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Lucy è un’insegnante di lettere, quarantaduenne, con due figli e un ex marito che con molta difficoltà cerca di essere almeno un padre decente. L’amica Emma le invidia la sua condizione di single, che – immagina – le consentirà ben presto di fare sesso con una persona con cui non l’ha mai fatto prima, e si impegna instancabilmente nel darle consigli non richiesti. Ma Lucy non è pronta per una nuova storia, o forse non ha nessuna voglia di cominciarne una con un uomo che, sulla carta, sarebbe perfetto per lei: divorziato, bianco, colto, di mezza età.

La notte di Capodanno, in cima a un palazzo di Londra, si incontrano per caso quattro sconosciuti. Non hanno nulla in comune, tranne l’intenzione di buttarsi giù, ognuno per i suoi buoni motivi. Martin è – o meglio, era – un famoso conduttore televisivo, che si è giocato carriera, famiglia e reputazione andando a letto con una quindicenne. Farla finita, per lui, è una scelta logica e razionale. I suoi metodici preparativi vengono interrotti dall’arrivo di Maureen, una donna che ha dedicato la sua vita a un figlio gravemente disabile, e che ha deciso di darci un taglio.

"Mi innamorai del calcio come mi sarei poi innamorato delle donne: improvvisamente, inesplicabilmente, acriticamente." La passione per il football e l'amore per la squadra del cuore possono, si sa, essere così intensi da trasformare radicalmente la vita di un uomo, e così è stato per Nick Hornby, tifoso dell'Arsenal fin da bambino. In Febbre a 90' racconta in prima persona, con tono ironico e affettuoso, appassionato e divertito, gli entusiasmi e le depressioni, le impagabili emozioni e le cocenti delusioni vissute da un "ossessionato» del pallone.

Generous-hearted and wickedly insightful, The Girls’ Guide to Hunting and Fishing maps the progress of Jane Rosenal as she sets out on a personal and spirited expedition through the perilous terrain of sex, love, relationships, and the treacherous waters of the workplace. Soon Jane is swept off her feet by an older man and into a Fitzgeraldesque whirl of cocktail parties, country houses, and rules that were made to be broken, but comes to realize that it’s a world where the stakes are much too high for comfort.

Trentaseienne ricco e nullafacente con un solo scheletro nell'armadio (vive, benissimo, dei profitti di una brutta quanto popolare canzone natalizia scritta nel 1938 dal padre), Will Freeman ha pochi dubbi in fatto d'amore: la donna ideale per i tipi come lui, single fermamente intenzionati a restarlo, è la donna separata, meglio anzi se abbandonata, con figli, e molto, molto arrabbiata con gli uomini. Ma non tutte le donne sono uguali.

Lucy hat's schwer: Die 41-jährige, geschiedene Englischlehrerin muss sich mit ihrem nutzlosen Ex-Mann rumschlagen und nebenbei noch zwei Jungs großziehen, die am liebsten den ganzen Tag videospielend und chipsfressend auf der Couch verbringen würden. Zu allem Überfluss wollen ihre Freunde sie mit eigenartigen Männern verkuppeln: Ted, der geblümte Hemden trägt und auf der Suche nach einer "schlichten" Frau ist, und Michael, dem Literaten-Fuckboy mit Erektionsstörungen.

The person you are with is just like you: same background, same age, same interests. The perfect match. And it is an unmitigated disaster. Then, when and where you least expect it, you meet someone new. You seem to have nothing in common and yet, somehow, it feels totally right. Nick Hornby's brilliantly observed, tender but also brutally funny new novel gets to the heart of what it means to fall surprisingly and headlong in love with the best possible person - someone who is not just like you at all.

Will Freeman, 36-jährig, betont lässig, lebt sein optimal sorgenfreies, ruhiges Leben in London. Pure Langeweile treibt den überzeugten Single dazu...

Trentacinquenne appassionato di musica pop, ex dj e attualmente proprietario di un negozio di dischi in cattive acque, Rob Fleming è pieno di interrogativi che lo inquietano. La ragazza lo ha appena lasciato; se per caso ritornasse, sarebbe capace di amarla totalmente, disperatamente come adesso? E inoltre: non farebbe meglio a smettere una buona volta di vivere in mezzo ai cd e a trovarsi un vero lavoro, a farsi una vera casa, una vera famiglia?

Katie Carr, Mutter zweier Kinder und frustrierte Ehefrau des zynischen Kolumnisten David, tut ihr Bestes. Doch das reicht nicht.

Was machen vier schräge Vögel in der Silvesternacht zusammen auf dem Dach eines Londoner Hochhauses? Party? Weit gefehlt...

Es ist die Sensation! Tucker Crowe, ein in die Jahre gekommener, gescheiterter US-Rockstar, der nach einem Gig Mitte der 80er plötzlich verschwand, bringt ein neues Album auf den Markt...

Barbara hat die Nase voll. Nur raus aus dem verschlafenen Blackpool. Statt ihre Wahl zur Miss Blackpool anzunehmen, nimmt sie Reißaus und zieht nach London. Aber das ist die reine Enttäuschung: London ist langweilig und teuer. Als sie zufällig dem Agenten Brian in die Arme läuft, wendet sich das Blatt: Bei einem Casting sind schlagartig alle hin und weg von ihr. Mit ihrer provinziellen, aber dreist offenen Art erobert sie die Herzen der Crew. Und die macht sie zum Star einer neuen Comedy-Serie.

About a Boy stars a guy called Will, who doesn't really want any children. He wonders why it bothers people that he lives so happily alone in his fashionable, Lego-free flat, with massive speakers, and an expensive cream-colored rug that no kid has ever thrown up on. Then Will meets Angie. He has never been out with a mom before. And it has to be said that Angie's long blond hair and big blue eyes are not irrelevant to his sudden reassessment of his attitude toward children. She is truly beautiful.

Just when everything is coming together for Sam, his girlfriend, Alicia, drops a bombshell. Make that ex-girlfriend: because by the time she tells him she's pregnant, they¿ve already called it quits. Sam does not want to be a teenage dad.

Set in 1960's London, Funny Girl is a lively account of the adventures of the intrepid young Sophie Straw as she navigates her transformation from provincial ingnue to television starlet amid a constellation of delightful characters. Insightful and humorous, Nick Hornby's latest does what he does best: endears us to a cast of characters who are funny if flawed, and forces us to examine ourselves in the process.

In his eagerly awaited fourth novel, New York Times best-selling author Nick Hornby mines the hearts and psyches of four lost souls who connect just when they've reached the end of the line.

Will Freeman may have discovered the key to dating success: If the simple fact that they were single mothers meant that gorgeous women - women who would not ordinarily look twice at Will - might not only be willing, but enthusiastic about dating him, then he was really onto something. Single mothers - bright, attractive, available women - thousands of them, were all over London. He just had to find them.

Rob tries dating a singer, but maybe it’s just that he’s always wanted to sleep with someone who has a record contract. Then he sees Laura again. And Rob begins to think that life with kids, marriage, barbecues, and soft rock CDs might not be so bad.

Lucy used to handle her adult romantic life according to the script she’d been handed. She met a guy just like herself: same age, same background, same hopes and dreams; they got married and started a family. Too bad he made her miserable. Now, two decades later, she’s a nearly divorced, forty-one-year-old schoolteacher with two school-aged sons, and there is no script anymore. So when she meets Joseph, she isn’t exactly looking for love—she’s more in the market for a babysitter.