier s'écroule, victime d'une crise cardiaque foudroyante. Pendant une année entière, elle essaie de se résigner à la mort de son compagnon et de s'occuper de leur fille, gravement malade. Dans un récit sobre et sans complaisance, l'auteur raconte la folie du deuil et disséque, entre sécheresse clinique et monologue intérieur, une expérience indicible – et sa rédemption par la littérature.

Jatgeir has come from Vaim to the big city, Bjørgvin, on his wooden boat, Eline, named after the long-lost love of his teenage years. He intends to buy a needle and thread to sew a button but he is cheated, twice. That night, while sleeping on his boat, he hears a familiar voice: unexpectedly, it is Eline, who wants to come home to Vaim with him. She leaves a note for her husband Frank, packs her bags and runs away while he is out fishing.

In this compassionate, poignant novel set in contemporary India, a young professor searches for connection and love during a time of political and cultural upheaval. As political tensions rise precipitously across India, Rohit returns to Delhi University to teach and gets caught in a web of...

Eleonora of Somerset Hall: A Victorian Romance of Love, Betrayal, and Freedom In Victorian England, Lady Eleonora Somerset is trapped in a gilded cage where her beauty is a commodity and her future a transaction. But beneath her exquisite gowns beats a heart yearning for a fierce, untamed freedom. A loveless marriage teaches her that to survive, she must take control. Her rebellion begins with a stolen, forbidden book, awakening a desire that will change everything. Her quest for freedom leads her from a passionate affair with a charismatic officer to the ruthless salons of Paris.

Rosa sa di avere un vuoto nella memoria, un lungo intervallo di tempo che segna con una riga netta la fine della sua adolescenza: la ragazzina vitale, inquieta, fantasiosa è diventata una giovane diligente e fin troppo responsabile. Quei mesi – persi, cancellati – sono gli stessi in cui i genitori, spaventati dalla sua esuberanza e dai cattivi risultati a scuola, l'avevano ricoverata in una clinica del sonno, come usava negli anni settanta. Ora che Rosa è una donna matura, dopo anni trascorsi all'estero in missioni umanitarie, rientra in Italia.

Trash Can Terry is a period fiction book in the late 80s and early 90s. It is a story of a budding romance between Lucas and Autumn. As their love evolves, they receive wisdom and guidance from an unlikely person, a local homeless man called Trash Can Terry. Their empathy and genuine concern for Terry is pure.

Beloved New York Times bestselling author Lisa See draws on the vibrancy and turmoil of post-Civil War Los Angeles to tell the story of three Chinese women who managed to survive and, eventually, thrive, despite all odds. In 1870, three Chinese women arrive in the small, dusty, and violent...

Berl Pickett is living in the small town of Livingston, Montana. The son of Pentecostal rug-shampooers, Pickett has never been the social toast of the town, but when he is accused of negligent homicide in the death of his former lover, he finds himself ostracized by his colleagues and realizes just how small his little village truly is. But fortunately for Berl, the very thing that sets him apart—his inability to follow the pack—proves to be his saving grace. With this inglorious hero, McGuane has created an unforgettable voyager.

Christophe s'ennuyait tellement dans son travail qu'il décida de troquer son emploi de banquier pour celui d'architecte. À peine son cabinet ouvert, il se trouva très vite prisonnier de cette nouvelle ambition créative et s'enlisa peu à peu, sans que personne ne puisse rien faire pour l'arrêter.

George Lamming—one of the Caribbean’s most powerful literary voices—reimagines the age of European exploration to expose the deep scars of conquest in this novel, which Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’'o, perennial contender for the Nobel Prize, calls “one of the great political novels in modern...

Sandwich meets The Wedding People in this irresistible comedy of manners as three generations of a family—a snail scientist, a soon-to-be divorcée, her teenage daughter, a hapless con man, and their feckless patriarch—descend on a ritzy Lake Michigan vacation island. When the Pickford...