Contemporary Family Life Women Fiction

"Wer auf meiner Beerdigung weint, mit dem rede ich kein Wort mehr", hat Lou oft gewitzelt. Lou, die auf der kleinen bretonischen Insel ein echter Paradiesvogel war und von allen geliebt wurde. Lou mit ihren Spleens - Champagner, bitte, aber nur von Mercier! - und Macken - sie kochte miserabel, aber mit Liebe -, einem Lachen, das lauter war als das Kreischen der Möwen, und einem Herzen so weit wie das Meer. Nun ist Lou tot - und die Familie droht auseinanderzubrechen. Im Testament bittet sie ihren Mann Jo, ihr einen letzten Wunsch zu erfüllen.

Zum Weinen schön: Familien-Drama, Liebes-Geschichte und eine Hymne an die Mutter-Liebe von der britischen Bestseller-Autorin Dani Atkins. Stell dir vor, an deiner Seite steht der Mann, den du liebst. Du spürst seine Hand in deiner, und sie passt perfekt in deine. Es ist sein Lächeln, das dich morgens weckt. Die Zukunft gehört euch beiden, ihr werdet heiraten. Und in deinem Bauch wächst euer Kind heran. Allein der Gedanke daran lässt dein Herz überlaufen vor Glück. Doch dann: ein unachtsamer Schritt. Ein abgelenkter Autofahrer. Ein schrecklicher Unfall.

It’s Christmas time, and Mary Valley is in a funk. She’s a writer for home magazines, but she’s lost touch with what home means. Her life seems meaningless. The last house she wrote about was a gazillion-dollar mansion with a moat! Plus, she’s estranged from her daughter, CC, and granddaughter, Larkin, and mired in a dead-end relationship with her boss. Daniel is a man adrift since his son Timmy was killed in Afghanistan. He’s living on a houseboat in Florida with Timmy’s three-legged dog, Tripod, and taking tourists out on fishing charters. But his life is on the edge.

Genova. Quando Agata varca la soglia, l'appartamento è silenzioso e tremendamente buio. Sua madre non c'è più, da diversi mesi ormai. Resta soltanto l'odore delle stanze vuote, la polvere sui mobili, insieme all'eco dei ricordi e ai segreti, che ora nessuno può più mantenere, e che i vecchi quaderni dell'amata zia Alice, rimasti a lungo nascosti, sono pronti a rivelare. Quelle pagine custodiscono, infatti, il ritratto di una donna che Agata stenta a riconoscere come la sua zia Alice, e la storia di un grande amore proibito, di cui non ha mai saputo nulla.

Lynette Carlisle witnessed her mother’s death twelve years ago. But her memory only speaks through nightmares. Her four older siblings each left their Nantucket home as soon as they were able, never speaking of that tragic day. Lynette alone stays with their father on the island, and when it becomes clear they are losing him to Alzheimer’s, she calls her siblings home, each of them bringing along their own secrets. They aren’t the only ones returning to the island—their childhood neighbor, Nick, comes home to his own family drama, never expecting a Carlisle family reunion.

Life hasn’t been easy for Cady Caldwell, struggling first with her drug-addicted parents, then mistreated by the husband she though would be her savior. But there has always been one thing to keep her going: protecting her younger sisters and ensuring their lives are happy. Forced into hiding to escape her abusive marriage, Cady is shunted off to Garrison, Montana, to live with a paternal grandmother she doesn’t know…and doesn’t want to. It seems that those two sisters, and an equally determined grandmother, are hell-bent on looking after her...and getting her to live again.

Pregnant. Single. Dating. It's going to be... a bumpy year! Trish Kirkpatrick never expected to find herself unmarried, pregnant... and not entirely sure who the baby's father is. With her ex, Pete, and her colleague, Elliot, in line for daddy duty while waiting on the DNA results, Trish finds her complicated world getting even more chaotic when a meet-cute on a plane to Tokyo with gorgeous architect Scott sparks a new flame. Now, as her bump grows so do Trish's troubles.

Arianna Banks never committed to anything, whether a relationship, a job, or her education. Carrying a damaged reputation because of an atrocious childhood incident, Arianna’s poor self-image has been her downfall. When her parents die unexpectedly, awash with grief, she wonders what her purpose is. She makes several changes, including quitting beauty school to work at a charity call center. Convinced she is doing important work, Arianna isn’t prepared when a coworker named Marc Arnold challenges her to achieve her dreams through her suppressed passion for writing.

Friendship and inner strength bind four women together. Whenever one struggles, the others are there to lift them up. They know they’ll come out of these trials stronger, better, and happier—and with lifelong friendships to treasure.

Paige Watts er født ind i en ægte Hollywood-familie. Og nu udlever hun sine egne skuespillerdrømme gennem datteren, Emma. Allerede som niårig spiller Emma en central rolle i en populær tv-serie. Indtil en tragisk ulykke knuser alt. Nu bor Emma med sin moster, Whitney, som har valgt et meget anderledes liv end Paige. Langt fra Hollywoods glamour lever og ånder hun for sit arbejde som psykiater, da hun med blot et øjebliks varsel må smide alt for at være der for sin niece.

Zigaretten, Cognac und Bücher - ihre letzten Jahre verbringt die über hundertjährige Lucile am liebsten lesend im Bett ihrer Pariser Wohnung. Als kurz nach Luciles Tod auch ihre Tochter Marie stirbt, erbt Lisa das Appartement in der Avenue de Flandre. Ihr bleiben nur noch die Erinnerungen an die zwei eigenständigen, vom Leben gezeichneten Frauen der Familie. Das Verhältnis von Mutter und Großmutter war explosiv.

Evie's book club friends are the people in the world she relies on most. When one of the newer members finds herself confronted with her past, the rest of the club will do what they can to help, endangering the existence of the bookshop without realizing it. When Charmaine's past comes calling, she reverts to her old way of living—running and hiding. She's not used to having friends. But on Coral Island, everyone is a friend. And this time, Charmaine will find that being part of a close-knit community is the one thing that will save her.

Mom is barely in the grave and the prodigal child is here to pick the bones clean. I don’t want her here. My sister’s defection is a wound that won’t heal, and her return simply rubs at the scabs covering my heart. I’ve managed just fine without her. She can go back to her fancy college and forget about us—that’s what she does best anyway. If only I didn’t need her help. Or miss her so much.

On paper, Sadie's got it all—the partner, the children, the house. But in real life, that doesn't feel quite enough. Sadie can't help harking back to the time when she was a career woman by day and a party animal by night. And what happened to feeling like a sex kitten, anyway? The only sleepless nights she's getting now are due to the baby. Maybe a little reinvention is the answer. Sadie can't resist creating a fictitious online identity for herself as a hot TV producer. It's only a bit of harmless fun...until truth and fantasy become dangerously tangled.

Alessandra è una biologa che insegna a Parigi, dove abita con Pierre. Da anni non va nel Salento, il luogo in cui è nata e che ha lasciato dopo un evento drammatico, perché non riesce a fare i conti con le ombre della sua famiglia. Quando Annie, l'anziana madre di Pierre, è ricoverata in una clinica perché sta progressivamente perdendo la memoria, Alessandra è costretta a rimettere tutto in discussione. Chi siamo quando pezzi interi della nostra vita scivolano via? Che cosa resta di noi?

Jules Whittier is starting to regret the promise she made to her grandmother on her deathbed. The motel is even more dilapidated than it looked like in the pictures, and it turns out that renovating it includes working with her estranged cousins Maddie and Gina - the same cousins who caused her to fail at running the last motel. But there’s no getting around the stipulations in Gram’s will, and Jules needs to make a success of the Beachcomber, not only because of the promise she made, but also to prove to herself that she’s not a failure.

Un giorno come tanti, Cristina entra in un negozio sotto casa per fare la spesa. Un saluto veloce all'ingresso, i gesti automatici di sempre, qualche pensiero per la testa. Poi, all'improvviso, un uomo la afferra alle spalle e le punta qualcosa alla schiena. E così quella commissione insignificante diventa un momento cruciale, uno spartiacque tra un prima e un dopo, o addirittura tra la vita e la morte. Proprio in quell'attimo, ostaggio di una rapina, Cristina percepisce l'essenza di tutto, come se le si squarciasse un velo davanti agli occhi.

Alice has hit rock bottom. Once a Michelin-starred chef, she is now drowning in debt, working the line at a chain restaurant, and drinking too much. The last person she ever expected to come knocking with a job offer and a fresh start is her ex-husband, Gabe. Gabe built The Riverview Inn with his dad and brother. Now the grand lodge in the Catskill Mountains is nearly ready for the opening event - a society wedding for 500 guests. The only thing missing is a chef. That’s where Alice comes in.

Maxi’s life is about to change, but not in the way she expects...Maxi Stevens is at a crossroads. Things between her and James haven’t been the same since their kids left the nest. When she finds proof that indicates he may have strayed, she strikes out on her own. James’ infidelity has a silver lining, though. Maxi can finally do all the things James wouldn’t approve of like pursuing her lifelong dream of becoming an artist. But everything is not as it seems. James wants Maxi back and will do anything to win her over.

Matthew was my biggest regret. For years he was my best friend, but I never told him how I really felt. That I loved him. When all the words should have been said, I said nothing at all. For fifteen years I kept him in my dreams, letting my life coast along and pass me by. Until he came back. But Matthew wasn't the man I remembered. Cold and aloof, his hatred of me burned little holes into my heart. We had just fifteen days to reconnect. Probably too short a time to bridge the gap to the past. Could we get back to who we used to be, when we were young?