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A detour. A chance encounter. Two women who alter the pages of each other’s story. Juliet Nightingale is lucky to be alive. Months after a freak accident involving lightning, she’s fully recovered but is left feeling that something is missing from her life. Something big. Impulsively, she...

Isabelle Duprees is one of Forbes’ most powerful self-made women and has built a reputation as one of New York’s savviest investors and sharpest advisors. With a penthouse overlooking Central Park, an open invitation to any event she wishes to attend, and a weekly date with a man who won’t ask too much of her, Isabelle’s carefully curated life is exactly what she wants. Until it isn’t. After her estranged sister shows up, circumstances—and too much champagne—have Isabelle Googling herself, only to discover three other women her age, with the same name, birthdate, and familiar features.

It starts with a simple wish, and Emma Davies hardly notices when it comes true. She’s too preoccupied with a life she isn’t happy in - the spark in her marriage has fizzled, her career is headed nowhere and her boss is a misogynist. Her teenage daughter has grown distant, and her heart breaks daily for her teenage son with cerebral palsy. But soon Emma discovers her wishes are coming true, and she realizes that she has been given the power to change her life. Either that, or she’s going insane.

En los huesos de Diego Santamaría transcurre esta historia que nos introduce en el perverso -pero maravilloso- espacio de Pahuatlán, donde el rito se sincretiza con la fe, el fervor y el lenguaje de las premoniciones. El protagonista nos presenta a sus gentes y serpenteamos entre sus miserias...

Em uma vila distante do sertão nordestino, um aprendiz de mágico faz a alegria da população com truques mirabolantes tirados de sua cartola. Acostumado com os olhares surpresos e abestalhados, Dino não espera que na noite da véspera de São João a mesmice de sua vida esteja prestes a findar. Uma forasteira desconhecida de olhos grandes e encantadores, que carrega asas de ferro nas costas, parece assisti-lo de maneira diferente, vendo além do que mostra em seu espetáculo.

A New York Times bestseller! From the author of The Traveler’s Gift comes a story of common wisdom based on the remarkable true story of “Jones,” a mysterious old man who has a knack for showing up in people's lives at just the right time, providing priceless lessons about love, life, and...

Deux soeurs. Des jumelles, très proches, mais aux personnalités très différentes. Mia est une écrivaine à succès, impétueuse, flamboyante, qui vit avec intensité et excès pour tenter de noyer son mal de vivre. Jade, propriétaire d'une galerie d'art, est plus discrète. Elle est celle qui rassure sa soeur, la réconforte et lui pardonne tout.