Ergebnis für "Alice" in Frauenliteratur

“Obsessed!” —Chloë Sevigny “I am literally obsessed.” —Busy Philipps Hailed as “richly intimate” and “wickedly delightful” (The New York Times Book Review), this steamy and incisive debut adult novel follows one woman’s affair with her daughter’s best friend, testing the...

In Lisa Genova’s extraordinary New York Times bestselling novel, an accomplished woman slowly loses her thoughts and memories to Alzheimer’s disease—only to discover that each day brings a new way of living and loving. Now a major motion picture starring Julianne Moore, Alec Baldwin, Kate...

A brilliant new collection of stories from one of the most acclaimed and beloved writers of our time. Alice Munro’s peerless ability to give us the essence of a life in often brief but always spacious and timeless stories is once again everywhere apparent in this brilliant new collection. In...

Cheerful Gunnilde Payne is hiding a bruised heart behind her bright smile. When her friend invites her to spend some time away from her provincial home, she jumps at the chance. All is going well, until Gunnilde overhears herself rudely dismissed by two knights, as “nice, and eminently forgettable.” Poor Gunnilde is mortified. Then, she decides to take her future in her hands and seize the chances life puts before her. She will go to the royal court in Aphrany. She will attract the attention of the Queen and become one of her ladies-in-waiting!

Close your eyes and make a Christmas wish . . . Oliver wants to give his best friend Lara the happy Christmas she deserves, and he hatches a plan - with disastrous consequences. Zoe just hopes the season will pass without a hitch for her and her almost four-year-old - but the universe seems to...

Als gefeierter Weltstar ist die Musikikone Izzy am Ziel ihrer Träume – bis der Verlust ihrer Stimme ihr Leben erschüttert. Der Musik beraubt, beschließt sie, allem ein Ende zu setzen. Doch dann steht plötzlich Leila vor ihrer Tür, die den Auftrag erhalten hat, Izzys Biografie als letztes Geschenk an ihre Fans zu schreiben. Zwischen den beiden Frauen entsteht eine überraschende Verbindung, und zum ersten Mal seit langem keimt Hoffnung in Izzy auf. Doch reicht dieser Funke aus, um sie zurück in ein erfülltes Leben und zu einer neuen Liebe zu führen?

Frau Hempels Tochter von Alice Berend ist ein Gesellschaftsroman, der uns in das Berlin des frühen 20. Jahrhunderts entführt. Laura Hempel, die zwischen den Erwartungen ihrer fleißigen und hingebungsvollen Mutter und ihrem eigenen Wunsch nach einem selbstbestimmten Leben hin- und hergerissen ist, wächst in einer bescheidenen kleinen Kellerwohnung auf und steht mit ihren sechzehn Jahren vor großen Veränderungen. Frau Hempel hat klare Vorstellungen von der Zukunft ihrer Tochter: eine standesgemäße Heirat soll für finanzielle Sicherheit und gesellschaftliches Ansehen sorgen.

REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK | NATIONAL BESTSELLER Named a Best Book of 2025 by Time, NPR, Goodreads, and others. “[A] propulsive puzzle of a novel.” —The New York Times Book Review “This story swept me away with its big dreams, love, and unexpected twists.” —Reese Witherspoon In this...

Longlisted for the Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Award “The World After Alice is a lovely debut novel that glimmers with fine writing and notes of human insight. There's a quiet beauty to Lauren Aliza Green's work, and I am now a fan.” —Ann Napolitano, New York Times bestselling...

Alice Pendelbury believes everything in her life is pretty much in order - from her good friends to her burgeoning career. But even Alice has to admit it’s been an odd week. Not only has her belligerent neighbor, Mr. Daldry, suddenly become a surprisingly agreeable confidant, but he’s encouraging her to take seriously the fortune-teller who told her that only by traveling to Turkey can Alice meet the most important person in her life. What’s more, the peculiarly insistent Mr. Daldry has even agreed to finance Alice’s trip - one that against all reason seems to be predestined.

“A magnificent storytelling feat” (The Boston Globe) story of lifelong friendship between two very different “superbly depicted” (The Wall Street Journal) women with shared histories, divisive loyalties, hidden sorrows, and eighty years of summers on a pristine point of land on the coast...

INSTANT INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER One of NPR’s Books We Love for 2025 For fans of Bunny and Yellowface, this razor-sharp debut thriller blends biting satire with chilling suspense, as a young woman steps into her deceased twin’s influencer life—only to discover dark secrets hidden behind...

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Kristin Harmel, the New York Times bestselling author who “is the best there is at sweeping historical drama” (Kelly Harms, author of The Seven Day Switch), returns with an electrifying new novel about two jewel thieves, a priceless bracelet that disappears...

*Soon to be a Passionflix original film!* “An instant classic…highly recommended!” —New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Jennifer Probst USA TODAY bestselling indie author Alice Clayton delights readers with the sexy, laugh-out-loud romance of Caroline and Simon in Wallbanger...

Growing up, Violet was so busy helping others realize their dreams, she found little time to pursue her own. But five years ago, she took the chance of a lifetime, leaving the family bookshop on Brinkley’s Island, Maine, to attend culinary school in Paris. Now she’s working her dream job as a pâtissiere in an upscale Parisian restaurant—yet all she can think about is home.

In New York Times bestselling author Emma Chase’s sizzling and hilarious debut novel, Drew Evans—gorgeous, arrogant, irreverent, and irresistibly charming—meets his match in new colleague Kate Brooks. When rich, handsome, and arrogant meets beautiful, brilliant, and ambitious, things are...

Isabel, the long-lost Gibson sister, is finally back home on Brinkley’s Island, Maine. With Sophie and Violet, her sister and her niece, she’s got the family bookstore—and with Johnny Lenox, she’s got something even more special. But even as life settles, not everything is falling into place. Isabel and Johnny have set the date three times, baked three wedding cakes, invited the whole island to three parties, only to have each attempt at matrimony fall apart at the last minute.

When three besties meet three hot guys in Vegas anything can—and does—happen in this first entry in the New York Times bestselling Wild Seasons series from the authors of Love and Other Words and The Unhoneymooners. One-night stands are supposed to be with someone convenient, or wickedly...

Polesine, 1951. Quando, dopo giorni di pioggia incessante, Nora vede il fango filtrare sotto la porta di casa, capisce che l'acqua si prenderà tutto ciò che la sua famiglia possiede. Dopo la grande alluvione, che ha distrutto le case, decimato le bestie e costretto molti a sfollare, la terra stessa sembra aver perso la sua fertilità, e chi è rimasto ha sempre meno lavoro. Così i Visentin decidono di lasciare tutto per cercare fortuna nel Vercellese, dove la produzione del riso attira manodopera da tutto il paese.

Isabel Gibson has all but perfected the art of forgetting. She’s a New Yorker now, with nothing left to tie her to Brinkley’s Island, Maine. Her parents are gone, the family bookstore is all but bankrupt, and her sister, Sophie, will probably never speak to her again. But when a mysterious letter arrives in her mailbox, Isabel feels herself drawn to the past. After years of fighting for her independence, she dreads the thought of going back to the island.