Ergebnis für "veronica" in Familienleben

Years ago, Juliet left a little piece of her heart in Paris - and now, separated from her husband and with her children flying the nest, it's time to get it back! She puts on her best red lipstick, books a cosy attic apartment near Notre-Dame and takes the next train out of London. Arriving at the Gare du Nord, the memories come flooding back: bustling street cafés, cheap wine in candlelit bars and a handsome boy with glittering eyes. But Juliet has also been keeping a secret for over two decades - and she begins to realise it's impossible to move forwards without first looking back.

A curmudgeonly but charming old woman, her estranged grandson, and a colony of penguins proves it's never too late to be the person you want to be in this rich, heartwarming story from the acclaimed author of Ellie and the Harpmaker. Eighty-five-year-old Veronica McCreedy is estranged from her...

Veronica pasa su infancia y adolescencia en un barrio de Roma junto con su excéntrica familia: una madre omnipresente que vive permanentemente angustiada, un padre lleno de estrafalarias obsesiones y un hermano mayor, casi perfecto, que es el centro de toda la atención. Día a día tendrá que sortear situaciones tan embarazosas como desternillantes y descubrirá la impostura como forma de mantenerse cuerda y lidiar con la vida que le ha tocado en suerte.

All of a sudden, Carla’s life is turned upside down by a secret from her husband’s past. Has their long marriage been broken by betrayal? Is the life they share nothing but a sham? Watching from the sidelines, desperate for the things she never had, the mysterious Rose must weigh her options and possibly confront the total rejection that is her ultimate fear. Rob, a recently retired architect, pours his energy into the remodeling of his new London house, seemingly unaware that the threads of his home life are unraveling around him.

“Absolutely delightful.” —People The enchanting story of a bookshop, its grieving owner, a supportive literary community, and the extraordinary power of books to heal the heart Nightingale Books, nestled on the main street in an idyllic little village, is a dream come true for book...

For her entire life, things were easy: school, the violin, making friends, keeping the peace. Ryder Stephens is a popular and accomplished girl who tumbled through her 13 years with effortless ease. That is, until her center fell. After witnessing her mother's death, Ryder takes to the streets to right the wrongs thrust upon her by an unjust world. Hardships lead to foolish decisions, which snowball fast.

En hjertevarm julehistorie om at få nok af julens trængsel og alarm – og alligevel finde juleglæden til sidst

Lizzy Kingham elsker julen. Når duften af julebag spreder sig, og julelysene funkler, føler hun sig altid varm og lykkelig. Men i år er det anderledes. Dagene op til jul føles som hårdt arbejde snarere end hygge, og Lizzy begynder i det stille at undre sig … Hvad ville der mon ske, hvis hun simpelthen droppede julen?

På en studs rejser Lizzy alene til sit yndlingssted ved kysten for at få en tiltrængt tænkepause.

Hjemme hos Laura Giffin i huset på Lark Hill er der forandringer i luften, nu hvor begge døtrene er fløjet fra reden. Men tanken om et hjem uden pigernes smittende latter og livsglæde føles helt uvirkelig, også selv om Laura nu endelig får lidt tid til sig selv – og også lidt mere tid sammen med sin mand, Dom. Alting forandrer sig dog for Laura, da en chokerende hemmelighed bliver afsløret. Forvirret og nedslået søger hun trøst i sit kæreste eje: sin mormors opskriftssamling fra tiden under Anden Verdenskrig.

MODELL OCH MAMMA MED HELA VÄRLDEN DÄREMELLAN. Emilia lever livet som fotomodell i New York när hon blir gravid och ställs inför ett ultimatum: karriär eller familj? Med bröstmjölkspumpen i handväskan flyger hon mellan blöjbyten i Sverige och internationella modelluppdrag på exotiska platser. Mellan det trygga äktenskapets fredagsmys och spännande flörtar på Manhattans exklusivaste cocktailpartyn. Emilia vill vara en närvarande mamma, en tillgiven fru och en duktig dotter för sin sjuka pappa – samtidigt som hon drömmer om att lyckas i den krävande modevärlden.

What if everything you remembered about the person you loved… was a lie your mind told to survive? Samantha wakes up one morning to find her husband, Jack, gone—not just from their bed, but from existence. No photos. No records. No one remembers him. Not her friends. Not her family. Not even the internet. But Samantha remembers everything: their wedding, their vacations, the sound of his laugh echoing through the house. As her frantic search for proof spirals into obsession, the world insists she’s delusional. Is Jack real? Or is Samantha's mind hiding something far more terrifying than loss?

Where do you go when your home isn’t safe? Sophie Miller can’t live in her Colorado Springs house anymore—not after what happened. She has to get away from her meth-addicted mother. Away from the danger. Away from the drug trafficker who wants her. Finally, her father sends for her in Applewood, Oregon, where she falls in love with the sleepy town—and its persona non grata, Jeremy Rutledge. Spawned by the town conman, her father warns her to stay away from the boy with the kindest eyes she’s ever seen. As their relationship blossoms, so does the trouble.

"Juliana, Valeria y Lucia son primas: tiene casi la misma edad y suelen encontrarse en la casa de su abuela. Sin embargo, son muy distintas entre sí. Y atraviesan la adolescencia, esos ""años terribles"", cada una a su manera. El primer amor, la competencia con los hermanos por el afecto de...

Laura e Francesca, madre e figlia, cercano di ricostruire la verità sulla vita di Federico Trotta, che era stato loro marito e padre. Perché Federico ha sempre nascosto qualcosa e, ora che è scomparso, tutto acquista un nuovo senso: le misteriose assenze, i lunghi viaggi per lavoro, l’ambiguità di colleghi e amici. C’è stata una terza donna nella sua vita? Tutto sembra suggerirlo. Una donna segreta che si rivelerà essere la sola certezza nella vita di un uomo irrequieto, distratto e angosciato.

An eighteen-year-old leaves his home in Philadelphia to get away from a drug-addicted mother and her abusive partner, as well as to track down the man he thought was his deadbeat dad. His bus trip across the country and adventures in San Francisco bring answers and unexpected discoveries for him—a young woman and fresh insights about his parents.