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Following the death of his wife, Dominic Ullis escapes to Bombay in search of oblivion and a dangerous new drug, Meow Meow. So begins a glorious weekend of misadventure as he tours the teeming, kaleidoscopic city from its sleek eyries of high-capital to the piss-stained streets, encountering a cast with their own stories to tell, but none of whom Ullis - his faculties ever distorted - is quite sure he can trust.

Over the course of twenty-four hours, four lives are about to change forever... On a freezing December morning, Caro sets out to uncover the truth: has her entire relationship with her father been built on lies? Cammy is planning the perfect proposal, until a missing ring threatens to unravel everything. Lila can't keep her secret any longer. Today, she'll confess the truth to her lover's wife. And after thirty years of silence, Bernadette is finally ready to walk away from her controlling husband, for good. In just one day, these lives will collide in unexpected ways.

Kara McIntyre is supposed to be jetting off to her destination wedding in Hawaii. However, a last-minute hitch appears to have left her without a job, home and, more importantly, a fiancé. TV sensation Ollie Chiles and Kara always have each other’s backs. But when his wife goes viral in a compromising clinch with another man, Ollie must choose between supporting his best friend in her hour of need or going home to save his marriage.

When all seems lost, hope remains...Val Murray has mislaid her most precious mementoes of the people she’s loved and lost. Can her family, the wonders of technology and a little divine intervention somehow mend her shattered heart? Sophie Smith had to take a rain check on a marriage proposal. Will her bid to turn back the clock lead her to her greatest love or yet another heartbreak?

Eigentlich hat sie es geschafft. Wo sie herkommt, studieren die Menschen nicht, und sie arbeiten auch nicht in einem Amsterdamer Start-up. Doch während der Xerox die Kundenbriefe druckt, wächst ihre Wut: auf die Vergangenheit, die sich nicht abschütteln lässt, ihren Bullshit-Job und die jovialen Phrasen der Kollegen. Doch wie einen Platz finden, wenn alle die Regeln kennen, außer man selbst? Und nur der Drucker einem zuhört? Fien Veldmans gefeiertes Debüt entlarvt die Leere der modernen Arbeitswelt und erzählt die Geschichte einer eigenwilligen jungen Frau, deren verletzlich-bissige Stimme niemand vergisst.

Berlin in den 1920ern. Ulrich Alexander Boschwitz porträtiert die kleinen Leute, die nach Krieg und Weltwirtschaftskrise nichts mehr zu lachen haben und dennoch nicht aufhören, das Leben zu feiern: Fundholz, Grissmann und ihre Freunde. Abends zieht es sie alle in den "Fröhlichen Waidmann". Sie treibt die Sehnsucht nach ein paar sorglosen Stunden, bevor der Alltag sie wieder einholt. Doch dann tanzt Grissmann auf einmal mit der falschen Frau.