Showing results for "Best of All" in Women's Fiction

Vermont, 1972. Carole LaPorte has a satisfying, ordinary life. She cares for her children, balances the books for the family's auto shop, and laughs when her husband slow dances her across the kitchen floor. Her tragic childhood might have happened to someone else. But now her mind is playing tricks on her. The accounts won't reconcile and the murmuring she hears isn't the television.

Brought to you by Penguin. Dive into the Joyful Chaos of the Kennedy Household. Single mum Lila: Has got her hands full with two unruly daughters. Is the author of an unexpectedly successful self-help book. Is the impulsive owner of a flashy sportscar. She also: Has a stepdad who quietly moved...

Life is waiting to happen to Hubert Bird. But first he has to open his front door and let it in. In weekly phone calls to his daughter in Australia, widower Hubert Bird paints a picture of the perfect retirement, packed with fun, friendship and fulfilment. But Hubert Bird is lying. The truth is...

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Cora Carmack follows up her trio of hits—Losing It, Faking It, and Finding It—with this thrilling first novel in an explosive series bursting with the Texas flavor, edge, and steamy romance of Friday Night Lights. In Texas, two things are...

From the Sunday Times bestselling author, for anyone who's ever been ghosted – and wondered why… 'Unputdownable' Mel Giedroyc 'Beth is a really clever, funny writer' Nina Stibbe 'The queen of feel-good fiction' Clare Pooley 'Isabella's NOT dead.' Every time someone asks Gwen about her best...

This unforgettable novel puts human faces on the Syrian war with the immigrant story of a beekeeper, his wife, and the triumph of spirit when the world becomes unrecognizable. “A beautifully crafted novel of international significance that has the capacity to have us open our eyes and see...

“Remarkable . . . With this book [Wolitzer] has surpassed herself.”—The New York Times Book Review "A victory . . . The Interestings secures Wolitzer's place among the best novelists of her generation. . . . She's every bit as literary as Franzen or Eugenides. But the very human moments in...

A marriage on the rocks. A family in disarray. A weekend in the sun at a luxury, all-inclusive hotel. What could possibly go wrong? Jo and Dave haven't had a holiday in years. They've had other things on their plate: failed IVF, the death of Dave's mother, doing up the bathroom. So when Dave’s...

Zu Beginn der 1960er Jahre stimmen die Errungenschaften der Frauenbewegung, die neuartige Pille und die vielen neuen Möglichkeiten Luise zuversichtlich, außerdem ist in ihrem kleinen Laden viel zu tun, er ist ihr ganzer Stolz. Voller Tatendrang plant sie einen Umbau - sie möchte mit der Zeit gehen und Selbstbedienung anbieten. Doch nicht alles klappt so, wie erhofft. Zum Glück sind ihre drei Freundinnen weiterhin an ihrer Seite: die alleinerziehende Helga, Marie, die um ihre Familie kämpft und Annabel, die endlich eine Tochter bekommt - ein Contergan-Kind. Gemeinsam merken sie.

After thirty long years, Louisa’s daughters can finally look after themselves … or so she thinks. Because suddenly, they’re back – apparently for good. Meg’s second-guessing her marriage. Jo’s career hangs in the balance. Amy has inexplicably quit university. None of them empty the...

Der zweite Band der Bestseller-Serie Die Wunderfrauen: Vier starke Frauen zwischen Wirtschaftswunder und Hippiezeit, zwischen Nylons und Emanzipation, zwischen Liebe und Freundschaft. Zu Beginn der 1960er Jahre stimmen die Errungenschaften der Frauenbewegung, die neuartige Pille und die vielen neuen Möglichkeiten Luise zuversichtlich, außerdem ist in ihrem kleinen Laden viel zu tun, er ist ihr ganzer Stolz. Voller Tatendrang plant sie einen Umbau - sie möchte mit der Zeit gehen und Selbstbedienung anbieten.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Jude Deveraux returns to the magnificent, sunny island in For All Time, the second novel in her Nantucket Brides trilogy—this time featuring the next generation of her beloved family of Montgomery-Taggerts. The wedding of Alix Madsen and Jared Montgomery is a...

A glorious, sweeping novel of desire, ambition, and the thirst for knowledge, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Eat, Pray, Love and Committed. In The Signature of All Things, Elizabeth Gilbert returns to fiction, inserting her inimitable voice into an enthralling story of love...

'This book took hold of me and wouldn't let me go until I turned the final page' BETH O'LEARY 'Funny, tender and uplifting' BBC RADIO 4 'Beautifully written and thought-provoking' KATIE FFORDE 'This is one of those books you just want to gulp down in one' GOOD HOUSEKEEPING...

From the critically acclaimed, bestselling author of The Cartographers and The Book of M comes an inventive new novel about a woman who wins the chance to rewrite every mistake she’s ever made… and how far she’ll go to find her elusive “happily ever after.” But there’s a twist: the...

Brought to you by Penguin. THE SPIEGEL BESTSELLER AND WINNER OF THE GERMAN BOOK PRIZE 2024 Juno Isabella Flock is a dancer and performance artist who spends her days caring for her ailing husband, and her nights chatting to love scammers online. She’s aware of the risks these men pose –...

Brought to you by Penguin. Discover the perfect summer read from the bestselling author of We All Want Impossible Things. One week at golden Cape Cod. The perfect family holiday. What could possibly go wrong? For the past two decades, Rocky has looked forward to her family’s yearly escape to...

The New York Times bestselling authors of The Glass Ocean and The Forgotten Room return with a glorious historical adventure that moves from the dark days of two World Wars to the turbulent years of the 1960s, in which three women with bruised hearts find refuge at Paris’ legendary Ritz hotel...

У главной героини, Изабеллы, жизнь не удалась: карьера актрисы не сложилась, наряды оставляют желать лучшего, диван разваливается, а от бойфренда никакого толку. После особенно неудачного Рождества она решает взяться за ум и рассылает свое резюме повсюду. И, о счастье, ее действительно приглашают на работу в цирк: только вот от нее ожидают профессиональных акробатических трюков, а у нее даже в школе с физкультурой было не очень. Однако Изабелла не из тех, кто опускает руки, поэтому она находит тренера и начинает учиться крутить сальто. Казалось бы, что может пойти не так?

USA Today Bestseller First friends, then enemies . . . Lady Aurelia hasn't always hated Max, Viscount Camden, her brother's best friend. In fact, as a besotted girl, she thrived under his kind attention— sure that he was the most noble and handsome man in the land. Until her young heart...