Ergebnis für "Le K" in Familienleben

Hotelmanagerin Annabelle hat gerade einen Superjob in Singapur ergattert, als sie das elterliche Hotel in den Alpen übernehmen soll. Fest entschlossen, den Familienbetrieb zu verkaufen, reist sie in die verschneite Heimat. Dort wollen mächtige Investoren das verträumte Bergdorf touristisch aufmöbeln - doch dann kommt einer nach dem anderen ums Leben. Wer steckt dahinter? Und welche Rolle spielt Lennard, der zwielichtige Nachbarssohn? Ein mörderischer Wettlauf um das familiäre Glück beginnt.

City girl Calla Fletcher attempts to reconnect with her estranged father, and unwittingly finds herself torn between her desire to return to the bustle of Toronto and a budding relationship with a rugged Alaskan pilot in this masterful new romance from acclaimed author K.A. Tucker. Calla...

Was tun, wenn's keinem schmeckt? Mit ihrer streng veganen Kost vertreibt Dana nicht nur die Gäste ihres Bistros, sondern auch ihren Freund Paul - er will Currywurst statt Quinoa. Als hätte sie mit ihrer kleinen Tochter und ihrem starrköpfigen Vater nicht schon genug um die Ohren, versuchen fiese Inmmobilienhaie, sich das Haus unter den Nagel zu reißen, in dem sie ihr Restaurant betreibt. Doch dann entdeckt Dana, wie man für die Liebe kochen muss - und dreht den Spieß um.

A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK Once in a great while a writer comes along who can truly capture the drama and passion of the life of a family. David James Duncan, author of the novel The River Why and the collection River Teeth, is just such a writer. And in The Brothers K he tells a story...

From the New York Times bestselling author of the smash-hit The Measure—a runaway bestseller and a Read with Jenna TODAY Show pick—comes a stunning speculative story of healing, self-discovery, forgiveness, and found friendship. ""A masterful, tender exploration of love, loss, and the...

Akira Kido is a divorce attorney whose own marriage is in danger of being destroyed by emotional disconnect. With a midlife crisis looming, Kido's life is upended by the reemergence of a former client, Rié Takemoto. She wants Kido to investigate a dead man - her recently deceased husband, Daisuké. Upon his death she discovered that he’d been living a lie. His name, his past, his entire identity belonged to someone else, a total stranger.

A New York Times Notable Book and New York Times bestseller, “DeLillo’s haunting new novel, Zero K—his most persuasive since his astonishing 1997 masterpiece, Underworld” (The New York Times), is a meditation on death and an embrace of life. Jeffrey Lockhart’s father, Ross, is a...

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From the award-winning author of Flux comes “an endearing novel about second chances” (The Washington Post), with wise insights into love, family, and the art of sushi. “Wise and poignant [with] mouthwatering descriptions of food . . . I Leave It Up to You is about finding—or...

As his family falls apart day by day, Robin finds himself pulling away from the unquestioned, unexamined life that has been carefully laid out for him. Small acts of rebellion lead to larger questions of what it means to stand on his own. Falling into a fevered triangle with two other outcasts, Todd Spicer and Scott Schatz, Robin embarks on an explosive odyssey of sexual self-discovery that will take him beyond the spring-green lawns of suburbia, beyond the fraying fabric barely holding together his quickly unraveling family, and into a complex future, beyond the world of normal boys.

After searching for his purpose through several eventful lives, Buddy is sure that he has found and fulfilled it. Yet as he watches curious baby Clarity get into dangerous mischief, he is certain that this little girl is very much in need of a dog of her own. When Buddy is reborn, he realizes that he has a new destiny. He's overjoyed when he is adopted by Clarity, now a vibrant but troubled teenager. When they are suddenly separated, Buddy despairs - who will take care of his girl?

As the dark specter of the Nazis settles over Germany, two wealthy and educated brothers are suddenly thrust into the rising tide of war. Karl, a former soldier and successful businessman, dutifully answers the call to defend his country, while contemplative academic Gerhard is coerced into informing for the Gestapo. Soon the brothers are serving in the SS, and as Hitler's hateful agenda brings about unspeakable atrocities, they find themselves with innocent blood on their hands.

Kayla Covington—a successful model, trusted friend, and beloved sister—has her life straight. After being rejected by her longtime crush, Michael, Kayla, takes a job offer that has her moving across the country to New York. During an annual friend’s trip, Kayla is caught off guard when Michael tightly takes a knee and asks her to marry him. She knows that for him, she would stay in Oklahoma. The next morning, sober, he regrets it all, leaving Kayla determined to go through with the move.

Travelling the world for eleven years, Zoe and Sam have been living the dream—Sam’s dream. But when Zoe discovers she is pregnant, she decides it is time to find a new dream, even if Sam isn’t a part of it. Back in London and sleeping in her childhood bedroom, Zoe’s new life at first seems nothing more than her old single life, but with a bump. But then her best friend, Nina, challenges Zoe to take the next nine months to complete a pre-baby bucket list.

So I’ve had a baby. But motherhood isn’t quite how I imagined. I don’t live in a lovely cottage with roses around the door. I don’t know how to get Daisy to sleep. I don’t own a baking tray. And then there’s Daisy’s sh*tbag of a father... When Juliette has a baby, she knows her life isn’t sorted. Not by a long way. And most especially not with Nick, long-term boyfriend and father of her child. Far from living the dream family life, Juliette and Nick rent a city apartment and share a tiny, shiny elevator with executives and their takeaway Thai meals.

On New Year’s Eve of 1961, while visiting family in England, sisters Sophie and Olivia’s lives are forever changed with the ill-fated discovery of a sapphire and diamond bracelet gifted to their mother, Elizabeth Grace Bennett Bannister. Their mother, a Baron’s daughter within the English aristocracy, grew up roaming the vast and beautiful estate of Harrington Hall. After the events of that fateful evening, Elizabeth Grace all but disappears from their lives, and the sisters are left to discover why their mother never returned home to Toronto, Canada.

Romanen Skruk skurk handler om en ung mands ønske om at blive forælder. Han lever i et kærligt, intimt forhold med Eli, der også drømmer om familieforøgelsen, men uden samme intensitet. Den unge mand er omringet af folk, der får børn, og hver gang han får lov til at holde et og mærke tyngden af et lille menneske i sine arme, bliver længslen yderligere vakt i kroppen på ham. Han arbejder som freelancejournalist og tager over i sin mors svenske sommerhus. Det er meningen, han skal have ro, og at han skal skrive et essay til avisen og en tale til en kommende barnedåb.

സഹോദരന്റെ ഗര്‍ഭം പേറുകയും ആ കുഞ്ഞിനെ വളര്‍ത്തുകയും ചെയ്യേണ്ടിവന്ന ഒരു കവയിത്രി അവരുടെ കഥ നോവല്‍രൂപത്തില്‍ എഴുതി പ്രസിദ്ധീകരിക്കുന്നതാണ് ഈ നോവലിലെ പ്രമേയം. സ്ത്രീമനസ്സിന്റെ അഗാധതലങ്ങളിലേക്കുള്ള അന്വേഷണമാണ് ഇതിലൂടെ നോവലിസ്റ്റ് നിര്‍വ്വഹിക്കുന്നത്. വൈചിത്ര്യങ്ങളിലൂടെ കടന്നുപോകുന്ന കഥാവിഷ്‌കാരം വായനക്കാരില്‍ വിസ്മയവും കൗതുകവുമുണ്ടാക്കുന്നു.

Inghilterra, 1643. Il Parlamento combatte contro il re, la guerra civile infuria, il fervore puritano attanaglia il Paese e il terrore della dannazione brucia dietro ogni ombra. A Manningtree, una cittadina della contea dell’Essex privata dei suoi uomini fin dall’inizio della guerra, le donne sono abbandonate a se stesse; soprattutto alcune di loro, che vivono ai margini della comunità: le anziane, le povere, le non sposate, quelle dalla lingua affilata.

Written in Lauren K. Denton’s signature Southern style, The One You’re With tells the story of a seemingly perfect marriage rocked by secrets from the past. High-school sweethearts Mac and Edie Swan lead a seemingly picture-perfect life in the sleepy-sweet community of Oak Hill, near Mobile...