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Kann ein Spiel Leben verändern? Gemeinsam mit seiner Lehrerin hat Caleb eine E-Sport-AG an der Ironville Middle School gegründet. Interessierte Schülerinnen und Schüler sind schnell gefunden. Genauso wie das Spiel, das sie für die nächsten Wochen spielen werden. "The Good War" basiert auf dem Zweiten Weltkrieg, über den die Siebtklässler kaum etwas wissen. Noch nicht. Sie teilen sich in Alliierte und die Achsenmächte auf, und zwischen Mobbing, Freundschaft und Siegeslust verhärten sich die Fronten.

Wenn Lily zwischen Rebstöcken hindurchläuft, ist sie glücklich, und so hat sie sich mit ihrem Beruf als Winzerin einen Traum erfüllt. Kurz vor ihrer Abreise nach Italien, wo sie auf dem berühmten Weingut der Familie Rossi arbeiten möchte, wird Lily ein geheimnisvolles Erbstück ausgehändigt: Eine kleine hölzerne Schachtel mit dem Namen ihrer Großmutter darauf. Die Schachtel wurde in einem ehemaligen Londoner Frauenhaus gefunden, und sie enthält lediglich ein handgeschriebenes Rezept auf Italienisch und ein Programm des Mailänder Opernhauses von 1946.

You love your mother, but she drives you crazy. She controls, criticizes, and butts into your life constantly. Then when you try and set boundaries, the pushback and resulting guilt are so bad you tell yourself...it's just not worth it. Is your mother narcissistic, borderline, or just plain difficult? Are you empathetic, sensitive, and kind? If so, chances are you have fallen into one or all of the hidden psychological traps that constitute the Good Daughter Syndrome.

"Lauf!", fleht ihre große Schwester Samantha. Mit vorgehaltener Waffe treiben zwei maskierte Männer Charlotte und sie an den Waldrand. "Lauf weg!" Und Charlie läuft. An diesem Tag. Und danach ihr ganzes Leben. Sie ist getrieben von den Erinnerungen an jene grauenvolle Attacke in ihrer Kindheit. Die blutigen Knochen ihrer erschossenen Mutter. Die Todesangst ihrer Schwester. Das Keuchen ihres Verfolgers.

As a teenager, Penny Collins was brutally attacked as she lay in her bed. The assault, from a man she knew all too well, traumatised Penny. Worse still, after her family refused to believe her initial fears about being watched, Penny told nobody, afraid her family would be convinced she was making the whole thing up...Penny swore that day that she would have her revenge. That he would pay for his crimes...

In alten Kellerhallen, in denen der Techno die noch von der Gewalt des letzten Jahrhunderts gezeichneten Wände zum Beben bringt, trifft die 19-jährige Nila auf Gleichgesinnte. Man legt die Lines, während man den Sozialismus predigt, und für Nila ist dieser dunkle Massenkörper der Ausweg aus dem Berliner Plattenbau, in dem wie sie nur Geflüchtete leben, wo die Toiletten von Silberfischen befallen und die Wände mit Hakenkreuzen beschmiert sind.

The first book specifically for daughters suffering from the emotional abuse of selfish, self-involved mothers, Will I Ever Be Good Enough? provides the expert assistance you need in order to overcome this debilitating history and reclaim your life for yourself.

Leda, a middle-aged divorcee, is alone for the first time in years when her daughters leave home to live with their father. Her initial, unexpected sense of liberty turns to ferocious introspection following a seemingly trivial occurrence. Throughout the novel, Ferrante's language is as finely tuned and intense as ever, and she treats her theme with a fierce, candid tenacity.

'At once so personal, yet utterly universal. A visceral, thoughtful and emotionally compelling story.' Melissa Leong In a beautifully crafted memoir of captivating emotional honesty, the SBS Insight host sets out to understand the dad she never really knew, and – along the way – herself...

Getting pregnant as a teenager was never part of Kate's plan, but when it happens she's determined to do right by her daughter, showing her the love she never had as a child. Life as a single mother is hard, sometimes impossible, but it only brings Kate and Becky closer together. By the time Becky is making her own way in the world as a tenacious trainee journalist, Kate couldn't be prouder.

My name is Elizabeth Anne Hawksmith, and my age is three hundred and eighty-four years. Each new settlement asks for a new journal, and so this Book of Shadows begins… In the spring of 1628, the Witchfinder of Wessex finds himself a true Witch. As Bess Hawksmith watches her mother swing from...

From the author of Remember Mia comes the tale of a young woman in search of her past, and the mother who will do anything to keep it hidden... What if you were the worst crime your mother ever committed? Dahlia Waller’s childhood memories consist of stuffy cars, seedy motels, and a...

Jack St. Claire is desperate. A grieving single father, he buries himself in his work—running a brand-new kink club in Paris. Instead of handling his grief, he’s built a fortress around his heart, and it’s time he hired someone to help him take care of his daughter before things get worse. Camille Aubert wasn’t looking for a new job. She just wanted to return a lost love letter she’d found within the pages of a book. But when she’s mistaken for a job candidate and hired as Jack’s live-in nanny, something tells her this is exactly where she needs to be.

When I married Bill, he was still reeling from the loss of his first wife. After our wedding, back in his dusty, quiet house, I hugged his daughters Lucy and Sara close and swore I would help heal this grieving family. But sweet, troubled Lucy is still struggling. I was so worried about her, but now I think I’ve found the perfect therapist. He says he can unlock her memories and reveal what’s really causing her anxiety. Sitting in his sunlit waiting room, I allow myself to hope. But then Lucy comes running out of the room, her eyes wild. She says she saw her mother die.

"Lauf!", fleht ihre große Schwester Samantha. Mit vorgehaltener Waffe treiben zwei maskierte Männer Charlotte und sie an den Waldrand. "Lauf weg!" Und Charlie läuft. An diesem Tag. Und danach ihr ganzes Leben. Sie ist getrieben von den Erinnerungen an jene grauenvolle Attacke in ihrer Kindheit. Die blutigen Knochen ihrer erschossenen Mutter. Die Todesangst ihrer Schwester. Das Keuchen ihres Verfolgers.

Die Töchter der Elemente - Vier Freundinnen mit übersinnlichen Fähigkeiten. Der achte Band der preisgekrönten Urban Fantasy Serie aus Kanada jetzt auf Deutsch! Georjayna hat Daracha besiegt. Doch die Hexe wird wiederkommen - und zwar stärker denn je. Mithilfe von Lachlan sucht Georjie nach Antworten, wer Daracha ist und was sie will. Dabei decken sie nicht nur die dunkle Vergangenheit von Blackmouth auf, sondern erkennen auch die Lebensgefahr, in der Georjie schwebt.

“A story of choices and events so intimate I felt I was part of it. The novel is wrenching, the emotions radiant, and it will leave readers transformed” —Luanne Rice, author of The Deep Blue Sea for Beginners “Joyce Maynard has outdone herself in this beautifully written story you’ll...

At 17, Christa Pierce has the perfect life. She's rich, pretty, the smartest in her senior class, and a star of the high school cross-country team. She has everything. She is everything. A winner. But it's all a lie. The pretty face is a mask she wears to hide family secrets that shine like bruises. A disguise to cover what her father's cruelty has stolen from her, including the mother she never knew. Now Christa is ready to break free from the prison of her so-called perfect life and destroy the man who keeps her in line with the back of his hand.

In an affluent neighborhood, twin daughters Raleigh and Eve are excited to graduate from high school. Wanting to celebrate, Raleigh does her best to convince her bookworm sister to go out to a party. That night while their parents were out of town, one daughter went out, and one vanished. A decade has passed, and what occurred that night at the Valentine's residence has remained a mystery....

Steve Biddulph’s Raising Boys was a global phenomenon. The first book in a generation to look at boys’ specific needs, parents loved its clarity and warm insights into their sons’ inner world. But today, things have changed. It’s girls that are in trouble. There has been a sudden and...