Ergebnis für "A Doll House" in Frauenliteratur

Ein Segelboot und eine gemeinsame Reise, die zwei verletzten Seelen zeigt, wie wunderbar das Leben sein kann. Für Anna war Ben die große Liebe: Mit ihm wollte sie ihr Leben verbringen. Doch das Schicksal hatte andere Pläne. Als Anna zehn Monate nach Bens tragischem Tod durch eine Erinnerung auf ihrem Handy an die gemeinsam geplante Segelreise in die Karibik erinnert wird, tritt sie diese spontan alleine an. Sie erkennt jedoch bald, dass sie es ohne Hilfe nicht schaffen wird und heuert den professionellen Segler Keane an.

Perched on a hill overlooking San Francisco, the house was magnificent, built in 1923 by a wealthy man for the woman he adored. For her and for this house, he would spare no expense and overlook no detail, from the endless marble floors to the glittering chandeliers. Almost a century later, with the once-grand house now in disrepair, a young woman walks through its empty rooms. Sarah Anderson, a perfectly sensible estate lawyer, is about to do something utterly out of character.

Ivy Gordon is living on borrowed time. For the past eighteen years, she has been the most famous star at the Dollhouse Academy, the elite boarding school and talent incubator that every aspiring performer dreams of attending. But now, at age thirty-four, she is tired of pretending everything is fine. In secret diary entries, Ivy begins to reveal the truth of her life at the Dollhouse: strange medical exams, mysterious supplements, and something unspeakable that’s left Ivy terrified and feeling like a prisoner.

Bertie and Kate have been best friends since high school. Bertie is a semi-failed cartoonist, working for a prominent Silicon Valley tech firm. Her job depresses her, but not as much as the fact that Kate has recently decided to move from San Francisco to Los Angeles. When Bertie’s attempts to make Kate stay fail, she suggests the next best thing: a trip to Paris that will hopefully distract the duo from their upcoming separation.