Showing results for "Grandparents" in Literature & Fiction

Sie haben Ihr Gebiss auf der Hüpfburg verloren Nur mit Mühe schafft es Pflegerin Sybille, den Betrieb in ihrem Seniorenheim zusammen mit ihren Kolleginnen am Laufen zu halten. Und dann taucht plötzlich auch noch Rüdiger Otterle, Nachfolger und Erbe des Heims und gelernter BWLer, auf. Der...

Bloomsbury presents Library for the War-Wounded by Monika Helfer, read by Kristin Atherton. The internationally bestselling novel—a daughter’s portrait of her WWII veteran father, assembled from shards of memory. We called him Vati, Dad. Not Papa. He thought it sounded modern. He wanted to...

Mia’s secret comedy career, forbidden office crush, and a long-guarded family secret take center stage, threatening her newfound confidence and her one shot at fame in this hilarious, heartfelt coming-of-age story perfect for fans of Curtis Sittenfeld and Etaf Rum. Mia Almas has a secret. By...

The second book in the heartwarming White Giraffe series by Lauren St John, featuring the African adventures of Martine and her magical white giraffe. Abridged edition. It's June - winter in South Africa, and Martine and her grandmother are enjoying a cold but beautiful walk along the beach when...

The first book in the heartwarming White Giraffe series by Lauren St John, featuring the African adventures of Martine and her magical white giraffe. Abridged edition. At eleven years old, Martine is orphaned and sent to live with her grandmother on a game reserve in South Africa. Her...

Raised by her fiercely passionate and free-spirited grandmother, Julia Hope has never gone without love. But as she tends to her only living relative during her final days, Julia struggles to overcome her fear of being alone. A thousand miles away, Matt Gatlin has managed to avoid the coldhearted grandmother with whom he once lived. But after twelve years of her being blessedly out of sight, she needs him. His resentments still raw, Matt packs up his car and reluctantly heads to California to confront a bitter past he thought was long gone.

Gripping new suspense from the author of Little White Lies ’Written with subtle intelligence and quiet menace’ Daily Mail ‘Beautifully written, very tense’ Jane Shemilt ‘A tense, cat and mouse tale . . . compelling' Catherine Cooper, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Chateau...

A compulsive family drama about a mother's desperate search to reclaim her daughter from the horrors of her own past, perfect for fans of Lisa Jewell's Then She Was Gone. Beth Fraser finally has her life together. She's built a successful career in the tech sector, has a bright fifteen-year-old...

Narraciones recuperadas de la tradición oral, bellos episodios del antiguo Michoacán, en nuestro México. Una gota de historia y tradición a fin de recordar paisajes ya extintos, viejas crónicas, nombres de las antiguas deidades y sus sacerdotisas: leyendas, mitos y también cuentos llenos de maravillas y alas....

The timeless and timely intersect in poems about our unique historical moment, from the prizewinning poet. In Zoom Rooms, Mary Jo Salter considers the strangeness of our recent existence, together with the enduring constants in our lives. The title poem, a series of sonnet-sized Zoom...