Inhalt: Who knows you better than your best friend? Who knows your secrets, your fears, your desires, your strange imperfect self?
Edi and Ash have been best friends for over forty years. Since childhood they have seen each other through life's milestones: stealing vodka from their parents, the Madonna phase, REM concerts, unexpected wakes, marriages, infertility, children. As Ash notes, 'Edi's memory is like the back-up hard drive for mine.' So when Edi is diagnosed with cancer, Ash's world reshapes around the rhythms of Edi's care, from making watermelon ice cubes to music therapy; from snack smuggling to impromptu excursions into the frozen winter night. Because life is about squeezing the joy out of every moment, about building a powerhouse of memories, about learning when to hold on, and when to let go. Schlagworte:Alter, Frauen, Freunde, Freundin, Freundschaft, Krankheit, Krebs, Trauer Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 209 Seiten Beteiligte:Newman, Catherine Standort: Engl. New ISBN: 978-1-5291-7722-0
Inhalt: "Hattest du als Kind auch diesen Moment, in dem dir plötzlich klar wurde, dass deine Familie verrückt ist?"
Es war einmal ein Haus mit einem Garten, in dem wohnten ein Apfelbaum, ein Bach und ein kleine Katze mit mondgelben Augen. Hier wachsen drei Kinder auf: Rosemary, ihre ungestüme Schwester Fern und ihr großer Bruder Lowell. Sie könnten eine ganz normale Familie sein. Wäre ihr Vater nicht Wissenschaftler, und wäre Fern nicht ein ganz besonderes kleines Mädchen, das Wachsmalstifte verspeist, den perfekten Rückwärtssalto beherrscht und lacht wie eine Säge. Jahre nach Ferns Verschwinden erzählt Rosemary nun deren Geschichte. Denn erzählen war das Einzige, was Fern nie konnte. "Die wundersame Reise ins Herz einer Familie. Am Ende bricht das Buch dem Leser nicht einfach das Herz - es nimmt sein Herz und gibt es nicht mehr zurück." Dan Chaon "Mein Lieblingsbuch des Jahres." Elizabeth George From the bestselling author of The Jane Austen Book Club, the story of an American family, middle class in middle America, ordinary in every way but one. But that exception is the beating heart of this extraordinary novel. It's funny, clever, intimate, honest, analytical and swirling with ideas that will come back to bite you. You can't choose your family, but they can make choices for you. Schlagworte:Amerikanisches Englisch, Englisch, Englischer Roman, Familie, Geschwister, USA, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, Verschwinden, Wissenschaftler Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 320 S. Beteiligte:Fowler, Karen Joy Standort: Engl. Fow ISBN: 978-1-78125-295-6
Inhalt: A scandalous revelation is about to devastate a picturesque town where the houses are immaculate and the neighborhoods are tightly knit. Devoted mother Cora O'Connell has found the journal of her friend Laurel's daughter-a beautiful college student who lives next door-revealing an illicit encounter. Hours later, Laurel makes a shattering discovery of her own: her daughter has vanished without a trace. Over the course of one weekend, the crises of two close families are about to trigger a chain reaction that will expose a far more disturbing web of secrets. Now everything is at stake as they're forced to confront the lies they have told in order to survive. Schlagworte:Betrug, Ehe, Ehebruch, Familie, Familiendrama, Familiengeheimnis, Geheimnis, Gesellschaft, Intrige, Mütter, Skandal, Verschwinden, Vorstadt Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 337 Seiten Beteiligte:Sise, Katie Standort: Engl. Sis ISBN: 978-1-5039-0361-6
Inhalt: "You've just had a holiday.", I pointed out, trying not to yawn. "Wasn't that enough of a break?" "I don't mean that kind of break."
There's nothing worse than the last day of holiday. Oh wait, there is. When what should have been a proposal turns into a break, Liv and Adam find themselves on opposite sides of the life they had mapped out. Friends and family all think they're crazy: Liv throws herself into work - animals are so much simpler than humans - and Adam tries to get himself out of the hole he's dug. But as the short break becomes a chasm, can they find a way back to each other? Most importantly, do they want do? Schlagworte:Beziehung, Beziehungsproblem, Krise, Liebe Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 404 Seiten Beteiligte:Kelk, Lindsey Standort: Engl. Kel ISBN: 978-0-00-758243-3
Inhalt: In misty, coastal Washington State, Isaac lives alone with his dog, grieving the recent death of his teenage son, Daniel. Next door, Lorrie, a working single mother, struggles with a heinous act committed by her own teenage son. Separated by only a silvery stretch of trees, the two parents are emotionally stranded, isolated by their great losses-until an unfamiliar sixteen-year-old girl shows up, bridges the gap, and changes everything.
Evangeline's arrival at first feels like a blessing, but she is also clearly hiding something. When Isaac, who has retreated into his Quaker faith, isn't equipped to handle her alone, Lorrie forges her own relationship with the girl. Soon all three characters are forced to examine what really happened in their overlapping pasts, and what it all possibly means for a shared future.
With a propulsive mystery at its core, What Comes After offers an unforgettable story of loss and anger, but also of kindness and hope, courage and forgiveness. It is a deeply moving account of strangers and friends not only helping each other forward after tragedy, but inspiring a new kind of family. Schlagworte:Amoklauf, Jugendliche, Schuld, Schwangerschaft, Tragödie, Trauer, USA, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, Verlust Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 419 Seiten Beteiligte:Tompkins, Joanne Standort: Engl. Tom ISBN: 978-0-593-33255-9
Inhalt: translated from the Japanese by Alison Watts
What are you looking for?
So asks Tokyo's most enigmatic librarian, Sayuri Komachi.
But she is no ordinary librarian.
Sensing exactly what someone is searching for in life, she provides just the book recommendation to help them find it.
In this uplifting book, we meet five visitors to the library, each at a different crossroads:
- The restless retail assistant eager to pick up new skills - The mother faced with a demotion at work after maternity leave - The conscientious accountant who yearns to open an antique store - The gifted young manga artist in search of motivation - The recently retired salaryman on a quest for newfound purpose
Can she help them find what they are looking for?
Already loved by thousands of readers all over the world, What You Are Looking For is in the Library is an inspirational tale of love, life, and the comfort that can be found in good book.
Inhalt: When the killing's done deftly relates a richly humane tale about the dominion we attempt to exert, for better or worse, over the natural world. Combining action-packed adventure with delicious irony and believable characters without one trace of sanctimony, this is one of T.C. Boyle's richest and most engaging novels. Schlagworte:Amerikanisches Englisch, California, Englischer Roman, Gesellschaft, Insel, Kalifornien, Umweltschutz, Umweltschützer, Ökosystem Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 443 S. Beteiligte:Boyle, T. C. Standort: Engl. Boy ISBN: 978-0-670-02232-8
Inhalt: Her sister has been dead for fifteen years when she sees her on the TV news...
Josie Bianci was killed years ago on a train during a terrorist attack. Gone forever. It's what her sister, Kit, an ER doctor in Santa Cruz, has always believed. Yet all it takes is a few heart-wrenching seconds to upend Kit's world. Live coverage of a club fire in Auckland has captured the image of a woman stumbling through the smoke and debris. Her resemblance to Josie is unbelievable. And unmistakable. With it comes a flood of emotions-grief, loss, and anger-that Kit finally has a chance to put to rest: by finding the sister who's been living a lie.
After arriving in New Zealand, Kit begins her journey with the memories of the past: of days spent on the beach with Josie. Of a lost teenage boy who'd become part of their family. And of a trauma that has haunted Kit and Josie their entire lives.
Now, if two sisters are to reunite, it can only be by unearthing long-buried secrets and facing a devastating truth that has kept them apart far too long. To regain their relationship, they may have to lose everything. Schlagworte:Geheimnis, Kindheit, Schwester, Schwestern, Tod, Trauer, Vergangenheit Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 341 Seiten Beteiligte:O'Neal, Barbara Standort: Engl. O'Ne ISBN: 978-1-5420-0452-7
Inhalt: 'Why won't he let you go?' I ask. 'He thinks he owns me.'
To Philomena McCarthy, being a police officer means never turning your back on someone in trouble. So when a decorated detective beats his girlfriend and the case is covered up, Phil secretly helps her.
But as Phil lets her new friend deeper into her life, sinister things start happening.
And by the time she's truly afraid, it's already too late . . . Schlagworte:Polizistin, Thriller Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 404 Seiten Beteiligte:Robotham, Michael Standort: Engl. Rob ISBN: 978-0-7515-8154-6
Inhalt: Paris 1944 A young woman's future is torn away in a heartbeat. Herded on to a train bound for Auschwitz, in an act of desperation she entrusts her most precious possession to a stranger. All she has left now is hope.
Inhalt: Lorena Hickok meets Eleanor Roosevelt in 1932 while reporting on Franklin Roosevelt's first presidential campaign. Having grown up worse than poor in South Dakota and reinvented herself as the most prominent woman reporter in America, "Hick," as she's known to her friends and admirers, is not quite instantly charmed by the idealistic, patrician Eleanor. But then, as her connection with the future first lady deepens into intimacy, what begins as a powerful passion matures into a lasting love, and a life that Hick never expected to have. She moves into the White House, where her status as "first friend" is an open secret, as are FDR's own lovers. After she takes a job in the Roosevelt administration, promoting and protecting both Roosevelts, she comes to know Franklin not only as a great president but as a complicated rival and an irresistible friend, capable of changing lives even after his death. Through it all, even as Hick's bond with Eleanor is tested by forces both extraordinary and common, and as she grows as a woman and a writer, she never loses sight of the love of her life.
From Washington, D.C. to Hyde Park, from a little white house on Long Island to an apartment on Manhattan's Washington Square, Amy Bloom's new novel moves elegantly through fascinating places and times, written in compelling prose and with emotional depth, wit, and acuity. Schlagworte:Affäre, America, Amerika, Hickok, Lorena, Journalistin, Lesbische Liebe, Roosevelt, Eleanor <1884-1962>, Roosevelt, Franklin D., Weißes Haus Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 2016 Seiten Beteiligte:Bloom, Amy Standort: Engl. Blo ISBN: 978-1-78378-172-0
Inhalt: "Wicked River is partly a who-is-my-husband-really story, partly a horror-in-the-wilderness story, and partly a Manhattan-family drama, all rolled up in elegantly propulsive prose, and shot through with sinister suspense."¿LEE CHILD, New York Times bestselling author
Six million acres of Adirondack forest separate Natalie and Doug Larson from civilization. For the newlyweds, an isolated backcountry honeymoon seems ideal-a chance to start their lives together with an adventure. But just as Natalie and Doug begin to explore the dark interiors of their own hearts, as well as the depths of their love for each other, it becomes clear that they are not alone in the woods.
Because six million acres makes it easy for the wicked to hide. And even easier for someone to go missing for good.
As they struggle with the worst the wilderness has to offer, a man watches them, wielding the forest like a weapon. He wants something from them more terrifying than death. And once they are near his domain, he will do everything in his power to make sure they never walk out again. Schlagworte:Abenteuer, Ehepaar, Isolation, Stalking, Thriller, Wildnis, Überleben Systematik: Engl., , Roman Beteiligte:Milchman, Jenny Standort: Engl. Mil ISBN: 978-1-4926-5899-3
Inhalt: Helen und Meg, zwei höhere Töchter aus London, verleben die Sommerfrische auf dem Landsitz Howards End. Es entspinnt sich eine Liebesgeschichte voller Sehnsucht, Zärtlichkeit und Melancholie zu den beiden attraktiven Söhnen des Hauses.
As clear-eyed Margaret develops a friendship with Mrs Wilcox, the impetuous Helen brings into their midst a young bank clerk named Leonard Bast, who lives at the edge of poverty and ruin. When Mrs Wilcox dies, her family discovers that she wants to leave her country home, Howards End, to Margaret. Schlagworte:Deutsch, England, Englisch, Englischer Roman, Forster, Edward M., Zweisprachig Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 676 S. Beteiligte:Forster, E.M. Standort: Engl. For
Inhalt: When Russ and Aurora cross paths at a university party, a drinking game ends with them spending the night together. The next day, Aurora slips away before Russ learns her full name.
This anonymity ends when they both turn up to their first day of work as camp counsellors. A job they had both chosen to escape Maple Hills for the summer.
Given their history, there's still an obvious tension between the two but the camp has a strict "no staff fraternizing" rule. Russ doesn't want to risk heading home early but Aurora has never been one for rules.
As things heat up, they'll have to resist or risk starting something they just can't stop.
Inhalt: Detective Ellie Reeves heads into the wilds of the Appalachian Mountains when she wants to get lost - to forget the whispers chasing her and the past that keeps her up at night. She's sick of having to prove herself to her small town. But hiking in the endless miles of woods isn't the escape she was hoping for. One night, as dusk falls, a gust of wind blows some petals onto Ellie's path. Following the trail, she finds a golden-haired young woman dead on a bed of daffodils, with a note: Monday's child is fair of face. When Ellie emerges from the forest, there is a medssage on her phone. Someone has sent her a picture of her colleague, Officer Shondra Eastwood, with the words: Can you find her, Detective Reeves? Ellie is racked with guilt - while she was busy hiding from life a killer was on the loose, and he has taken her beloved friend. The wilderness, and its shadows, is the perfect hunting ground for a criminal - but what does the sinister nursery rhyme meain? It soon becomes clear when another dead woman, Tuesday's Child, is found. Ellie is up against a serial killer who will claim a victim for every day of the week, and in the next twenty-four hours there will be another body. As this ruthless murderer closes in on her, can she save more innocent women - and Shondra - from his clutches? Or will he get to Ellie first? Schlagworte:Serienmörder, Thriller Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 399 Seiten Beteiligte:Herron, Rita Standort: Engl. Her ISBN: 978-1-83888-987-6
In a village at the edge of the wilderness of northern Russia, where the winds blow cold and the snow falls many months of the year, an elderly servant tells stories of sorcery, folklore and the Winter King to the children of the family, tales of old magic frowned upon by the church. But for the young, wild Vasya these are far more than just stories. She alone can see the house spirits that guard her home, and sense the growing forces of dark magic in the woods. Schlagworte:Englische Literatur, Erwachsenwerden, Fantasy, Magie, Märchen, Russland Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 456 Seiten Beteiligte:Arden, Katherine Standort: Engl. Ard ISBN: 978-1-78503-105-2
Inhalt: Juliet loves her family very much. She would do anything for them and she knows her husband, Rick, feels the same - which is a good thing because they ask a lot! Son, Tom, may be looking for work but he doesn't seem to be looking very hard. Their pregnant daughter Chloe has returned to the family home, bringing her two-year-old son with her.
Juliet's father, Frank, is getting over a heartbreak of his own and Rita, Juliet's mother, is becoming more and more erratic each day. And then there's Buster, the much-loved family dog - even though he does smell a bit ...With Christmas fast-approaching, Juliet knows that she and Rick need to pull out all the stops to turn the chaos into calm otherwise it could be a disaster. But things seem to spiralling out of control, which means just one thing - it must be Christmas! Schlagworte:Englisch, Englischer Roman, Familie, Protagonistin, Weihnachten Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 488 S. Beteiligte:Matthews, Carole Standort: Engl. Mat ISBN: 978-0-7515-4548-7
Inhalt: When an adolescent boy s body is found mutilated and artfully arranged on the top of a tomb, it takes no large leap for the police to recognize the work of a serial killer. This is his fourth victim but the first to be white. Hoping to avoid charges of institutionalized prejudice in the failure to pursue the earlier crimes to their conclusion, New Scotland Yard takes the case and hands it over to Acting Superintendent Thomas Lynley and his colleagues. The killer is a psychopath who does not intend to be stopped. Only a devastating tragedy within their ranks causes the police to fumble in their pursuit of him. Schlagworte:American English, Englischer Roman, Krimi Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 900 S. Beteiligte:George, Elizabeth Standort: Engl. Geo ISBN: 978-0-06-208759-1
Inhalt: Sometimes you need to get lost to find your way
Marnie is stuck. Stuck working alone in her London flat, stuck battling the long afternoons and a life that often feels like it's passing her by.
Michael is coming undone. Reeling from his wife's departure, increasingly reclusive, taking himself on long, solitary walks across the moors and fells.
When a persistent mutual friend and some very English weather conspire to bring them together, Marnie and Michael suddenly find themselves alone on the most epic of walks and on the precipice of a new friendship.
Inhalt: Family life on the Upper East Side of Manhattan is a world of violin lessons, skiing holidays and haute couture outfits at the school gates. Grace Sachs, a renowned marriage counsellor, has settled into this life with her beloved hsuband and young son. But her comfortable world is shattered when the mother of her son's classmate is found murdered - and news of the death coincides with Grace's realization that she doesn't know where her husband is. As she begins to unravel the truth, everything Grace thought she knew is turned upside down. Schlagworte:Ehepaar, Mord, Thriller Systematik: Engl., , Roman Umfang: 439 Seiten Beteiligte:Korelitz, Jean Hanff Standort: Engl. Kor ISBN: 978-0-571-30753-1
Young-Adult-ELI-Readers : Stage 3 : Intermediate The Age of Innocence Englische Lektüre für das 4. und 5. Lehrjahr Ernst Klett Verlag, Stuttgart (2015)
Standort: Engl. Wha
Inhalt: The Audacity of Hope is Barack Obama's call for a new kind of politics - a politics that builds upon those shared understandings that pull us together as Americans. Lucid in his vision of America's place in the world, refreshingly candid about his family life and his time in the Senate, Obama here sets out his political convictions and inspires us to trust in the dogged optimism that has long defined us and that is our best hope going forward. Schlagworte:American way of life, Obama, Barack <1961-, Politik, Präsident, USA, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika Systematik: Engl., , Roman, , EYB 24 Umfang: 427 S. Beteiligte:Obama, Barack Standort: Engl. Oba ISBN: 978-0-307-45587-1
Der Märchenpalast die schönsten Märchen Europas aus 52 Sprachen, erzählt für 365 Tage und eine Nacht. Zweites Buch Droemer Knaur, München (1992)
Standort: e Mae
Der Märchenpalast die schönsten Märchen Europas aus 52 Sprachen, erzählt für 365 Tage und eine Nacht. Drittes Buch Droemer Knaur, München (1992)
Standort: e Mae
Der Märchenpalast die schönsten Märchen Europas aus 52 Sprachen, erzählt für 365 Tage und eine Nacht. Erstes Buch Droemer Knaur, München (1992)
Standort: e Mae
Inhalt: Aus d. Franz. übers. Schlagworte:Fabel, Roman Systematik: Roman , , e Umfang: 430 S. : Ill. Beteiligte:La Fontaine, Jean de Standort: e La F 055475
Die Märchen der Weltliteratur Kinder- und Hausmärchen (Band Bd. 4) nach der großen Ausgabe von 1857, textkritisch revidiert, kommentiert und durch Register erschlossen Diederichs, München (1996)
Standort: e Gri
Inhalt: Kutscher Salim, der beste Geschichtenerzähler in Damaskus verstummt plötzlich. Es gibt nur sieben Gaben, die ihn erlösen können: Sieben Geschichten von seinen besten Freunden erzählt. Diese versammeln sich nun allabendlich um reihum ihre Märchen und Geschichten zum Besten zu geben. Schlagworte:Damaskus, Geschichten, Märchen Systematik: Roman , , e Umfang: 274 S. Beteiligte:Schami, Rafik Standort: e Sch
Kinder- und Hausmärchen (Band Bd. 1) Erster Band ; Märchen Nr. 1-60 ; nach der großen Ausgabe von 1857, textkritisch revidiert, kommentiert und durch Register erschlossen Diederichs, München (1996)
Standort: e Gri 051695
Kinder- und Hausmärchen (Band Bd. 2) Zweiter Band ; Märchen Nr. 61-144 ; nach der großen Ausgabe von 1857, textkritisch revidiert, kommentiert und durch Register erschlossen Diederichs, München (1996)
Standort: e Gri 051696
Kinder- und Hausmärchen (Band Bd. 3) Dritter Band ; Märchen Nr. 145-200, Kinderlegenden 1-100 ; nach der großen Ausgabe von 1857, textkritisch revidiert, kommentiert und durch Register erschlossen Diederichs, München (1996)
Standort: e Gri 051697
Inhalt: Aus d. Hebr. übers. Schlagworte:Erwachsene, Märchen Systematik: Roman , , e Umfang: 309 S. Beteiligte:Jason, Heda ÄHrsg.Ãœ Standort: e Mae 051175
Inhalt: Aus dem Tibet. übers. Schlagworte:Märchen Systematik: Roman , , e Umfang: 251 S. : Ill. Beteiligte:Hoffmann, Helmut (Hrsg.) Standort: e Mae 034808
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