Showing results for "Care Of" in Women's Fiction

Don't miss the charming, heartfelt and irresistibly romantic Forever Yours series from Cara Bastone, the bestselling author of Ready of Not and Promise Me Sunshine The more you resist, the deeper you’ll fall... Serafine St. Romain doesn’t need her psychic powers to know she’s no longer in...

Una donna, vittima di violenza psicologia e fisica decide di riprendere la sua vita in mano dopo aver toccato il fondo. Questo breve racconto, sottoforma di lettere al destino (escluso uno) ospita la storia di una protagonista senza nome che ci racconta la sua esperienza di vita. Il tema è la violenza sulle donne. Personaggi ed avvenimenti sono frutto di fantasia.

A story about finding hope in the face of hardship and connection in the face of crisis, Handle with Care is a novel for our time. "Brimming with Southern charm, danger, and a complex cast of characters, Marybeth Mayhew Whalen masterfully blends suspense and emotion." --Women's World "Rich with...

Tabitha Knicely is overwhelmed with sorrow and exhaustion caring for her beloved great-aunt, whose dementia is getting worse. When her neighbor Marcus Whittington accuses Tabitha of elder neglect, he doesn't realize how his threats to have Aunt Tweet taken away add to Tabitha's pain. Then Marcus gets to know the exuberant elderly lady and sees up close how hard Tabitha is fighting to keep everything together. Tabitha finds herself leaning on Marcus more and more. And he's becoming more than happy to share her burdens. 

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of In the Dark by Cara Hunter, read by Lee Ingleby and Emma Cunniffe. A woman and child are found locked in a basement room, barely alive. No one knows who they are - the woman can't speak, and there are no missing persons reports that match their profile...

Nora Lange's debut novel, Us Fools, was praised as the "Great American Novel" by Molly Young in the New York Times, and "a razor-sharp critique of American capitalism" by Michael Schaub at NPR. Now, she turns her eye toward the daily exercise of getting by. In "Heart Beats," Carol and David...

‘A delicious story that wraps itself around your heart’ Evie Woods, bestselling author of The Lost Bookshop It’s been three years, two weeks and one day since Kate Shaw’s life changed forever. Three years, two weeks and one day that Kate has been angry – with herself and life. But...

Maddalena, la maggiore, è timida, sobria, riservata. Nina, di poco minore, è bella e capricciosa, magnetica, difficile, prigioniera del proprio egocentrismo. Le due sorelle, legate dal filo di un'intima indistinzione, hanno costruito la loro infanzia e adolescenza intorno a un grande vuoto, un'assenza difficile da accettare.

"Highbrow, brilliant." --The Approval Matrix, New York magazine One of Cosmopolitan's 12 Books You'll Be Dying to Read This Summer A Publishers Weekly Best Book of Summer 2020 A Vulture Best Book of Summer 2020 One of Refinery29's 25 Books You'll Want to Read This Summer An Esquire Must-Read...

Maddie doesn’t think so. She lost the love of her life and hasn't allowed anyone to get close since. But when she delivers an inappropriate cake to a 100th birthday party by mistake, she meets Evan and starts to believe in second chances. Evan is serially single, yet when he meets Maddie, he feels an instant connection - so much so that he makes a shocking confession on their first date. And it changes everything. Was it a mistake to be so honest?

“If you enjoyed An American Marriage by Tayari Jones, read The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls...an absorbing commentary on love, family and forgiveness.”—The Washington Post “A fast-paced, intriguing story...the novel’s real achievement is its uncommon perceptiveness on...

Winnie Parker, mother to an angst-ridden teenage daughter and ex-wife to a successful game show host who left her for a twenty-something contestant, begins a normal day in her hum-drum existence by dropping her car off at the repair shop. After accepting what she believes is a ride to pick up her rental car, Winnie realizes too late that she's been kidnapped. What follows is a riveting psychological game of cat and mouse set in the kidnapper's tropically heated house - kept that way for Cookie, a menacing seven-foot long Iguana headquartered in the kitchen.

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of The Wych Elm by Tara Elm, read by Paul Nugent. For me it all goes back to that night, the dark corroded hinge between before and after, the slipped-in sheet of trick glass that tints everything on one side in its own murky colours and leaves everything...

An airplane plunges into an icy river and the world witnesses the dramatic rescue. Then, life after the Miracle on the Hudson landing puts three families on another crash course...with their own fragile humanity.

At forty-five, Jane McArdle has experienced her share of life’s twists and turns. Yet she’s shaken by the sudden death of her estranged half sister and the news that she’s now the guardian of her orphaned niece, Lucy. Still nurturing unresolved grief from a marriage bookended by loss, as well as her guilt over her adult son’s imperfect upbringing, Jane is her own worst enemy, content to focus on her small Michigan farm. Now, confronted with a traumatized eleven-year-old, the prickly empty nester is thrust into motherhood again, unsure she’ll do any better this time.

Five Caper Court is changing. The law chambers are expanding with a new group of tenants. And fresh from yet another scandal, the outrageous partner Leo Davis has decided it's time to settle down. He is selling his Belgravia pad and moving to the country with his young son. And he's going to marry the lovely Camilla. Or is he? As the City steams in the sweltering August sun, temptation begins to ensnare the inhabitants of Five Caper Court. The question is, who will fall and who will resist?

Cosa significa essere femminista oggi? Per prima cosa reclamare la propria importanza, di individuo e di donna insieme; reclamare il diritto all'uguaglianza senza se e senza ma. E cosa significa essere una madre femminista? Non smettere di essere una donna, una professionista, una persona, e condividere alla pari la responsabilità con il proprio compagno. Mostrare a una figlia le trappole tese da chi la vuole ingabbiare per mezzo della violenza, fisica o psicologica, in un ruolo predefinito, e spiegarle che quel ruolo non ha nessun valore reale e che potrà scegliere di essere ciò che vorrà.

Daniel Riverton is handsome…and a confirmed bachelor. The only thing he finds more frightening than commitment? Children! When his neighbour Trixie Marsh appeals for his help with her mischievous twin nieces, his instinct is to steer clear. Against all expectations, Daniel's a natural with the twins, and Trixie can't take her eyes off her rescuer. Could Daniel be just what this house of chaos needs?

Since his wife's death, architect Brendan Grant has felt that his heart is in the deep freeze, iced up and impenetrable. Until a sick cat brings him reluctantly to Nora Anderson's door. Spending time with Nora and her orphaned nephew is defrosting Brendan’s defences. But Nora is like a lioness, protecting the new life she has struggled to create for herself and her nephew. She won't let just anyone past the threshold.…

Tres mujeres, tres siglos y la misma chocolatera de exquisita porcelana blanca: Sara:propietaria de un apellido que en Barcelona es sinónimo de chocolate, se enorgullece de dar continuidad a la tradición heredada de sus padres. Aurora: hija de una sirvienta de una familia burguesa del siglo...