Ergebnis für "Suche" in Familienleben

Der junge Ethan ist gezwungen, die Sommerferien bei seinem ungeliebten Vater Noah in der Nähe des Blythe-River-Naturschutzgebietes zu verbringen. Ethan teilt weder die sportlichen Ambitionen seines Vaters noch dessen Vorliebe für die ungezähmte Natur; ihr Verhältnis ist angespannt. Doch als Noah eines Tages von einem langen Lauf nicht nach Hause zurückkehrt, macht sich Ethan auf die Suche nach seinem Vater.

Stockholm 1929: Nach Monaten der Trennung ist Astrid endlich wieder mit ihrem Sohn Lasse vereint. Als unverheiratete Mutter hat sie es nicht leicht, aber sie will es schaffen. Für Lasse und für sich. Jahre später scheint dies alles vergessen. Astrid hat ihre große Liebe Sture geheiratet. Was geblieben ist, sind die Geschichten, die sie ihrem Sohn und nun auch der kleinen Karin erzählt. Sie beginnt sie aufzuschreiben und schickt sie an einen Verlag. Ihr plötzlicher Erfolg als Autorin kommt überraschend. Eigentlich könnte jetzt alles gut sein.

Nicolaas Storm fährt mit seinem Vater Willem durch ein vollkommen verändertes Südafrika. Nach einem Fieber, das weltweit fünfundneunzig Prozent der Menschen getötet hat, versuchen die beiden, einen sicheren Platz zum Leben zu finden. Das Land ist in einem Zustand der Gesetzlosigkeit. Gangs ziehen schwerbewaffnet umher, wilde Tiere bedrohen die Menschen. Schließlich aber finden Vater und Sohn einen Platz für eine Siedlung.

Im Leben der 38-jährigen Holly Berger scheint alles zu stimmen. Sie ist glücklich verheiratet und hat zwei Kinder - doch von einem Moment zum nächsten weiß sie nicht mehr, wer sie wirklich ist: Sie entdeckt in ihrem Elternhaus, dass sie als Baby ausgesetzt und später adoptiert wurde...

Your 15-year-old son stands accused of something terrible. Who is to blame? His friends? Social media? Or, as his mother, is it your fault? When Amanda finds out her teenage son, Nathan, is accused of being among a group of boys sexually bullying a young woman and causing her to take her own...

Your 15-year-old son stands accused of something terrible. Who is to blame? His friends? Social media? Or, as his mother, is it your fault? When Amanda finds out her teenage son, Nathan, is accused of being among a group of boys sexually bullying a young woman and causing her to take her own...

From a Booker Prize-longlisted author, a novel in which a woman tries to overcome her abusive past and find her estranged sister in a deeply moving and darkly humorous quest for redemption Foul-mouthed, scrappy, and self-destructive, Steffie is her own worst enemy. Sustained by her sardonic...

In this humorous and heartfelt novel, a blueberry farmer teams up with a teenager in need to start a revenge business. What could possibly go wrong? In rural Ohio, the last connections lonesome Felicity Lavigne has to her late mom are the blueberry farm she inherited and her mom’s old phone...

‘A stunningly frank and darkly funny novel of loneliness and resilience. I loved it.’ — Bonnie Garmus, author of Lessons in Chemistry ‘In Steffie, Sian Hughes has created one of the most powerful, highly original and hilarious voices in fiction. What she suffers is almost unbearable and...

For Rose O’Connell, enrolling her seven-year-old son, Charlie, into the prestigious school across the road marks a bright new future for her family. One where she can finally forget the dark stains of her childhood. The school is ruled by The Circle, an elite group of influential mothers with beauty and wealth. Every other mum would kill to join it—but to Rose’s shock, it’s her they invite. Rose is so close to having the life she’s dreamed of. But there’s something peculiar about The Circle. What is each woman hiding beneath her perfect exterior?

I was so happy when my son, Knox, began dating my best friend’s daughter. Our kids grew up together and we used to joke, as we sipped wine and watched them play, that they’d get married one day. But when Knox came home late after a party, zipping his hoodie up to hide the scratches I caught a glimpse of on his collarbone, a chill went down my spine. That night, our whole world shattered. Now, I hardly recognize my husband as he sweeps into action, calling in a hot-shot lawyer to defend our boy.

“This is not your grandma’s fairy tale… Brilliant.” —The Washington Post “The Force of Such Beauty grips with the strength of an Olympian and holds it with the endurance of a marathoner … [to] an ending that actually caught my breath, not once, but twice in quick succession...

Tom Lowe’s identity and his pride are invested in the work he does with his back and his hands. He designed and built his family’s dream home, working extra hours to pay off the adjustable rate mortgage he took on the property, convinced he is making every sacrifice for the happiness of his wife and son. Until, in a moment of fatigued inattention, shingling a roof in too-bright sunlight, he falls. In constant pain, addicted to painkillers at the cost of his relationships with his wife and son, Tom slowly comes to realize that he can never work again.

Living peacefully in Vermont, Ryan Flannigan is shocked when a text from her oldest friend alerts her to a devastating news item. A controversial photo of her as a pre-teen has been found in the possession of a wealthy investor recently revealed as a pedophile and a sex trafficker—with an inscription to him from Ryan's mother on the back.

'BRING ON THE DRAMA' Cosmopolitan Best New Book of July 2023 The Read with Jenna Today Book Club Pick 'I couldn't put it down' Alice Clark-Platts 'Slick, agile, and utterly engrossing' Taiye Selasi Basking in Singapore's non-stop sunshine, low tax rate and crocodile Birkins on every other arm...

Bloomsbury presents Destination Wedding by Diksha Basu, read by Nikki Patel ***SHORTLISTED FOR THE COMEDY WOMEN IN PRINT PRIZE 2021*** NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY MARIE CLAIRE AND THE NEW YORK POST 'Extremely obsessed with this book' CHRISSY TEIGEN ‘A riveting summer read’...

It isn't that Lizzie doesn't want to stay Amish. It's just that there is so much to figure out. Like why can't she let her hair a little looser on top? And why can't she wear shoes with a little bit more of a heel? And will she ever really just know for a fact who she is going to marry, like her next-older sister, Emma, does? And how does it happen that her just-younger sister, Mandy, is going on a date before Lizzie ever has a real one?

What does it mean to remember? Joined at birth, then pulled apart, Selina and Zora’s relationship is marked by a pattern of closeness and separation. Growing up in 50s’ and 60s’ London under the shadow of Enoch Powell, they are instinctively dependent on each other, and yet Zora yearns for...

The summer of 1964 certainly was eventful, but it's nothing compared to what's coming to the Brooke family and to Hollyhill, Kentucky. David finally gets up the nerve to pop the question to Leigh, and wedding plans are in the making. But the past is coming to call on many in Hollyhill, threatening to destroy the relationships that everyone thought were so strong. Two people - one David thought was gone for good and the other no one's ever heard of - are making their way to the small town and promise trouble.