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Sister Bernard has lived in a convent in rural France for more than 70 years. In that time, a once youthful and lively cloister has gradually emptied, until only Bernard and two other nuns remain. Now, the halls will fall silent as the three women pack away their few possessions into wooden boxes and prepare to leave the building that has been their home for decades. For the nuns, the closing of the convent means more than losing a home.

People respond to tragedy in different ways. Some try to move on. Some don't move at all. A year after her young son's death due to a rare genetic disease, Emma Hazelton is still frozen by grief, unable and unwilling to consider her husband Noah's suggestion that they try to have another child. As the future Emma once imagined crumbles, her family's past comes into sharp relief. Searching for the roots of her son's disease, Emma tries to fit together the pieces in her genealogical puzzle.

Un doppiopetto grigio, il Borsalino in mano, un velo di brillantina sui capelli, lo sguardo basso. Sotto un cielo che affonda nel rosa di un tramonto infinito, un ragazzo degli anni Cinquanta torna dal passato, si ferma sul pianerottolo della casa di famiglia e aspetta il figlio, ormai adulto. Com'è possibile? E perché è tornato ora, dopo tanto tempo? Sono due sconosciuti, ma sono padre e figlio. Insieme per la prima volta e solo per una sera, provano a raccontarsi le loro vite, quello che è stato e quello che poteva essere, la storia di due generazioni vicine eppure diversissime.

Martin ist ein unauffälliger Mann in den besten Jahren, der nur eine Leidenschaft kennt: Schmetterlinge! Mit dem wirklichen Leben oder gar Frauen hat er dagegen wenig am Hut. Das ändert sich, als er nach Capri kommt und dort nicht nur einen geheimnisvollen Garten kennen lernt, sondern auch Lucie, die schöne Hüterin desselben ... Perfekte Urlaubslektüre und eine Reise nach Italien - famiglia inklusive!

In una incantevole Trieste fine Ottocento, vivificata dall'aria mitteleuropea e dalla bora dell'irredentismo, si muovono, aggraziate, e come consapevoli di un loro tragico destino, le quattro sorelle Wieselberger. Appartengono a una della buona società: la madre è una tranquilla signora, che si divide tra la casa di città, odorosa di cera e di pulito, e la grande casa di campagna, con giardino, orto e vigna; il padre è uno stimato musicista, che dirige con autorità affettuosa sia la famiglia che l'orchestra dei "dilettanti filarmonici".

It’s 1974 in the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, and 15-year-old Justine grows up in a family of tough, complicated, and loyal women, presided over by her mother, Lula, and Granny. After Justine’s father abandoned the family, Lula became a devout member of the Holiness Church - a community that Justine at times finds stifling and terrifying. But Justine does her best as a devoted daughter, until an act of violence sends her on a different path forever.

Elise loves the farm that is her home; she loves playing with beetles and chameleons in the garden, buying sweets from the village shop and listening to the stories of spirits and charms told by her nanny, Beauty. As a young white girl in 1990s Zimbabwe, her life is idyllic. Her clothes are always clean and ironed, there is always tea in the silver teapot, gin and tonics are served on the veranda, and, in theory at least, black and white live in harmony.

Unico erede di una ricca famiglia borghese, figlio di genitori anaffettivi, Termeer si convince, fin dagli anni dell'adolescenza, di essere vuoto, inadeguato alla vita. Al destarsi dei sensi gli approcci con le donne sono disastrosi. Sposa Anna, figlia del suo ex tutore, che accetta il dovere coniugale e l'infelicità che ne consegue. D'altro canto lo stesso Termeer vive il matrimonio come una trappola e alterna alla seduzione della musica la frequentazione tormentata dei postriboli. Anna gli rinfaccia di non avere né amici né di provare veri sentimenti: lo disprezza e lui lo sa.

Ci sono istanti in cui la vita scorre tutta intera davanti agli occhi, come una visione. "Ossa di sole" cattura quella visione e la trasforma in romanzo. Gli occhi e la vita appartengono a Marcus Conway, un marito, un padre, un ingegnere che abita in un lembo rurale d'Irlanda. È il 2 novembre, il giorno dei morti. Seduto al tavolo della cucina, Marcus sente il rintocco di una campana, la campana dell'Angelus.

When Frankie’s mother dies, he tells his teacher. But he can't seem to get anyone at his school in southern England to listen to him. So the six-year-old comes up with a plan: go to France, find a police station and ask the officers to ring his father. Thus a stowaway’s view of the sea opens Pauline Holdstock’s eighth novel, narrated in turns by Frankie - who likes cheese, numbers, the sea when it’s pink, and being alone when he feels bad - and a cast of characters that includes his worried Gran, his callous teacher and his not-so-reliable father.

H si fa chiamare con una lettera muta, come mute sono le vittime della storia, la stessa lettera che nella tavola periodica indica l'idrogeno, l'elemento alla base della bomba atomica. La sua storia comincia proprio il 6 agosto del 1945, quando il lancio di "Little Boy" su Hiroshima la colpisce ancora bambina e la sfigura nel profondo, lì dove risiede la storia di un corpo e la promessa di una maternità.

Larry Cole has everything a man could want. He loves his wife and is devoted to their two small sons. His career as an architect is both creatively satisfying and financially rewarding. His house in suburban Pinecrest Manor is attractive and comfortable. But then Larry sees a new neighbor standing at the school bus stop. Margaret Gault is young, blond, beautiful - and married. She’s everything Larry didn’t realize was missing from his life, and he must have her. Maggie tells Larry she’s never been in love. But this isn’t about love. It’s about need and desire. And lies.

Mick, ein charmanter Hasardeur, lebt ein Leben auf dem Beifahrersitz, frei von Verbindlichkeiten. Und er hat Glück - bis ihn die Frau verlässt, die er jahrelang betrogen hat. Gabriel, der seine Eltern nie gekannt hat, ist frei, aus sich zu machen, was er will: einen erfolgreichen Architekten, einen eingefleischten Londoner, einen Familienvater. Doch dann verliert er in einer banalen Situation die Nerven und steht plötzlich als Aggressor da - ein prominenter Mann, der tief fällt.

Amanda, a small-town minister's daughter with hopes for a musical career, and Gillian, a hot-tempered aspiring actress from the Bronx, met at college. A decade later, one is happily married to an ambitious lawyer while the other is entangled in a passionate but troubled affair with a young man who's spent five years in a navy prison. The other women in Amanda and Gillian's lives mirror the choices they make and the secrets they share. Gillian's mother-in-law, Julia, is haunted by a wartime affair and its tragic consequences.

Eigentlich sollte das Memorial-Day-Wochende für alle Bewohner von North Bath eine Zeit der Ruhe und Besinnung sein. Aber in diesem Jahr ist es, als hätte jemand ungebeten die Büchse der Pandora geöffnet. Chief Raymer, der Leiter der Polizeidirektion, kollabiert auf einer Beerdigung, fällt ins offene Grab und verliert dabei das einzige Beweisstück dafür, dass seine Frau ihn betrogen hat. Die Wand eines Gebäudes, das der impotente Bauunternehmer Carl errichtet hat, stürzt ein.

Es ist der Tag vor Heiligabend - Tamara, Ingmar und Elisabeth packen ihre Kinder, Geschenke und Partner in die Autos und fahren "nach Hause", um mit ihren Eltern Weihnachten zu feiern. Schneeflocken fallen sanft vom Himmel, und das vertraute Heim weckt für einen Moment die Hoffnung auf ein besinnliches Fest. Doch wie jedes Jahr ist es mit der Idylle vorbei, sobald alle an einem Tisch sitzen: Tamara ist neidisch auf Elisabeth, die nicht nur beruflich erfolgreicher ist, sondern jetzt auch noch diesen attraktiven neuen Freund mitgebracht hat.

There's a stranger in town. And it's no coincidence when she shows up uninvited at a Sweeney family wedding. All eyes are drawn to this urchin who seems to have washed in with the tide. Before the night is over, the doe-eyed waif charms young and old with her street smarts and spunky personality. For better or worse, Annie Dawn is here to stay.

1952. Louisa Gilchrist flees her turbulent life in England and arrives in Argentina. When the country’s most influential tango composer chooses Louisa as his muse, she’s hypnotized by high society soirees, powerful friends, and a luxurious existence. But Louisa’s world is shattered when betrayal leads to murder. Present day. Journalist Dani McKenna’s damaged career has a chance of being resurrected if she can secure an interview with reclusive tango dancer Carlos Escudero.

Avid antiques collector Pierre-Francois Chaumont unearths the find of a lifetime at a Paris auction house: an 18th-century portrait of a gentleman who looks just like him. Researching into the painting's history, he has the chance to abandon his tedious existence and walk into a brand new life.

Over a century after Cézanne’s death his art still obsesses and enraptures. And for the characters in this multifaceted novel, the painter’s work is of crucial significance. In Hong Kong, will billionaire art collector Walter and his son ever be reconciled? In Liverpool, will artist Nick find peace? In New York, can Joel and Sophie mend their relationship with the help of Cézanne’s work in the Metropolitan Museum? Through these multiple narratives Michael Langan deftly explores human relationships and asks: can art ever save us?