Ergebnis für "Cleopatra and Frankenstein" in Belletristik

New York is slipping from Cleo’s grasp. Sure, she’s at a different party every other night, but she barely knows anyone. Her student visa is running out, and she doesn’t even have money for cigarettes. But then she meets Frank. Twenty years older, Frank's life is full of all the success and excess that Cleo's lacks. He offers her the chance to be happy, the freedom to paint and the opportunity to apply for a green card. She offers him a life imbued with beauty and art - and, hopefully, a reason to cut back on his drinking. He is everything she needs right now.

Als der Priester der Sankt-Nicholas-Kirche in Alexandria tot aufgefunden wird, herrscht nicht nur in der Gemeinde heller Aufruhr: Alles deutet auf Mord hin. Doch wer oder was steckt dahinter – die Mafia, ein Familienstreit oder doch der erfolgshungrige Archäologe, der in den Gotteshäusern der Stadt etwas zu suchen scheint und vielen ein Dorn im Auge ist? Die junge Kommissarin Theodora Costanda wird mit dem Fall betraut und stößt auch durch ihre Außenseiterrolle – als Frau, als Angehörige der griechischen Minderheit, als Christin – bei ihren Ermittlungen auf eine Mauer des Schweigens.

Avery, a strait-laced lawyer living in London, is the typical eldest daughter, though she’s hiding a secret that could undo her perfect life forever. Bonnie was a boxer but, following a devastating defeat, she's been working as a bouncer in LA, until one reckless night threatens to drive her out of the city. And Lucky, the rebellious youngest, is a model in Paris whose hard-partying ways are finally catching up with her. Then there was Nicky, the beloved fourth sister, whose unexpected death left Avery, Bonnie and Lucky reeling.

The three Blue sisters are exceptional—and exceptionally different. Avery, the eldest and a recovering heroin addict turned strait-laced lawyer, lives with her wife in London; Bonnie, a former boxer, works as a bouncer in Los Angeles following a devastating defeat; and Lucky, the youngest, models in Paris while trying to outrun her hard-partying ways. They also had a fourth sister, Nicky, whose unexpected death left the family reeling. A year later, as they each navigate grief, addiction and ambition, they find they must return to New York to stop the sale of the apartment they were raised in.

Cleo, o pictoriță britanică în vârstă de 24 de ani, a lăsat în urmă Anglia și a ales să facă un masterat cât mai departe de casă, la New York, orașul care nu doarme niciodată. Aici îl cunoaște pe Frank. E cu douăzeci de ani mai mare decât ea, are propria firmă de advertising, construită prin propriile puteri, iar viața lui pare să aibă preaplinul și senzația de împlinire pe care și le dorește Cleo. Frank îi oferă șansa de a fi fericită, libertatea de a picta și ocazia de a aplica pentru cetățenie.

New York, 2015, a Monday in spring. Dylan, about to turn thirty-eight, walks out of a successful career in advertising, sublets her apartment and agrees to housesit for Anna, an artist she has never met. She doesn't mention these life changes to her friends, her parents back in England or to Matt, her boyfriend living on the West Coast. In Anna's loft Dylan has time to think, space to write and a chance to try on a new kind of life. When her neighbour Kate invites her to a party and introduces her to Gabe, Dylan tries on a new kind of romance.