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Was verbindet uns mit denen, die vor uns kamen? Alles beginnt mit einem heimlich geschlachteten Schaf in einem Dorf an der Nordsee. Hier rührt die Urgroßmutter das Blut für die Würste, der Großonkel schläft 15 Jahre lang und die Großmutter fürchtet die Heuriesen auf dem Feld. Am Ende steht Urenkelin Alma und fügt die Einzelteile ihrer Familiengeschichte zusammen: vom kargen bäuerlichen Alltag in der Kaiserzeit über den Neuanfang nach den Kriegen bis in die Gegenwart.

Ein ergreifender Roman mit Schauplatz Indien über die Bejahung des Lebens, die Akzeptanz der eigenen Umstände und die innere Freiheit, das anzunehmen, was das Leben einem schenkt. Hamburg 1999: Nach dem Tod ihrer Mutter reist Paula nach Rajasthan, wo sie als Kind einige Jahre gelebt hat. Dort lernte sie damals die Familie Khandal kennen, bei der sie, anders als in ihrer Familie, Wärme und Geborgenheit erfahren hat. Doch Paulas Mutter und Gesa Khandal beendeten die Freundschaft plötzlich.

Ein ergreifender Roman mit Schauplatz Indien über die Bejahung des Lebens, die Akzeptanz der eigenen Umstände und die innere Freiheit, das anzunehmen, was das Leben einem schenkt. Hamburg 1999: Nach dem Tod ihrer Mutter reist Paula nach Rajasthan, wo sie als Kind einige Jahre gelebt hat. Dort lernte sie damals die Familie Khandal kennen, bei der sie, anders als in ihrer Familie, Wärme und Geborgenheit erfahren hat. Doch Paulas Mutter und Gesa Khandal beendeten die Freundschaft plötzlich.

Ein berührendes Buch über Einsamkeit, Sehnsucht nach Zugehörigkeit und über die große Frage, wie gut man sich und diejenigen, die man liebt, wirklich ...

Teil 2 der Coastlines-Reihe: Die Schwestern Harmony und Hope haben alles zusammen durchgestanden. Doch nun ist Hope schwerkrank und Harmony muss lernen, allein ihr Glück zu finden. Harmony lebt als Journalistin in Phoenix. Die Liebe hat sie nach einigen Enttäuschungen aufgegeben. Stattdessen konzentriert sie sich ganz auf ihren Beruf und auf ihre ältere Schwester Hope, die seit drei Jahren vergeblich gegen Leukämie ankämpft. Hopes größter Wunsch ist es, ihre letzten Wochen auf Key West zu verbringen – ihrem liebsten Ort auf Erden.

Si ma mère avait pu être quelqu’un d’autre, elle aurait choisi d’être Thomas Pesquet. Il n’y a que l’espace qui compte pour elle. Les fusées, les étoiles, la vie en apesanteur. Moi, dans tout ça, je n’ai jamais vraiment eu ma place. Au fond, je crois que j’ai toujours su qu’un jour, elle s’éclipserait sans crier gare. Je pensais seulement qu’avant, on aurait le temps d’apprendre à se connaître.

It's 1995. Outside their grimy window, the city rushes by. But in the flat there is only Stephen and Eily. Their bodies, the tangled sheets. Unpacked boxes stacked in the kitchen and the total obsession of new love. Eighteen months later, the flat feels different. Love is merging with reality. Stephen's teenage daughter has re-appeared, while Eily has made a choice, the consequences of which she cannot outrun. Now they face a reckoning for all that's been left unspoken—emotions, secrets and ambitions. Tonight, if they are to find one another again, what must be said aloud?

Middle-aged and about to be dumped from his construction job, Beckett is not feeling his best—especially since his wife, Princess, is already pressuring him to improve himself. She’s a fitness instructor who spends a lot of time and energy finetuning every inch of her body. Still, they both think their marriage is basically fine, until a couple of friends show up for a visit, their mutual affection and sexual chemistry loudly on display. In one weekend, they upset the tenuous balance between Beckett and Princess, throwing them into parallel midlife crises.

Lucy is fifty, frazzled and fed up. After spending half her life working, she’s tired, and her idea of inner peace involves a sofa, wine and a takeaway. But when her boss announces his retirement, Lucy gears up for a well-earned promotion – that is until Tara, her annoyingly perfect colleague, swoops in, dazzling the CEO with her #BossBabe energy and commitment to a wellness bootcamp so hardcore it sounds like a cult. Desperate to compete, Lucy lies about joining the same program — even though her body feels more landfill than temple.

Three women give birth in different countries and different decades. In the near future, they become neighbours in a coastal town in Aotearoa New Zealand. Single parent Keri has her hands full with four-year-old tearaway Walty and teen Wairere, a strange and gifted child, who always picks up on things that aren't hers to worry about. They live next door to Janet, a white woman with an opinion about everything, and new arrival Sera, whose family are refugees from ecological devastation in Europe.

Martin and Ben were friends for decades — best friends, Martin would have said — before the terrible events at Ben’s 40th birthday party tore them apart. So when Martin receives a surprise invitation back into the inner sanctum of the dazzling Fitzmaurice family after seven years of silence, he can’t resist the chance to get his revenge. Ben has risen through the ranks of power, and is now touted as the next Prime Minister. But Martin can’t help but notice certain flies in the ointment…

Was auch geschieht, zusammen sind wir stark! Ein neuer gefühlvoller und Mut machender Roman von Frankreichs Autorin Nr. 1. Dieses Gefühl, dass das Leben an einem vorbeizieht – Anna kennt es nur zu gut: Die alleinerziehende Mutter jobbt als Kellnerin, das Geld ist immer knapp, und ihre beiden Töchter sieht sie fast nur noch am Frühstückstisch. Während sich die 17-jährige Chloé in eine Schwärmerei nach der nächsten stürzt, hat die 12-jährige Lilly nur einen Freund: die Ratte, die sie nach ihrem Vater benannt hat. Schließlich hat er auch das sinkende Schiff als Erster verlassen.

Young widow Julia Nance has found happiness again running her beloved Guesthouse, Fairlight, but with the arrival of war, even her last bookings are being cancelled. Step-daughter Elowen immediately offers to find work with arch rival Alma Jennings, but Julia prefers to keep her close, and searches desperately for alternatives. Offering up her beloved home to be requisitioned, looking for any opportunity for work herself, she finds herself thwarted at every turn, and unwilling to accept the help of unscrupulous brother-in-law Pasco.

On the day of her father's funeral, Dylan Turner receives a life-altering email: her DNA family tree results saying her dad isn’t who she thought he is. The news sends Dylan spiraling, but when she turns to her mom for answers, she’s left with only more agonizing questions. Determined to learn the truth, Dylan reaches for clues and finds herself traveling across the country with a friendly face from work, away from the safety of her carefully maintained routine.

In the beginning, there was happiness. Maya, an artist obsessed with the nature of beauty, and Noah, a quantum physicist preoccupied by the mysteries of the universe, found in each other a shared curiosity about the world. But beneath the surface of their happy marriage is a third rail: Serena, the lost child that Noah had with his ex-wife, Eileen.

Ruth is alone, unnoticed, and at a loss: her marriage has ended, her daughter is leaving home, and her job is leading nowhere. But luckily Sookie is back in her life–vivid, self-assured Sookie, who never spared the time for Ruth when they were teenagers, but who now seems to want to be friends. But as Ruth is caught up in Sookie’s life, she sees that everything is not as Instagrammable as Sookie would have you believe. As the truth about Sookie becomes clearer, so too does the choice Ruth will have to make.

Margaret Smith is at the beach. It is a summer day unlike any other Margaret has ever known. The Smith family have left the town where they live and work and go to school and come to a place where the sky is blue, the sand is white, and the sound of the sea surrounds them. An ordinary family discovering the joy of getting away for the first time. Over the course of the coming decades, they will be transformed through their holiday experiences, each new destination a backdrop as the family grows and changes, love stories begin and end -- and secrets are revealed.

Kate gave up her dreams of being a painter years ago. But six little words pinned to the noticeboard of her local café could change her path forever. ‘To be, or not to be…’ – printed on orange card with no explanation – appears one morning. Each day, a new line from a different Shakespeare play is added, sparking curiosity throughout the café. Among the regulars is Bardy, a retired English teacher grappling with writer’s block. As Kate and Bardy follow this breadcrumb trail, they discover a local community group encouraging people to rediscover their own creative spark.

It’s been years since the three Ryan sisters were all home together at their family’s beloved house on Long Island. Two decades ago, their lives were upended by a tragic accident on their brother Topher’s boat that drove him to suicide. Now, the Ryan women are back for Thanksgiving, but each carries a heavy secret.

Western Australia, 1958. A truck rumbles along a lonely outback road. A moment’s inattention, and in a few muddled seconds the lives of the MacBride family are shattered. Instead of leaving them to heal, fate comes back for them in a twist of consequences that will cause one of them to lose their life, and another to sacrifice theirs for the sake of an innocent child. Set in the expanse of a vast and flat landscape, A Far-flung Life explores the hearts of a handful of isolated souls and the secrets they shield in order to survive.