Ergebnis für "Welcome Home" in Literatur & Belletristik

Yeongju did everything she was supposed to, go to university, marry a decent man, get a respectable job. Then it all fell apart. Burned out, Yeongju abandons her old life, quits her high-flying career, divorces her husband, and follows her dream. She opens a bookshop. In a quaint neighbourhood in Seoul, surrounded by books, Yeongju and her customers take refuge. From the lonely barista to the unhappily married housewife, and the writer who sees something special in Yeongju - they all have disappointments in their past.

Als Phoebe Stone in einem grünen Kleid, goldenen High Heels und ohne Tasche im prächtigen »Cornwall Inn« ankommt, wird sie von allen für eine der Hochzeitsgäste gehalten. Denn sie ist die Einzige, die nicht wegen des großen Ereignisses angereist ist. Lange hat sie von diesem Aufenthalt geträumt, nun ist sie hier, am Tiefpunkt ihres Lebens, entschlossen, sich ein letztes Mal ein bisschen Luxus zu gönnen. Doch dann entwickelt sich zwischen den beiden ungleichen Frauen eine überraschende Freundschaft, die alles auf den Kopf stellt.

From the New York Times bestselling authors of Welcome to Night Vale and It Devours! and the creators of the hit podcast, comes a new novel set in the world of Night Vale and beyond. In the town of Night Vale, there’s a faceless old woman who secretly lives in everyone’s home, but no one...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER A New York Times Notable Book From the acclaimed Nobel Prize winner: an emotional powerhouse of a novel about a modern Odysseus returning to a 1950s America mined with lethal pitfalls for an unwary Black man "Powerful. . . . Jaw-dropping in its beauty and audacity...

Someone is cleaning up the badlands, removing the major pirate clans from the most developed worlds. Captain Scott and the Free Fleet must determine who is behind the liberations, and if they are an ally, or just another threat to humanity.

At the center of Home Again is Madelaine - a brilliant cardiologist, a loving mother, a tender friend, and a woman full of self-doubt. It is also the story of her confused and angry daughter, Lina, and of the two very different men Madelaine loves: Francis, a priest searching for his faith, and Angel, a talented but cynical man with a broken heart. When tragedy suddenly brings them all together, they must learn to forgive the betrayals of the past and find the courage to love again.

When her boss insists she travels to Ireland for work, Clare finds herself drawn back to the village of Ballykielty - the home of her family, and the home of her secrets. The one place she vowed never to return to again. Can she be brave and face up to her family and the demons of her past?

Six years ago, Tahoe took everything. Now it wants more. You swear you’ll never go back. But when the past demands your return to the place where everything unraveled, you have no choice. The house still stands. The memories still haunt. The silence is louder than ever. And someone is waiting for you. But who? Almost immediately, the unease sets in: unsettling cryptic messages, whispered threats, and nightmares that blur into waking hours. Then the bodies start to fall.

Glory Boughton, aged 38, has returned to Gilead to care for her dying father. Soon her brother, Jack - the prodigal son of the family, gone for 20 years - comes home too, looking for refuge and trying to make peace with a past littered with tormenting trouble and pain.

Steve and the other survivors in the UK have rebuilt and healed after the brutal end to the reign of Richards. But removing a dictator was only the beginning.... Years after a mistake of compassion and humanity, an enemy thought long gone returns to bring down a rain of violence and terror the likes of which they have never seen before. Their society, a peaceful one of trade and cooperation, has moved on from the bloody aftermath of the collapse, but that evolution blunts their teeth to be able to combat the new threat.

The Trials have ended. The universe has been forever altered, and countless eyes now turn to the stars as a new frontier opens for those bold enough to venture into the unknown. With the Trial behind him, Alistair finds himself back on Earth—but he has no intention of staying. As he and the rest of the clan regroup, their sights are set beyond their home worlds, toward the vast expanse of space. They seek a new home, a safe haven where they can grow their power and influence, forge new bonds, and find their place in a changed universe in anticipation of the Gathering Storm.

From Tiktok phenomenon Whitney Hanson, a revised edition of her bestselling Home, now with a new introduction and more than a dozen new poems "the bees aren’t going to go away but they are going to change with you sometimes they will be chaotic sometimes they will rest sometimes they will give...

There are some things which even the closest friendship cannot survive.... Neighbours Edie Kelsey and Lil Horton have been friends for more than twenty years, sharing the joys and sorrows of tough lives as the wives of fishermen in Grimsby. So it was no surprise that their children were close and that Edie's son, Frank, and Lil's daughter, Irene, would fall in love and marry at a young age. But the declaration of war in 1939 changes everything.

If society collapsed, could you survive? When Morgan Carter’s car breaks down 250 miles from his home, he figures his weekend plans are ruined. But things are about to get much, much worse: the country’s power grid has collapsed. There is no electricity, no running water, no Internet, and no...

The gripping third installment of the 24690 series, nominated for a Goodreads Choice Award, plunges into the chilling darkness of Whitlock as three scouts venture deeper into its sinister heart, hunting for its next victims in a world where survival demands unimaginable sacrifices. Welcome...

Kurt Vonnegut is a master of contemporary American Literature. His black humor, satiric voice, and incomparable imagination first captured America's attention in The Siren's of Titan in 1959 and established him as ""a true artist""* with Cat's Cradle in 1963. He is, as Graham Greene has declared...

Set against the backdrop of an elegant Cornwall mansion before World War II and a vast continent-spanning canvas during the turbulent war years, this captivating story tells of an extraordinary young woman's coming of age, coming to grips with love and sadness, and in every sense of the term, coming home.... In 1935, Judith Dunbar is left behind at a British boarding school when her mother and baby sister go off to join her father in Singapore.

Rob, a charismatic ex-fighter pilot severely disabled with MS, has been steadfastly cared for by his wife, Jan, for many years. Quite by accident one day, Terry, a young writer/postal carrier, enters their lives and turns it upside down. Injecting joy and turbulence into their quiet existence, Terry draws Rob and Jan into her lively circle of family and friends until the growing attachment between the two women begins to strain the bonds of love and loyalty, to Rob and each other. Contains mature themes.

When Sarah unexpectedly inherits a secluded estate in North Tahoe from an uncle she never knew, it feels like fate. A fresh start. A lifeline. Her husband, Logan, isn’t convinced. Something about the house—about the deal—feels off. Then there’s Phil. A stranger, yet always nearby. Too interested. Too familiar. He lingers at the edges of their new life, watching. And when the strange occurrences begin—doors left open, objects disappearing, eerie phone calls—Logan knows it’s not just paranoia.

Then, she looked up and let out a short, bitten-off scream. A...thing was there, looming above her, observing her with the impassivity of the cat. Though most of it was shrouded in darkness, Paige knew it was a demon. She could vaguely make out the silhouette of wings, of huge horns curling up from its head like a gazelle. She wanted to light more candles to see better, but she didn’t want to look away from the creature.