Holiday Literary

The best things in life happen when you least expect them. Nat's husband has just said the six words no one wants to hear - 'I don't love you any more'. Caroline's estranged mother has to move into her house, turning her perfectly ordered world upside down. Living on the same street, these two women couldn't be more different. Until the beloved local community centre is threatened with closure. And when the only way to save it is to form a community choir - none of the Hope Street residents, least of all Nat and Caroline, expect the results....

Fran loves Will with all her heart. They had a whirlwind romance, a perfect marriage and a wonderful life. Until everything changed. Now Fran needs to find her way again, and teaching a yoga retreat in Spain offers her just that. Leaving behind a broken marriage, she has some very important decisions to make. Will needs his wife. He needs her to open up to him if they're to ever return to the way things once were. But he may have damaged any possibility he had of mending their relationship, and now Fran is in Spain, and Will is alone.

All it takes is one word - yes or no - to decide Molly's future. As the clock counts down to midnight and the ball slowly begins to drop, Molly's picture-perfect boyfriend gets down on one knee and asks her to marry him. She knows she should say yes, especially considering the baby-sized surprise she just discovered she's carrying. But something in her heart is telling her to say no....

It’s the most wonderful time of the year… and for Heather Andrews, security manager at Timberwoods Mall, undoubtedly the busiest. But this Christmas, Heather has more to contend with than frazzled parents and disgruntled Santas. Angela Steinhart, a young woman who designed the mall’s spectacular holiday displays, has had a premonition that tragedy will strike on Christmas Eve. And Angela’s visions have a habit of coming true. Heather would love to dismiss the warning as holiday stress. But the more she gets to know the quiet, lonely Angela, the more she trusts her.

As Martine and Jacques Le Guennec prepare for their annual family Christmas dinner, Martine reminds her husband to be on his best behavior. Their son Nicolas is bringing his girlfriend, Jeanne, to their home for the first time, and she doesn't want Jacques to scare this one off. Jacques has always ruled his roost with patriarchal bravado, and he can't help but verbally antagonize everyone - especially the wives of his sons.

When the four Essinger children gather in Austin for Christmas, they all bring their news. Nathan is hoping to become a Federal judge. Susie's husband has taken a job in England. Jean has asked her boyfriend and boss to meet her family. Paul has broken up with Dana, mother of their son Cal. But their parents have plans, too, and invite Dana to stay, hoping to bring the couple back together. As the week unfolds, the Essingers all face conflicts of loyalty and tensions between old families and new.

Eigentlich sollte das Memorial-Day-Wochende für alle Bewohner von North Bath eine Zeit der Ruhe und Besinnung sein. Aber in diesem Jahr ist es, als hätte jemand ungebeten die Büchse der Pandora geöffnet. Chief Raymer, der Leiter der Polizeidirektion, kollabiert auf einer Beerdigung, fällt ins offene Grab und verliert dabei das einzige Beweisstück dafür, dass seine Frau ihn betrogen hat. Die Wand eines Gebäudes, das der impotente Bauunternehmer Carl errichtet hat, stürzt ein.

Milla has always felt alone in the world. The only child of a distant mother, she has no other family, and even her forthcoming marriage to Paul feels more like settling than true romance. But then a letter arrives, announcing that a Spanish grandmother she knew nothing about has died and left her a small shop in Mallorca. Milla is determined to uncover the truth. She travels to Palma, where she is enchanted by the beauty of the old town in springtime. At the shop she now owns, she meets Leandro, a handsome local who helps her piece together the story of her grandmother.

Köln, Gegenwart: "Wie soll mein Leben weitergehen?", fragt sich Laura. Jetzt, da ihre beiden Kinder zunehmend selbstständig werden und sich ihr Mann immer weiter von ihr entfernt, denkt Laura an ihren einstigen Traum zurück, Meeresbiologin zu werden. Als sich die Chance bietet, für einige Zeit im Bereich der Wal- und Delfinbeobachtung in Neuseeland zu arbeiten, ergreift sie diese mit gemischten Gefühlen.

Spain, 1939: Following the wishes of her parents to keep her safe during the war, a young girl, Julia, enters a convent in Barcelona. Looking for a way to maintain her links to the outside world, she volunteers to help in a maternity clinic. But worrying adoption practices in the clinic force Sister Julia to decide how far she will go to help those placed in her care. England, 2011: Six months after her parents' shocking death, 34-year-old journalist and jazz enthusiast Ruby Rae has finally found the strength to pack away their possessions and sell the family home. But as she does so, she unearths a devastating secret....

«En Las Vegas, el tiempo se congela entre fiestas y casinos». Y por eso no es sorprendente que Meredith vaya a ir, aunque sí que lo es su propuesta. Ava no puede dejar de pensar que ahí hay algo extraño, por más que Connor intente tranquilizarla y que Lily no desconfíe porque lo único que quiere es no pensar en Tom ni Finn ni Ximena ni Jasmine, puesto que lo que ha pasado es horrible, atroz, y ¿por qué Oliver no puede limitarse a desaparecer de su vida, como parecen haberlo hecho Martha y Rex?

Y por eso no es sorprendente que Meredith vaya a ir, aunque sí que lo es su propuesta. Ava no puede dejar de pensar que ahí hay algo extraño, por más que Connor intente tranquilizarla y que Lily no desconfíe porque lo único que quiere es no pensar en Tom ni Finn ni Ximena ni Jasmine, puesto que lo que ha pasado es horrible, atroz, y ¿por qué Oliver no puede limitarse a desaparecer de su vida, como parecen haberlo hecho Martha y Rex? Nate, sin embargo, diría que las personas desaparecen demasiado rápido en comparación con la huella que dejan. ¿O acaso no es así, Jordan?

Janet’s first love arrives out of the blue after 30 years. Those were simpler times for them both. Sunny childhood beach holidays, fish and chips and big copper pennies clunking into one armed bandits. The Wells family has run the Cromer Pier Summertime Special Show for generations. But it’s now 2009 and the recession is biting hard. Owner Janet Wells and daughter Karen are facing an uncertain future.

Quatre couples d'amis décident de s'octroyer des vacances sans enfants dans une villa de rêve. Mais l'ambiance qui se voulait insouciante et idyllique ne tarde pas à se charger d'électricité. La faute aux caractères (et petites névroses) de chacun, aux modes de vie différents, à l'usure et la routine qui guettent les amoureux quand s'invite le quotidien, et à des parents qui ont oublié ce qu'était leur vie lorsqu'ils ne l'étaient pas encore... Quand débarque une jeune et jolie célibataire, le groupe est plus que jamais au bord de l'implosion.

La novela ganadora del Premio Nacional de Narrativa 2009. Todo un fenómeno literario que ha revolucionado el panorama editorial español. Cuando Liborio Uribe supo que iba a morir, quiso ver por última vez un cuadro de Aurelio Arteta. Pasó toda su vida en alta mar, surcó sus aguas a bordo del Dos amigos y, al igual que su hijo José, patrón del Toki Argia, protagonizó historias inolvidables, caídas para siempre en el olvido. Años después y frente a ese mismo cuadro, el nieto Kirmen, narrador y poeta, rastrea esos relatos familiares para escribir una novela.

Dora Heldt nimmt uns mit in ihre Winterwelt und erzählt in heiterem Ton, warum es im Altweibersommer schneien kann, was das Weihnachtsfest mit Mallorca zu tun hat und warum am 23. Dezember manchmal ein hässlicher Hund gesucht werden muss. Spritzige und humorvolle Geschichten rund um die Zeit des Schneematsches, der Glühweinstände und der ersten Frühlingsgefühle. Ganz klar: Das "Must-have" für Dora-Heldt-Fans. Und alle, die es werden wollen.

The intrepid women of The Hot Flash Club are back for the holidays, soothing jingled nerves and stressed shoppers in their exclusive spa and celebrating the joys of the season. In her witty and delightfully wisecracking prose, Nancy Thayer tells a heartwarming tale packed with fun, secrets, romance, and an ample dose of good cheer.

The riotously funny new novel from Penny Smith.Miranda Blake is divorced. At 45, things are starting to head south. She's toying with the idea of Botox. Toying with the idea of facial surgery. Toying with getting a job. Toying with getting a toy boy. The only block to all those things is her stiff, uppity daughter, 23 year old Lucy, who takes after her father. Pompous, is how Miranda describes it. (Sane, is how Lucy sees it.)

Ebenezer Scrooge is a miser who lords over his poor employee, Bob Cratchit, and hates the joys that Christmas affords everyone but himself. After being exceptionally miserable at the office on the day of Christmas Eve, Scrooge returns home to be haunted by three spirits who attempt to motivate a change in the old man's demeanor - lest he continue on his current path and face almost certain eternal damnation.

Charles Dickens' classic Yuletide tale is one of the most popular tales of personal redemption in world literature, and has been adapted many times for presentation on film and on stage.