Ergebnis für "Francesca" in Familienleben

Eva ist Anfang vierzig, als sie einen Anruf von dem Mann erhält, der in ihrer Kindheit eine Zeitlang die Rolle des Vaters einnahm, bevor er scheinbar für immer verschwand. Er liegt im Sterben und möchte Eva noch einmal sehen. Sie reist mit dem Zug von Südtirol quer durch Italien in den äußersten Süden. In ihrer Vorstellung entfaltet sich ihre ganze Kindheit in Südtirol: Sie wuchs im Schatten der politischen Verwerfungen einer Region auf, die drei Jahrzehnte lang der Spielball bedrohlicher Allianzen war und dann endlich den Aufbruch in die Autonomie wagte.

La storia di una famiglia di pastai che dalla Costiera Amalfitana si trasferisce alle falde del Vesuvio, dove la primitiva struttura artigianale si trasforma in moderna azienda industriale, in un periodo che va dal 1848 al 1940. Protagoniste due straordinarie figure di donne imprenditrici, Francesca e la figlia Nunziata, con le loro aspirazioni, passioni e sconfitte. Sullo sfondo, un secolo di storia italiana dal Risorgimento alle soglie della seconda guerra mondiale, e gli ardori e le sofferenze di un popolo. Da questo libro, Lina Wertmüller trasse il film omonimo con Sophia Loren.

La novela ganadora del premio de los libreros independientes italianos. El libro revelación del año en Italia con más de 450.000 ejemplares vendidos. Una saga familiar con una protagonista inolvidable: una mujer fuerte e independiente que se enfrenta a una realidad hostil. Una apasionante historia de coraje y emancipación femenina. En Lizzanello, un pueblecito de unos pocos miles de almas, un autobús de línea se detiene en la plaza mayor y baja una pareja: él, Carlo, es hijo del sur y está contento de regresar a casa; ella, Anna, su esposa, nacida en el norte, está triste y preocupada.

Una giovane donna sola e vulnerabile, in fuga da una vita in cui non si riconosce più. Un volo verso l’Australia sulle tracce di una sconosciuta di cui resta solo il nome e una foto in bianco e nero… Con "La ragazza delle perle" – il quarto emozionante capitolo della saga bestseller "Le sette sorelle" – Lucinda Riley ci regala una storia ricca di intrighi e di passione, di colpi di scena e personaggi indimenticabili. Titolo originale: The Pearl Sister ©Lucinda Riley, 2017 ©2018 Giunti Editore S.p.A.

Sara and Mia are more than just mother and daughter—they’re best friends, confidantes and partners in adventure. Mia’s dad’s identity may still be a mystery, but Mia’s independent, adventurous mum has more than made up for it over the years. So when Sara suggests a sun-soaked escape to Kos, the stunning Greek island shaped by volcanic forces, Mia jumps at the chance for their perfect summer getaway.

A family can’t escape their secrets when they’re forced to spend a week in quarantine in this “sharply funny” (People) novel—an Indie Next and #1 Library Reads Pick! It's Christmas, and for the first time in years the entire Birch family will be under one roof. Even Emma and Andrew's...

Salento, 1959. Lorenzo y Agnese lo han perdido todo. Y lo comprenden cuando su padre, con esos ojos tristes que lo han acompañado toda su vida, anuncia que ha vendido la fábrica de jabones de la familia, una herencia que él siempre ha vivido como una condena. Para Lorenzo y Agnese, en cambio, esa fábrica que su abuelo creó desde la nada, que huele a talco, a flores y a aceites vegetales, era la seguridad de un presente tranquilo y la promesa de un futuro por construir juntos, unidos.

It’s the final years of the Troubles in Northern Ireland, and Bríd and her sister, Ina, try to maintain a stable life in a divided country. Pushed by her mother’s fanaticism and a family tragedy, Bríd joins the IRA and makes a devastating choice. Frightened and guilt ridden, she flees, leaving behind Ireland and her family for America. Years later, her guilt and tragic history still buried, Bríd is an overprotective mother raising her sensitive daughter, Bernie, in Southern California.

Ante el inminente cierre del viejo hospital psiquiátrico de Cauldstone, en Edimburgo, las autoridades comunican a Iris que debe hacerse cargo de su tía abuela Esme Lennox, quien será puesta en libertad tras sesenta y un años de internamiento. El desconcierto inicial de la joven, que desconocía la existencia de la anciana, se verá pronto superado por una genuina curiosidad. ¿Qué motivo llevó a la reclusión de Esme cuando tenía solo dieciséis años? ¿Por qué se ocultó su historia al resto de la familia durante décadas?

"A very smart, soulful, compelling, elegantly written domestic novel about a wedged-together family, and what can go wrong when teenage children decide they have minds (and hormones) of their own." —Nick Hornby “A spry and accomplished comedy of manners.” —The New York Times Book...

When Gill and Gabe's eldest son drowns overseas, they decide they must hide the truth from their desperately unwell teenaged daughter. But as Gill begins to send letters from her dead son to his sister, the increasingly elaborate lie threatens to prove more dangerous than the truth. Told through alternating perspectives, and moving between Tasmania and London, this is a story about family, food, grief and hope.

"It is impossible to resist this novel's wit, grace, and charm." --Lauren Groff, author of The Monsters of Templeton and Arcadia A smart and slyly funny tale of love, temptation, confusion, and commitment; a triumphant and beautifully executed recasting of Edith Wharton's The Age of Innocence...

High on the clifftops, Lettie takes a deep breath of salty air and opens the letter. There is no signature, and the old-fashioned handwriting is faint against the yellowed paper. The message, and the tiny gold key inside, will turn her life upside down. Lettie Starcross makes her way along the cobbled streets of Heaven’s Cove, clutching a little key and searching for answers about her kind, great-aunt Iris, whom she misses terribly. With no job back home, and no one in her family understanding how adrift she feels, Lettie wonders if her aunt was lonely just like her.

It's August 1917, and WW1 continues to take a toll. The villagers of Dorcalon try to keep hope alive, but every day brings fresh tragedy as more are killed on foreign battlefields. Elizabeth Meredith, daughter of mine manager Herbert, enjoys a privileged position in the village, but she longs to break free of society's expectations. Falling in love with miner Gwilym Owen brings more joy to her life than she's ever known...until she's forced to choose between her love and her disapproving family.

In this decadent, deeply evocative novel, a young artist travels to Rome to heal a broken heart, where she confronts loneliness and intimacy, rage and desire: “Sensorial as hell . . . A stunningly cool and stylish debut" (Paul Beatty, Man Booker Prize-winning author of The Sellout). Emilia...

A novel about one family wading through the aftermath of the earthquake that devastated Haiti in 2010, from the acclaimed author who has been compared to Toni Morrison “at the height of her power” (Harper’s Bazaar)—a haunting and astonishing story of restoration and disaster, motherhood...

In una notte di febbraio del 1900, tra le mura della villa di campagna dei signori Valdés, nascono Catalina e Clara. Una è la figlia di doña Inés Valdés e di suo marito don Gustavo, i signori del pazo, l'altra è la figlia di Renata, la domestica con cui Gustavo ha tradito la moglie. Due bambine venute al mondo insieme in una notte di tempesta, nella punta più a nord della Spagna, mentre il vento scuote le finestre e i lampi abbagliano stanze buie, dove i camini sono accesi e l'odore elettrico dei fulmini penetra le pareti di granito di questa proprietà, fiorita grazie alle fortune del commercio del sale.

Angelo Spinelli is 38-years-old when he decides to document his life in a journal. Angelo, who has Down syndrome, pens monthly entries about what he feels are significant events in his life that include details about his job as a busboy, his vocational program, his family, and his friends. Angelo eventually becomes love-struck by his new neighbor, Olivia Landis, who he describes as a bird with a broken wing.

The emotional and gripping eighth book in the Heaven's Cove series by Liz Eeles.

Dalla Rivoluzione d'Ottobre al nuovo millenio: tre generazioni di donne, il racconto epico di un grande amore. Rosie studia all'Università di Oxford e una volta al mese va a Londra a trovare la madre, una donna cupa, intristita, che si rifiuta di parlare del passato. Alla sua morte, Rosie si ritrova in possesso di una collezione di bambole e di un vecchio quaderno di fiabe scritte in un alfabeto di cui ha solo un vago ricordo; storie che l'accompagnano nella Russia del 1915, in un tempo lontano in cui già si respira il vento della rivoluzione.