Nouveautés

In 1950s Tehran, seven-year-old Ellie lives in grand comfort until the untimely death of her father, forcing Ellie and her mother to move to a tiny home downtown. Lonely and bearing the brunt of her mother’s endless grievances, Ellie dreams of a friend to alleviate her isolation. Luckily, on the first day of school, she meets Homa, a kind, passionate girl with a brave and irrepressible spirit. Together, the two girls play games, learn to cook in the stone kitchen of Homa’s warm home, wander through the colorful stalls of the Grand Bazaar, and share their ambitions for becoming “lion women.”

Sofía Montalvo y Mariana León fueron amigas en el colegio. Sofía, joven imaginativa, de carácter abierto, se ha visto atrapada en una anodina existencia de esposa y madre de familia. Mariana se ha convertido en una brillante psiquiatra de moda. Al cabo de más de treinta años, el azar las hace coincidir y el recuerdo de su amistad desencadena en ambas una revolución interior que irá creciendo a lo largo del libro. En el encuentro, Mariana evoca la afición de Sofía por las palabras y la anima a escribir.

In Fassadenbrüche - Und irgendwie geht's weiter setzt Gabriele Günther die packende Geschichte fort und gewährt tiefere Einblicke in die komplexen Charaktere und ihre Geheimnisse. Atemlos begleiten wir sie durch ein Jahr überraschender Wendungen, Glück und Unglück, verheerender Entscheidungen und fataler Konsequenzen. Ein Roman über die nie endende Suche nach Liebe, Glück und Selbstverwirklichung. Er erzählt von den Zeiten des Übergangs, des Wartens, Hoffens und Loslassens und davon, wie sehr sich Liebe und Hass ähneln. Seien Sie gespannt auf neue Wendungen, emotionale Momente und eine fesselnde Handlung, die Sie nicht mehr loslassen wird.

Hanna ist eine aufstrebende Wiener Anwältin mit großen Karriereplänen. Dass sie, um nach oben zu kommen, auch mal nach unten treten muss, nimmt sie billigend in Kauf. Als ihr bester Freund ihr vorwirft, sie sei deshalb ein schlechter Mensch, kommt es zu einer fatalen Wette: In zwölf selbstlosen Taten soll Hanna beweisen, dass sie ein gutes Herz hat. Da kommt ihre unbeholfene Lieblingskellnerin Josy gerade recht. Hanna rettet Josy vor deren cholerischen Chef, zeigt ihr, wie Frau sich kleidet und entführt sie zu außergewöhnlichen Ausflügen.

Melissa’s deathbed request catapults her son Aaron on a journey from her family’s Mississippian clinic to the Salish Sea to claim a mysterious legacy. Meeting his niece Rafa en route, he continues overland with her, and uncle and niece come to know and depend on each other. On arriving at the Saltspring Island Research Center (SIRC), Sarah, now the keeper of the center’s narratives, confesses that Aaron’s legacy is a task: to apply his mother’s philosophy to SIRC’s lifeways in order to revitalize it.

Fräulein Schmidt and Mr. Anstruther is a novella written by Elizabeth von Arnim, a British-German author known for her witty and insightful novels. Published in 1907, the story revolves around the correspondence between two main characters, Fräulein Rose-Marie Schmidt, a spinster in her late 30s, and Mr. Henry Anstruther, a kind and sympathetic stranger, as they navigate their lives and explore their feelings for each other.

Una amistad inesperada Una segunda oportunidad que cambiará su vida. Con toda su familia y amigos ya muertos, Murray McBride, un anciano centenario y exjugador de beisbol, no ve una razón para seguir viviendo. Sin embargo, el inesperado encuentro con Jason Cashman, un niño de diez años que tiene un defecto cardiaco terminal, le enseñará que, incluso a su avanzada edad, puede vivir nuevas experiencias que le den sentido a su vida.

Sometimes you’re so busy writing other people’s stories that you can lose the plot of your own. This wasn’t how Kelsey Worthington’s day was supposed to go. She wasn’t supposed to be picking up Starbucks for her smarmy boss. She wasn’t supposed to get hit by a car that jumped the curb. And she certainly wasn’t supposed to wake up in a hospital room next to Georgina Tate—the legendary matriarch of New York City businesswomen.

No one is more surprised than Meredith when she’s bequeathed a cottage by a great aunt she’d never heard of. She hopes, briefly, that the inheritance could be the answer to her financial problems. But when she arrives in Suffolk, she is shocked to discover a man is already living there. A young gardener, who claims he was also bequeathed half of Butterfly Cottage. As the pair try to unravel their complicated situation, they unearth a decades old mystery involving Clara, the garden, and a stack of letters left unread for over 50 years.

Summer in London stops for no one. Not the half-naked drunks and stoners, the bachelorette parties glugging from bejewelled bottles, the drag queens puffing on hurried cigarettes. It’s June 2019, and everyone has converged on the city’s parks, beer gardens, and street corners to revel in the collective joys of being alive. Everyone but Maggie. She’s 30, pregnant, and broke.

Paulie Johansson has never put much stock in the idea of family: she has her long-term boyfriend Declan and beloved best friend Jemma, and that’s more than enough for her. Yet one night on a lark, she lets Jemma convince her to audition for Sverige och Mig, a show on Swedish television where Swedish-Americans compete to win the ultimate prize: a reunion with their Swedish relatives. Much to her shock, her drunken submission video wins her a spot on the show, and against Declan’s advice Paulie decides to go for it.

When retired Jill Parker wins an all-expenses paid Mediterranean cruise for two she is thrilled! At 63 life in retirement has got a little bit bland for Jill and this might be just the holiday she and husband Eddy need to get the sparks back in their marriage. But when Eddy admits he would much prefer to build his patio and look through the latest DIY magazine, Jill is left with only one other option – her sister Diana. Diana has become rather reclusive since her husband, Caspar died, but perhaps this is the push she needs to bring some excitement back into her life, too?

In the idyllic setting of the New Forest, talented vet Phoebe Dashwood envisions a picturesque life alongside her beloved fiancé. However, the course of true love is fraught with unexpected hurdles. Career-wise, Phoebe encounters a goat who is seemingly experiencing a phantom pregnancy, and a highly-strung talking parrot who pushes her professionalism to the limits. Things take an unexpected turn for the worse when Phoebe is confronted with a glamorous love rival, and a surprise Valentine's Day ‘date’ to see a financial advisor! Can things get any worse?

For Frankie and her five best friends growing up on the glorious beaches of Cornwall's St Felix, life couldn't get any better. Late one night, the friends discover an old box washed up on the shores and they learn the tale of the St Felix mermaid who grants wishes to those who find her treasure. Even though they know it's just Cornish folklore, the friends decide to make a wish for what they each want out of life - most importantly, they want to always be together . . .

Three generations of Schmidts have run their family’s beachfront restaurant and Jack has been at the helm since the death of his father. Jack puts the demands of the restaurant above all else, with a string of failed relationships, no hobbies, and no days off as proof of his commitment to the place. He can’t remember the last time he sat on the beach, or even enjoyed a moment to himself. Meanwhile, the DelDine group has been gradually snapping up beloved eateries along this stretch of coast and are pursuing Jack with a very generous offer to take Schmidt’s off his hands.

Early one morning, at the close of St Colibri’s carnival, a young female steel pan player is found dead beneath a cannonball tree. It is a discovery that will transform the lives of everyone on this small island.

Set again in the beloved Japanese bookshop and nearby coffee shop in the Jimbochi neighborhood of Toyko, More Days at the Morisaki Bookshop deepens the relationship between Takako, her uncle Satoru , and the people in their lives. A new cast of heartwarming regulars have appeared in the shop, including an old man who wears the same ragged mouse-colored sweater and another who collects books solely for the official stamps with the author’s personal seal.

In book 17 of the series, Tess and the entire gang who work and volunteer at the local wild and domestic animal rescue and rehabilitation facility, are up in arms when they find out that the annual fireworks show has been moved to a small lake nestled in the center of a large meadow not all that far from the shelter. Tess tries to explain how setting off explosives of any sort near the shelter will stress out all the animals in their care. She argues that the firework display should be moved back to the larger lake south of town where it has always been held.

Uno studente senza nome sta per abbandonare gli studi in una prestigiosa università a Kyoto dopo due anni disastrosi: a causa di una serie di scelte sbagliate, prima fra tutte la compagnia del suo peggiore e unico amico, il teppista Ozu, si è rovinato la reputazione e la carriera accademica, al punto che la “rosea vita universitaria” che tanto sognava, ossia trovare una bella fanciulla dai capelli corvini, avere successo nello studio e avere tanti amici, sembra ormai impossibile da raggiungere. Ma il destino ha in mente per lui altri piani.

Freunde kommen in vielen Formen und Typen. Da gibt es die abenteuerlustige Freundin, die immer auf der Suche nach dem nächsten Nervenkitzel ist und deine Ruhe auf den Kopf stellt. Der Spaßvogel bringt immer gute Laune und Witze, ob sie lustig sind oder nicht. Dann gibt es die Zuhörer, die wie persönliche Therapeuten deine Sorgen anhören und immer ein offenes Ohr haben. Der Kindheitsfreund erinnert dich an die gute alte Zeit und fühlt sich wie Familie an. Die selbsternannten Lebensberater bieten ungefragt Ratschläge und meinen es gut, auch wenn sie manchmal zu weit gehen.