Ergebnis für "Happiness" in Belletristik

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Danielle Steel comes an uplifting novel about an author who--to her surprise--inherits a grand estate near London. Sabrina Brooks is a wildly successful bestselling author of gripping thrillers. Unlike her fictional characters, Sabrina lives a quiet life...

Change is coming to Faha, a small Irish parish unaltered in a thousand years. For one thing, the rain is stopping. Nobody remembers when it started; rain on the western seaboard is a condition of living. But now - just as Father Coffey proclaims the coming of the electricity - the rain clouds...

Waterloo Bridge, London. Two strangers collide. Attila, a Ghanaian psychiatrist, and Jean, an American studying the habits of urban foxes. From this chance encounter in the midst of the rush of a great city, numerous moments of connections span out and interweave, bringing disparate lives...

Amy und Josh sind seit zehn Jahren ein Paar, man hat sich gut eingerichtet, alles läuft prima. So prima, dass die eigentlich geplante Hochzeit immer wieder verschoben wird, und das schon seit Jahren. Als Joshs Eltern der Geduldsfaden reißt und sie kurzerhand einen Trautermin festlegen, kann Amy eine unangenehme Wahrheit nicht länger verdrängen: Ihr Liebesleben ist komplett erlahmt. Es knistert nicht mehr, Josh kuschelt lieber mit seinem Seitenschläferkissen als mit ihr, und sie selbst findet Astronomie-Podcasts mittlerweile überraschend sinnlich.

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of The Ministry of Utmost Happiness, written and read by Arundhati Roy. FROM THE BOOKER PRIZE WINNING AUTHOR OF THE GOD OF SMALL THINGS LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2018 LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2017 NOMINATED FOR THE NATIONAL...

Winner of the 1997 Booker Prize. The richly exotic story of the childhood the twins Esthappen and Rahel craft for themselves amongst India’s vats of banana jam and mountains of peppercorns. Here, perhaps, is the greatest Indian novel by a woman. Arundhati Roy’s ‘The God of Small Things’...

Still grieving the death of her mother, 29-year-old Akiko is single and lives in self-imposed isolation in Tokyo. Then one evening, she unexpectedly runs into Kento, her first love from school. Kento now leads a reclusive life as a hikikomori, only venturing out at night.

A complete refreshment and uplift of energy: a hilarious, beguiling first novel for the head and the heart. Sylvie is happy only when she’s in therapy. This is because Sylvie is in love with her therapist; she thinks about her every second they’re not together (roughly 167 hours and 10...

Brought to you by Penguin. Years after escaping her unbearable artworld friends in New York for a new life in London, an unnamed writer finds herself back on the Lower East Side attending a dinner party hosted by Eugene and Nicole – an artist-curator couple – and attended by their...

A luminous, devastating gem from F. Scott Fitzgerald. When rising author Jeffrey Curtain marries dazzling chorus girl Roxanne Milbank, their world sparkles with wit, music, and promise—until a sudden illness freezes their golden future in place. What follows is a tender, fearless portrait of...

As seen on Netflix—from the New York Times bestselling author of The Bodyguard and Hello Stranger Helen Carpenter can’t quite seem to bounce back. Newly divorced at thirty-two, her life has fallen apart beyond her ability to put it together again. So when her annoying younger brother, Duncan...

At forty-six, Sophie Bianco’s life is half baked—trapped in a controlling marriage and estranged from her critical mother. Her only solace? The Invisible Baker, her secret business helping overwhelmed moms create Pinterest-worthy moments. When her mother’s death coincides with the last straw in her marriage, Sophie grabs her chance. Armed with divorce papers and her savings, she reclaims her childhood home. But freedom comes with complications: hoarder-level chaos, plumbing disasters, and an ex-husband plotting revenge.

Clever, witzig und skandinavisch-hyggelig: Ein Roman mit Herz, Charme und Frauenpower! Zurück nach Schweden zu ziehen ist das Letzte, das Klara geplant hatte. Doch als ihr Vater an Krebs erkrankt und Unterstützung braucht, bleibt ihr keine Wahl. Dabei heißt «Unterstützung» nicht nur, ihn zu Krankenhausterminen zu fahren, sondern auch, sich um die kleine Fliesenfirma zu kümmern, deren drei Mitarbeiter deutlich motivierter sein könnten. Klaras fehlendes Organisationstalent, ihre leicht autistischen Züge und ihre sporadische Unterzuckerung als Diabetikerin machen die Sache nicht einfacher.

The Old Ducks are back! Discover the next BRAND NEW laugh-out-loud relatable read from Maddie Please, BESTSELLING author of Old Girls Go Greek When Helen Irving agrees to join her friend Juliette on a trip to Cyprus for a sixtieth birthday celebration, she’s looking forward to sunshine, good...

Mit der klaren, bildreichen Sprache des Südens erzählt Erri De Luca die Geschichte eines Waisenjungen, der im Schatten des Vesuvs erwachsen wird. Es ist zugleich eine Liebeserklärung an seine Stadt Neapel: an ihre morbide Schönheit und an ihre freiheitsliebenden, stolzen Bewohner.  

Random House presents the audiobook edition of Your Second Life Begins When You Realize You Only Have One by Raphaelle Giordano, read by Fiona Hardingham. --- THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER: 2 million copies sold worldwide! A charming, feel-good and universal story of one woman’s journey from...

New York Times Best Seller Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize Named a Best Book of 2017 by NPR, Amazon, Kirkus, The Washington Post, Newsday, and the Hudson Group A dazzling, richly moving new novel by the internationally celebrated author of The God of Small Things The Ministry of Utmost...

‘I wanted to pass it on to all my friends’ SHEILA HETI ‘Remarkable clarity and humour’ VOGUE ‘Funny and tender’ PANDORA SYKES ‘Sticks with you forever’ MADELINE CASH A tragicomic and utterly original debut novel following a woman trying to make sense of her life and herself as...

Ten superb new stories by one of our most beloved and admired writers—the winner of the 2009 Man Booker International Prize. In the first story a young wife and mother receives release from the unbearable pain of losing her three children from a most surprising source. In another, a young...

Escape to Scotland with a BRAND-NEW feel-good, romantic read from bestselling author, Lisa Hobman🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿✨ Perfect for the fans of Ellie Henderson, Sue Moorcroft and Sarah Morgan 💖💖 When your world is turned upside down, home is where the heart is… Plucked from...