Titoli in Saghe

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A Read with Jenna Today Show Book Club Pick The New York Times bestselling author of Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet returns with a powerful exploration of the love that binds a family across the generations in “one of the most beautiful books of...

Als Onkel Willi stirbt, stehen der Drittel-Life-Crisis geplagte Lorenz und seine drei Tanten vor einer Herausforderung. Willi wollte immer in seinem Geburtsland Montenegro begraben werden, doch für eine regelkonforme Überführung fehlt das Geld. Kurzerhand begibt man sich auf eine illegale Fahrt im Fiat Panda von Wien bis zum Balkan. Auf der Reise finden die abenteuerlichen Geschichten der Familie Prischinger zueinander: Mirl, die älteste Schwester, musste früh Verantwortung übernehmen und wollte stets nur weg vom Land.

After her fiancé dies in the sinking of the Royal Oak, Mary finds herself stationed in Orkney, still battling her grief. With Iris and Sally by her side, she is gradually overcoming her loss and is surprised to be helped by the irascible Joe. Joe is a signalman aboard the Kelpie and his cheeky Morse code messages to Mary while she's on shift bring her cheer and exasperation in equal measure. With Christmas round the corner, Mary is opening herself back up to the festive spirit—and to love.

Während der Zweite Weltkrieg London beherrscht, halten die Frauen aus der Mulberry Lane fest zusammen... Maureen Jackson wusste, dass das Leben als angehende Krankenschwester nicht einfach sein würde. Aber sie hatte nicht damit gerechnet, dass ihr Krankenhaus gleich in ihrer ersten Schicht schwer bombardiert wird. Zudem halten sie Familie und Freunde in der Mulberry Lane Maureen auf Trab, denn dort wird sie genauso gebraucht wie bei ihren Patienten. Und als wäre das nicht genug, tritt auch Rory wieder in ihr Leben.

Following a humiliating experience involving the man she thought she’d marry, Iris Tredwick signs up to the Wrens in order to escape and - hopefully - find ‘the right sort’ of man to please her mother. After a bumpy start, Iris manages to befriend outspoken Mary and dreamer Sally as they are sent to their first posting - in Orkney. There she meets engineer Rob, whose flirtatious nature both charms and confounds straight-laced Iris. Much more appropriate for her is local doctor Stewart, if only she felt the same spark for him as she does for Rob.

Mr. Mani is a deeply affecting six-generation family saga, extending from nineteenth century Greece and Poland to British-occupied Palestine to German-occupied Crete and ultimately to modern Israel. The narrative moves through time and is told in five conversations about the Mani family. It ends...

Folksy and fresh, endearing and affecting, Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe is the now-classic story of two women in the 1980s; of gray-headed Mrs. Threadgoode telling her life story to Evelyn, who is in the sad slump of middle age. The tale she tells is also of two women--of the...

El ancho mundo narra las aventuras, desventuras, peripecias y secretos de los Pelletier, una familia propietaria de una fábrica de jabones en Beirut, ciudad bajo influencia francesa, con la Guerra de Indochina y el París de la posguerra y la reconstrucción como telón de fondo. Y todo con un toque de exotismo y varios asesinatos.

El buen tiempo no acaba de llegar a Aosta y el subjefe Rocco Schiavone tiene que lidiar con dos crímenes mientras repasa latín con Gabriele, el vecino adolescente cuya madre nunca está en casa. El cadáver de una transexual ha aparecido en el río Dora y casi a la vez, en un prado a las afueras de la capital, un pastor ha descubierto el cuerpo inerte de un hombre que esconde, en el bolsillo, una nota con el número de móvil de Schiavone.

Rationing, bombing, disease and pit disasters are part of Rose Kelly's World War 2 childhood. When the spirited coalminer's daughter discovers a family secret, she makes a choice that overshadows her teenage years. Rose tries to make the most of post-war opportunities, but family tragedy pulls her back to a life in the colliery rows. She relinquishes her bright future for domestic duties because her family comes first.

When Elin Pugh's life in London crumbles, she returns to the Welsh mountains of her childhood to care for Anwen Jones, the enigmatic artist who once filled her young heart with dreams of creativity and freedom. Helping the ailing artist catalogue a lifetime of work, Elin begins to uncover long-buried secrets about her own past that her mother has kept hidden for over 30 years. Soon she discovers that her journey home was about more than escaping – it was about finding out who she really is, rediscovering the life-changing joy of creativity and learning where she truly belongs.

Inge Martensen und ihre Urenkelin Swantje haben es endlich nach New York geschafft! Die Stadt hat sich verändert, seit Inge sie als junge Frau zum ersten Mal sah. Ende der 1970er Jahre nimmt Inges Leben nochmal eine überraschende Wende – und es verschlägt die Nordfriesin ausgerechnet nach Sizilien. Wie soll Inge sich jemals zwischen den beiden Welten entscheiden, denen ihr Herz gehört?

The last thing I expected to find during a police bust is my best friend's sister, Kennedy Fontaine. The single mom has always been off limits. With her ex out of the picture, her daughter has me wrapped around her finger. One thing about this situation, you can look but you can't touch. That was before she called me and needed my help. Now, I'm in deep, I'll do anything to keep her safe—even if that means arresting her.

Born with no air in his lungs, it was only when Reuben Land's father, Jeremiah, picked him up and commanded him to breathe that Reuben's lungs filled. Reuben struggles with debilitating asthma from then on, making him a boy who knows firsthand that life is a gift, and also one who suspects that...

What's next for Allan Karlsson? Turns out this centenarian has a few more adventures in store . . . It all begins with a hot air balloon trip and three bottles of champagne. Allan and Julius are ready for some spectacular views, but they’re not expecting to land in the sea and be rescued by a...

Here is the dazzling saga of two women: the brilliant, bookish Elena and the fiery, uncontainable Lila. Both are now adults; many of life's great discoveries have been made, its vagaries and losses have been suffered. Through it all, the women's friendship has remained the gravitational center of their lives. Both women once fought to escape the neighborhood in which they grew up - a prison of conformity, violence, and inviolable taboos.

אגדה קלטית עתיקה מספרת על ציפור נדירה ומופלאה, המזמרת פעם אחת בחייה. למן הרגע שבו היא זונחת את קינה היא תרה אחרי עץ קוצני, ובמצאה אותו היא נצמדת לקוץ הקשה ביותר ושרה...

The Story of a New Name follows Elena Ferrante's critically acclaimed My Brilliant Friend, featuring Lila and Elena. The two protagonists are now in their 20s, and marriage appears to have imprisoned Lila. Meanwhile Elena continues her journey of self-discovery.

Elizabeth Strout “animates the ordinary with an astonishing force,” wrote The New Yorker on the publication of her Pulitzer Prize–winning Olive Kitteridge. The San Francisco Chronicle praised Strout’s “magnificent gift for humanizing characters.” Now the acclaimed author returns with...

In the city of Mardin, near Turkey’s border with Syria, the orphaned Avdo finds purpose when an old mason takes him on as an apprentice. From Master Josef, he learns the importance of their art, which looks after the dead and bears witness to their lives. Avdo then travels the country and meets a woman he loves wholeheartedly, only to lose her through a tragic crime. Resigned to a lonely existence, he retreats from the world into his cemetery workshop, but even there, life, with all its sorrows, joys, injustices, and gifts, draws him in unexpected directions.