Showing results for "Drown" in Women's Fiction

Amelia MacQueen has lost her favorite son, Gavin, to a suspicious drowning, and she’s been awarded temporary custody of her 12-year-old daughter, Heaven, who she reluctantly takes in. The daughter of drug addicts, who has long been left to her own devices, Heaven does not appreciate her grandmother’s constant critical ministrations, and the pair quickly butt heads. She instead bonds with Uncle Daniel, Amelia's agoraphobic older son. Through the wall between their rooms, Daniel spins Celtic tales for Heaven from the Isle of Skye, where the family's ancestors lived.

Se ahogarán en las lágrimas de sus madres, ganadora del Premio August, es una de las novelas suecas más importantes de la última década. Un libro que nos hará reflexionar sobre las sociedades europeas actuales y futuras. Tres personas entran en una librería e interrumpen con un disparo la presentación de un controvertido artista, famoso por sus dibujos sobre el profeta Mahoma. El pánico estalla y todos los asistentes son tomados como rehenes.