Títulos em Vida em Família

Nineteen-year-old William Martin is on death row in the Ohio State Penitentiary for a double homicide. Musically talented, but socially inept, he remains supported by two strong women, his mother, Susan, and his childhood nanny, Sally Miller, who are convinced there has been a miscarriage of justice. Their trust in William leads to complications which threaten not only his chance of an appeal but also their own freedom. This is a story of the strong bond between mother and son, whose relationship contrasts starkly with that of William and his proud and arrogant father.

Set against the backdrop of a sultry Alabama summer in 1987, Rebel Rising tells a haunting tale of a young boy's courage in the face of unspeakable tragedy. Twelve-year-old Rebel's world shatters when he finds his brother dead, leaving behind a silence heavy with secrets. But the silence speaks, and from it emerges a voice urging Rebel to rise against the tides of danger encroaching upon his family.

While wildfires rage, the married couple make their way through Nevada, California, Arizona, and Utah, tracing the course of the Colorado River, the aquatic artery on which the Southwest depends for survival. Lewis, an artist working for a prominent land art foundation, is grieving the recent death of his mother, while Eloise is an academic researching the past and future of the Colorado River as it threatens to run dry.

On the night her younger sister, Giulia, moves in with Risa to recover from a bad break-up, a fateful accident occurs: Risa, boiled over with anger and fear, strikes a drunk, erratic Sav with a cast-iron pan, killing him on the spot. The sisters are left with a choice: notify the authorities and make a case for self-defense, or bury the man’s body and go on with their lives as best they can. In a moment of panic, in the late hours of the night, they call upon Sav’s childhood friend—the sweet, loyal Christopher Gardini—to help them, hoping they can trust him to carry a secret like this.

Young widow Julia Nance has found happiness again running her beloved Guesthouse, Fairlight, but with the arrival of war, even her last bookings are being cancelled. Step-daughter Elowen immediately offers to find work with arch rival Alma Jennings, but Julia prefers to keep her close, and searches desperately for alternatives. Offering up her beloved home to be requisitioned, looking for any opportunity for work herself, she finds herself thwarted at every turn, and unwilling to accept the help of unscrupulous brother-in-law Pasco.

Hayden Reese has a bad habit of breaking people's jaws. Granted, he only breaks jaws that deserved some breaking, but he's starting a whole new feud, with the husband of his lover—and this time, it may cost him his life. Hayden's life has never been easy. His father tormented him, his kid brother got all the approval, and he made a fatal mistake that he's never been able to forgive himself for making. But when Hayden's future is shattered by his bad choices, he has to redeem himself in the eyes of his long-estranged daughter Allegra.

"Was lauert da tief in mir, was ich nicht wissen will? Schützt die Amnesie mich vor meiner eigenen Schuld?“. Die junge Lea ist ein "Drinnenmensch“: Seit zwei Jahren lebt sie ohne Erinnerung in einer Privatklinik für Gedächtnislose in Berlin. Nur ihr treuer Begleiter, der Therapiefuchs Kalle, darf sie berühren. Als Lea jedoch einen neuen Patienten in der Klinik kennenlernt und ihr dieser ungewöhnlich nahekommt, verliert ihr Ehemann Golo die Geduld und drängt sie in ein Leben im "Draußen“.

On the day of her father's funeral, Dylan Turner receives a life-altering email: her DNA family tree results saying her dad isn’t who she thought he is. The news sends Dylan spiraling, but when she turns to her mom for answers, she’s left with only more agonizing questions. Determined to learn the truth, Dylan reaches for clues and finds herself traveling across the country with a friendly face from work, away from the safety of her carefully maintained routine.

In the beginning, there was happiness. Maya, an artist obsessed with the nature of beauty, and Noah, a quantum physicist preoccupied by the mysteries of the universe, found in each other a shared curiosity about the world. But beneath the surface of their happy marriage is a third rail: Serena, the lost child that Noah had with his ex-wife, Eileen.

Hope Starts Small is the story of a man named Frank and his family, who moved from their house in town to live in a converted barn so that Frank could plant a field of blueberries.

Zu Hause ist da, wo sie dich reinlassen müssen, wenn du klopfst. Mit Mitte fünfzig zieht der Erzähler zu seiner Mitte achtzigjährigen Mutter aufs Land, um dort an einem Roman über das Theater mit dem Titel "Scham und Bühne" zu schreiben. Es werden unvergleichliche, ereignisreiche Wochen, in denen er durch die Hilfe seiner Mutter aus einer tiefen Lebenskrise findet. Nachdem er in Wien von einem Schlaganfall aus der Bahn geworfen wurde, hofft Joachim Meyerhoff, durch einen Neuanfang in Berlin wieder Fuß zu fassen. Doch alles kommt anders als gedacht.

"Es war wie immer. Ich könnte sie umbringen." Mit "Boswell", ihrer alten Tiefkühltruhe, sind sie vor zwanzig Jahren nach Frankreich gezogen: Mirandas Vater, pensionierter Oxford-Professor, der keine Diskussion scheut. Und ihre Mutter, die jede Gelegenheit nutzt, über den Krieg zu sprechen, den sie selbst nie erlebt hat. Nach fünzig Ehejahren haben sie die ein oder andere Eigenart entwickelt, und die Besuche bei ihnen stellen für Miranda immer öfter eine emotionale Herausforderung dar. "Ich könnte sie beide umbringen", schreibt sie dann an ihre Schwester.

“Night was best, for, as everyone knows, but does not tell, the sobbing of the earth is most audible at night.” “Men are but unconscious machines and they perform their cruelties so effortlessly.” “Caring was a power she’d once possessed but had given up freely.” The sentences of Joy Williams are like no other—the coiled wit, the sense of a confused and ruined landscape, even the slight chortle of hope that lurks between the words—for the scrupulous effort of telling, in these eleven stories, has a ravishing beauty that belies their substance.

Trzy tomy przedstawiające losy kilkorga bohaterów–ich piekło rodzinne w czasach, gdy byli dziećmi, a następnie wpływ wydarzeń, których byli świadkami i uczestnikami w dzieciństwie, na ich dorosłe życie. Portrety tak zwanych dobrych, przykładnych rodzin, które do perfekcji opanowały stwarzanie pozorów, ukrywając ciągnący się latami horror przemocy domowej, zaniedbywania dzieci czy problemów alkoholowych. Wraz z powrotem Bruna do domu wracają mroczne i skrywane przez dziesięć lat sekrety. Co tak naprawde wydarzyło sie w dwóch sasiadujacych ze sobą domach?

The Sparrow family is falling apart, and now their city is too. Being a Sparrow child has never been simple. Olivia, Sherman, and Morgan all have their faults, and they all cope with their tumultuous childhood in their own unstable ways: Olivia leads an excessive lifestyle, Morgan cycles through risky behaviors, and Sherman dabbles in morally precarious business practices. Up until now, they have kept their family from completely crumbling; but the cracks in their relationships are about to be unearthed. As their shaky foundations collide, an earthquake levels their city.

When Ebun gives birth to her daughter, Eniiyi, on the day they bury her cousin Monife, there is no denying the startling resemblance between the child and the dead woman. So begins the belief, fostered and fanned by the entire family, that Eniiyi is the actual reincarnation of Monife, fated to follow in her footsteps in all ways, including that tragic end. There is also the matter of the family curse: “No man will call your house his home. And if they try, they will not have peace...” which has been handed down from generation to generation.

Ruth is alone, unnoticed, and at a loss: her marriage has ended, her daughter is leaving home, and her job is leading nowhere. But luckily Sookie is back in her life–vivid, self-assured Sookie, who never spared the time for Ruth when they were teenagers, but who now seems to want to be friends. But as Ruth is caught up in Sookie’s life, she sees that everything is not as Instagrammable as Sookie would have you believe. As the truth about Sookie becomes clearer, so too does the choice Ruth will have to make.

On a summer's day in 1596, a young girl in Stratford-upon-Avon takes to her bed with a sudden fever. Her twin brother, Hamnet, searches everywhere for help. Why is nobody at home? Their mother, Agnes, is over a mile away, in the garden where she grows medicinal herbs. Their father is working in London. Neither parent knows that Hamnet will not survive the week. Hamnet is a novel inspired by the son of a famous playwright: a boy whose life has been all but forgotten, but whose name was given to one of the most celebrated plays ever written.

Six years ago, Cinnamon Scott was a young writer on the rise in New York City. But since the sudden loss of her parents, she's been stuck in place, retreating to a life of endless partying—made possible by the massive fortune she's inherited. Despite their tragic loss, she and her older sister Rosemary have always had each other to lean on. But now, with Rosie living in London and about to give birth to twins, Cinnamon feels more lost than ever.

Kelly Albright Davenport leads a seemingly charmed life in the Upper East Side of Manhattan. She is happily married to Dr. James Davenport, world-renowned cardiac surgeon. They have one daughter, Katie who has followed in her father's footsteps as a cardiac surgeon in her own right. Kelly is a founding partner in a thriving Family Law practice with her best friend of 40 years, Mika. Life is good. But Kelly has been suppressing an inexplicable rage that has been building under the surface for years.