Títulos em Vida em Família

E se a perfeição custasse a paz? Em uma casa amarela de Sunnyvale, um limoeiro cresce diante da varanda. Ali vivem Noah, um garoto de quinze anos no espectro do autismo; seus pais, Martin e Lucia; e Açaí, um porquinho-da-índia que acalma o mundo quando nada mais funciona. Quando uma empresa de neurotecnologia convida Noah para um “aprimoramento cognitivo”, a família diz sim — por amor, por medo, por esperança. O que vem depois é brilho e barulho: entrevistas, curtidas, promessas.

Dans une petite maison jaune de Sunnyvale, un citronnier pousse devant le porche. Sous ses branches, un garçon de quinze ans nommé Noah parle doucement à son cochon d’Inde, Açaí — le seul être qui semble vraiment le comprendre. Quand NeuralNext, la nouvelle entreprise d’Elon Musk, propose à ses parents de “connecter” son cerveau pour l’aider à mieux apprendre, ils acceptent — portés par l’amour et la peur mêlés.

Malgré sa peur de l'avion, Odette vole au secours de son unique petite-fille qui a hérité d'un vaste domaine agricole en Patagonie et doit gérer des problèmes de troupeau malade. Accompagnée de son fidèle Maurice, chauffeur de taxi à la retraite, l'extravagante octogénaire se lance dans un périple qui la conduit de la pampa chilienne à l'île de Pâques. En route, elle rencontre des narcos bien élevés, un énigmatique bagagiste mapuche et un chamane guérisseur.

Sein Mann hat ihn betrogen, geschlagen und brutal vor die Tür gesetzt. Seinen Job hat er auch verloren. Jetzt gibt es erst einmal nur einen Ort, wo er unterkriechen kann: Mitten im Nirgendwo, im Haus seiner Eltern. Die haben allerdings weder Zeit noch Lust, ihren erwachsenen Sohn zu hätscheln, also denken sie sich etwas anderes aus … Dominik ist Altenpfleger. Nach einer schweren Enttäuschung lebt er gerne auf dem platten Land im hohen Norden.

This is the story of two sisters, Mia and Inés. Two girls enveloped in love, trapped by social conventions of Casablanca at the dawn of the 21st century and silenced by the political 'truths' that envelop their lives. Mia - the older sister, a warrior and a pariah, her sexuality a matter of scorn, a truth to be erased. Inés - the little sister, a woman trying to carve out an identity in a Paris that derides and erases her with no way back to Morocco, a homeland her father has warned her never to return to for her own sake.

Bologna, 1959. Nella stessa casa vivono due donne che sono madri, in modi diversi, dello stesso bambino. Olimpia, borghese istruita e moderna, è docile a un'idea di civiltà che la vuole sposa con figli; eppure, dopo il parto, il suo corpo sembra tradirla, aprendo piccole crepe nella sua identità. Ada, invece, arriva dalla Ciociaria: è una ragazza del popolo che ha lasciato una vita domestica carica di miseria ma anche di piccole felicità per fare da balia al neonato di Olimpia. È stata scelta perché è forte e sana, come si sceglie un animale a una fiera.

Innsbruck, 1897: Josefa vertraut fest darauf, dass ihr Stiefvater Rupert nur ihr Bestes will, als er die Heirat mit dem wohlhabenden Geschäftsmann Berthold arrangiert. Doch bereits auf der Hochzeitsreise zeigen sich erste Risse in der Fassade ihres Ehemanns. Josefa versucht verzweifelt, ihrer Rolle als Ehefrau gerecht zu werden, doch ihr Lebenstraum ist ein anderer: Sie möchte Kunstgeschichte studieren. Berthold hat eigene Pläne für seine Frau und die Situation eskaliert dramatisch.

Dawn es una joven esposa y madre que siente que su vida se le escapa lentamente. Todo cambia cuando conoce a Hazel, su nueva vecina: entre ellas surge una conexión inmediata, tan luminosa como prohibida. Pero en una época que no perdona a las mujeres que se salen del guion socialmente aceptado, la felicidad tiene un precio. Cuarenta años después, Maggie, madre de dos hijos, atraviesa una crisis personal. Cuando su padre, Heron, recibe un diagnóstico terminal, el pasado irrumpe con fuerza: las verdades que le contaron sobre su madre—su silencio, su supuesto abandono—empiezan a desmoronarse.

Unspoiled by the trappings of wealth, Judy Lovin shunned the family fortune to take a job teaching preschool. But with her father’s empire on the verge of collapse thanks to a hostile corporate takeover, Judy reluctantly rides to the rescue. Her negotiations bring her face-to-face with the beast himself, a ruthless tycoon who takes what he wants—and what he wants is Judy. Shocked at her attraction to a man she was prepared to loathe, Judy agrees to his terms: alone time with him at his island getaway.

'THE BEST SORT OF BRITISH COMIC WRITING . . . TRUTHFUL, TENDER AND VERY FUNNY' PANDORA SYKES An irresistible comic novel centred on the various crises of middle-aged Alison, for fans of Nina Stibbe and Maria Semple When the full catalogue of miseries that can be visited on a middle-aged woman...

When former Special Forces soldier turned artist Brooks Redgrave discovers he may have adult children in Europe, he leaves behind the New York art world and travels to Sancerre, France, where unexpected connections force him to confront a past he thought he’d buried.

Twenty-nine-year-old Ella Nilsen has never known her parents—or even how her mother died. Raised by her emotionally distant Norwegian grandmother, Hilda, Ella has long accepted that the topic of her parents is off-limits. When Hilda passes away, Ella is shocked to find that her inheritance includes a summer cottage perched above the sea in a place called Lyngør, a remote island in Norway. To sell it, she’ll have to visit the cottage and take stock of what’s there—and maybe Lyngør holds the key to her mother’s mysterious passing, if she can get the locals to talk.

Als ein Neugeborenes nachts auf ihrem Bauernhof abgelegt wird, ist Babett sicher, dass der kleine Junge der Sohn ihrer früheren Freundin Evelin ist. Nun nimmt sie das Findelkind wie ein eigenes bei sich auf. Nicht ahnend, dass sie damit nicht nur das Leben des Jungen und ihrer eigenen Tochter, sondern auch das einer jungen Frau in der dritten Generation beeinflussen wird. SPIEGEL-Bestsellerautorin Gina Mayer verwebt in ihrem neuen großen Roman die bewegende Geschichte dreier Frauen.

Raised in Queens, Michael straddles two vastly different paths: his mother’s unwavering moral compass and his father’s intoxicating life, where loyalty is everything and danger lurks behind every handshake. From a picture-perfect Italian wedding that spirals into a parking lot brawl to familiar road trips to prison, the story unravels in a series of cinematic moments—glamour, violence, humor, and heartbreak.

When new neighbors move into a close-knit, cul-de-sac community, they are welcomed into the fold. Julianna, a nervous newlywed, does her best to fit in among the established clutch. Wearing the perfect outfit to holiday gatherings. Bringing the perfect gift to children’s birthday parties. And making the perfect appetizer for barbecues. Perfect, perfect, perfect. But her neighbors soon learn that Julianna’s perfection is an illusion, a painfully sought façade. There is darkness beneath her glossy surface for she was raised in a dangerous cult she escaped from as a teenager.

Yuki Ibuki erzählt eine wunderbar warmherzige Geschichte über eine junge Frau, die erst loslassen muss und aufbricht, um schließlich an dem Ort, wo die Wurzeln ihrer Familie liegen, zu heilen. Seit Mio gehänselt wird, geht die Teenagerin nicht mehr zur Schule. Stattdessen zieht sie sich in...

Becca Burnside finally has life heading in the right direction. She's loving her new job, writing magazine features about being a woman in her forties, her boys are happy, her romance with Conal O'Hagan is blossoming – and for once, she actually feels like she's got it together. But when Conal starts talking about the future, Becca's commitment collywobbles kick in with a vengeance.

À chaque coin de rue se cache une histoire. Madalena le sait mieux que quiconque. Veuve et dans la quarantaine, elle a décidé de transformer un vieil immeuble du cœur de Lisbonne en hôtel, mettant en jeu ses économies et ses rêves. Ce n’est pas seulement un bâtiment qu’elle souhaite...

In 2008, Desiree, January, Monique and Nakia are in their early twenties and at the beginning. Of their careers, of marriage, of motherhood and of big city lives in New York and Los Angeles. Together, they are finding their way through the wilderness, that period of life when the reality of contemporary adulthood–overwhelming, mysterious and full of freedom and consequences–swoops in and stays.

When Caroline Alleyn inherits Wickham Grange, all she wants to do is sell up. There are bad memories there, linked to her childhood as the daughter of a single mother–and to all the other mothers she knew in that house. But her grandmother Frances’s will means that it can’t be sold without the consent of five elderly women, and they all refuse. None of them will tell her why she has to keep a house she doesn’t want. Instead, she is given a stark warning: don’t look for Lizzie Sixpence.