Friendship

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....

From Shion Miura, the award-winning author of The Great Passage, comes a rapturous novel where the contemporary and the traditional meet amid the splendor of Japan’s mountain way of life....

A blues singer, Boratin, attempts suicide by jumping off the Bosphorus Bridge, but opens his eyes in the hospital. He has lost his memory, and can't recall why he wished to end his life. He remembers only things that are unrelated to himself, but confuses their timing....

An emotional, rousing novel inspired by the incredible true story of two giraffes who made headlines and won the hearts of Depression-era America....

Hyvän mielen tarina ystävyydestä, rakkaudesta ja yhteisön voimasta. Leskeksi jääneet sisarukset Mimmi ja Vera pitävät eläkepäiviensä iloksi Tukholman...

Joy and Annie are friends and roommates whose thirty-something lives aren’t exactly what they’d imagined. To make ends meet, they decide to rent their extra bedroom to Theo, who charms Joy with his salt-and-pepper hair and adoration of their one-eyed cat....

Kesäinen hyvän mielen romaani eräästä remontista, ystävyydestä ja ennakkoluuloisista naapureista. Hieman Hallavikista pohjoiseen sijaitsee...

Flo is sick of Tokyo. She is stuck in a rut, her translation work has dried up, and she's in a relationship that's run its course. That's until she stumbles upon a mysterious book left by a drunken passenger on the Tokyo Subway....

Lila è scomparsa. Esagerata, come sempre, ha cancellato ogni traccia. Ed Elena, l'amica di tutta la vita, inizia a raccontare la storia...

Con Napoli i conti non sono mai chiusi ed Elena, scrittrice ormai affermata, torna a vivere nella città da cui era fuggita...

Sullo sfondo che prelude ai grandi cambiamenti degli anni Sessanta, Lila ed Elena si affacciano al mondo condividendo il desiderio...

The complete BBC radio adaptations of Alexander McCall's bestselling series....

In the turbulent summer of 1974, Kate Mularkey has accepted her place at the bottom of the eighth-grade social food chain. Then, to her amazement, the "coolest girl in the world" moves in across the street and wants to be her friend....

The Socs and the Greasers are rival gangs from the opposite sides of town. The Socs’ idea of a good time is cruising around in their flash cars and beating up long-haired Greasers like Ponyboy....

Joanna Horton has created two unforgettable women, whose choices on the cusp of adulthood will resonate, in this riveting portrayal of female friendship, and the frayed boundary between loyalty and desire....

Dava Shastri, one of the world's wealthiest women, has always lived with her sterling reputation in mind. A brain cancer diagnosis at the age of seventy, however, changes everything, and Dava decides to take her death—like all matters of her life—into her own hands....

In life, nothing is certain. Just when you think you have it all figured out, something can happen to change the course of everything....

The Little Old Lady Strikes Back is a socially engaged, feelgood novel with a riotous plot from the author of The Little Old Lady Who Broke All the Rules....

Maggie is 36, recently divorced and embarrassingly unemployed. With a bank account nearing zero, she does the only thing she can think of: make a business proposition to her gorgeous and successful estranged mother. To Maggie’s utter surprise, her mother agrees....

Molly Hopkins has happily watched all of her friends’ dreams come true on Riverside Lane. Deciding to follow her passion for baking, Molly with the help of her friends takes the plunge and opens a Tea Garden in the village hoping to make it a summer to remember....

Cleo, o pictoriță britanică în vârstă de 24 de ani, a lăsat în urmă Anglia și a ales să facă un masterat cât mai departe de casă, la New York, orașul care nu doarme niciodată. Aici îl cunoaște pe Frank....

On a Thursday morning in May 1961, a well-mannered twenty-one-year-old named Marlene enters the Fifth Avenue apartment of Lee Radziwill to interview for the position of housekeeper and cook. The stylish wife of London-based Prince Stanislaw Radziwill, Princess Lee is intelligent and creative...

"मोहसिन कुछ और पास आया और चिंगी ने भी थोड़े क़दम आगे लिए। एक तरफ़ होरमोंज का ज़ोर था और दूसरी ओर अचानक से बहुत ज़ोर की बारिश शुरू हो गई। चिंगी और चहक उठी।....

Mellem to unge piger udvikler sig et ubrydeligt venskab, som trods store forskelle i arv og miljø hjælper dem gennem mange genvordigheder hjemme i...

Fire kvinder i 40-årsalderen - barndomsveninder - har karrieren og til dels parforholdene på plads, indtil en fortiet, pinlig episode fra fortiden...

Dla szóstki dawnych przyjaciół miał to być nie tylko relaksujący wypad w Tatry, ale i okazja, aby po latach odnowić znajomość. Nic jednak nie idzie tak, jak sobie zaplanowali. Kiedy zaś w czasie kuligu dochodzi do morderstwa córki właściciela pensjonatu "Pod Śnieżycą", szybko okazuje się, że kilkoro z tego grona miało powód, aby je popełnić. Mało tego! Jedno z nich nie jest tym, za kogo się podaje. Kto stworzył sobie fałszywą tożsamość? Kto ciągle nie może się pogodzić z tym, że został porzucony? Kto od lat skrywa w sobie mroczną tajemnicę? I wreszcie: kto jest mordercą? Komisarz Krzysztof Darski rozpoczyna śledztwo.

Tilda has done everything she can to make her life neat, protected, tidy. No longer the girl who was scared of everything, whose family pushed her away, who hit rock bottom. Now she runs her life – as she does her successful business – with the utmost organization. As long as she keeps everyone at arm’s length, she will be fine. She will be safe. But then a chance encounter with a man who’s fallen on hard times changes everything.

A shimmering, joyful novel about a pair of opposites with the wrong thing in common, from #1 New York Times bestselling author Emily Henry.

Lady Georgiana Pendlebury is no stranger to breaking the rules of polite society. But when a so-called ‘friend’ invites her to a clandestine party, Georgiana is shocked to discover the event is more scandalous than even she could have imagined. So when a mysterious stranger offers help, she accepts, not realising their encounter will turn her life upside down.

For Squadron Leader Alex Everton dogfights in his Spitfire have become his way of life. He knows every time he goes up in the air, he might not make it home again, but he’ll keep fighting anyway. The boys in blue seem to be winning the Battle of Britain, but during a raid over Dieppe the Luftwaffe gain the upper hand and Alex’s spitfire is shot down. Alex expects to either drown in the water beneath him or be incarcerated in a German prisoner of war camp. Instead, he becomes an evader, dodging the enemy as he tries to get back home to Blighty.

War strikes close to home for chief librarian Cordelia when her flat is bombed, and her beloved Robert is called up and sent abroad. Fortunately, her colleagues Mavis and Jane can help see her through hard times. The three friends find purpose in making the Silvertown library a friendly sanctuary for their deprived and devastated community. But sinister forces, from callous bureaucrats to crafty criminals, still lurk among the stacks.

Eine Silvesterfeier unter Freunden. Die Frage nach den Vorsätzen für das neue Jahr wirft Konflikte auf. Am Neujahrsmorgen steht das Versprechen, sich in einem Jahr am selben Ort wiederzutreffen. In diesen zwölf Monaten brechen alte Wunden auf und es zeigen sich ungeahnte Abgründe in ihrer scheinbar perfekten Welt.

Der Unternehmer Wolfgang ist ein Sympathieträger: Humorvoll, erfolgreich, bodenständig - ein "Gemütsmensch", der urplötzlich eine fatale Diagnose erhält und von da an sein eigenes Leben auf den Kopf stellt. Anstatt sich den notwendigen medizinischen Behandlungen zu unterziehen, macht er sich spontan auf die Reise in seine eigene Vergangenheit. Er sucht nach seinem Freund von früher - und so wird der Hörer/Leser auf eine ungewöhnliche, abenteuerliche Reise eingeladen, die sich schnell zu einem "odysseartigen Roadtrip" entwickelt.

Als Katherine Madigan ein bezauberndes Haus in der irischen Kleinstadt Howth erbt, ahnt sie noch nicht, dass damit auch eine kleine Bücherei verbunden ist: die Rainbow-Hearts-Library. Kate reist nach Irland, um sich ihr Erbe anzusehen und trifft auf überaus herzliche Dorfbewohner. Schnell wird ihr klar, dass der kleine Laden allseits beliebt war und dass sich das Dorf nichts sehnlicher wünscht, als dass Kate ihn wiedereröffnet. Den Grund dafür findet Kate schon bald zwischen den Seiten der Bücher: Briefe.

Isa Epley ist einundzwanzig Jahre alt und weise genug, um zu wissen, dass der Sinn des Lebens im Vergnügen liegt. Tagsüber verkauft sie mit ihrer besten Freundin Gala Klamotten an einem Straßenstand, um ihre Zwischenmiete in Brooklyn zu finanzieren.

Il libro ha come protagonista un giovane avvocato di successo, Luca Pertinelli, e il coro di amici (e colleghi di lavoro) che l'accompagnano "in scena". Fino a quando non arriva dall'Inghilterra la giovane Sabine, di cui Luca si innamora entrando in conflitto con il proprio ambiente, la moglie e le regole di un mondo in cui egli stesso è irrimediabilmente prigioniero. Nella seconda parte del romanzo, la scena si sposta su un'isola vacanziera dove la presenza di Sabine farà esplodere in modo drammatico le contraddizioni che dominano il circuito di sciagurati gaudenti attorno ai quali Bulgaro traccia un disegno collettivo di grande respiro.

Primrose Hall is more than Jackson Moody and his fiancée Pia’s home – it’s the heart of the community. The Sunday craft fairs in the renovated stables are a popular draw for the locals and tourists alike, enticed by the beautiful surroundings of Primrose Woods as well as the irresistible goodies on display. But for Sophie Wright they’re a chance to forge a new life and a new business. After leaving behind a turbulent relationship, Sophie is starting again – and romance is the last thing on her mind.

When three little girls—Anna, Bernie, and Elica—make a pact to be blood sisters for life, they believe nothing can come between them. Anna is from an affluent Jewish family, while Bernie and Elica are from poor Austrian families who barely make ends meet. As they get older, their social differences become all too real. With infectious Jew-hate-laden rhetoric from Nazi Germany spreading into Austria, it is only a matter of time before their bond of friendship gets severely tested.

As the Great War rages across Europe, twenty-one-year-old Ruby Archer decides to ‘do her bit’ at an East End munitions factory. The work is relentless and deafening, but the camaraderie of the other girls carries her through. As the threat of another Zeppelin attack grows by the day, Ruby cannot ignore the abandoned animals scavenging the local streets. She rescues a stray kitten, Tess, and takes in an injured terrier Mac, but when all the local cats mysteriously disappear, she knows she needs to do more, and with the help of her friends plans to open a weekly animal clinic.

Charlotte has it all: the successful career, the loving family. But, secretly, she is dangerously bored of her rigid and structured life. Bianka is a free spirit, always the life and soul. When she and Charlotte meet, it feels like fate – Bianka is exactly the person that Charlotte needs. When they escape to Ibiza for a girls’ trip, home is soon forgotten. Charlotte dives head first into a life that is looser, wilder. But the holiday soon spirals out of control with fatal consequences – someone doesn’t return home.