Títulos em Vida em Família

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.

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.

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.

When warm-hearted Hannah Barry’s father passes away, her life is turned upside down when she discovers he wasn’t her biological father, and the only family she’s ever known are not related to her at all. Now their tiny farmhouse overlooking Roone Bay feels unfamiliar and cold. So when a handsome, dark-haired stranger turns up on her doorstep, his kind eyes and shy smile are a welcome escape.

I Glade dage i Kronprinsessegade fortsætter Benjamin Jacobsen sin humoristiske fortælling om en familie i det danske borgerskab i slutningen af det 19. århundrede. Benjamin Jacobsen (1915–1990) var en dansk forfatter, der blev særlig kendt for sine humoristiske skildringer af borgerskabet.

Nadine Schneiders Roman Das gute Leben ist eine große Mütter-Töchter-Geschichte über vier Generationen, ein Buch von Abschied, Neuanfang und der Arbeit des Lebens. Es ist Spätsommer, und im Garten sind die Trauben reif, als Christina das Haus ihrer Großmutter Anni erbt. Hier, in einem kleinen Dorf bei Nürnberg, ist sie bei Anni aufgewachsen: Anni, die Mitte der sechziger Jahre aus Rumänien nach Deutschland flieht. Zögernd verabschiedet sich Christina von Anni und ihrem Haus.

When Presbyterian minister Ellen Wakefield O'Connor is confronted by a young man armed with a birth certificate that mistakenly names her as his mother, she quickly sorts out the truth: his birth mother listed Ellen on the certificate to cover up her own identity, but also because Ellen is, in a way, related to the child. The birth father is Ellen's troubled husband, Tom. The secrets of the past soon engulf Ellen, Tom, and everyone they love.

Emily „Mimi" Green lebt gemeinsam mit ihrem Bruder Finn im idyllischen Cornwall. Seit dem frühen Tod ihrer Eltern halten die beiden nicht nur das wunderschöne Green Cottage am Leben, sondern auch den kleinen Fährbetrieb, der Ausflügler sicher durch die Bucht bringt. Doch dann soll das Anwesen der Geschwister zwangsversteigert werden. Mit Hilfe ihrer Nachbarin wenden sie sich an eine Londoner Privatbank – jene, die ihre Eltern bereits vor 30 Jahren mit einem Kredit gerettet hatte. Statt Geld schickt der Bankier jedoch seinen Sohn Aidan nach Brightsand Bay.

When Mira returns to her late grandmother Evelyn’s sunny, memory-filled house, she expects to sort keepsakes. Instead, she finds a small wooden box containing a map, a photograph of a distant pier, and a letter addressed to someone Mira has never met: Eli.

Every Tuesday night, two couples see the same therapist for marriage counselling. At 8pm, as Liv and Jay are leaving their session, they see Maya and Hugo waiting to go in. When their young boys start at the same school, things are initially awkward, but as the women get to know one another, they become friends, sharing the fractures in their respective marriages. Soon, they are confiding their deepest secrets.

Nel 1983 Andrev ha sette anni e non ha mai conosciuto il padre biologico. A parte qualche amico e l'affetto materno, il mondo di Andrev è quello marginale di una madre che vive tra i resti dell'anticonformismo degli anni Settanta. E una relazione violenta dopo l'altra. Per Andrev, un «padre» dopo l'altro. Con una gioia narrativa che vira nel fiabesco senza cancellare il nucleo doloroso della storia, oggi Andrev Walden rifà suo l'umorismo disarmante e la crudezza innocente del bambino di allora.

Annabelle’s life was uprooted when she and her brothers moved to Texas after the death of their mother. Their estranged father, Dex Jarvie, owned the Double J Ranch in Texas. It was a whole other world from their life in Miami. Her father was a cowboy. What was she supposed to do with that? While her brothers began to embrace ranch life, Annabelle couldn’t wait to leave. Colt Reardon was given the unpleasant task of helping Dex’s daughter adjust to life in Texas. He’d do anything for his boss, but Miss Annabelle wasn’t interested in adjusting, or even staying around very long.

Yes, that Hester—the fallen woman who bore the Scarlet Letter while raising her daughter on her own. She is looking back, across that clearing, and 150 years, at her fateful lover. Less a retelling or transposition of Nathaniel Hawthorne's classic than a repurposing of the materials to tell a different version, Hester in Sunlight, revolving around the relationships between the (unnamed) narrator; her husband Sonny and gender fluid child Luna; her sister Dani and her two kids; and their parents, is a heady and stimulating riff on contemporary motherhood and parenting.

Mia kann es nicht fassen: Ihr Ex landet mit einem traurigen Trennungssong einen Megahit über sie und ihren Job im Donutladen. Sie beschließt, zwei Monate Housesitting auf der spanischen Insel Teneriffa zu machen. Doch aus der ersehnten Ruhe wird nichts, denn Hausbesitzer Pablo ist auf unerklärliche Weise verschwunden und Mia muss drei süße, aber eigenwillige Minischweine hüten. Und dann ist da ihr attraktiver Nachbar Tonio mit dem Dreitagebart, dem athletischen Body und den Brandwunden auf der Seele. Als wäre das nicht genug, beginnt auch noch der Inselvulkan Teide zu rumoren.

Running the town's only ice cream shop—The Latest Scoop—she should be the most popular person in town, at least every day that the sun's shining. But, in spite of growing up in Starr's Fall, Zoe has reached the age of twenty-eight without letting anyone deeply into her life. When she gets home to realise Sophie and Dan are in fact also her new neighbors, she knows she has to make nice. That is, until fourteen-year-old Sophie comes into her store, and tries to steal something.

Gage Calaway has run the Calaway Report with the help of Sydney for three years. But his obsessive behavior and the need for perfection make him hard to work with. Though Gage seems not to notice, Sydney is smart, creative, funny, and quite attractive. If she hadn’t been in love with him since the day she walked into the office, she would’ve quit long ago. When Gage is approached about becoming mayor of Calaway Crossing, he’s the first to admit he’s socially challenged. But Sydney convinces him to run, offering to help him with his social skills.

By day young Mirren Jarvis works in the twisting department at Ferguslie Thread Mills and by night she works in a local fried-fish shop. She also cares for her sick mother and forgoes the freedom and luxuries her friends enjoy, dreaming of the day her fiancé, Donald, will send for her to come and live with him in America. In the aftermath of the Great War, many of the women in Mirren's life are struggling.