Showing results for "Madeleines" in Women's Fiction

Imagine your husband was murdered. Imagine everything you thought you knew about the past was a lie. Two children sneak out on a freezing winter night, hoping to see a ghost. But instead they witness something far more terrifying. A man dumping a body... DS Ava Merry and DI Jim Neal are called in to investigate this perplexing murder. Eventually the dead man’s wife is identified. But Laura Cameron’s husband turns out to have kept many secrets from her.

“A resolute deep dive into an inner self, a transcendent character study, and a timely reminder that there’s an entire universe inside of everyone we meet. You will be moved.” —Matthew Quick, New York Times bestselling author of The Silver Linings Playbook “[N]uanced and uplifting.”...

From the author of Nine Months, which Marcy Dermansky called "deliciously, dangerously rogue", comes a powerful, daring collection about the curious, complicated relationships girls have with their bodies, with other girls, and with boys. A young anorexic girl comes to terms with her changing body while lying in the hospital; Polly deals with her unwelcome puberty whilst falling prey to peer pressure in the suspenseful vein of "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?"; Mary's nice-girl attitude is challenged when she begins a job at a psych ward....

As he struggles with cancer, legendary screen actor David Wheaton contemplates the one role that always eluded him: King David. Comparing his own life to that of the biblical ruler, David recalls his own numerous wives and children, forcing his daughter Emma to confront the memories of her family's unconventional past. As David's loved ones gather to say goodbye to their patriarch, Certain Women masterfully links past and present in an emotional story rich in dramatic tradition, showcasing the struggles - both ordinary and extraordinary - of family life.

A woman trapped in a loveless engagement joins forces with a mysterious man bent on vengeance against her fiancé in The Proposition, a lively tale of intrigue, revenge, and romance. What would you propose? Clemency Fry has always been certain that marriage is a ludicrous arrangement—a...

Sii più intelligente che puoi, è la cosa migliore che tu possa fare. Sydney 1950. Sui manichini spiccano le gonne a balze e i corpetti arricchiti degli accessori più preziosi. Ma Goode's non sono solo i più grandi magazzini della città, dove trovare l'abito all'ultima moda. Per quattro donne che lavorano sono anche l'unica occasione di indipendenza. Mentre con le loro eleganti divise di colore nero consigliano le clienti su tessuti e modelli, nel loro intimo coltivano sogni di libertà, di un ruolo diverso da quello di figlia, moglie e madre.

Esters dotter gömde sig i Pippi-tältet när pappa slog mamma. Johanna blev tillsagd att sova på golvet som en hund och Adelina tvingades till sex bara ett par dygn efter att ha fött barn. De är tre av de tio som berättar, men de delar tusentals kvinnors öden. Jag var hon presenterar starka, personliga historier av förtryck som kvinnor utsatts för av männen de levt med. Efter att ha förlorat en av sina närmaste vänner vill författaren Madeleine Gartéus göra dem till mer än en siffra i statistiken. Kvinnorna i boken överlevde. Annie är död.

Juliette always thought she’d have more time. But as her 40th birthday approaches she is dealt the deadliest of blows - she has just weeks to live. As the terrible news sinks in, Juliette’s only concern is for her 15-year-old daughter, Rosie. Who will take care of her precious child? Who will love her daughter with the same fierce love? The answer lies in a secret Juliette hoped never to reveal....

Spencer Murphy is a national treasure. A famous correspondent during the Vietnam War who escaped captivity in Southeast Asia, he made a fortune off of his books and television appearances. But Spence is growing forgetful with age; he's started to wander and even fails to come home one night. When a body is discovered at Step Above, the sprawling Murphy house near Steps Beach, Nantucket police detective Meredith Folger is called in to investigate.

Nisha träumt davon, ihrer geliebten Tochter ein besseres Leben ermöglichen. Allein deshalb verlässt sie ihre geliebte Heimat und beginnt weit weg ein Leben als Kindermädchen. Der Preis ist hoch, denn die Sehnsucht nach ihrem Kind droht Nisha fast zu zerreißen. Für ihre Arbeitgeberin Petra wird sie als Kindermädchen schnell unverzichtbar, doch trotz der vermeintlichen Nähe macht Petra sich kaum die Mühe, auch den Menschen Nisha mit seinen Ängsten, Sorgen und Hoffnungen kennenzulernen.

When opera singer Dawn Woodward has an onstage flameout, all she wants is to be left alone. She’s soon faced with other complications the day her husband announces her estranged brother-in-law, Tariq, is undergoing cancer treatment and moving in, his temperamental parrot in tow. To make matters worse, though she can’t whistle herself, she has been tasked with teaching arias to an outspoken group of devoted siffleurs who call themselves the Warblers.

Pretty, unworldly Sophia is twenty-one years old and hastily married to a young painter called Charles. An artist's model with an eccentric collection of pets, she is ill-equipped to cope with the bohemian London of the 1930s, where poverty, babies (however much loved) and her husband conspire to torment her. Hoping to add some spice to her life, Sophia takes up with Peregrine, a dismal, ageing critic, and comes to regret her marriage - and her affair.