Showing results for "The Name" in Women's Fiction

The Story of a New Name follows Elena Ferrante's critically acclaimed My Brilliant Friend, featuring Lila and Elena. The two protagonists are now in their 20s, and marriage appears to have imprisoned Lila. Meanwhile Elena continues her journey of self-discovery.

TV producer Johanna Patterson knows that the entertainment industry is a man’s world - especially for a man like Sam Weaver. His tough good looks have propelled him to movie stardom. But Johanna can’t be won over by a pretty face. The problem is that Sam is not quite the man Johanna thought he was. He’s better.

Internationally bestselling author Cecelia Ahern's One Hundred Names is the story of secrets, second chances, and the hidden connections that unite our lives—a universal tale that will grip you with its emotional power and mesmerize you with its magic. Scandal has derailed Journalist Kitty...

In this stunning historical novel, Mary Sutter is a brilliant, headstrongmidwife from Albany, New York, who dreams of becominga surgeon. Determined to overcome the prejudices against womenin medicine—and eager to run away from her recent heartbreak—Mary leaves home and travels to...

For fans of The Book of Lost Names and The Way We Hide! In August 1942, French parents were faced with a horrible choice: watch their children die, or abandon them forever. Fifty years later, it becomes one woman's mission to match the abandoned names with the people they belong to. Five years...

For fans of The Push and The Undoing, an edge-of-your-seat thriller that peels back the layers of a family that's not as perfect as it seems. “My Name Was Eden is a compulsive, didn't-see-it-coming thriller.”—Abigail Dean, international bestselling author of Girl A One twin vanished. The...

Molly, die eigentlich Liz heißt, ist unglücklich. Und zwar mit so ziemlich allem in ihrem Leben. Sie hasst ihren Job, ihr Freund hat niemals Zeit für sie und seit sie von der ländlichen Idylle Missouris nach New York gezogen ist, ist sie von ihrer Familie buchstäblich tausend Meilen weit weg. Ganz besonders leidet Molly unter ihrem starken Übergewicht. Doch so unglücklich sie auch darüber ist, wie die Dinge in ihrem Leben laufen, die Kraft und der Wille, etwas daran zu ändern, fehlt.

Mit 16 haben Lila und Elena, Freundinnen seit Kindertagen, ihr armseliges neapolitanisches Stadtviertel mit seinen einengenden Konventionen gründlich satt. Lila versucht, durch eine vorteilhafte Ehe ihre Chancen zu verbessern, fühlt sich aber schon bald eingesperrt und verbittert. Elena hingegen lässt den Ort ihrer Kindheit hinter sich und geht zum Studium nach Pisa. Die 1970er Jahre bringen Veränderungen für beide.

In Holly James's newest rom-com, sparks ignite as a pair of broke exes get locked in a house together on a reality show for a chance to win a million dollars, a second-chance romance that perfectly captures the absurd sincerity of made-for-TV love. Olivia Martin and Chuck Walsh have chemistry...

She'll light the fire of resistance—but she may get burned … 1942. Though she survived the bomb that destroyed her home, Yvonne Rudellat’s life is over. She’s estranged from her husband, her daughter is busy with war work, and Yvonne—older, diminutive, overlooked—has lost all purpose. Until she’s offered a chance to remake herself entirely …

Povestea celor două prietene, Lila şi Elena, continuă. Acum sunt două tinere ale căror drumuri se despart dramatic. Pe când Elena preferă să-şi continue studiile, Lila se mărită, obținând astfel o condiție socială şi financiară superioară originilor sale modeste, dar rămânând prizonieră într-o căsnicie nefericită. În ciuda căilor diferite pe care au luat-o viețile lor, legătura dintre Lila şi Elena rămâne complexă şi intensă, iar sentimentele fiecăreia oscilează, pe rând, între nepăsare, dispreț şi iubire reciprocă profundă.

A 2025 CALIBA Golden Poppy Awards Finalist A PANTS POD BOOK CLUB PICK One of ELLE's Best Queer Books of 2025 "Jam-packed with queer angst and queer joy . . . and a truly incredible amount of heart. I devoured this novel." —Kristen Arnett, New York Times bestselling author of Stop Me If...

Agneta är fyrtionio år och har bleknat in i tapeten. De utflugna barnen hör bara av sig när de vill att hon ska swisha pengar, och arbetskamraterna har absolut noll intresse för henne. Agnetas man Magnus, fågelskådare och frisksportare, anser att ”din kropp är ditt tempel” och att templet inte ska besudlas med till exempel rödvin eller aprikosmarmelad. Lyckligtvis finns ett utrymme bakom frysen i källaren där Agneta kan ha sin marmelad. Att ligga i sängen, dricka vin i smyg och se på tv-serier där folk renoverar franska gårdar är hennes enda, hemliga njutning.