Showing results for "Fifty/Fifty" in Contemporary Fiction

Doug Gardner is witty, sensitive and a man whose life is falling apart. A combatant in the battle of the sexes, he must cope with the problems of joint custody, sharing his son and daughter with his liberated ex-wife. By the author of Kramer vs Kramer and Prized Possessions.

2021年本屋大賞第１位。52ヘルツのクジラとは、他のクジラが聞き取れない高い周波数で鳴く世界で一匹だけのクジラ。何も届かない、何も届けられない。そのためこの世で一番孤独だと言われているります。

Martin Carter is having a crook day. His home life's a misery, he's been retrenched by the bank, and everyone's forgotten his birthday. But a million-dollar payroll, a pistol, and a split-second decision change everything. Hurtling north on a motorcycle with the intriguing Faith, Martin encounters a mysterious hit-man, a new-age bike gang, a reclusive media mogul, and the booby-trapped mountain hideout of an old schoolmate.

Reedición de este libro hilarante de Ángel Sanchidirán. Luisi es una mujer de mediana edad con una vida sexual monótona y aburrida. Hasta que un día, en clases de Zumba, su amiga Marce le dice que se lea el libro ese de los azotes que ha salido nuevo. A partir de ahí, Luisi intentará poner en práctica las fantasías de la novela con su marido Manolo. ¿Qué podría salir mal? Obviamente todo. 50 sombras de Luisi, el fenómeno literario con el que ya se han tronchado de risa más de 30.000 lectores (y dentro de poco tú también).

Er det en lettelse for forældrene, når det multihandicappede barn dør? Og har Jørgen Leth ret til at begære kokkens datter? Kathrine Lilleør afhandler døden, liderligheden, H.C. Andersen og Paradise Hotel med den søgende sikkerhed, som er hendes pens særkende. De hellige - hvad enten de er troende eller ej - må alle se deres selvfølgelige sandheder og rigtige meninger modsagt af Lilleør, når hun skriver sine kommentarer og klummer i Berlingske.

Have you ever wondered about the choices men make and why they make them? Julie Reed wondered when Vic - her husband of six months - walked out on her for no apparent reason. Now he's happily in the arms of another woman. Roy Burges thinks he's made the right choice, but when his wife Stacey's skeletons come out of the closet, he realizes that what he thought was the right choice, was oh-so-wrong. For Colin Ray, choosing a new woman is like going to the grocery store. It's just something you have to do every week. That is until he runs into Emily.

Göran Borg ist wieder im grauen schwedischen Alltag angekommen und steckt mitten in einer Identitätskrise. Nur die bevorstehende Hochzeit seines besten Freundes Yogi aus Delhi kann ihn aufmuntern. Obwohl diese immer wieder verschoben wird, reist Göran zurück nach Indien. Dort stellt er schnell fest, dass Yogis Schwiegervater - zur Aufbesserung der Mitgiftkasse - sein letztes Geld in eine heruntergekommene Teeplantage gesteckt hat. Um die Farm wieder auf Gewinnkurs zu bringen, ist die eine oder andere ausgefallene Idee gefragt.

Vera Wright-Turner thinks she has it all under control until she meets and greets herself. Born on the flip side of the hustler's game, she is the child of a 15-year-old drug addict who places her in a trash dump with a note that read, "Please forgive me...my mother's only 15...." Well, that is of little consolation to Vera as she lives her gold-diggin' life full speed ahead, only to come to a crashing halt when she realizes that facing up to the flip side of the game is the only way she will survive.