Neuf jours. C'est ce qu'il reste à vivre à Mia Hayes, surnommée affectueusement « Rabbit ». Neuf jours, après plusieurs mois de combat – parce que Rabbit est une battante, une Irlandaise bien trempée. À son chevet, famille et proches se relaient en un joyeux ballet de souvenirs. Entre silences, gaffes et fous rires, toute la vie de Rabbit ressurgit alors : l'enfance, l'adolescence, Johnny son grand amour, et Juliet, sa fille de 12 ans – une certaine idée du bonheur... Au fil des jours, tous s'interrogent sur leur vie et accompagnent Rabbit dans un voyage émotionnel d'une grande intensité. Quel meilleur bagage pour partir vers la lumière ?
[Nayeri's] exploration of the exile's predicament is tender and urgent. -The
New Yorker Rich and colorful... [Refuge] has the kind of immediacy commonly
associated with memoir, which lends it heft, intimacy, atmosphere. -New York
Times Crystalline, vivid, moving, and without pretensions, Nayeri's writing is
fluid and spare...Refuge is a timely novel, about a theme that touches and
moves so many, no matter where you are from. -Los Angeles Review of Books [An]
urgent, resonating contemporary story, highlighting today's scattered,
displaced, lost, all-forced-to-be refugees in search of the titular refuge...
Nayeri carefully illuminates the plight of the ever-searching, never-belonging
global wanderer. -The Christian Science Monitor As the daughter of an
immigrant father, the cultural divides that can exist within families is
always on my mind. I love stories that explore questions of home, a central
theme of Refuge. How do we relate to the homes of our parents, especially if
they aren't ours? How do we build homes when we haven't left the old ones
freely? -Elle Dina Nayeri focuses on the relationship between an Iranian
father and daughter as they explore the experience of exile from different
sides of the world and there is so much beauty and pain expressed in her
prose... I'll be recommending it to everyone I know. It's stunning. -Buzzfeed
The immigrant experience is at the heart of Dina Nayeri's powerful novel of a
family split by circumstances. -Minneapolis Star-Tribune A lush, brimming
novel of exile. -Newsday Topical and urgent. -W Magazine A nuanced look at
what it means to seek refuge; novels don't get more timely than this. -The
Millions Dina Nayeri's Refuge is a searing and moving meditation on the
migrant experience...Against the ebb and flow of their separations and
reconciliations, Nayeri charts the desperate journeys and the hopes and fates
of other refugees of different nationalities seeking sanctuary in Europe. A
timely read and a compelling one. -Malcolm Forbes for The National Refuge
should be required summer reading in 2017... a beautiful and poignant portrait
of the many different experiences of the displaced. A timely and necessary
work... a vital read for anyone trying to understand what it means to lose and
look for home. -Bustle Nayeri, who was an Iranian refugee herself, has written
a novel that explores the current worldwide refugee crisis through the lens of
a father-daughter relationship. -Brightly Niloo's story, and her complex
relationship with her father, expose a narrative of immigration that is
necessary and nuanced. -Read It Forward A poignant reflection on the plight of
refugees... Nayeri uses gentle humor and evocative prose to illuminate the
power of familial bonds and to bestow individuality on those anonymous people
caught between love of country and need for refuge. A beautiful addition to
the burgeoning literature of exile. -Library Journal (starred review) Richly
imagined and frequently moving... [manages] various threads-the personal, the
political, the cultural, the generational-deftly, and the result is poignant,
wise, and often funny...a vital, timely novel about what it means to seek
refuge. -Kirkus Set against landscapes of political unrest, Nayeri's novel of
a daughter and father seeking to reconcile their long-distance perceptions of
family offers a captivating, multilayered exploration of lives caught between
worlds. -Booklist A heart-splicing portrayal of the current refugee
crisis...These are people who, seeking asylum, arrive in countries that aren't
their own but must be made inhabitable, if not home. -The Riveter A nuanced
and remarkably textured narrative about a world few of us experience.
-BookPage Nayeri's prose sings while moving nimbly with equal parts
seriousness and humor. -Publishers Weekly Beautifully elegiac, Refuge brings
into focus the entire experience of emigrat
Danielle Steel sweeps us from a Manhattan courtroom to the Deep South in her powerful new novel—at once a behind-closed-doors look into the heart of a family and a tale of crime and punishment. Eleven years have passed since Alexa Hamilton left the South behind, fleeing the pain of her ex-husband’s betrayal and the cruelty of his prominent Charleston family. Now an assistant D.A. in Manhattan, Alexa has finally put her demons to rest, making a name for herself as a top prosecutor, handling the city’s toughest cases while juggling her role as devoted single mom to a teenage daughter. But everything changes when Alexa is handed her latest case: the trial of accused serial killer Luke Quentin. Sifting through mountains of forensic evidence, Alexa prepares for a high-stakes trial...until threatening letters throw her private life into turmoil. The letters are addressed to her beautiful seventeen-year-old daughter, Savannah, whom Alexa has been raising alone since her divorce. Alexa is certain that Quentin is behind the letters—and that they are too dangerous to ignore. Suddenly she must make the toughest choice of all—and send her daughter back to the very place she swore she would never return to: the place where her marriage ended in heartbreak...her ex-husband’s world of southern tradition, memories of betrayal, and the antebellum charm of Charleston. Now, while Alexa’s trial builds to a climax in New York, her daughter is settling into southern life, discovering a part of her family history and a father she barely knows—from the ice-cold stepmother who stole him away to a fascinating ancestry and a half-sister and half-brothers she comes to love. As secrets are exposed and old wounds are healed, Alexa and Savannah, after a season in different worlds, will come together again—strengthened by the challenges they have faced, changed by the mysteries they have unraveled, and with Savannah now at home in the southern world her mother fled. In this masterfully told tale, Danielle Steel creates a stunning array of contrasts: from the gritty chaos of Manhattan’s criminal court system to the seductive gentility of the South, from the rage of a hardened criminal to the tender bond between a mother and daughter—and a loving father who has welcomed Savannah home at last. A novel that will catch you off guard at every turn, Southern Lights is Danielle Steel at her electrifying best.
Zweden, 1798. Emil Larsson, een drinkende en gokkende vrijgezel, raakt bevriend met de eigenaresse van een goklokaal, mevrouw Sofia Mus, die hem de toekomst voorspelt aan de hand van een nieuwe vorm van kaartlegging: het octavo. Wanneer Sofia na een lange nacht aan de goktafels een kostbare waaier van barones De Uzanne wint, leidt dat tot bittere rivaliteit en een moorddadig complot waar niemand ongeschonden uit tevoorschijn komt. Ondertussen krijgt Emil te horen dat hij `de Zoeker' is, en dat niet alleen zijn toekomst maar ook die van de monarchie, de stad en heel Zweden afhangt van zijn vermogen de acht leden van het Stockholm Octavo te achterhalen...
Het grootste deel van ons leven functioneren we op de automatische piloot; we denken niet echt na over de dingen die we doen. Net zoals de toerist, die dezelfde zin met steeds luidere stem herhaalt omdat hij niet begrepen wordt, blijven wij ons hardnekkig op dezelfde manier gedragen. Zelfs als het niet resulteert in wat we willen. The Mind Gym leert je om deze mentale patronen te doorbreken. Niet op een zweverige, ingewikkelde manier, maar met praktische tips en doelgerichte oplossingen. In Engeland is de methode van The Mind Gym inmiddels al een groot succes! Wat is The Mind Gym? Het idee achter The Mind Gym is simpel: wat de sportschool is voor het lichaam, is The Mind Gym voor de geest. Bedrijven als Barclays Bank, Boston Consulting Group, Microsoft en Deutsche Bank hebben de coaches van The Mind Gym ingehuurd om trainingen te geven op het gebied van onder meer creatief denken, indruk maken en effectief beslissingen nemen.
"Homecoming" returns to Ford County, the backdrop for many of John Grisham's memorable tales. Jake Brigance is called upon to assist Mack Stafford, a former lawyer who became infamous for abandoning his family and stealing from clients. After three years of silence, Mack seeks help from Jake and Harry Rex for his return, but his homecoming takes unexpected turns. In "Strawberry Moon," we meet Cody Wallace, a young man on death row just hours away from execution. With no legal options left and the governor denying clemency, Cody makes one last request as time runs out. Meanwhile, "Sparring Partners" introduces the Malloy brothers, Kirk and Rusty, who inherited a law firm after their father's imprisonment. Their mutual disdain complicates matters as the firm crumbles, leaving Diantha Bradshaw, the only trusted partner, to face the chaos. Will she save the Malloys or finally prioritize her own career? These interconnected stories blend suspense, humor, and deep emotion, showcasing Grisham's storytelling prowess.
A chilling new thriller that gets into the heart and mind of the killer, and the victim . . . Seventeen-year-old Tessa, dubbed a 'Black-Eyed Susan' by the media, became famous for being the only victim to survive the vicious attack of a serial killer. Her testimony helped to put a dangerous criminal behind bars - or so she thought. Now, decades later the black-eyed susans planted outside Tessa's bedroom window seem to be a message from a killer who should be safely in prison . . .
