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"A postwar continuation of Cannery Row, [Sweet Thursday is] every bit as juicy and relaxed as the original. . . . This is comedy--bawdy, sentimental, and good fun.” The Atlantic In Monterey, on the California coast, Sweet Thursday is what they call the day after Lousy Wednesday, which is one...

The daughter and granddaughter of prominent Manhattan lawyers, Meredith McKenzie is destined for the best of everything: top schools, elite social circles, the perfect marriage. Spending her childhood in Germany as her father prosecutes Nazi war criminals at the Nuremberg trials, Meredith soaks up the conflict between good and evil as it plays out in real time. When her family returns to the United States, she begins blazing her own trail, swimming against the tides, spurred on by her freethinking liberal grandfather, determined to become a lawyer despite her traditional, conservative father's objections.

Der von wahren Begebenheiten inspirierte Weltbestseller zeigt das Schicksal einer jungen Frau, die sich zwischen ihrer Familie und ihrer Liebe entscheiden muss. Japan, 1957. Um ihre Familie vor dem finanziellen Ruin zu retten, soll die 17-jährige Naoko Nakamura eine arrangierte Ehe eingehen. Naoko liebt jedoch einen Soldaten der US-Marine, obwohl Amerikaner und ihre ganz andere Lebensweise von vielen Japanern verabscheut werden. Als ihre Familie erfährt, dass Naoko schwanger ist, wird sie verstoßen.

Growing up without the care of a loving family made Anna Golding fiercely independent. So when war breaks out, determined to do her duty, she joins the Women's Auxiliary Air Force. Her fellow trainees are like the sisters she never had. However, as they all talk of fond memories of home, Anna's heart breaks. Her past is too painful to share. Then she meets her friend's brother, Royal Air Force navigator Jimmy Armstrong, whose gentle care makes her feel safe for the first time in her life. Anna and Jimmy must snatch moments together as their duties pull them to opposite ends of the country.

Der Roman über John Lennons erste Liebe und die Geburtsstunde der Beatles. Liverpool, 1957: Der durch den Unfalltod seiner Mutter traumatisierte junge John Lennon rebelliert gegen alles - und will doch nur Musik machen. Dann begegnet er der schönen, stillen Cynthia, die von seinem düsteren Charisma sofort in den Bann gezogen wird. An ihrer Seite erlebt John jene Beständigkeit und Liebe, die er in seiner Familie nie erfahren hat. Gemeinsam mit Paul McCartney schreibt er nun die ersten eigenen Songs, und schon bald sind die Bühnenauftritte von The Silver Beatles legendär.

Onsdagar, ofta refererad till som veckans värsta dag, har trots allt en bra egenskap. Den följs av den underbara torsdagen. En man, Doktorn, återvänder till Monterey i Kalifornien efter andra världskrigets slut, men finner att den förut så glada platsen med de tidigare så uppsluppna människorna nu är grå, och krigstrött. Dessutom har doktorns biologiska anstalt förfallit under hans frånvaro, och han börjar känna att hans liv saknar syfte och mening.

Sebastian Faulks’s Birdsong meets Kristin Hannah’s The Nightingale in this moving and powerful novel about love, loss and the resilience of the human spirit. Scarred by his experiences in World War One, German doctor, Sebastian Braun lives a quiet life tending to his patients and his beloved...

During a state visit to Australia in 1928, Her Royal Highness Princess Natalie, heiress to the throne of Rolandia, is abducted from the transcontinental train at Cook on the Nullarbor Plain by a gang led by two brilliant Americans, Earle Lawrence and Van Horton. They hide her in caves near Eucla on the Great Australian Bight, until the search is called off and a ransom is arranged....