Showing results for "Eva" in Literary Fiction

November, 1967, Iceland. Fourteen-year-old Marsi has a secret penpal – a boy who lives on the other side of the country – but she has been writing to him in her older sister's name. Now she is excited to meet him for the first time. But when the date arrives, Marsi is prevented from going, and during the night her sister Stína goes missing – her bloodstained anorak later found at the place where Marsibil and her penpal had agreed to meet. November, 1977. Stína's disappearance remains unsolved.

In this gripping psychological thriller, a group of privileged suburban moms amuse themselves by googling everyone in town, digging up dirt to fuel thorny gossip. Caroline Thompson, devoted mother of two, sticks to the moral high ground and attempts to avoid these women. She's relieved to hear her name appears only three times, citing her philanthropy. Despite being grateful that she has nothing to hide, a delayed pang of insecurity prods Caroline to google her maiden name - which none of the others know.

Agatha's husband has bought her a first-class ticket on the scenic six-hour train from Toronto to Montreal as a gift―a one-day writing retreat so she can get some serious work done on her new book, a highly-anticipated follow-up to Agatha's runaway bestseller debut novel. But Agatha has other plans for her day out…plans that are unexpectedly derailed when the train breaks down in the middle of the frigid Canadian woods and one of Agatha's fellow passengers dies quietly in his seat.

This wickedly fun debut is a stunning reinvention of the myth of Narcissus as a modern novel of manners, about two young, well-heeled couples whose parallel lives intertwine over the course of a summer, by a sharp new voice in fiction.

La protagonista de Boulder és una dona atreta per la solitud com per un imant. Es guanya la vida fent de cuinera en un buc - la situació perfecta: una cabina, l'oceà, moltes hores per encarar el buit i algun port on conèixer dones. Fins que una la reté, se l'emporta entre les quatre parets d'una casa i l'embarca en la gestació assistida d'una criatura. ¿Què en farà, la maternitat, de l'amant coneguda en un bar? ¿I què farà ella a la gàbia? Dos anys després de Permagel i d'un viatge a través de mitja dotzena de llengües, l'obra de Baltasar torna a atracar entre nosaltres amb una heroïna com només sap crear-les ella.

Prin dragoste, o femeie salvează de la moarte un indian otrăvit de veninul unui şarpe. Din această pasiune tămăduitoare se va naşte Eva, botezată astfel ca să iubească viaţa. Orfană de mică, Eva îşi croieşte un drum presărat cu lacrimi, dar şi cu miracolele pe care le pot face...

Aria è sola con i suoi figli, costretta a rubare cibo per sfamarli, a mentire per difenderli, a trattenere il sangue e le lacrime quando l'esistenza presenta il conto. La nascita di Priscilla, inattesa e feroce, non è un inizio, ma la conferma che anche nella vergogna, nella fame e nella disperazione, una madre può custodire qualcosa di integro.

It's 1989, and in a small town on the Austria-Hungary border, nobody talks about the war; the older residents pretend not to remember, and the younger ones are too busy making plans to leave. The walls are thin, the curtains twitch, there is a face at every window, and everyone knows what they are not supposed to say. But as thousands of East German refugees mass at the border, it seems that the past is knocking on Darkenbloom's door. Still, though, nobody talks about the war. Until a mysterious visitor shows up asking questions.

Eva Leigh’s deliciously sexy Wicked Quills of London series continues as a Lady’s secret career writing erotic fiction is jeopardized by real-life romance . . . In society circles she’s known as the Watching Wallflower—shy, quiet, and certainly never scandalous. Yet beneath Lady Sarah...

Dans le Finistère, Adam vit heureux avec sa famille, jusqu'au jour où son épouse disparaît. «Besoin d’une pause» est le dernier message envoyé par Lola, avant le silence. Adam doit pour la première fois gérer seul l’hypersensibilité et les étranges cauchemars de Maël, leur fils de 5 ans et demi à l'affût du moindre signe de sa mère. Lola, dévouée et fusionnelle, ne resterait pas sans nouvelles de Maël ! Persuadé qu'elle court un danger, Adam fait appel au détective privé Aimé Bellec pour l’aider à la retrouver.

“Mi chiamo Eva, che vuol dire vita, secondo un libro che mia madre consultò per scegliermi il nome”. Eva Luna è una bambina, figlia di diseredati, che viene abbandonata fin da piccola e destinata al mestiere di serva. “Luna” perché il padre apparteneva al popolo della luna. Acuta osservatrice, avventurosa con una spiccata personalità, la piccola cresce in un mondo oppresso dalla dittatura e divorato dall’ingiustizia, ma che affronta e trasforma con fantasia e ribellione.

Bestselling author Jessica Rose needs to escape from a terrible secret that’s robbed her of her creativity. Could leading a retreat on a gorgeous Greek island be just what she needs? Coming home to Santorini was never in Zina’s plans, but now she’s determined to make her new business a success. And then there’s Karmela, who just wants to write her book and make her mother proud.

Together they may create a scandal worthy of the stage, but can their love last after the final curtain falls…? Successful playwright Maggie Delamere has no interest in the flirtations of noblemen like Cameron, Viscount Marwood. She once paid dearly for a moment of weakness…and vows to...

Eva Leigh's irresistible new series introduces the Wicked Quills of London: a group of bold, brilliant female writers whose spirited allure is beyond seductive . . . Eleanor Hawke loves a good scandal. And readers of her successful gossip rag live for the exploits of her favorite subject: Daniel...

Eva Leigh launches a seductive new series that sizzles with the dark secrets of London’s underworld... Years ago, the Duke of Greyland gave his heart—and a princely sum of money—to a charming, destitute widow with unparalleled beauty. But after one passionate night, she slipped from his...

Shortly after her 13th birthday, Ritva is sent away to Seili, an island in the far north of Finland. A former leper colony, Seili is now home to 'hopeless cases' - women the doctors call mad. But Ritva knows she doesn't belong there. As biting winter follows biting winter, she longs to be near to her sister and wonders why her father ever allowed her to be taken to this desolate place. Hope arrives in the form of Martta, a headstrong girl who becomes Ritva's only friend.

Una bimba solitaria si innamora dell’amante della madre e, nelle torride sieste della pensione in cui vive, inventa misteriose cerimonie che conducono entrambi sull’orlo di un profondo abisso. Da un sotterraneo abbandonato viene liberata una vecchia rimasta prigioniera per mezzo secolo, vittima di un caudillo geloso. Quando si ritrova all’aperto, nuda, i lunghi capelli bianchi che sfiorano terra, gli occhi ciechi per il buio di decenni, non ricorda neppure il proprio nome.

Eva ist Anfang vierzig, als sie einen Anruf von dem Mann erhält, der in ihrer Kindheit eine Zeitlang die Rolle des Vaters einnahm, bevor er scheinbar für immer verschwand. Er liegt im Sterben und möchte Eva noch einmal sehen. Sie reist mit dem Zug von Südtirol quer durch Italien in den äußersten Süden. In ihrer Vorstellung entfaltet sich ihre ganze Kindheit in Südtirol: Sie wuchs im Schatten der politischen Verwerfungen einer Region auf, die drei Jahrzehnte lang der Spielball bedrohlicher Allianzen war und dann endlich den Aufbruch in die Autonomie wagte.

Dopo la perdita, la fuga e l'umiliazione, Aria resta. Con i suoi figli, con il pancione, una latta di biscotti tra le mani e la memoria piena di ciò che non può dimenticare. La vediamo combattere contro la miseria, la crudeltà, la burocrazia, ma soprattutto contro il senso stesso del fallimento. La scrittura segue le pieghe del suo corpo esausto, lambendo una memoria segnata da partenze obbligate e desideri rimasti a metà. Ma in questa lotta senza quartiere resiste un istinto primordiale, una forma di amore che non chiede giustizia, solo una tregua.

Et ungt par fra Jylland frister lykken på en forpagtet gård på en lille ø i Sejøbugten i 1950'erne. Øens beboere tager pænt imod dem, men nogle forviklinger med en ung karl og en arkæolog fra København sætter gang i sladderen, og så begynder ulykkerne... Under en stille overflade og en tilsyneladende udramatisk hverdag gemmer der sig store følelser, der afdækkes på vanlig Aalbæk Jensensk vis. "Et hovedværk i 90'ernes litteratur." - Politiken.