Títulos em Vida em Família

Mado Kaaris rebelliert gegen ihre Familie, die Männer, gegen ein Leben, das sie in vorgepresste Bahnen lenkt. Nur, welche Chancen bieten sich ihr? Reicht es aus, nach Paris zu gehen, nachts durch die Clubs zu tanzen, Pillen zu werfen und sich mit Gelegenheitsjobs über Wasser zu halten? Nach fünf Jahren Paris fühlt sie sich um ihre Freiheit betrogen, von den Männern ausgenutzt und erniedrigt. Sie schlägt einen Boxer nieder, der sie aus Eifersucht in seinem Apartment einsperrt, und flüchtet nach Hause zu ihrer Großmutter, um ein paar Tage unterzutauchen.

Una casa nella vecchia Delhi, due sorelle che si ritrovano dopo anni di separazione e fanno i conti con il passato. Sullo sfondo, la storia dell'India prima e dopo l'Indipendenza, i cambiamenti radicali e le tradizioni immutabili. Ma al centro di tutto rimangono la casa decrepita, il vialetto delle rose, e la quiete carica di tensione della chiara luce del giorno.

The modern world has vanished, the human race is on the verge of extinction; Mother Nature is firmly back in charge. A desperate band of survivors seeks out a place of possible safety, The Steading, where they hope to carve out a new life. However, simply staying hidden is not enough. It is a battle for survival in a world which is indifferent to their plight. Will mistakes of the past be repeated? Can this remnant of humanity find a different path and save itself?

"Find Ginger's shoes." Nancy says those three words to her daughter on the day before she dies. And with those words a bloodless mystery begins, one which contains a treasure left by a famous actress/dancer from the nineteen thirties, a love triangle with a twist, the deathbed wish, and a path to uncover secrets about a family that will change Nancy's daughter's life forever. Ginger's Shoes is set by Lake Hopatcong, New Jersey—a beautiful body of water with a fascinating history.

Was macht dich wirklich glücklich? Victoria, genannt Toja, illustriert Buchumschläge. Ihre Gedanken kann sie oft besser in Bildern als in Worten ausdrücken. Seit einer Lebenskrise lebt sie in einem Haus am Stadtrand, wo sie zwischen alten Obstbäumen und Blumenbeeten wieder zu sich gefunden hat. Als am Gartenzaun die vierzehnjährige Vica auftaucht, die eigentlich ebenfalls Victoria heißt, erkennt Toja sich in dem introvertierten Mädchen wieder. Sie fühlt sich an ihre eigene Vergangenheit erinnert und an das beklemmende Gefühl, nicht richtig zu sein.

In a tiny Beirut apartment, sixty-three-year-old Raja and his mother live side by side. A beloved high school philosophy teacher and “the neighborhood homosexual,” Raja relishes books, meditative walks, order, and solitude. Zalfa, his octogenarian mother, views her son’s desire for privacy as a personal affront. She demands to know every detail of Raja’s work life and love life, boundaries be damned.

Without Cassandra, Aaron would probably be dead. Fortunately, she won’t leave him—despite the drinking, flirting, solipsism, armchair socialism, overspending, infidelity, catastrophic depression, and disparate but increasingly frequent spells of drug- and booze-addled debauchery. Unfortunately, she might be reaching the end of her rope.

Step into the haunting world of J. C. Moore's 'Tangled,' a collection that weaves together the mysterious, the psychological, and the suspenseful in a tapestry of horror. This assembly of terror draws inspiration from listeners' twisted fantasies, crafting unsettling tales that make the audience question their reality.

Number Thirty-Two was once a family home. Anna was once a mother and a wife. Now, she is in arrears and alone. With little choice but to sell up, she is forced to confront the memories of the people who once inhabited the empty rooms. With the help of an unlikely ally in her next door neighbour's son, she is finally able to piece together the tragic events of forty years ago that have inextricably linked the fates of their families and ricocheted through both of their households for decades.

Clova, Scotland, 1942. The midst of the Second World War. Sisters Nell and Effie Anderson live together in the Old Schoolhouse. Effie is a teacher, while Nell works as a postwoman, delivering news – often of the worst – from the frontline to her neighbours. Though they love and care for one another, there are unspoken tensions and mysteries that put distance between them.

Set against the lush backdrop of a tropical island, Under the Maui Sky captures the emotionally charged, complex dynamics that come with being part of a family. Listeners will laugh and shed a few tears as Ava Briscoe and her children discover what it means to be loved, supported, and accepted by the people who mean the most…even in the face of deep betrayal.

In 1970s Brazil, two teenage sisters are thrust into a chaotic world. Fear and hunger stalk them in a sugarcane town choked by a constant rain of ash, a testament to the ravaged environment in which they are trying to grow. With only each other for comfort, they set out to search for their missing mother and the father they’ve never known.

Once upon a time, Natasha believed in love. At nineteen, her heart was captivated by a man who promised her the world, only to vanish, leaving her to carry the weight of shattered dreams—and the child she never expected. A decade later, Natasha is focused on providing love and stability for her daughter, determined to break the cycle of poverty and trauma that haunted her own childhood. As they settle into the peaceful rhythms of Settlers Bridge, Natasha is drawn to the local mechanic, Hamish, whose quiet strength stirs feelings she hadn't expected to ever experience again.

When Gilbert Williams, a resident at Sunset House Care Home, claims to have once killed someone, care assistant Will Cavanagh initially dismisses his claims – he’s frail and vulnerable, he can’t imagine him ever killing someone – but he can’t seem to let his comments go. What if it’s true? What if he really did kill someone and he’s forgotten that he isn’t supposed to tell anybody…

"Bis gestern war ich noch in einem anderen Leben." Eines Morgens erwacht Toni nicht wie gewohnt neben ihrem langjährigen Freund in ihrer kleinen Altbauwohnung, weil die Dielen knarren und die Nachbarn viel zu laut sind. Nein. Zu ihrer Verwunderung befindet sie sich in einer großzügig geschnittenen Wohnung. Alles hell, ordentlich, teuer eingerichtet. Und der Blick aus dem Fenster? Seltsam vertraut. Antonia versteht: Sie ist wieder in dem Dorf ihrer Kindheit"

»Man kann nur richtig laut sein, wenn man das Leise versteht.« Arkadia will in einem Knabenchor singen, und das um jeden Preis. Atmosphärisch, tief bewegend und auf tragikomische Weise erzählt Christopher Kloeble in »Durch das Raue zu den Sternen« von der großen Liebe eines Mädchens zu ihren Eltern und der Musik. Und dem unbändigen Willen, der Welt zu beweisen, wer man sein kann, wenn man sich den Regeln der Gesellschaft nicht beugt. Arkadia Fink ist eine Heldin, die man nicht vergisst: 13 Jahre alt, musikalisch hochbegabt und mit reichlich Fantasie gesegnet.

Wenn das Schicksal euch trennt – kann die Liebe euch retten? Cyrian und Dajana könnten nicht unterschiedlicher sein: Er – der schüchterne Junge mit der engelsgleichen Stimme, der in der Schule gehänselt wird. Sie – mutig, voller Träume und seine einzige Verbündete. Ihre Freundschaft ist unzerbrechlich – bis das Leben sie auseinanderreißt. Jahre später steht Cyrian im Rampenlicht, ein gefeierter Superstar, während Dajana mit den Schatten ihrer Vergangenheit kämpft. Der Lebensmut, der sie einst auszeichnete, ist verblasst. Doch dann begegnen sie sich wieder.

1552, Paris: Against a backdrop of turmoil, suspicion, and paranoia, the printing press is quickly spreading new ideas across Europe, threatening the power of church and state and unleashing a wave of book burning and heretic hunting. When frightened ex-nun Lysbette Angiers arrives one day at Charlotte Guillard’s famous printing shop with her manuscript, neither woman knows just how far the powerful elite will go to prevent the spread of Lysbette’s audacious ideas.

Noah Cork has just published the scoop of a lifetime: the white-hot true crime book of the cold-blooded killer who slipped an unfolding murder mystery into his mailbox. But if this is his moment of triumph, then why is the tin roof being ripped from the walls of his reality? Why are skeletons standing upright in his closet? Why do people want to run him over in the street? And why does his wife keep writing a cryptic message across the bathroom mirror? As a severe storm cell heads towards Brisbane, Noah is hurtling headfirst into a swirling storm of secrets.

Von den Gewinnern des Kindle Storyteller Awards 2021 kommt dieser Roman über eine der erschütterndsten Zeiten der deutschen Geschichte. Ein Familienschicksal in den Wirren des Zweiten Weltkriegs Thorn in Westpreußen im Januar 1945: Viel zu spät erhalten die Menschen die Erlaubnis, sich vor der unaufhaltsam heranrückenden Roten Armee in Sicherheit zu bringen. Auch Gisela Lentz macht sich mit ihren Schwiegereltern und vier Kindern Hals über Kopf auf den Weg. Sie wollen nach Gotenhafen, denn von dort sollen Schiffe die Menschen in den Westen des Reiches bringen.