Ergebnis für "Linda" in Stadtleben

Twenty-year-old Kate is ready to leave behind her small London suburb and chase her dream of becoming a singer. But when Britain declares war on Germany, Kate’s future is suddenly uncertain. Her ambitions are put on hold as she faces the threats of bombing raids and the possibility of invasion. Living in a time of fear and uncertainty, Kate struggles to find balance in her life—particularly as a speech disability hinders her singing career and a failed romance adds to her emotional burden.

Congresswoman Emma St. Claire of New Jersey ventures into deep water, when she attends a campaign fundraiser beyond the Florida Keys, where some of the country's most influential business leaders are in attendance. Things quickly go overboard, when one of those attendees is found dead in the turbulent waters of the Straits of Florida, the intersection of the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico. Everybody aboard the mega yacht becomes a suspect, and Emma must fight upstream to navigate a public relations nightmare.

Twilight Sleep, a gothic satire of Jazz Age New York, was an instant best-seller when it was released in 1927. Quintessential Edith Wharton, it is stylish and sharp, at turns scathing, hilarious and melodramatic, but also deeply and surprisingly human. In a modernist twist, the story is told by three distinct narrators—19-year-old Nona Manford, her unflappable socialite mother Pauline, and Nona’s father and Pauline’s second husband, divorce lawyer Dexter Manford. All are trying to save the marriage of Nona’s half-brother, Jim Wyant, and his wife Lita.