Títulos em Vida em Família

Brought to you by Penguin. A mother forced to leave her family. A daughter forced to reckon with what is left behind. Lipa, Philippines, 2001. Neneng is 11 when her mother, Rosa, leaves to work as a nurse overseas: abandoning Neneng to care for a distant father, unsettled relatives and...

Brought to you by Penguin. 'Marriage was the biggest decision of their lives and yet they made it so lightly it was barely a decision at all’ As schoolgirls, Justine and her best friend Iseult dreamed of a future that revolved around marriage. They saw it as a happy ending, never imagining for...

Brought to you by Penguin. A page-turning historical fiction novel of family, loss and survival. Perfect for fans of Evie Woods, Rachel Burton, and Daisy Wood. A hidden past. A devastating choice. A heartbreaking truth. After a terrible injustice forces Mary Tanswell from her position in service...

Gilles est le fils, celui qui devra tenir la ferme. Claire, la sœur qui n'est pas concernée par cette décision, prend la tangente au fil des années grâce aux études. La ferme est isolée de tous. C'est le royaume du père qui donne libre cours à sa violence. Hors champ traverse cinquante années. Dix tableaux, dix morceaux de temps, détachés, choisis ; le lecteur y pénètre tantôt avec elle, Claire, tantôt avec lui, Gilles.

Home isn't a place—it's the people who stay when the tide goes out... The sprawling beachfront of Amberjack Shores continues to work its magic as autumn arrives on Anastasia Island. With Linda's health bringing the extended Dalton family closer than ever, unexpected bonds form, and old wounds begin to heal under the golden Florida sun. As Becca throws herself into transforming the resort, she finds herself drawn to Tyler in ways that both thrill and terrify her. Some lines weren't meant to be crossed, but some hearts refuse to listen to reason.

Trevor Benson ha ereditato dal nonno, recentemente scomparso, una casa nel North Carolina, ed è proprio lì che decide di trasferirsi temporaneamente. Rimasto gravemente ferito in Afghanistan, ha infatti dovuto abbandonare la professione di chirurgo e trovare una nuova strada. Due incontri inattesi giungono a sorprenderlo: quello con Callie, una ragazzina inquieta e sfuggente che sa qualcosa sulle circostanze misteriose della morte di suo nonno; e quello con Natalie, una poliziotta per la quale Trevor sente nascere un sentimento profondo.

Viele Jahre ist es her, dass die 30-jährige Kayla zuletzt in ihrer Heimat Irland war: Zu groß ist der Schmerz, den sie dort zurückgelassen hat. Jetzt zwingt sie der plötzliche Tod ihres Vaters, ins beschauliche Old Quay zurückzukehren. Dort trifft sie nicht nur ihre geliebte Gran und ihre Sandkastenfreundin Maeve wieder, sondern auch ihren Bruder Logan, mit dem sie seit einem schlimmen Streit kaum gesprochen hat. Während langer Spaziergänge am Meer kehren endlich auch die schönen Erinnerungen zu Kayla zurück.

QUINN DAVIS shatters the norm. She's successful in the traditionally male-dominated wine world. She'll do anything for a hunk of swoon-worthy cheese. And she only dates married men, a practice designed to evade love and protect her battered heart. But even as a mistress, Quinn has rules. No meddling in happy marriages. No men with young kids. No falling in love. And absolutely, unequivocally, no gigantic panties on a date. She prefers her men the way she likes her food and wine — enticing, intoxicating and utterly delicious.

Mark Helprin, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Oceans and the Stars, Winter's Tale, and A Soldier of the Great War, returns with an unforgettable tale of love, loss, and remembrance set in Brooklyn. High in a subsidized studio apartment, the unnamed 82-year-old narrator of Elegy...

Since the house was built in 1810, the Danes have always lived at Woodspring. Over the generations it has given them shelter, solace and joy. War brings change, and the next three generations of the family will lead very different lives, at home and abroad. Peace is shattered, pain is unavoidable, loves are found and lost, but Woodspring is constant, and will always draw them back...

January 2023. Cara's great-aunt Audrey has died, and her husband needs her presence at the funeral. It will be a stretch for Cara, whose every day is an emotional challenge, a challenge which is getting harder as her daughter's tenth birthday approaches. But with her family beside her, she's prepared to try… June 2000. Ten-year-old Cara and her sister are sent to live with their great aunt and uncle, part of a famous acting family, when their mother is hospitalised. The Wolfes see the world as a drama they are starring in, and when her sister seems at home Cara feels very much the outsider.

Ein Mann steigt in sein Boot, um über den Fjord in die Großstadt zu fahren. Als er von den Kaufleuten betrogen wird, macht er sich angewidert von den Großstädtern auf den Rückweg und entscheidet spontan, auf einer Insel haltzumachen. Dort trifft er Eline wieder, seine Jugendliebe, nach der das Boot benannt ist. Eline hat gerade ihren Mann verlassen.

Wiosna, 1835 rok. Eliza, córka hrabiny Modlińskiej, nigdy nie pasowała do arystokratycznego świata. Śladami tajemniczego Tatara Tarasa wyrusza, by odnaleźć część legendarnej mapy i poznać sekret, którego strażnikiem był jej ojciec. Zaginione artefakty, pradawna klątwa pustynnej wiedźmy i strażnicy Złotej Ordy – wszystko to splata się w sieć intryg, rozciągającą się między stepami Krymu a litewskimi puszczami.

Powroty do rodzinnego domu okazują się trudne – szczególnie jeśli relacje w nim budowane były na sekretach i kłamstwach. Po osiemnastu latach nieobecności Magdalena wraca do rodzinnego Szczecina. To trudna decyzja, podjęta z ostrożnością, ale i pod jednym warunkiem – że dziadek, charyzmatyczny i zamknięty w sobie Ludwik Starkowski, wyjawi jej całą prawdę o swojej dramatycznej przeszłości. Ich wspólne chwile przeradzają się w wędrówkę do czasów wojennych.

Niniejszy zbiór zawiera siedem zróżnicowanych opowiadań. Pomimo iż zostały opublikowane książkowo w tym samym roku co Pociągi pod specjalnym nadzorem, ukazują inne oblicze autora, zdecydowanie bardziej bezkompromisowe. Na Sprzedam dom, w którym już nie chcę mieszkać składają się teksty stanowiące jeden z najważniejszych kluczy do zrozumienia twórczości Bohumila Hrabala oraz źródeł jej poetyckości oraz ponadczasowości.

An unforgettable story about loss and new love written and read by the bestselling author of Brooklyn and Long Island 'The most striking example of Tóibín's emotional control . . . [An] eloquent expression of the bond between a mother and a son' – The Guardian One snowy morning, after...

Cody and David fall in love and know they want to be together. However, their families are bitter enemies. Sound familiar? Unlike Shakespeare's characters, however, their lives do not end in suicide. Cody is a confident young woman who can take care of herself, right? Cody's biological father is a gay ex-con, but unlike her grandmother, Cody isn't worried about societal snobbery. Much to her family's dismay, she wants to meet this man. David is the grandson of the recently murdered well well-known male socialite Rick Browning, and Cody 's grandfather was somehow involved!

Stella has spent decades trying to forget the heartbreak that made her flee the Italian village of her childhood. But when her new fiancé surprises her with a trip back to Liguria for her upcoming birthday, she is forced to confront the past, her first love and a tragic family rift. Amy is mourning her beloved grandpa and curious to know more about the old coin necklace and mysterious postcard that he left her. Following his trail to the Italian Riviera, a chance meeting leads Amy to Stella’s village in the hills and to secrets that have lain buried since the war.

Ett år har passerat och för första gången i sitt liv känner Mia att hennes drömmar gått i uppfyllelse. Hon och Peter har precis flyttat in i sitt nya radhus, Perla pluggar på college i USA och på jobbet känner sig Mia äntligen som en i gänget. Ett oväntat besked förändrar allt för dem och utan förbehåll kastar sig Mia in i den nya vardagen – det blir bra det här! Särskilt som hon har Peter på sin sida. Men skam den som tror att livet alltid är en dans på rosor. Ingen är beredd på Perlas nyheter som fullständigt raserar julstämningen.

Bitsy Walker is a woman in control. She eats 1200 calories a day, prepares three rounded meals on a budget, runs her own cleaning business, and never leaves the house with an unmade bed. When her ex-husband crashes back into her immaculate world, her daughters fall in love with their father all over again. Rumors of joint custody surface, driving Bitsy to the edge of dieting desperation. Can she handle losing control without giving into binge eating? Or will losing the battle make everything unravel—even her?