Life Begins on Friday
Автор: Ioana Parvulescu
Год издания: 0000
A young man is found lying unconscious on the outskirts of Bucharest. No one knows who he is and everyone has a different theory about how he got there. The stories of the various characters unfold, each closely interwoven with the next, and outlining the features of what ultimately turns out to be the most important and most powerful character of all: the city of Bucharest itself. The novel covers the last 13 days of 1897 and culminates in a beautiful tableau of the future as imagined by the different characters. We might, in fact, say that it is we who inhabit their future. And so too does Dan Cretu, alias Dan Kretzu, the presentday journalist hurled back in time by some mysterious process for just long enough to allow us a wonderful glimpse into a remote, almost forgotten world, but one still very much alive in our hearts.
Mr Doubler Begins Again
Автор: Seni Glaister
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‘Perfect for fans of Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine’Hello!‘Extremely charming’ Marian KeyesNot every journey takes you far from home…Mr Doubler is an expert in many things. He can bake the fluffiest lemon drizzle cake, distil divine gin, and grow perfect potatoes. But when it comes to company, he’s not so confident. Since he lost his wife, he’s been living on his own on top of a hill, with just one regular visitor: his housekeeper, Mrs Millwood, who visits every day.Until the day she doesn’t.With Mrs Millwood missing, Doubler’s routine is thrown into chaos – and he begins to worry that he might have lost his way. But could the kindness of strangers bring him down from the hill?Mr Doubler Begins Again is a nostalgic celebration of food, friendship, kindness, and second chances, perfect for fans of Rachel Joyce and Joanna Cannon.Readers love Mr Doubler Begins Again:‘Poignant and thought-provoking’ Bee‘Wise, clever and beautifully written’ MoziDogReads‘An adorable, heart-warming and amusing story… A breath of fresh air’ Cheryl‘Seni Glaister’s writing is beautiful, so lyrical, so thoughtful and so deep… I feel like every single word matters in this book’ Nicola‘Uplifting, amusing and engaging… A treat to read’ Jenny H‘A brilliant read. Did not wish it to end’ Biren‘This book was a sheer delight to read’ Whispering Stories Blog ‘A wonderfully touching, funny and inspiring book’ Karen
Where the Past Begins: A Writer’s Memoir
Автор: Amy Tan
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In Where the Past Begins, bestselling author of The Joy Luck Club and The Valley of Amazement Amy Tan is at her most intimate in revealing the truths and inspirations that underlie her extraordinary fiction. By delving into vivid memories of her traumatic childhood, confessions of self-doubt in her journals, and heartbreaking letters to and from her mother, she gives evidence to all that made it both unlikely and inevitable that she would become a writer. Through spontaneous storytelling, she shows how a fluid fictional state of mind unleashed near-forgotten memories that became the emotional nucleus of her novels.Tan explores shocking truths uncovered by family memorabilia – the real reason behind an I.Q. test she took at age six, why her parents lied about their education, mysteries surrounding her maternal grandmother – and, for the first time publicly, writes about her complex relationship with her father, who died when she was fifteen. Supplied with candour and characteristic humour, Where the Past Begins takes readers into the idiosyncratic workings of her writer's mind, a journey that explores memory, imagination, and truth, with fiction serving as both her divining rod and link to meaning.
Black Friday
Автор: Alex Kava
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SILENCE. SMOKE. Then the SCREAMING begins.As suicide bombers strike at the heart of America, FBI profiler Maggie O’Dell faces the toughest, deadliest case of her career. Sifting through the debris for answers, O’Dell discovers that worse is yet to come, with more attacks imminent – and the consequences nimaginable.In less than twenty-four hours O’Dell must figure out what the next target is and who exactly she is fighting against. Struggling to put the pieces together in time, she realises just what is at stake – and that her own brother may be in the firing line.PRAISE FOR ALEX KAVA “Not for the faint of heart” Peter Robinson“Reads like collaboration among Michael Crichton, Agatha Christie and Jeffery Deaver, orchestrated by James Patterson” Bookreporter on Exposed “Kava’s writing is reminiscent of Patricia Cornwell in her prime” Mystery Ink
His Girl Friday
Автор: Diana Palmer
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From New York Times bestseller Diana Palmer comes a reader-favorite story of a woman attempting to do the impossible: tame the roguish man she loves from afar…There has only ever been one man for young Danetta Marist…but he's the one she can never have. That's gruff, handsome boss Cabe Ritter, whose mere glance makes her spine tingle and her heart race. And then there was that heart-stopping kiss in his office. But Danetta believes in marriage and happily-ever-afters. And everyone knows Cabe is a terrible womanizer…Deep down, Cabe is no playboy. Long ago, he put up a facade to protect himself from any woman–like his alluring secretary–who wanted a commitment from him. Cabe knows that young, fresh and deliciously tempting Danetta has a lot to learn about love. But now that he has held her in his arms once, he decides that he'll be the man to teach her…for the rest of their lives.
Bride By Friday
Автор: TRISHA DAVID
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