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LONGLISTED FOR THE 2024 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD IN FICTION A NEW YORK TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR ""A master comedian with a virtuoso prose style has produced an audacious, original and highly disturbing book . . . an incandescent satire."" —Giles Harvey, The New York Times Magazine From the...

È una splendida e calda domenica di maggio e come tutti gli anni i Delaney aprono i cancelli della loro bella casa di campagna e invitano tutto il villaggio per una nuotata in piscina. È un appuntamento da non perdere e tra i partecipanti c'è Louise, con le figlie Amelia e Katie, che non intende rinunciare alla festa anche se suo marito Barnaby, da cui si è da poco separata, le lancia sguardi risentiti: quello infatti avrebbe dovuto essere il suo giorno con le bambine.

A funny and deeply felt novel that illuminates the pivotal role of work in our lives—a riveting fusion of The Nest, Up in the Air, and Then We Came to the End that captures the emotional complexities of five HR colleagues trying to balance ambition, hope, and fear as their small company is...

Laurie kann nicht fassen, dass ihre beste Freundin Nicky von ihrem Ex aufs Übelste belogen und verletzt wurde. Also fährt sie zu ihm und macht ihm eine Szene, die ihresgleichen sucht. Aber leider fällt ihr zu spät auf, dass sie zur richtigen Adresse fahren sollte, wenn sie ein Haus stürmt. Drew kann nicht fassen, was gerade passiert. Er hat geahnt, dass das Weihnachtsfest mit der Familie mal wieder in einer Katastrophe endet, aber muss es gleich so chaotisch verlaufen?

American consultant Kat is staffed on a six-month project in London and has two very small, very reasonable ambitions before returning home: get promoted to partner and fall in love with a handsome English aristocrat. No problem, right? But work is a grind, and the British men she meets are a far cry from her royal ideal. Then one morning, she sees a man on a double-decker bus and just knows that he’s her person. But when Kat finally musters the courage to board the bus and introduce herself, he turns out to be very different from the Prince Charming she expected.

Charlotte Keller ist eine bedingungslose Optimistin. Kurz vor ihrem achtzigsten Geburtstag nimmt sie den Hochzeitsflüchtling Toygar Bayramoğlu in ihrer Wohnung in einem Seniorenheim an der Ostsee auf und erzählt ihm innerhalb zweier Tage ihre Lebensgeschichte. Aber schon bald merkt Toygar: Alles stimmt, aber nichts ist wahr.