Jenny Sanders, bekend kunstenares in Sydney, verliest op tragische wijze haar man en kind bij een auto-ongeluk. Van de notaris hoort ze dat haar man haar postuum Churingafarm heeft geschonken. Nieuwsgierig naar wat ze daar zal aantreffen vertrekt Jenny naar wat eens Matilda's farm was en vindt daar tientallen jaren later Matilda's dagboeken. Op Churingafarm raakt Jenny in de ban van de ruwe schoonheid van de natuur en Matilda's noodlot.
Drie bevriende stellen op het Engelse platteland spelen met vuur in hun relaties.
Rich in detail and character, this book weaves a powerful narrative that captivates readers with its depth and complexity. The blend of legend and intricate storytelling creates an immersive experience, making it essential for those seeking a profound literary journey.
Schotland, 14e eeuw. Afton, Lord van Langley, is gestorven aan de pest. Zijn beeldschone echtgenote, de Engelse Igrainia, wordt nu gevangen gehouden in haar eigen kasteel... gegijzeld door een woeste Schotse ridder. Voor Eric Graham is de trotse kasteelvrouwe slechts een politieke pion, een mooie oorlogsbuit die hij voor de neus van de Engelse koning Edward I kan laten bungelen. Maar Eric krijgt zijn zin niet, waarop hij Igrainia dwingt met hem te trouwen. Zij zou nog liever in haar eigen kerkers wegkwijnen dan zijn arrogante aanwezigheid te accepteren. Wat beide jonge mensen echter nooit hadden verwacht is de intense hartstocht die hen onmiddellijk overvalt.
Si le chien est le meilleur ami de l'homme, il peut parfois être le pire. C'est ce que vont découvrir John et Jenny Grogan, quand ils décident d'acheter un labrador peu de temps après leur mariage, afin de tester leurs capacités parentales. D'adorable petite boule de poils, Marley se transforme en un mastodonte de quarante-cinq kilos, qui détruit tout sur son passage, dévore quantité de nourriture et d'objets en tout genre, et témoigne d'un attachement aussi débordant qu'envahissant envers ses maîtres.
À la mort de Jock Witney, tyran domestique à la tête du plus grand vignoble d'Australie - le Domaine de Jacaranda -, sa famille se rend compte que les affaires vont en réalité très mal. Quand un groupe français fait une offre de rachat des plus alléchante, les membres du clan s'entredéchirent. Cornelia, la veuve de Jock, âgée de 90 ans, refuse catégoriquement de vendre. Elle aimerait convaincre Sophie, sa petite-fille, la prunelle de ses yeux, que la propriété familiale peut être conservée. Dans ce but, Cornelia l'entraîne à l'autre bout de l'Australie, dans la vallée de Hunter, sur les traces de ses ancêtres. Elle profite de ce voyage pour lui narrer l'épopée familiale. Du Sussex des années 1830 à l'Australie moderne, Tamara McKinley retrace la vie d'une famille de pionniers, marquée par de lourds secrets, des déchirures et une malédiction... Sophie saura-t-elle la briser pour réconcilier les deux branches de la famille et sauver le domaine ?
Vlak voor de Eerste Wereldoorlog erft de zestienjarige, vroegwijze Mary Toliver haar vaders katoenplantage Somerset. Haar moeder en broer zijn woedend, ze voelen zich verraden en keren zich tegen haar. Maar Mary is verknocht aan de plantage en ze zet alles op alles om het succes van haar vader voort te zetten. Dan vraagt houtmagnaat Percy Warwick, de liefde van haar leven, Mary om de plantage op te geven om met hem te trouwen, maar daarmee vraagt hij haar het onmogelijke: Mary’s hart ligt boven alles bij Somerset en ze wijst Percy’s aanzoek af. Ze trouwen beiden iemand anders maar moeten de rest van hun leven de gevolgen dragen van deze fatale beslissing: de geheimen, het bedrog en het knagende gevoel van wat als…
In December 1997, Julia Butterfly Hill climbed a 200-foot redwood tree named Luna and remained there for 738 days to protest the logging practices of the Maxxam Corporation, which had acquired Pacific Lumber and was clear-cutting old-growth forests. Environmentalists accused the company of unsustainable timber harvesting, leading to protests including tree sit-ins organized by Earth First! Hill's journey began when she encountered logging protesters and decided to ascend Luna, just as loggers were preparing to cut down the hillside. Her account, blending diary entries and spiritual reflections, details her experiences living in the tallest treehouse, facing harsh weather, media scrutiny, and dangerous encounters with loggers who threatened her safety. Notable figures like Joan Baez and Woody Harrelson visited her during her protest, raising awareness about forestry practices. Hill gained significant media attention, being recognized as one of the "Most Admired Women" and featured in various publications. Although an agreement allowed her to descend and spared Luna, much of the surrounding forest was lost. Nevertheless, Hill remains hopeful, believing that collective action can lead to positive change for the environment.
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • “[Kristin] Hannah is superb at delving into her main characters’ psyches and delineating nuances of feeling.”—The Washington Post Book World Years of trying unsuccessfully to conceive a child have broken more than Angie DeSaria’s heart. Following a painful divorce, she moves back to her small Pacific Northwest hometown and takes over management of her family’s restaurant. In West End, where life rises and falls like the tides, Angie’s fortunes will drastically change yet again when she meets and befriends a troubled young woman. Angie hires Lauren Ribido because she sees something special in the seventeen-year-old. They quickly form a deep bond, and when Lauren is abandoned by her mother, Angie offers the girl a place to stay. But nothing could have prepared Angie for the far-reaching repercussions of this act of kindness. Together, these two women—one who longs for a child and the other who longs for a mother’s love—will be tested in ways that neither could have imagined. “Enormously entertaining . . . Hannah has a nice ear for dialogue and a knack for getting the reader inside the characters’ heads.”—The Seattle Times
After thirty years of marriage, Wilson Lewis, son-in-law of Allie and Noah Calhoun (of The Notebook), is forced to admit that the romance has gone out of his marriage. Desperate to win back his wife, Jane's, heart, he must figure out how to make her fall in love with him... again. Despite the shining example of Allie and Noah's marriage, Wilson is himself a man unable to easily express his emotions. A successful estate attorney, he has provided well for his family, but now, with his daughter's upcoming wedding, he is forced to face the fact that he and Jane have grown apart and he wonders if she even loves him anymore. Wilson is sure of one thing--his love for his wife has only deepened and intensified over the years. Now, with the memories of his in-laws' magnificent fifty-year love affair as his guide, Wilson struggles to find his way back into the heart of the woman he adores.Did You Know?The Wedding is a follow-up to The Notebook?The Wedding was inspired by a few unnamed couples that Nicholas knows well?The novel is set in the North Carolina town in which Nicholas now lives?
Mosca, 1620. La giovane contessa Synnovea Zenkovna, rimasta orfana, è stata affidata dallo zar alla cugina, la principessa Anna Taraslovna. Mentre si dirige verso la capitale, nel silenzio della steppa innevata, la sua carrozza viene assalita dai briganti, e solo il tempestivo intervento di Tyrone Rycroft, un ufficiale inglese in missione in Russia, la salva dal rapimento. Tra i due sconosciuti scocca un'attrazione intensa, immediata, ma a corte, quando si incontreranno di nuovo, dovranno fronteggiare mille intrighi, pericoli e tradimenti ...
De jonge violiste Isabel Delancey is weduwe en kan in Londen nauwelijks de eindjes aan elkaar knopen. Wanneer ze een groot, vervallen landhuis erft van een oudoom trekt ze erin met haar twee kinderen. Als Matt McCarthy, buurman en handige klusser, aanbiedt om haar te helpen met de broodnodige reparaties, maakt ze daar dankbaar gebruik van. Maar Matt heeft een verborgen agenda, want hij aast al meer dan tien jaar op het huis...
Après avoir repoussé vingt-deux demandes en mariage, Sophie York se résigne à dire oui à Braddon Chatwin, comte de Slaslow. Il aurait certes été bien plus excitant d'accepter la demande de Patrick Foakes. Entre ses bras, elle se sentait fondre et perdait tout sens des convenances. Mais pour sûr, ce séducteur impénitent l'aurait trompée et humiliée à maintes reprises. Pourtant, elle ne tarde pas à céder aux caresses de cet amant incomparable lorsque ce dernier, dans une rocambolesque tentative d'enlèvement, se fait passer pour Braddon, son fiancé.
Ten years ago, Owen Cassidy-eight years old, thick fair hair, bright blue eyes-disappeared. Everyone had thought that he was out playing with his best friend Luke. But later it turned out that Owen had left him in the middle of the afternoon. And never made it home. He vanished leaving no trace, except for a trainer found in a rubbish bin two weeks later.... His disappearance left his father, Nick, distraught, but also full of guilt. For instead of looking after Owen that day, Nick had spent the afternoon in bed-with one of their neighbours. It was an affair that would tear his family apart. The aftermath of Owen's disappearance drove Nick away from his wife and home, to America. He has moved from city to city, trying to forget. But it is impossible to run away from a guilty heart. Now, ten years on, a sudden encounter forces Nick to return to Dublin to confront his demons. He arrives to find the world has moved on. But he is determined to face up to his past, and to find out at last exactly what happened to his son. Little does he realise that his investigations will soon unleash further violence, taking him into a terrifying world that he barely knew existed.
Can the mysteries of the human heart ever be unravelled? Pursuing a scientific explanation for a disturbing and unexplained phenomenon, Jeremy's sceptical nature is thrown off course when he meets Lexie, the town librarian. As they work together, ghostly occurrences and passionate moments converge, forcing Jeremy to realise that there are some truths science cannot explain, as he finally appreciates the pleasures of exploring the heart.
There are few things Jeremy Marsh was sure he'd never do: he'd never leave New York City; never give his heart away again after barely surviving one failed marriage; and most of all, never become a parent. Now, Jeremy is living in the tiny town of Boone Creek, North Carolina, married to Lexie Darnell, the love of his life, and anticipating the birth of their daughter. But just as his life seems to be settling into a blissful pattern, an unsettling and mysterious message re-opens old wounds and sets off a chain of events that will forever change the course of this young couple's marriage . . .
When they were children, Erica Calcott and her sister, Beth, spent their summer holidays at Storton Manor. Now, following the death of their grandmother, they have returned to the grand, imposing house in Wiltshire, England. Unable to stem the tide of childhood memories that arise as she sorts through her grandmother’s belongings, Erica thinks back to the summer her cousin Henry vanished mysteriously from the estate, an event that tore their family to pieces. It is time, she believes, to lay the past to rest, bring her sister some peace, and finally solve the mystery of her cousin’s disappearance. But sifting through remnants of a bygone time is bringing a secret family history to light—one that stretches back over a century, to a beautiful society heiress in Oklahoma, a haunting, savage land across the ocean. And as past and present converge, Erica and Beth must come to terms with two shocking acts of betrayal . . . and the heartbreaking legacy they left behind.
Set partly in pre Celtic Tiger-Ireland, but mainly in Texas, and is narrated by Ray, a young wife and mother, on the eve of her family's return to their native Dublin as recession bites in America. In the opening pages her daughter, who does not want to leave the only home she knows, disappears and that is the prompt for Ray to tell her story, and the story of her family's life in suburban America over ten years, before returning to the fate of the disappeared child in its final section. Lean, gripping, emotionally sophisticated and very atmospheric.
De mooiste kattenverhalen van Doris Lessing, Lewis Caroll, Charles Baudelaire en vele anderen
Kattenkrabbels levert het bewijs van de kleurrijke variëteit aan katten en hun onuitputtelijke vermogen om het leven van de mens te verrijken. Uiteenlopende auteurs als Paul Gallico, Doris Lessing, Charles Perrault, Lewis Carrol en Charles Baudelaire laten zien welk speciale plaats de kat inneemt in de literatuur en het leven.
Embittered by betrayals that have rendered her unable to trust, Anna takes a job in the family restaurant, while her aunt tries to rekindle their relationship and help Anna realize that she is falling in love despite her determination to leave.
Firmly planted on the Wall Street fast track to success, Becca Reinhart has no desire to marry and raise a family. Ditto Edward Kirkland, a charming playboy who has never known what it means to work for a living, and hopes never to find out. Enter Emily, who becomes Becca and Edward’s common denominator when a quirk of fate gives them joint custody of the precocious little girl. Suddenly, two people who have never met find themselves sharing the trials and tribulations of domestic life as they navigate the rocky shoals of parenthood, from naptime to play dates to pre-school admissions. And amid the daily demands of raising a young child, Becca and Edward discover something else: They’re made for each other.
Madeleine Wickham is Sophie Kinsella, and The Gatecrasher is just as clever, chic, and sassy as her internationally bestselling Shopaholic series!
Pur produit des années soixante, Athene Forster n'est pas pressée de se marier. Cette jolie fille trop gâtée est devenue une jeune femme aussi capricieuse qu'imprévisible, et elle multiplie les écarts de conduite. Aussi ses parents accueillent-ils avec soulagement la nouvelle de son mariage avec Douglas Fairley-Hulme, héritier de bonne famille. Mais à peine deux ans plus tard, la rumeur court qu'elle a une liaison, et le scandale la rattrape.Trente-cinq ans plus tard, Suzanna Peacock s'efforce de vivre une vie aussi paisible que celle de sa mère a été tumultueuse. Elle s'installe à la campagne avec son mari, Neill, qui espère fonder une famille avec elle, et ouvre un café où elle vend des objets vintage. Les rencontres inattendues qu'elle va faire dans cette petite ville vont apporter bien des réponses aux questions qui la hantent...
What’s a Park Avenue working mom to do when her troubled son desperately needs a male role model and her husband is a power workaholic? The gutsy heroine of this astute comedy of manners hires a “manny.” Jamie Whitfield, a solid middle-class girl from Middle America, finds herself living in “the Grid,” Manhattan's wealthiest area, where big money and big media collide. She has a big apartment, full-time help with her three children, and a detached attorney husband. However, she lacks a full-time father figure for her struggling nine-year-old son, Dylan. Enter the manny. Initially, the idea of hiring someone to be a role model seems absurd, but one look at Peter Bailey convinces Jamie otherwise. Calm, cool, and charmingly down-to-earth, Peter is irresistible. As a political sex scandal propels Jamie's career as a news producer into overdrive and her husband becomes increasingly erratic, she finds herself in need of grounding. Peter reminds her of her past and what she still misses beneath the high-society glitz. Yet, the question remains: will this new presence stabilize her life, or will he sweep her off her feet?
Dans sa boutique de couture, Chloé rêve de partir en voyage avec ses deux fils et son compagnon, Philip. Aussi, quand un ami leur prête sa luxueuse villa en Andalousie, s'empressent-ils d'accepter cette offre tombée du ciel ! Piscine, farniente, sieste : rien de tel pour oublier tous les soucis. Malheureusement, une surprise de taille les attend à leur arrivée. Amanda et Hugh, un jeune couple stressé, leurs deux petites filles et une invraisemblable baby-sitter couverte de piercings ont déjà investi les lieux... La cohabitation s'annonce délicate, d'autant que Hugh et Chloé ont jadis vécu une grande passion qu'ils se sont bien gardés de révéler à leurs conjoints... Et voilà comment des vacances de rêve pourraient bien tourner au cauchemar...
Een oudere tuinarchitecte, die al sinds lang van haar dochter is vervreemd, vraagt een jongeman die ze nog maar kort kent, om te bemiddelen bij een verzoening.
Een arts en een verpleegster zetten zich samen in voor de kankerpatiënten in hun ziekenhuis.
Wanneer een jonge Amerikaanse muzieklerares tijdelijk alleen woont omdat haar grootmoeder is opgenomen in een verzorgingstehuis, leert ze veel over het leven en zichzelf.
Praktische handleiding met veel oefeningen en voorbeelden hoe je kunt bepalen wat je wilt bereiken in je leven.
