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....

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....

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...

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

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

Carico di speranze e tensioni, arriva il vento degli anni Settanta che ogni cosa scompagina. Elena, laureata alla Normale di Pisa, pubblica un fortunato romanzo...

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

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....

There’s no place like home, especially if it’s Serenity, South Carolina. For Annie Sullivan, though, the homecoming is bittersweet. She’d always envisioned a life there with her childhood best friend, Tyler Townsend. But Ty’s betrayal has cost her....

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....

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....

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....

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....

Ирландская писательница и журналистка Мейв Бинчи (1940–2012) хорошо известна не только на своей родине, но и во всем мире. Перу Бинчи, помимо рассказов, принадлежит 16 романов, ее книги неизменно становились бестселлерами и не раз получали престижные международные премии. В 1970-х годах Бинчи опубликовала три сборника рассказов, и довольно успешно, но настоящая слава пришла к ней после выхода первого романа Зажги свечу (1982).

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

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.

PIĘKNA POWIEŚĆ Z DWUDZIESTOLECIEM MIĘDZYWOJENNYM W TLE. Sara Margo, piękna, pozornie szczęśliwa, odnosząca sukcesy aktorka, w rzeczywistości żyje w strachu przed mężem tyranem, podejrzanym o popełnienie morderstwa. Los Sary zmienia się w chwili, gdy na jej drodze stają dwie kobiety, z którymi wydawałoby się nie ma nic wspólnego. Połączone nienawiścią do Alojzego Liebhabera, stręczyciela, szantażysty i uwodziciela, postanawiają zawalczyć o swoją niezależność. Czy przyjaźń doświadczonych przez los kobiet okaże się na tyle silna, by wygrać z uprzedzeniami i pokonać prześladowców w świecie zdominowanym przez mężczyzn?

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.

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.

Ulysses und Evelyn begegnen sich in einem italienischen Weinkeller und sprechen über Kunst und das Leben, zu einem Zeitpunkt, an dem die Schönheit in der Welt nicht leicht zu finden ist. Diese Begegnung knüpft zwischen ihnen ein lebenslanges Band der Freundschaft. Er ist ein junger britischer Soldat, sie ist eine sechzigjährige Kunsthistorikerin, die ihre geliebten Gemälde vor den Bomben des Zweiten Weltkriegs bewahren will.

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.

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.

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.

The daughter of Irish immigrants and the son of an African slave forge their own destiny in Boston, in this compelling sequel to Shanty Gold.

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.