Inhalt: Christmas wishes come true in New York City ... or maybe not
After a demanding career of living out of her suitcase, Sophia lands a dream job in New York City that will keep her in one place for six months. Being alone in a big city is nothing new for her but not during the holidays. When an irrestistible jeweler appears in her life more than once, Christmas surprises po up on every corner. Drew loses his creativity and holiday spirit just when he needs it the most. Then a snowstorm blows Sophia into his jewelry store, and a surge of inspiration follows. He is used to handling precious gems but nothing as priceless as she is. Even though they just met, their instant attraction turns into something more. But one event leads to betrayal, leaving Sophia once again alone and brokenhearted. Can the magic of Christmas bring them back toghether, or will one of them be left in the cold? Schlagworte:Juwelier, Liebe, New York, Streit, Weihnachten Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 141 Seiten Beteiligte:Beck, Kristina Standort: Engl. Bec ISBN: 978-3-947985-07-4
Is one week of breathtaking passion a reason to turn your life upside down?
Winter is Lacey's arch-enemy and it won't let up even though it's the middle of April. She can't get out of New York City fast enough to kick off her spring vacation in the tropics. One travel glitch and a stumbled step finds Lacey on the lap of a handsome, mysterious stranger, connecting her heart to his in a way she can't comprehend.
Will gets a last-minute seat on a flight back home, sitting him next to a beautiful, quirky woman who blows into his life like a warm spring breeze. Her magnetism lights him up after weeks of darkness. He refuses to say goodbye until he steals one heated kiss from her.
A surprise twist of fate drops them into deep water, but the fire between them never burns out. What they thought would be a week of carefree distractions blossoms into something their hearts didn't bargain for. Schlagworte:Flugreise, Frühling, Liebe, Urlaub Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 179 Seiten Beteiligte:Beck, Kristina Standort: Engl. Bec ISBN: 978-3-947985-10-4
Skylar's beauty and curves are a curse. She's been lied to, cheated on, and avoids dating like the plague. That is until an adorable three-legged dog runs her over in Central Park, leading to a heated exchange with his arrogant, sexy-as-sin owner. Irritated by his apathy, Skylar walks away, but steamy dreams of his chiseled physique consume her hot summer nights.
During a pivotol event in her career, Skylar's restraint snaps like a rubber band when she finds him standing in front of her as the famous photographer, Julius Ariti. Harsh rumors circulating about him and his current actions toward her don't add up, leading Skylar to wonder who the real Julius Ariti is.
Everyone deserves a chance, no matter how broken they are.
Julius leads a secluded, orderly life to keep his traumatic memories at bay. After meeting Skylar Vitale, something ignites inside him, and his world is no longer black and white. Her positivity and charm blaze brightly, breaking down Julius's barriers, unveiling his secrets.
His burning desire is to see Skylar's true colors.
Inhalt: Sometimes, when I close my eyes, I swear I can still taste the dust. Texas, 1934. Elsa Martinelli has finally found the life she'd yearned for: a family, a home and a farm on the Great Plains. But when drought threatens all that she and her community hold dear, Elsa's world is shattered to the winds. One of the darkest periods of the Great Depression, the Dust Bowl era, has arrived with a vengeance. Farmers are fighting to keep their land and their livelihoods as the crops are failing, the water is drying up and dust threatens to bury them all. Fearful of the future, when Elsa wakes to find her husband has fled, she is forced to make the most agonizing decision of her life. Fight for the land she loves or take her beloved children, Loreda and Ant, west to California in search for a better life. From the overriding love of a mother for her child, the value of female friendship and the ability to love again - against all odds - Elsa's incredibly journey is a story of courage and sacrifice and what w e do for the ones we love. Schlagworte:30er Jahre, America, Amerika, Dreißiger Jahre, Dürre, Existenzangst, Farm, Historisches, Mutter, Texas Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 454 Seiten Beteiligte:Hannah, Kristin Standort: Engl. Han ISBN: 978-1-5290-5457-6
Inhalt: Who would choose to destroy what they love the most?
Nightingale House, 1919.
Liddy Horner discovers her husband, the world-famous artist Sir Edward Horner, burning his best-known painting The Garden of Lost and Found days before his sudden death.
Nightingale House was the Horner family's beloved home - a gem of design created to inspire happiness - and it was here Ned painted The Garden of Lost and Found, capturing his children on a perfect day, playing in the rambling Eden he and Liddy made for them.
One magical moment. Before it all came tumbling down...
When Ned and Liddy's great-granddaughter Juliet is sent the key to Nightingale House, she opens the door onto a forgotten world. The house holds its mysteries close but she is in search of answers.
Something shattered this corner of paradise. But what? Lose yourself in this unputdownable tale of the enduring power of family love, told by three generations of extraordinary women. . . Schlagworte:Familie, Familiendrama, Familiensaga, Garten, Vergangenheit, Vergangenheitsbewältigung Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 546 Seiten Beteiligte:Evans, Harriet Standort: Engl. Eva ISBN: 978-1-4722-5103-9
Inhalt: Smart and juicy, a compulsively readable novel about a previously happy group of friends and parents that is nearly destroyed by their own competitiveness when an exclusive school for gifted children opens in the community
This deliciously sharp novel captures the relentless ambitions and fears that animate parents and their children in modern America, exploring the conflicts between achievement and potential, talent and privilege.
Set in the fictional town of Crystal, Colorado, The Gifted School is a keenly entertaining novel that observes the drama within a community of friends and parents as good intentions and high ambitions collide in a pile-up with long-held secrets and lies. Seen through the lens of four families who've been a part of one another's lives since their kids were born over a decade ago, the story reveals not only the lengths that some adults are willing to go to get ahead, but the effect on the group's children, sibling relationships, marriages, and careers, as simmering resentments come to a boil and long-buried, explosive secrets surface and detonate. It's a humorous, keenly observed, timely take on ambitious parents, willful kids, and the pursuit of prestige, no matter the cost. Schlagworte:Englische Literatur, Familie, Freundschaft, Gesellschaft, Hochbegabung, Kinder, Nachbarschaft, Schule, Streit, Vorstadt, Wettbewerb Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 450 Seiten Beteiligte:Holsinger, Bruce Standort: Engl. Hol ISBN: 978-0-525-53496-9
Gripping. Mesmerising. Haunting. Heart-breaking. Once you've heard her story, you will never forget The Girl in the Letter.
Perfect for fans of Kate Morton, Rachel Hore and Kathryn Hughes, this page-turning, moving novel of separation and long-buried secrets will stay with you for ever.
In the winter of 1956 pregnant young Ivy is sent in disgrace to St Margaret's, a home for unmarried mothers in the south of England, run by nuns, to have her child. Her baby daughter is adopted. Ivy will never leave.
Sixty years later, journalist Samantha stumbles upon a series of letters from Ivy to her lover, pleading with him to rescue her from St Margaret's before it is too late. As Sam pieces together Ivy's tragic story, terrible secrets about St Margaret's dark past begin to emerge. What happened to Ivy, to her baby, and to the hundreds of children born in the home? What links a number of mysterious, sudden deaths in the area? And why are those who once worked at St Margaret's so keen that the truth should never be told? As Sam unpicks the sinister web of lies surrounding St Margaret's, she also looks deep within - to confront some unwelcome truths of her own... Schlagworte:Brief, Englische Literatur, Familie, Familiengeheimnis, Familiengeschichte, Journalistin, Vergangenheit, Vergangenheitsbewältigung Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 375 Seiten Beteiligte:Gunnis, Emily Standort: Engl. Gun ISBN: 978-1-4722-5509-9
Inhalt: When Libby Nicholls arrives in London, broken-hearted and with her life in a suitcase, the first person she meets is elderly Frank on the 88 bus.
For the past 60 years, Frank has ridden the same bus, trying to find a girl he met in 1962. A girl who unknowingly changed his life, and whose number Frank lost. Libby is inspired by his story and, with the help of an unlikely companion, she makes it her mission to continue Frank's search. But with Frank's dementia progressing quickly, their chance of finding the girl on tjhe 88 bus is slipping away... More than anything, Libby wants Frank to see his lost love one more time. But their quest also shows Libby just how important it is to embrace her own chance for happiness -before it's too late. Schlagworte:Bus, Demenz, Junge Frau, Liebe, London, Protagonistin, Studentin, Suche, Vergangenheit, Öffentlicher Nahverkehr Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 385 Seiten Beteiligte:Sampson, Freya Standort: Engl. Sam ISBN: 978-1-83877-839-2
Inhalt: Rachel catches the same commuter train every morning. She knows it will wait at the same signal each time, overlooking a row of back gardens. She's even started to feel like she knows the people who live in one of the houses. 'Jess and Jason', she calls them. Their life - as she sees it - is perfect. If only Rachel could be that happy.
And then she sees something shocking. It's only a minute until the train moves on, but it's enough.
Now everything's changed. Now Rachel has a chance to become a part of the lives she's only watched from afar.
Inhalt: All her life, she's been the girl who survived. Orphaned at age seven after a horrific killing spree at her family's Oregon cabin, Kara McIntyre is still searching for some kind of normal. But now, twenty years later, the past has come thundering back. Her brother, Jonas, who was convicted of the murders has unexpectedly been released from prison. The press is in a frenzy again. And suddenly, Kara is receiving cryptic messages from her big sister, Marlie-who hasn't been seen or heard from since that deadly Christmas Eve when she hid little Kara in a closet with a haunting, life-saving command: Don't make a sound.
As people close to her start to die horrible deaths, Kara, who is slowly and surely unraveling, believes she is the killer's ultimate target.
Inhalt: Every morning, Melanie waits in her cell to be collected for class. When they come for her, Sergeant Parks keeps his gun pointing at her while two of his people strap her into the wheelchair. She thinks they don't like her. She jokes that she won't bite. But they don't laugh. Schlagworte:Dystopie, Englische Literatur, Fantasy, Science fiction, Thriller, Zombie Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 461 Seiten Beteiligte:Carey, M.R. Standort: Engl. Car ISBN: 978-0-316-33475-4
Inhalt: Zwei Paare getrennt durch ein Jahrhundert, verbunden durch ein Gemälde. Während um sie herum der Erste Weltkrieg tobt, versucht Sophie stark zu sein für ihre Familie, für ihren Mann Édouard, der auf Seiten Frankreichs kämpft. Nur ein Gemälde ist ihr geblieben, das sie an ihr gemeinsames Glück erinnert. Ein Porträt, das Édouard einst von ihr malte. Und das ihn jetzt retten soll Hundert Jahre später. Liv trauert um ihren Mann David. Vor vier Jahren ist er gestorben, viel zu früh. Livs kostbarster Besitz: ein Gemälde, das er ihr einst schenkte. Der Maler: Édouard. Das Modell: Sophie. Als ihr dieses Gemälde genommen werden soll, ist sie bereit, alles zu opfern. Auch das eigene Glück The hauntingly romantic and utterly irresistible new weepy from Jojo Moyes. What happened to the girl you left behind? In 1916 French artist Edouard Lefevre leaves his wife Sophie to fight at the Front. When her town falls into German hands, his portrait of Sophie stirs the heart of the local Kommandant and causes her to risk everything - her family, reputation and life - in the hope of seeing her true love one last time. Nearly a century later and Sophie's portrait is given to Liv by her young husband shortly before his sudden death. Its beauty speaks of their short life together, but when the painting's dark and passion-torn history is revealed, Liv discovers that the first spark of love she has felt since she lost him is threatened ... In "The Girl You Left Behind" two young women, separated by a century, are united in their determination to fight for the thing they love most - whatever the cost. Schlagworte:20. Jahrhundert, Einundzwanzigstes Jahrhundert, Englischer Roman, Erster Weltkrieg <1914-1918>, Familie, Frankreich, Frauenroman, Gegenwartsroman, Gemälde, Leichte Lektüre, Liebe, Vergangenheit, Verlust, Zwanzigstes Jahrhundert Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 539 S. Beteiligte:Moyes, Jojo Standort: Engl. Moy ISBN: 978-0-7181-5784-5
Inhalt: England, late 1930s, and Alice Wright - restless, stifled - makes an impulsive decision to marry wealthy American Bennett Van Cleve and leave her home and family behind.
But stuffy, disapproving Baileyville, Kentucky, where her husband favours work over his wife and is dominated by his overbearing father, is not the adventure - or the escape - that she hoped for.
That is, until she meets Margery O'Hare, a troublesome woman - and daughter of a notorious felon - the town wishes to forget.
Margery's on a mission to spread the wonder of books and reading to the poor and lost - and she needs Alice's help.
Trekking alone under big open skies, through wild mountain forests, Alice, Margery and their fellow sisters of the trail discover freedom, friendship - and a life to call their own.
Inhalt: 'The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there'
When one long, hot summer, young Leo is staying with a school-friend at Brandham Hall, he begins to act as a messenger between Ted, the farmer, and Marian, the beautiful young woman up at the hall. He becomes drawn deeper and deeper into their dangerous game of deceit and desire, until his role brings him to a shocking and premature revelation. The haunting story of a young boy's awakening into the secrets of the adult world, The Go-Between is also an unforgettable evocation of the boundaries of Edwardian society. Schlagworte:20. Jahrhundert, Affäre, Brief, England, Erwachsenwerden, Gewissenskonflikt, Historisches, Klassengesellschaft, Landadel, Liebe, Zwanzigstes Jahrhundert Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 292 Seiten Beteiligte:Hartley, L. P. Standort: Engl. Har ISBN: 978-0-14-118778-5
Inhalt: The Golden Notebook, first published in 1962, is the story of Anna Wulf, a divorced single mother and novelist, labouring against writer's block in 1950s London. Fearful of going mad, she records her experiences in four coloured notebooks. The black records her writing life, the red her political views, the yellow her emotional life and the blue everyday events. But it is the fifth notebook - the golden one - that brings the strands of her life together and holds the key to her recovery. Schlagworte:British English, Englischer Roman, Literaturnobelpreis, Nobel Prize, Nobelpreis, Nobelpreis für Literatur Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 577 S. Beteiligte:Lessing, Doris Standort: Engl. Les
Inhalt: Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Literature 2014!
Es passiert, als Theo Decker dreizehn Jahre alt ist. An dem Tag, an dem er mit seiner Mutter ein New Yorker Museum besucht, verändert ein schreckliches Unglück sein Leben für immer. Er verliert sie unter tragischen Umständen und bleibt allein und auf sich gestellt zurück, sein Vater hat ihn schon lange im Stich gelassen. Theo versinkt in tiefer Trauer, die ihn lange nicht mehr loslässt. Auch das Gemälde, das seit dem fatalen Ereignis verbotenerweise in seinem Besitz ist und ihn an seine Mutter erinnert, kann ihm keinen Trost spenden. Ganz im Gegenteil: Mit jedem Jahr, das vergeht, kommt er immer weiter von seinem Weg ab und droht, in kriminelle Kreise abzurutschen. Und das Gemälde, das ihn auf merkwürdige Weise fasziniert, scheint ihn geradezu in eine Welt der Lügen und falschen Entscheidungen zu ziehen, in einen Sog, der ihn unaufhaltsam mit sich reißt ...
Aged thirteen, Theo Decker, son of a devoted mother and a reckless, largely absent father, survives an accident that otherwise tears his life apart. Alone and rudderless in New York, he is taken in by the family of a wealthy friend. He is tormented by an unbearable longing for his mother, and down the years clings to the thing that most reminds him of her: a small, strangely captivating painting that ultimately draws him into the criminal underworld. As he grows up, Theo learns to glide between the drawing rooms of the rich and the dusty antiques store where he works. He is alienated and in love - and his talisman, the painting, places him at the centre of a narrowing, ever more dangerous circle. The Goldfinch is a haunted odyssey through present-day America and a drama of enthralling power. Combining unforgettably vivid characters and thrilling suspense, it is a beautiful, addictive triumph - a sweeping story of loss and obsession, of survival and self-invention, of the deepest mysteries of love, identity and fate. Schlagworte:Alleinerziehend, Antiquitäten, Attentat, Drogen, Entwicklungsroman, Erwachsenwerden, Freundschaft, Gemälde, Gesellschaftsroman, Junge, Kriminalität, Kunst, Las Vegas, Mutter, New York, Protagonist, Pulitzerpreis, Schuldgefühl, Suchtmittel, Teenager, Thriller, Tod, Trauma, USA, Vater-Sohn-Beziehung, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 864 S. Beteiligte:Tartt, Donna Standort: Engl. Tar ISBN: 978-0-349-13963-0
Inhalt: Two girls are forced into the woods at gunpoint. One runs for her life. One ist left behind...
Twenty-eight years ago, Charlotte and Samantha Quinn's happy smalltown family life was torn apart by a terrifying attack on their family home. It left their mother dead. It left their father - Pikeville's notorious defence attorney - devastated. And it left the family fractured beyond repair, consumed by secrets from that terrible night.
Twenty-eight years later, and Charlie has followed in her father's footsteps to become a lawyer herself - the archetypal good daughter. But when violence comes to Pikeville again - and a shocking tragedy leaves the whole town traumatised - Charlie is plunged into a nightmare. Not only is she the first witness on the scene, bu it's a case which can't hel triggering the terrible memories she's spent so long trying to suppress. Because the shocking truth about the crime which destroyed her family nearly thirty years ago won't stay buried forever. Schlagworte:Englische Literatur, Mord, Thriller, Vergangenheitsbewältigung Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 503 Seiten Beteiligte:Slaughter, Karin Standort: Engl. Sla ISBN: 978-0-00-815077-8
Inhalt: Alaska, 1974. Unpredictable. Unforgiving. Untamed. For a family in crisis, the ultimate test of survival.
Ernt Allbright, a former POW, comes home from the Vietnam war a changed and volatile man. When he loses yet another job, he makes an impulsive decision: he will move his family north, to Alaska, where they will live off the grid in America¿s last true frontier.
Thirteen-year-old Leni, a girl coming of age in a tumultuous time, caught in the riptide of her parents¿ passionate, stormy relationship, dares to hope that a new land will lead to a better future for her family. She is desperate for a place to belong. Her mother, Cora, will do anything and go anywhere for the man she loves, even if means following him into the unknown.
At first, Alaska seems to be the answer to their prayers. In a wild, remote corner of the state, they find a fiercely independent community of strong men and even stronger women. The long, sunlit days and the generosity of the locals make up for the Allbrights¿ lack of preparation and dwindling resources.
But as winter approaches and darkness descends on Alaska, Ernt¿s fragile mental state deteriorates and the family begins to fracture. Soon the perils outside pale in comparison to threats from within. In their small cabin, covered in snow, blanketed in eighteen hours of night, Leni and her mother learn the terrible truth: they are on their own. In the wild, there is no one to save them but themselves.
In this unforgettable portrait of human frailty and resilience, Kristin Hannah reveals the indomitable character of the modern American pioneer and the spirit of a vanishing Alaska¿a place of incomparable beauty and danger. The Great Alone is a daring, beautiful, stay-up-all-night story about love and loss, the fight for survival, and the wildness that lives in both man and nature. Schlagworte:Alaska, Einsamkeit, Familie, Familiendrama, Gewalt, Psychische Krankheit, Vergangenheitsbewältigung, Wildnis Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 440 Seiten Beteiligte:Hannah, Kristin Standort: Engl. Han ISBN: 978-1-250-19377-3
Inhalt: Fitzgerald war der literarische Wortführer des "Jazz Age". Er hat das glitzernde New York der Zwischenkriegsjahre, das sich für die Rhythmen von Duke Ellington und Louis Armstrong begeisterte, eingefangen, ohne die Frage auszublenden, ob dieser Glanz trügerisch sei. Seine Helden, kaum verhüllte Selbstporträts, strotzen nur so vor Selbstbewusstsein und leiden zugleich an ihrem Ausbeuten der eigenen Seele. Schlagworte:20er Jahre, Amerikanisches Englisch, Englischer Roman, Fitzgerald, F. Scott, New York, USA, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, Zwanziger Jahre Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 172 S. Beteiligte:Fitzgerald, F. Scott Standort: Engl. Fit
Inhalt: Old friends. Past grudges. Happy families. Hidden jealousies. Thirteen guests. One body. The wedding cake has barely been cut when one of the guests is found dead. And as a storm unleashes its fury on the island, everyone is trapped. All have a secret. All have a motive. One guest won't leave this wedding alive. Schlagworte:Geheimnis, Heirat, Hochzeit, Insel, Intrige, Mordfall, Thriller Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 375 Seiten Beteiligte:Foley, Lucy Standort: Engl. Fol ISBN: 978-0-00-829719-0
Inhalt: Will Robie is the government's most professional, disciplined, and lethal assassin. He infiltrates the most hostile countries in the world, defeats our enemies' advanced security measures, and eliminates threats before they ever reach our shores.But now, his skills have left him. Sent overseas on a critical assignment, he fails, unable to pull the trigger. Absent his talents, Robie is a man without a mission, and without a purpose.To recover what he has lost, Robie must confront what he has tried to forget for over twenty years: his own past.THE GUILTYWill Robie escaped his small Gulf Coast hometown of Cantrell, Mississippi, after high school, severing all personal ties, and never looked back. Not once. Not until the unimaginable occurs. His father, Dan Robie, has been arrested and charged with murder.Father and son haven't spoken or seen each other since the day Robie left town. In that time, Dan Robie--a local attorney and pillar of the community--has been elected town judge. Despite this, most of Cantrell is aligned against Dan. His guilt is assumed.To make matters worse, Dan has refused to do anything to defend himself. When Robie tries to help, his father responds only with anger and defiance. Could Dan really be guilty?With the equally formidable Jessica Reel at his side, Robie ignores his father's wishes and begins his own desperate investigation into the case. But Robie is now a stranger to his hometown, an outsider, a man who has forsaken his past and his family. His attempts to save his father are met with distrust and skepticism . . . and violence.Unlike the missions Robie undertook in the service of his country, where his target was clearly defined, digging into his father's case only reveals more questions. Robie is drawn into the hidden underside of Cantrell, where he must face the unexpected and possibly deadly consequences of the long-ago choices made by father and son. And this time, there may be no escape for either of them. Schlagworte:Auftragsmord, Englische Literatur, Thriller, Vergangenheit, Vergangenheitsbewältigung Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 555 Seiten Beteiligte:Baldacci, David Standort: Engl. Bal
Inhalt: In Margaret Atwood's dystopian future, environmental disasters and declining birthrates have led to a Second American Civil War. The result is the rise of the Republic of Gilead, a totalitarian regime that enforces rigid social roles and enslaves the few remaining fertile women. Offred is one of these, a Handmaid bound to produce children for one of Gilead's commanders. Deprived of her husband, her child, her freedom, and even her own name, Offred clings to her memories and her will to survive. At once a scathing satire, an ominous warning, and a tour de force of narrative suspense, The Handmaid's Tale is a modern classic. Schlagworte:Dystopie, Frauen, Geburtenrückgang, Leibeigenschaft, Magd, Unterdrückung, Zukunftsvision Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 320 Seiten Beteiligte:Atwood, Margaret Standort: Engl. Atw ISBN: 978-1-78487-487-2
Inhalt: Mississippi, 1962: Nach dem Studium verbringt Skeeter die Tage auf der elterlichen Baumwollfarm, als einzige ihrer Freundinnen ohne einen Ring am Finger. Und dann ist auch noch ihr geliebtes Kindermädchen spurlos verschwunden. Skeeter wünscht sich nur eins: Sie will weg aus dem engen Jackson und als Journalistin in New York leben. Um etwas zu verändern, verbündet sie sich mit zwei schwarzen Dienstmädchen: Aibileen zieht die Kinder ihrer Arbeitgeber auf. Das Tafelsilber darf sie aber nicht berühren. Und Minny ist auf der Suche nach einer neuen Stelle. Sie ist bekannt für ihre Kochkünste, aber sie ist auch gefürchtet: Denn Minny trägt das Herz auf der Zunge. Gemeinsam beschließen die drei Frauen, gegen die Konventionen ihrer Zeit zu verstoßen und etwas zu wagen. Denn sie alle haben das Gefühl zu ersticken und wollen etwas verändern in ihrer Stadt und in ihrem eigenen Leben. Twenty-two-year-old Skeeter has just returned home after graduating from Ole Miss. She may have a degree, but it is 1962, Mississippi, and her mother will not be happy till Skeeter has a ring on her finger. Skeeter would normally find solace with her beloved maid Constantine, the woman who raised her, but Constantine has disappeared and no one will tell Skeeter where she has gone.
Aibileen is a black maid, a wise, regal woman raising her seventeenth white child. Something has shifted inside her after the loss of her own son, who died while his bosses looked the other way. She is devoted to the little girl she looks after, though she knows both their hearts may be broken.
Minny, Aibileens best friend, is short, fat, and perhaps the sassiest woman in Mississippi. She can cook like nobodys business, but she cant mind her tongue, so shes lost yet another job. Minny finally finds a position working for someone too new to town to know her reputation. But her new boss has secrets of her own.
Seemingly as different from one another as can be, these women will nonetheless come together for a clandestine project that will put them all at risk. And why? Because they are suffocating within the lines that define their town and their times. And sometimes lines are made to be crossed.
Inhalt: Can the same killer strike again¿a hundred and fifty years later?
Estes Park, Colorado, is a place of serenity. But it wasn't always so serene. Shortly after the Civil War, Nathan Kendall and his wife were murdered there, leaving behind a young son. The crime was never solved.
Now¿historian Scarlet Barlow is working at a small museum attached to a B and B, the same building where that murder occurred. She recently came to Colorado, reeling after her divorce from FBI agent Diego McCullough. Diego¿who's just been asked to join the Krewe of Hunters, a unit dealing with "unusual" situations¿
When Scarlet unwittingly takes pictures of people who've been murdered¿just like the Kendalls a hundred and fifty years before¿the police look at her with suspicion. Then the museum's statues of historic people, including Nathan Kendall, begin to talk to her, and she knows it's time to call her ex-husband. Diego heads to Estes Park, determined to solve the bizarre case that threatens Scarlet's life¿and to reunite with the woman he never stopped loving. Schlagworte:Amerikanisches Englisch, Englischer Roman, Thriller, USA, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 360 S. Beteiligte:Graham, Heather Standort: Engl. Gra ISBN: 978-0-7783-1758-6
Inhalt: In Lisbon in 1904, a young man named Tomás discovers an old journal. It hints at the existence of an extraordinary artifact that, if he can find it, would redefine history. Traveling in one of Europe's earliest automobiles, he sets out in search of this strange treasure.
Thirty-five years later, a Portuguese pathologist devoted to the murder mysteries of Agatha Christie finds himself at the center of a mystery of his own and drawn into the consequences of Tomás's quest.
Fifty years on, a Canadian senator takes refuge in his ancestral village in northern Portugal, grieving the loss of his beloved wife. But he arrives with an unusual companion: a chimpanzee. And there the century-old quest will come to an unexpected conclusion.
The High Mountains of Portugal, part quest, part ghost story, part contemporary fable, offers a haunting exploration of great love and great loss. Filled with tenderness, humor, and endless surprise, it takes the reader on a road trip through Portugal in the last century and through the human soul. Schlagworte:20. Jahrhundert, Englischer Roman, Geheimnis, Mordfall, Portugal, Reise, Zeitgeschichte, Zwanzigstes Jahrhundert Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 332 Seiten Beteiligte:Martel, Yann Standort: Engl. Mar ISBN: 978-1-78211-471-0
Inhalt: Seconds before Earth is demolished to make way for a galactic freeway, Arthur Dent is plucked off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a researcher for the revised edition of The Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy who, for the last fifteen years, has been posing as an out-of-work actor. Together, this dynamic pair begin a journbey through space aided by a galaxyful of fellow travelers: Zaphod Beeblebrox, the two-headed, three-armed ex-hippie and totally out-to-lunch president of the galaxy; Trillian (formerly Tricia McMillan), Zaphod's gilfriend, whom Arthur tried to pick up at a cocktail party once upon a time zone; Marvin, a paranoid, brilliant, and chronically depressed robot; and Veet Voojagig, a former graduate student obsessed with the disapeearance of all the ballpoint pens he's bought over the years. Where are these pens? Why are we born? Why do we die? For all the answers, stick your thumb to the stars! Schlagworte:Alien, All, Anhalter, Außerirdische, Galaxie, Science fiction, Universum, Weltraum Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 216 Seiten Beteiligte:Adams, Douglas Standort: Engl. Ada ISBN: 978-0-345-39180-3
The definitive edition of J.R.R. Tolkien's most beloved book, sporting a facsimile of his original cover design and complete with colour plates of his own paintings, brand new reproductions of all his drawings, and colour versions of both maps.
Bilbo Baggins enjoys a quiet and contented life, with no desire to travel far from the comforts of home; then one day the wizard Gandalf and a band of dwarves arrive unexpectedly and enlist his services - as a burglar - on a dangerous expedition to raid the treasure-hoard of Smaug the dragon. Bilbo's life is never to be the same again.
Seldom has any book been so widely read and loved as JRR Tolkien's classic tale, The Hobbit. Since its first publication in 1937 it has remained in print to delight each new generation of readers all over the world, and its hero, Bilbo Baggins, has taken his place among the ranks of the immortals: Alice, Pooh, Toad... Schlagworte:Fantasy, Klassiker, Reise, Tolkien, John R.R. Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 300 Seiten, Illustrationen, Karten Beteiligte:Tolkien, J.R.R. Standort: Engl. Tol ISBN: 978-0-261-10328-3
Inhalt: In a hidden corner of London, Henri Lachapelle is teaching his granddaughter and her horse to defy gravity, just as he had done in France, fifty years previously. But when disaster strikes, fourteen-year-old Sarah is left to fend for herself.
Forced to share a house with her charismatic ex-husband, her professional judgement called into question, lawyer Natasha Macauley's life seems to have gone awry. When her path crosses that of Sarah, she sees a chance to put things right.
Inhalt: Coleman Silk has a secret. But it's not the secret of his affair, at seventy-one, with a woman half his age. And it's not the secret of his alleged racism, which provoked the college witchhunt that cost him his job. Coleman's secret is deeper, and lies at the very core of who he is, and he has kept it hidden from everyone for fifty years. Set in 1998, with the backdrop of the impeachment of a president, The Human Stain shows us an America where conflicting moralities and ideological divisions result in public denunciations and houndings, and where innocence is not always a good enough excuse. Schlagworte:Englische Literatur, Geheimnis, Gesellschaft, Professor, Rassismus Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 361 Seiten Beteiligte:Roth, Philip Standort: Engl. Rot
Inhalt: In a remote hunting lodge, deep in the Scottish wilderness, old friends gather for new year. The beautiful one - the golden couple - the volatile one - the new parents - the quiet one - the city boy - the outsider - the victim.
Inhalt: As a child in 1913, Malka Treynovsky flees Russia for New York with her family--only to be crippled and abandoned in the streets. Taken in by a tough-loving Italian ices peddler, Malka survives. When she falls in love with Albert, they set off together across America in an ice cream truck to seek their fortune; slowly, she transforms herself into Lillian Dunkle, "The Ice Cream Queen of America"--doyenne of an empire of ice cream franchises and a celebrated television personality.
Inhalt: Lady Windermere's Fan / Salomé / A woman of no importance / An ideal husband / A florentine tragedy / The importance of being Earnest
"To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness"
The importance of being Earnest is a glorious comedy of mistaken identity, which ridicules codes of propriety and etiquette. Manners and morality are also victims of Wilde's sharp wit in Lady Windermere's fan, A woman of no importance and An ideal husband, in which snobbery and hypocrisy are laid bare. In Salomé and A florentine tragey, Wilde makes powerful use of historical settings to explore the complex relationship between sex and power. The range of these plays displays Wilde's delight in artifice, masks and disguises, and reveals the pretensions of the social world in which he himself played such a dazzling and precarious part. Schlagworte:Drama, Dramen, Klassiker, Wilde, Oscar <1854-1900> Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 431 Seiten Beteiligte:Wilde, Oscar Standort: Engl. Wil ISBN: 978-0-14-043606-8
Inhalt: America has enemies--ruthless people that the police, the FBI, even the military can't stop. That's when the U.S. government calls on Will Robie, a stone cold hitman who never questions orders and always nails his target. But Will Robie may have just made the first--and last--mistake of his career . . . Schlagworte:American English, Englischer Roman, Thriller, USA, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 422 S. Beteiligte:Baldacci, David Standort: Engl. Bal ISBN: 978-1-4555-1615-5
Inhalt: I was Hannah who found April's body ten years ago. It was Hannah who didn't question what she saw that day. Did her testimony put an innocent man in prison? She needs to know the truth. Even if it means questioning her own friends. Even if it means putting her own life at risk. Because if the killer wasn't a stranger, could it be someone she knows? Schlagworte:Cold Case, Mordfall, Oxford, Thriller, Universität, Unschuld Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 420 Seiten Beteiligte:Ware, Ruth Standort: Engl. War ISBN: 978-1-398-50838-5
Inhalt: In California's Sacramento Valley, six people meet once a month to discuss Jane Austen's novels. They are ordinary people, neither happy nor unhappy, but all wounded in different ways, all mixed up about their lives and their relationships. Over the six month they meet marriages are tested, affairs begin, unsuitable arrangements becone suitable, and under the guiding eye of Jane Austen, some of them even fall in love ...
Inhalt: When seventy-year-old Charlotte Perkins submits a sexy essay to the Become a Jetsetter contest, she dreams of reuniting her estranged children: Lee, an almost-famous actress; Cord, a handsome Manhattan venture capitalist who can't seem to find a partner; and Regan, a harried mother who took it all wrong when Charlotte bought her a Weight Watchers gift certificate for her birthday. Charlotte yearns for the years when her children were young, when she was a single mother who meant everything to them.
When she wins the contest, the family packs their baggage-both literal and figurative-and spends ten days traveling from sun-drenched Athens through glorious Rome to tapas-laden Barcelona on an over-the-top cruise ship, the Splendido Marveloso. As lovers new and old join the adventure, long-buried secrets are revealed and old wounds are reopened, forcing the Perkins family to confront the forces that drove them apart and the defining choices of their lives.
Can four lost adults find the peace they've been seeking by reconciling their childhood aches and coming back together? In the vein of The Nest and The Vacationers, The Jetsetters is a delicious and intelligent novel about the courage it takes to reveal our true selves, the pleasures and perils of family, and how we navigate the seas of adulthood. Schlagworte:Familie, Familiengeschichte, Geschwister, Humor, Kreuzfahrt, Mutter, Schiff, Vergangenheit Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 338 Seiten Beteiligte:Ward, Amanda Eyre Standort: Engl. War ISBN: 978-1-984820-18-1
Inhalt: The man was lost. The myth remained. Kvothe - the dragon-slayer, the renowned swordsman, the most feared, famed and notorious wizard the world has ever seen - vanished without warning and without trace. And even now, when he has been found, when darkness is rising in the corners of the world, he will not return. But his story lives on and, for the first time, Kvothe is going to tell it... Schlagworte:British English, Englischer Roman, Fantasy Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 993 S. Beteiligte:Rothfuss, Patrick Standort: Engl. Rot ISBN: 978-0-575-08142-0
Inhalt: Kvothe ("pronounced nearly the same as 'Quothe' "), the hero and villain of a thousand tales who's presumed dead, lives as the simple proprietor of the Waystone Inn under an assumed name. Prompted by a biographer called Chronicler who realizes his true identity, Kvothe starts to tell his life story. From his upbringing as an actor in his family's traveling troupe of magicians, jugglers and jesters, the Edema Ruh, to feral child on the streets of the vast port city of Tarbean, then his education at "the University," Kvothe is driven by twin imperatives¿his desire to learn the higher magic of naming and his need to discover as much as possible about the Chandrian, the demons of legend who murdered his family. Schlagworte:British English, Englischer Roman, Fantasy Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 722 S. Beteiligte:Rothfuss, Patrick Standort: Engl. Rot ISBN: 978-0-7564-0474-1
Inhalt: A missing child June 1933, and the Edevane family's country house, Loeanneth, is polished and gleaming, ready for the much-anticipated Midsummer Eve party. Alice Edevane, sixteen years old and a budding writer, is especially excited. Not only has she worked out the perfect twist for her novel, she's also fallen helplessly in love with someone she shouldn't. But by the time midnight strikes and fireworks light up the night skies, the Edevane family will have suffered a loss so great that they leave Loeanneth forever.
An abandoned house Seventy years later, after a particularly troubling case, Sadie Sparrow is sent on an enforced break from her job with the Metropolitan Police. She retreats to her beloved grandfather's cottage in Cornwall but soon finds herself at a loose end. Until one day, Sadie stumbles upon an abandoned house surrounded by overgrown gardens and dense woods, and learns the story of a baby boy who disappeared without a trace.
An unsolved mystery Meanwhile, in the attic writing room of her elegant Hampstead home, the formidable Alice Edevane, now an old lady, leads a life as neatly plotted as the bestselling detective novels she writes. Until a young police detective starts asking questions about her family's past, seeking to resurrect the complex tangle of secrets Alice has spent her life trying to escape. Schlagworte:Cornwall, Englischer Roman, Familie, Familiendrama, Vergangenheit Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 599 Seiten Beteiligte:Morton, Kate Standort: Engl. Mor ISBN: 978-1-5098-1646-0
Inhalt: A sparkling, life-affirming story that will make you cry like Jojo Moyes and laugh like Dawn French. Here is a truth that can't be escaped: for Mia 'Rabbit' Hayes, life is coming to an end . . Rabbit Hayes loves her life, ordinary as it is, and the extraordinary people in it. She loves her spirited daughter, Juliet; her colourful, unruly family; the only man in her big heart, Johnny Faye. But it turns out the world has other plans for Rabbit, and she's OK with that. Because she has plans for the world too, and only a handful of days left to make them happen. Here is a truth that won't be forgotten: this is a story about laughing through life's surprises and finding the joy in every moment. Anna McPartlin auf der Höhe ihres Könnens: ein zutiefst ergreifender Roman über das Leben und das Sterben. Erst wenn das Schlimmste eintritt, weißt du, wer dich liebt. Stell dir vor, du hast nur noch neun Tage. Neun Tage, um über die Flüche deiner Mutter zu lachen. Um die Hand deines Vaters zu halten (wenn er dich lässt). Und deiner Schwester durch ihr Familienchaos zu helfen. Um deinem Bruder den Weg zurück in die Familie zu bahnen. Nur neun Tage, um Abschied zu nehmen von deiner Tochter, die noch nicht weiß, dass du nun gehen wirst ... Die Geschichte von Rabbit Hayes: ungeheuer traurig. Ungeheuer tröstlich. Schlagworte:Abschied, England, Englisch, Englischer Roman, Familie, Freunde, Humor, Junge Frau, Sterben, Trost Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 436 S. Beteiligte:MacPartlin, Anna Standort: Engl. MacP ISBN: 978-0-552-77374-4
Inhalt: When journalist Ellie looks through her newspaper's archives for a story, she doesn't think she'll find anything of interest. Instead she discovers a letter from 1960, written by a man asking his lover to leave her husband - and Ellie is caught up in the intrigue of a past love affair. Despite, or perhaps because of her own romantic entanglements with a married man. In 1960, Jennifer wakes up in hospital after a car accident. She can't remember anything - her husband, her friends, who she used to be. And then, when she returns home, she uncovers a hidden letter, and begins to remember the lover she was willing to risk everything for. Ellie and Jennifer's stories of passion, adultery and loss are wound together in this richly emotive novel - interspersed with real 'last letters'. Schlagworte:20. Jahrhundert, Einundzwanzigstes Jahrhundert, England, Englischer Roman, Frauenschicksal, Liebe, Liebesgeschichte, Zwanzigstes Jahrhundert Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 489 S. Beteiligte:Moyes, Jojo Standort: Engl. Moy ISBN: 978-0-340-96164-3
Inhalt: After spending the last 20 years in prison for killing his parents, convicted murderer Melvin Mars suddenly learns that he will be released. Another man has unexpectedly confessed to the crime. But it's unclear who the real murderer is--was the man's confession false? Is Melvin still the true killer?
In his No. 1 New York Times bestseller Memory Man , David Baldacci introduced the extraordinary detective Amos Decker-the man who can forget nothing. Now, Decker returns in a spectacular new thriller . . . THE LAST MILE Convicted murderer Melvin Mars is counting down the last hours before his execution--for the violent killing of his parents twenty years earlier--when he's granted an unexpected reprieve. Another man has confessed to the crime. Amos Decker, newly hired on an FBI special task force, takes an interest in Mars's case after discovering the striking similarities to his own life: Both men were talented football players with promising careers cut short by tragedy. Both men's families were brutally murdered. And in both cases, another suspect came forward, years after the killing, to confess to the crime. A suspect who may or may not have been telling the truth. The confession has the potential to make Melvin Mars--guilty or not--a free man. Who wants Mars out of prison? And why now? But when a member of Decker's team disappears, it becomes clear that something much larger--and more sinister--than just one convicted criminal's life hangs in the balance. Decker will need all of his extraordinary brainpower to stop an innocent man from being executed. Schlagworte:Amerikanisches Englisch, Eltern, Englischer Roman, FBI, Familie, Familiendrama, Fußball, Fußballspieler, Gefängnis, Hinrichtung, Mörder, Thriller, Täter Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 416 S. Beteiligte:Baldacci, David Standort: Engl. Bal
Inhalt: Outside the island there is nothing: the world destroyed by a fog that swept the planet, killing anyone it touched. On the island: it is idyllic. 122 villagers and 3 scientists, living in peaceful harmony. The villagers are content to fish, farm and feast, to obey their nightly curfew, to do what they're told by the scientists.
Until, to the horror of the islanders, one of their beloved scientists is found brutally stabbed to death. And they learn the murder has triggered a lowering of the security system around the island, the only thing that was keeping the fog at bay.
If the murder isn't solved within 107 hours, the fog will smother the island - and everyone on it.
But the security system has also wiped everyone's memories of exactly what happened the night before, which means that someone on the island is a murderer - and they don't even know it. Schlagworte:Dystopie, Insel, Mordfall, Mystery, Mysterythriller, Science fiction, Thriller, Weltuntergang Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 332 Seiten Beteiligte:Turton, Stuart Standort: Engl. Tur ISBN: 978-1-5266-3491-7
Inhalt: When life feels like a puzzle, sometomes it's the small pieces that make up the bigger picture.
A successful travel journalist, Bridget has ambitions to turn her quirky relationship blog into a book. But then a different proposition catches her eye. Nicole Dupré died leaving behind a bestselling novel and an incomplete sequel. Tasked with finishing the book, Bridget is thankful to have a chance to show what she can do, even if it means relocating to Cornwall and answering to Nicole's grieving husband, Charlie. But as she gets to know the family Nicole left behind, and the woman behind the words, Bridget's priorities begin to change. Schlagworte:Autorin, Englische Literatur, Liebe, Schriftstellerin, Verfasserin, Witwer Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 402 Seiten Beteiligte:Toon, Paige Standort: Engl. Too ISBN: 978-1-4711-6302-9
Before Owen Michaels disappears, he manages to smuggle a note to his new wife, Hannah: protect her. Hannah knows exactly who Owen needs her to protect - his sixteen-year-old daughter. Bailey, who lost her mother tragically as a child. And who wants absolutely nothing to do with her new stepmother. As her increasingly desperate calls to Owen go unanswered, his boss is arrested for fraud and the police start questioning her, Hannah realises that her husband isn't who he said he was. And that Bailey might hold the key to discovering Owen's true identity, and why he disappeared. Together they set out to discover the truth. But as they start putting together the pieces of Owen's past, they soon realise that their lives will never be the same again. Schlagworte:Ehemann, Englische Literatur, Identitätsdiebstahl, Identitätsfälschung, Mystery, Thriller, Tochter Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 306 Seiten Beteiligte:Dave, Laura Standort: Engl. Dav ISBN: 978-1-78816-858-8
Inhalt: Librarian Martha Storm has always found it easier to connect with books than people-though not for lack of trying. She keeps careful lists of how to help others in her superhero-themed notebook. And yet, sometimes it feels like she's invisible.
All of that changes when a book of fairy tales arrives on her doorstep. Inside, Martha finds a dedication written to her by her best friend-her grandmother Zelda-who died under mysterious circumstances years earlier. When Martha discovers a clue within the book that her grandmother may still be alive, she becomes determined to discover the truth. As she delves deeper into Zelda's past, she unwittingly reveals a family secret that will change her life forever.
Filled with Phaedra Patrick's signature charm and vivid characters, The Library of Lost and Found is a heartwarming and poignant tale of how one woman must take control of her destiny to write her own happy ending. Schlagworte:Bibliothek, Bibliothekarin, Bücherei, Familiengeheimnis, Geheimnis Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 348 Seiten Beteiligte:Patrick, Phaedra Standort: Engl. Pat ISBN: 978-0-7783-6935-6
Inhalt: Perfect for fans of Cecelia Ahern and Jojo Moyes, a beautifuland moving story about the unbreakable bond between a mother and daughter Perfect for fans of Cecelia Ahern and Jojo Moyes, a beautifuland moving story about the unbreakable bond between a mother and daughter
Brett's Life List
1. Go to Paris
2. Perform live, on a super big stage
3. Have a baby, maybe two
4. Fall in love
Brett Bohlinger seems to have it all: a plum job, a spacious loft, an irresistibly handsome boyfriend. All in all, a charmed life. That is, until her beloved mother passes away, leaving behind a will with one big stipulation: In order to receive her inheritance, Brett must first complete the life list of goals she d written when she was a naïve girl of fourteen.
Grief-stricken, Brett can barely make sense of her mother s decision her childhood dreams don t resemble her ambitions at age thirty-four in the slightest. Some seem impossible. How can she possibly have a relationship with a father who died seven years ago? Other goals (Be an awesome teacher!) would require her to reinvent her entire future.
Inhalt: Lucy is faced with a life-altering choice. But before she can make her decision, she must start her story-their story-at the very beginning.
Lucy and Gabe meet as seniors at Columbia University on a day that changes both of their lives forever. Together, they decide they want their lives to mean something, to matter. When they meet again a year later, it seems fated-perhaps they'll find life's meaning in each other. But then Gabe becomes a photojournalist assigned to the Middle East and Lucy pursues a career in New York. What follows is a thirteen-year journey of dreams, desires, jealousies, betrayals, and, ultimately, of love. Was it fate that brought them together? Is it choice that has kept them away? Their journey takes Lucy and Gabe continents apart, but never out of each other's hearts.
This devastatingly romantic debut novel about the enduring power of first love, with a shocking, unforgettable ending, is Love Story for a new generation. Schlagworte:Englische Literatur, Fotojournalismus, Liebe, Neuanfang, Tod, Trennung Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 328 Seiten Beteiligte:Santopolo, Jill Standort: Engl. San ISBN: 978-0-7352-1275-6
Inhalt: In New York Times bestselling author Fiona Davis's latest historical novel, a series of book thefts roils the iconic New York Public Library, leaving two generations of strong-willed women to pick up the pieces.
It's 1913, and on the surface, Laura Lyons couldn't ask for more out of life-her husband is the superintendent of the New York Public Library, allowing their family to live in an apartment within the grand building, and they are blessed with two children. But headstrong, passionate Laura wants more, and when she takes a leap of faith and applies to the Columbia Journalism School, her world is cracked wide open. As her studies take her all over the city, she is drawn to Greenwich Village's new bohemia, where she discovers the Heterodoxy Club-a radical, all-female group in which women are encouraged to loudly share their opinions on suffrage, birth control, and women's rights. Soon, Laura finds herself questioning her traditional role as wife and mother. But when valuable books are stolen back at the library, threatening the home and institution she loves, she's forced to confront her shifting priorities head on . . . and may just lose everything in the process.
Eighty years later, in 1993, Sadie Donovan struggles with the legacy of her grandmother, the famous essayist Laura Lyons, especially after she's wrangled her dream job as a curator at the New York Public Library. But the job quickly becomes a nightmare when rare manuscripts, notes, and books for the exhibit Sadie's running begin disappearing from the library's famous Berg Collection. Determined to save both the exhibit and her career, the typically risk-adverse Sadie teams up with a private security expert to uncover the culprit. However, things unexpectedly become personal when the investigation leads Sadie to some unwelcome truths about her own family heritage-truths that shed new light on the biggest tragedy in the library's history. Schlagworte:Bibliothek, Bibliothekarin, Bücherei, Diebstahl, Familie, Historisches, Journalismus, Journalistin, New York, New York Public Library, Öffentliche Bibliothek Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 354 Seiten Beteiligte:Davis, Fiona Standort: Enlg. Dav ISBN: 978-1-5247-4461-8
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