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Meet the Skelfs: well-known Edinburgh family, proprietors of a long-established funeral-home business, and private investigators.... When patriarch Jim dies, it's left to his wife Dorothy, daughter Jenny and granddaughter Hannah to take charge of both businesses, kicking off an unexpected series of events. Dorothy discovers mysterious payments to another woman, suggesting that Jim wasn't the husband she thought he was.

Saying that Benjamin Sean Quinn had "anger issues" was an understatement. For those who knew him for the shortest amount of time, his life was in order: He was physically fit, had a great job which provided him a house in the suburbs and the material things he desired, a loving, monogamous relationship, two happy, healthy daughters and an established circle of friends. In all accounts, his life seemed perfect. But to those who knew him the longest, they knew he was an idle grenade, waiting for someone to pull the pin.

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, written and read by Ocean Vuong. Brilliant, heartbreaking, tender, and highly original – poet Ocean Vuong's debut novel is a sweeping and shattering portrait of a family, and a testament to the redemptive power of...

Nach einem Bürgerkrieg unter den Hexen versuchen die Freundinnen Niamh, Leonie, Helena und Elle, in ihr "normales" Leben zurückzukehren. Doch Niamh trauert um ihre große Liebe und hadert mit ihren Gefühlen für den Gemüselieferanten Luke; Leonie kämpft für ihren eigenen Zirkel aus Hexen of Color; Helena muss als Hohepriesterin des Hexenzirkels ihrer Majestät die magische Behörde am Laufen halten; und Elle ist mit einem Nicht-Magier verheiratet, der nichts von ihren Kräften ahnt – bis ihre Tochter sich als Hexe entpuppt.

Haar hele leven heeft Lara al het gevoel dat ze niet goed genoeg is. Ze staat in de schaduw van haar 'perfecte' broer, terwijl haar ouders zo ongeveer alles bekritiseren wat zij doet. Het leven op de familieboerderij heeft ze daarom zo snel mogelijk achter zich gelaten. Maar dan komt het moment dat haar ouders iemand zoeken om de melkveehouderij over te nemen. Hoewel ze absoluut geen voorkeur hebben voor Lara, voelt dit tegen beter weten in voor haar als dé kans om aan haar ouders te laten zien wat ze in zich heeft.

Gabriele è un ragazzo di trent’anni che ama le piante e che lavora per una ditta di disinfestazioni nonostante sia un architetto. Con sua madre non parla da dieci anni, da quando lui è uscito dai Testimoni, una setta religiosa che dopo la morte del padre, avvenuta quando Gabriele era bambino, è diventata tutta la sua vita. Gabriele ha voluto continuare gli studi, cosa non permessa ai Testimoni, e ha scoperto il suo orientamento sessuale.

Luzia wächst in einer Gemeinschaft auf, die für ganz unterschiedliche Menschen eine Zuflucht bietet. Im »Haus« werden queere und platonische Formen von Liebe sowie geteilte Elternschaft gelebt. Später, als Erwachsene, kämpft Luzia als Theaterregisseurin gegen patriarchale Strukturen an und versucht, etwas zum Guten zu verändern. Ihre Jugendfreundin Marle verspürt mit Anfang vierzig einen starken Kinderwunsch und entscheidet sich für einen ungewöhnlichen Weg abseits von Beziehungen mit Männern.

Sunday Times Novel of the Year Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize A magnificent, century-spanning saga about a love triangle that spawns a myth, and a family mystery, across generations. In the late summer of 1913, George Sawle brings his Cambridge friend Cecil Valance, a charismatic young poet...

In this remarkable debut novel, a boy’s bittersweet passage to maturity and sexual awakening is set against escalating political tensions in Sri Lanka, during the seven years leading up to the 1983 riots. Arjie Chelvaratnam is a Tamil boy growing up in an extended family in Colombo. It is...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2025 GILLER PRIZE FINALIST FOR THE 2026 FOREST OF READING EVERGREEN AWARD A GLOBE AND MAIL BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR A noirish page-turner about a mysterious disappearance and a moving portrait of a Chinese Canadian family navigating insecurities, expectations, and simmering...

A TIME MUST-READ BOOK OF THE YEAR A young mother, in denial after the death of her sister, navigates the dizzying landscapes of desire, guilt, and grief in this darkly comic, highly anticipated debut novel from Kimberly King Parsons, author of the story collection, Black Light (long-listed...

From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Long Island 'A writer at the height of his considerable powers' – The Guardian 'A giant amongst storytellers' – The Telegraph 'One of our finest contemporary writers' – New Yorker Beautifully read by the author, Colm Tóibín. Miquel and his...

Art de Almeida hat alles: eine erfolgreiche Bar, ein wildes Privatleben und jede Menge Liebe für seine Nichte und seinen Neffen. Verpflichtungen? Braucht er nicht. Schon gar keine Beziehung – auch wenn seine Schwester das anders sieht. Bis Joey Manning in seinem Büro auftaucht. Joey braucht dringend einen Job. Die Rechnungen stapeln sich, seine Schwestern zählen auf ihn, und Scheitern ist keine Option. Also arbeitet er viel zu viel. Die Wortgefechte mit Art sind die Highlights seiner Tage, doch der ist sein Boss und damit definitiv niemand, mit dem Joey flirten sollte.

From the author of the prize-winning title The White Tiger comes a compelling and entertaining coming-of-age story. Manjunath Kumar is 14. He knows he is good at cricket - if not as good as his elder brother, Radha. He knows that he fears and resents his domineering and cricket-obsessed father, admires his brilliantly talented sibling and is fascinated by the world of CSI and by curious and interesting scientific facts. But there are many things, about himself and about the world, that he doesn't know.

Любовь между матерью и дочерью всегда хрупка. Колебания между нежностью и непониманием, желанием быть вместе и стремлением к независимости—таков портрет отношений Габриэль и Лили. Мать делает все возможное, чтобы детство ее умной и смелой дочери было радостным и беззаботным. Однако чем старше они становятся, тем больше отдаляются друг от друга.

Florence and Evie Caldwell have long disagreed on how to break their family’s curse, and tension has been high since their mother’s death thirteen years ago. Honeysuckle House, the family estate where every Caldwell has lived, now only houses one of the sisters. Evie has crafted it into an enchanted bed and breakfast while Florence runs a magical bookstore in town, refusing to even set foot inside Honeysuckle House.

'It's like ice cream, Mr Flynn,' Bertie continued. 'When you have ice cream, you need to eat it straight away, otherwise it melts. If there are people who haven't got any, you should share it, if you can.' When despair for the world grows, Bertie's theory of ice cream reminds us that it's the simple pleasures in life that we should hold onto.

If love is like water, then I shouldn’t be alive. I was never supposed to be here. I never meant to come home. I was raised to shut up and disappear. Now my parents are dead, leaving only me and my younger brother, who’s barely alive in an ICU. I’m told I’m all he has left. Still, his...

'Original, tender, thoughtful and true. Can't wait for people to read!' Reese Witherspoon 'Part tender coming of age story, part electrifying tale of political awakening, part heartfelt love letter to Deaf culture, True Biz is a wholly a wonder' Celeste Ng A transporting novel that follows a...

Als er nach dem Tod seines Vaters einen geheimnisvollen Brief findet, macht sich der abenteuerlustige Weltenbummler Larkin Sullivan sofort auf den Weg nach Hemlock Cove, einer kleinen Stadt im Nordwesten der USA. Nichts hätte ihn auf Hemlock Cove vorbereiten können. Wahnwitzige Gemeinschaftsprojekte, Stadtversammlungen an den merkwürdigsten Orten und verdammt neugierige Stadtbewohner.