Ergebnis für "Marina" in Literatur & Belletristik

Von außen betrachtet sind Marek und Inga mit ihrem kleinen Sohn Mika eine glückliche Familie. Doch hinter der Fassade brodelt es. Als Inga auf einer Beziehungspause besteht, gerät Mareks Leben völlig aus den Fugen. Gut, dass seine Freunde Moritz und Claudius fest an seiner Seite stehen. Wird es für den ehemaligen Schlagmann des legendären Ruder-Vierers ein Happy End geben?

An einer Tankstelle in Spanien lässt Matilda ihren Mann Hannes stehen und fährt allein nach Hause. Dreißig Jahre Ehe und die vermeintliche Sicherheit ihres Lebens bleiben hinter ihr zurück. Matildas impulsive Handlung löst eine ganze Reihe von Entscheidungen und Entwicklungen aus. Eine Geschichte über die Lebensphase 60 Plus und deren besondere Herausforderungen: Erinnerungen bewältigen, selbstbestimmt handeln und mit Gelassenheit nach vorne schauen.

Wann hatte ich aufgehört zu leben? Mit den ersten grauen Haaren, Kleidergröße 44, als ich nicht mehr tanzen ging, abends zu müde für Freundinnen war...? Anne ist Anfang 50 und schwer frustriert. Drangsaliert von ihrer Mutter, ignoriert von ihrem Göttergatten und inspiriert von einer Wunschliste aus Kindertagen, macht sie sich auf die Reise. Und landet: in Wien. Gibt es einen besseren Ort, um alten Träumen endlich neues Leben einzuhauchen?

A beautiful summer's evening in a Kent field and around their two caravans a group of strawberry pickers celebrates a birthday. But what lies behind the buy-one-get-one-free offers at your supermarket and who picks our strawberries? The Ukrainians: Irina, just off the coach from Kiev, and Andriy, the miner's son from the other Ukraine; the Poles: Tomasz and Yola; two Chinese girls; Emanuel, the round-eyed eighteen-year-old from Malawi. And although he can't pick strawberries, there's also the Dog…

Two years after my mother died, my father fell in love with a glamorous blonde Ukrainian divorcee. He was 84 and she was 36. She exploded into our lives like a fluffy pink grenade, churning up the murky water, bringing to the surface sludge of sloughed-off memories, giving the family ghosts a kick up the backside. Sisters Vera and Nadezhda must put aside a lifetime of feuding to save their émigré engineer father from voluptuous gold-digger Valentina.

Brought to you by Penguin. George Pantis is in a pickle. After walking out on his wife Rosie on Referendum night 2016 to shack up with hairdresser 'Brexit Brenda' next door, he thinks he's got it made - especially when he wins millions on a Kosovan lottery he only vaguely remembers entering...

National Bestseller Longlisted for the Giller Prize This witty and compassionate national bestseller shows us how two generations in a seemingly ordinary small town navigate extraordinary rites of passage during a single, fateful week in autumn. Close to Hugh is a glorious, exuberant, poignant...

Marcus and Doro were part of a left-wing commune from the late 1960s until the early 1990s: lentils, free love, spliffs, radical politics, cheesecloth blouses, sex, housework and cooking rotas, crochet, allotments. Their children have grown up rather different from them: primary schoolteacher Clara craves order and clean bathrooms, son Serge is pretending to his parents that is still doing a Maths Ph.d. at Cambridge, while in fact making loadsamoney in the City; third child Oolie Anna, who has Down's Syndrome, is desperate to escape home and live on her own.

North London in the 21st century: a place where a son will swiftly adopt an old lady and take her home from hospital to impersonate his dear departed mother rather than lose the council flat. A time of golden job opportunities, though you might have to dress up as a coffee bean or work as an intern at an undertaker or put up with champagne and posh French dinners while your boss hits on you.

Georgie Sinclair’s husband has walked out and work is getting her down. So when she spots Mrs Shapiro, an eccentric old neighbour, rummaging through her skip in the middle of the night, it’s just the distraction she needs. And although they mistrust each other at first a firm friendship is formed. Then Mrs Shapiro is admitted to hospital and, to Georgie’s surprise, she is named as her next of kin.

Ever wondered why dogs don’t speak human languages? Simple: they know too much. If dogs ever started talking, they’d tell you exactly what they think and that would shatter every human illusion in one bark. No more polite nodding. No more “Who’s a good boy?” theatre. Just pure, unfiltered clarity. And clarity is dangerous. Enter Pepe: a highly opinionated, aggressively honest Jack Russell who has finally decided to break the silence. He’s here to explain the world as dogs actually see it... and trust me, you’re not ready.

Todo el barrio conoce su historia, pero nadie conoce la verdad. La más divertida y brillante novela de Juan Manuel Gil. Después de más de treinta años de servicio en la conserjería de un colegio, Leo Almada, el majareta, es prejubilado inesperadamente. Este hecho lo llevará a protagonizar...

Brent Spiner's explosive and hilarious novel is a personal look at the slightly askew relationship between a celebrity and his fans. If the Coen Brothers were to make a Star Trek movie, involving the complexity of fan obsession and sci-fi, this noir comedy might just be the one. Set in 1991...

Brought to you by Penguin. Two Caravans is the hilarious and engaging second novel from bestselling author Marina Lewycka. A field of strawberries in Kent... And sitting in it are two caravans - one for the men and one for the women. The residents are from all over: miner's son Andriy is from...

Due giovani donne forti e volitive si scontrano e confrontano sul difficile terreno della burocrazia. Le scartoffie e le pratiche burocratiche diventano un'occasione di scontro e un modo per parlare delle difficoltà che i migranti incontrano sulla via dell'integrazione nel nostro paese.

After Harry Jones takes his life in the chilling waters of Vixens Mere, not one body is found by the police rescue team, but two. "A darkly humorous and deeply moving tale of community" - Ruth Hogan Tucked away in the English countryside, the run-down marina at Vixens Mere hosts a ragtag...

Das Hörbuch zum Buch. Wie oft im Leben darf man verliebt sein? Gibt es überhaupt eine Liebesgrenze? Das Huhn namens Klio weiß es aus eigener Erfahrung und ist bereit uns darüber zu berichten.

Julie Randall needs that book. Not because it's a rare first edition, but because the handwritten notes in the margins will unlock the secrets of her Victorian-era kitchen garden in north London. The book was almost hers, but now, it's in the hands of some aristocratic jerk who probably doesn't know a tomato from a cucumber. Make that a handsome, aristocratic jerk.

She’s got a brand new life and everything she wants ...right? The sequel to chicklit with a twist, Fat Girl Slim. The hated house of her childhood has been sold and Alison now has a smart new apartment and a new, exciting career. Everything, in fact, that she’s ever dreamed of. Mother is but...

Marie-Claire is willing to do whatever it takes to stay at her prestigious London art school. Learn to loosen up? Leave her comfort zone? One kiss in a dark alcove with handsome footballer Mick Carr might be the answer. Suddenly, what started as a harmless fling turns into a nationwide scandal as the paparazzi hunts her and Mick’s ex-girlfriend brews trouble at every turn. Mick might hold the key to her success, but he also held the keys to her destruction. Will his love save her or destroy her?