Ergebnis für "Night Shift" in Familienleben

Eine herzzerreißende Familiengeschichte von Weltbestsellerautorin Kristin Hannah. Die Teenager Mia und Zach Farraday freunden sich mit Lexi Baill an, einem Mädchen mit dunkler Vergangenheit. Bevor sie auf verschiedene Colleges gehen, wollen sie den letzten gemeinsamen Sommer in ihrem Abschlussjahr in vollen Zügen genießen. Doch dann trifft einer von ihnen in einer Nacht eine verheerende Entscheidung. Die Farradays werden auseinandergerissen. Lexi verliert alles. Werden sie einen Weg finden, mit den Folgen dieser Nacht zu leben?

Peter Rock's stunning autobiographical novel begins in the '90s on the Door Peninsula of Wisconsin. The narrator, a recent college graduate, and a young widow, Mrs. Abel, swim together at night, making their way across miles of open water, navigating the currents and swells carried by the rise and fall of the lake. The nature of these night swims, and of his relationship to Mrs. Abel, becomes increasingly mysterious to the narrator as the summer passes, until the night that Mrs. Abel disappears.

Forty-six-year-old divorcée Christine is finally happy - or so she thinks. She has an amazing boyfriend but she also has a drama-filled family she fears might scare him off. And when Christine spies her dependable Aunt Inge in the company of a man who is most certainly not her husband, it sends the family drama into overdrive - and delivers an unexpected wake-up call to Christine. Because after witnessing the newfound passion with which 60-something Inge is tackling each day, Christine becomes aware of the mounting frustrations in her supposedly fabulous life. Sick and tired of playing it safe, Christine finally decides the time has come to make some big changes.