Ergebnis für "Eltern und Kinder" in Belletristik

Kinder nötigen uns zur Auseinandersetzung mit existenziellen Fragen des Daseins: Wer bin ich? Wer hat die Erde gemacht? Warum sind nur die eigenen Pupse lustig? In seinem Buch geht der preisgekrönte Kabarettist und dreifache Vater Martin Zingsheim vielen wichtigen Themen mit Kindermaßstäben auf den Grund: von Sprache und Religion bis Pizza und Pauschalreisen. Ein satirisches Hohelied auf den chaotischen Zauber, den die Winzlinge ins Leben pseudokompetenter Erwachsener bringen.

Sanne, die nur ein paar Straßen von ihren Eltern entfernt lebt, bekommt deren Alltag hautnah mit. Immer häufiger muss sie helfen, den Eltern wächst das Haus über den Kopf. Und so beschließt sie, dass die beiden umziehen müssen. Als ihre Schwester Petra von den Plänen erfährt, ist sie entsetzt. Wie kann Sanne die Eltern entwurzeln? Das angespannte Schwesternverhältnis wird auf eine existentielle Probe gestellt.

Humphrey van Weyden led a privileged existence during his early life, but suddenly finds himself cast into the sea, fighting for survival. Pitted against ruthless captain Wolf Larsen, van Weyden's courage and determination allows him to fight adversity and learn valuable lessons along the way, in this American classic originally published in 1904.

Rule by head or rule by heart? Elinor Dashwood is a great believer in "sense," while her exuberant younger sister Marianne feels keenly that only "sensibility" (what today we'd call passion) serves to guide the heart. Through vicissitudes and, in the case of Marianne, outright betrayal by her lover, these two women learn the value in the other's outlook, and thereby prepare themselves for later domestic bliss that is the hallmark resolution of Jane Austen's novels.

London, 1940. Winnie Berry is at the heart of the community in her pub, The Battersea Tavern. Her door is always open to those in need of a cup of tea and sympathy. Winnie's abusive husband has left, and she finds herself foolishly falling in love with black-market trader Harry Hampton. But Harry is married, and Winnie soon finds herself tied up in his web of secrets. Meanwhile Winnie's son is back in London—not to visit his own child, but to charm the latest barmaid at the Battersea Tavern, which will lead to devastating consequences for the family.

Charlie is the host of a successful late-night radio call-in show. In their minds, he is perfect: one of life's winners. But he feels he's something of a fake. His easy confidence on-air belies the reality for a man born with a wine-colored birthmark that covers half his face. Love You to Death covers one hour on "The World According to Charlie D." - an hour during which he must both discover the long-time listener who is killing the people who trust him and attempt to come to terms with the man behind the birthmark.