Showing results for "Carmen" in Women's Fiction

Carmen es mas conocida en la version operatica y es una de las obras mas populares del genero, pero lo cierto es que la novela es un profundo retrato de una mujer que busca ante todo ser libre, sin ataduras, algo que era incompresible en el siglo XIX, cuando se hizo su creacion.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM SAROYAN INTERNATIONAL PRIZE “I was crying like I lost my best friend as I finished. . . . This book is an act of love . . . It will break you apart and remind you that we can all be put back together again, stronger, and wiser than before.” — XOCHITL GONZALEZ...

Esta novela de Ana Castillo, autora aclamada por la crítica, es un juego de pasión, amor e independencia. Carmen la coja es la historia de una bailarina de Chicago físicamente impedida desafiando los estereotipos sociales. Carmen Santos inicia un romance con Manolo por el cual se definirá su vida.

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...

Sophie Cayes is on the road to success as an artist. Until her ex-husband threatens to sue for full custody of their son. Upon learning of a guest ranch in Eastern Washington that keeps a room open for women in need, she grabs her son and bolts.

Rita Runninghorse is about to marry the wrong guy. She has to get away from him. Now. She flees to a guest ranch in Eastern Washington State that offers a safe haven for women in need only to find the owner on a month-long speaking tour. Robert Elliot has one thing on his mind: bronc riding. The Indian National Finals Rodeo is within reach, and he's not about to let anything ruin his chances of going pro. Not even the woman he finds asleep in the stall of their rankest horse.

Hamburgo, 1970. Henny celebra su cumpleaños rodeada de su familia y de sus inseparables amigas. El hilo de la complicidad que unía su vida con la de Käthe, Lina e Ida continúa ahora en las nuevas generaciones: Florentine, la modelo que regresa de París con una inesperada noticia; Katja, que sueña con fotografiar conflictos por todo el mundo.

De las calles habaneras al prostíbulo y de allí a los fastuosos salones de la alta sociedad isleña, enriquecida hasta lo inimaginable con el cultivo de la caña de azúcar, El sueño de las Antillas nos cuenta la historia de una mujer fuerte, valiente y carismática que, en una época de intrigas políticas por la independencia de Cuba y por la abolición de la esclavitud, se debate entre la ambición, la venganza, y el amor verdadero.

Durante la cena de Nochebuena de 1970, Emiliano Quesada, un antiguo terrateniente, fallece atragantado mientras degusta su plato favorito. El percance hace que se extienda el rumor de que alguien ha echado a la familia un mal de ojo del que ningún miembro podrá salvarse. Años después, en la madrugada del 18 de diciembre de 1999, Isabel recibe una llamada: Santi, su hermano, ha fallecido atragantado esa noche durante la cena de Navidad de su trabajo. Esta noticia hunde a Isabel en una profunda depresión y reaviva su recuerdo del mal de ojo de los Quesada, en el que siempre se negó a creer.

Con una prosa incisiva ed evocativa, Vera e gli schiavi del terzo millennio ci conduce nelle pieghe più oscure della società contemporanea, dove potere e avidità intrecciano una rete invisibile di corruzione e disperazione. Al centro, Vera: un’eroina al tempo stesso intramontabile e indimenticabile, che si erge come un faro in un mondo sull’orlo della disgregazione. Vera possiede un’aura inconfondibile, simile a un ricordo d’alba che ritorna nel crepuscolo. Un tempo protagonista, la sua presenza – luminosa, tenace – affiora ora nei silenzi della quotidianità, densi di significato.

As the daughter of a famed author, Isolde Ophelia Goodnight grew up on tales of brave knights and fair maidens. She never doubted romance would be in her future, too. The storybooks offered endless possibilities. And as she grew older, Izzy crossed them off. One by one by one. Ugly duckling...

Tess Simpson needs a break. No one appreciates her at home. No one appreciates her at work. And now her dog has died. She’s had enough! Maybe what she really needs is a break from hopeless husband, Dave, the ungrateful ‘kidults’ and the lacklustre job.

A literary revelation! Her Body and Other Parties was nominated for the National Book Award and 2017 Kirkus Prize. Based on the book, a series is being made that was announced by the producers to be “a feminist Black Mirror”. It contains eight spicy, boundary-crossing stories about the universal female experience: the relation between sex and power, objectification, the tyranny of the beauty canons, stereotypes, misogyny, and violence.

Jackson Rowe tried filling the void his family left by drinking, screwing around, and leaving a string of heartbroken women in his wake. Moving back to Sugartown should have been easy, but he hadn't counted on the fact his sometimes attraction to Holly would still be alive and kicking - and he sure as hell hadn't counted on her being pregnant with another man's baby. They drive one another crazy, and yet they can't stay away.

Henny, issue de la bonne bourgeoisie et entièrement dévouée à son métier de sage-femme, Marike, fervente militante communiste, Ida, aristocrate gâtée qui dissimule une âme rebelle sous le vernis des conventions et Lina, farouchement libre et anticonformiste... Elles sont quatre et rien ne les destinait à se rencontrer. Mais dans le Hambourg de 1919, alors que la guerre laisse enfin la place à un immense appétit de vivre, ces quatre jeunes femmes, nées avec le siècle, vont nouer une amitié indéfectible.

Vier Frauen. Hundert Jahre Deutschland. 1949: Die Freundinnen Henny, Käthe, Ida und Lina stammen aus ganz unterschiedlichen Verhältnissen. Dabei sind sie im Hamburger Stadtteil Uhlenhorst nicht weit voneinander entfernt aufgewachsen. Seit Jahrzehnten schon teilen sie Glück und Unglück miteinander, die kleinen Freuden genauso wie die dunkelsten Momente. Mit den Fünfzigern beginnt das deutsche Wirtschaftswunder. Endlich geht es aufwärts: Hennys Tochter Marike wird Ärztin, Sohn Klaus bekommt eine Stelle beim Rundfunk. Ganz neue Klänge sind es, die da aus den Radios der jungen Republik schallen.

Una madre, una figlia poco più che ventenne, le quattro pareti della loro casa e un duello di parole e silenzi. Poi una mano chiude a chiave una porta, e quel gesto è uno spartiacque tra il prima e il dopo. Ci sono libri che ti trascinano nel cuore di un mistero rispettandolo, facendolo risuonare sino all'ultimo. Questo libro è così: un ingranaggio narrativo perfetto. Ti catapulta con forza nella testa di due personaggi feriti e vivissimi, ti fa vedere con i loro occhi, sentire con la loro pelle, procedere a tentoni con loro. A un passo dal mistero.

La gente no sabe qué hacer con Susan Green. Su familia y amigos la ven irritable y difícil de entender, pero para ella todo tiene sentido. A los cuarenta y cinco años, piensa que su vida es perfecta. Tiene un piso en Londres ideal para una persona, un trabajo estable que se adapta a su...

The last woman on earth he would ever touch . . . Declan, the Duke of Banbury, has no interest in ushering Rosalie Hughes, his stepsister, into society.Dumped on him with nowhere else to go, he's determined to rid himself of the headstrong debutante by bestowing on her an obscenely large dowry...

Sometimes the man of your dreams . . . Shop girl Poppy Fairchurch knows it’s pointless fantasizing about the Duke of Autenberry. Still, dreams can’t hurt anyone . . . unlike the carriage Poppy spies bearing down upon the unsuspecting duke. After she pulls him to safety, the duke lapses into...