At fifteen, Jamie Murphy finds herself broken and alone, convinced she doesn't need anyone. Until she does. Bear is the boy behind the fence, the one who was there for her when no one else was. Until he's not. Left with nothing, Jamie joins the army hoping it will give her purpose. The last thing she expects is the best friend from her past to reappear in the dusty plains of a war-torn country. No longer the boy she once knew, Bear is ...
"Mein Vater hat sich in dem Schuppen letztes Wochenende eine Lebensmittelvergiftung oder so was geholt." Speiubel sei einigen Gasten nach der Eroffnung des neuen Restaurants von Johannas Eltern geworden. Nun setzt ihr Mitschuler Thorsten Johanna unter Druck: Sein Vater wurde die Angelegenheit offentlich machen. Damit ware nicht nur das Restaurant, sondern auch die Existenz von Johannas Familie bedroht! Klar, dass ihre neuen Freunde Koko, Ma ...
In 1967, four female scientists worked together to build the world's first time machine. But just as they are about to debut their creation, one of them suffers a breakdown, putting the whole project-and future of time travel-in jeopardy. To protect their invention, one member is exiled from the team-erasing her contributions from history. Fifty years later, time travel is a big business. Twenty-something Ruby Rebello knows her beloved gra ...
"Ekelige Fracht" ist der dritte Fall der Hamburger Juniordetektive und Freunde Marek, Lukas, Koko und Johanna. "Ist das nicht der Wagen von Kommissar Bredeke?" «Hallo ihr Vier! Wie ich sehe, haben die gro?en Detektive schon wieder einen neuen Fall? Ich dachte, jetzt in den Ferien habt ihr auch mal Freizeit!» «Das Verbrechen schlaft eben nie, das wissen Sie doch, Herr Kommissar.» «Ja, das kannst du laut sagen.» Detektive mussen hellwac ...
'A gorgeous rural romance full of warmth and charm.' Victoria Connelly When Charlie Thorpe met Holly Renton, they were not a match made in heaven… Holly lives and works in the beautiful town of Willowbury in Somerset. An incorrigible optimist, she is determined to change the world for the better. Charlie Thorpe on the other hand, is the ultimate pragmatist. As Willowbury’s new member of parliament, he has to be. While he’s determi ...
Hard times ahead for the Harpers girls…It is two years since Harpers opened in Oxford Street and Ben is planning to expand the premises.Life is good for Sally and Ben as they look forward to their first child and hope for a prosperous future. Beth is settling into married life with Jack, gradually recovering from her aunt’s tragic death, though still unable to conceive a child.New girls have joined Harpers and Marion, Janice and Becky all become ...
This extraordinary evocation of a grown daughter's attachment to her mother-and of both women's strength and resiliency-recounts Annie's attempt to first help her mother recover from Alzheimer's disease and, then, when that proves futile, bear witness to the older woman's gradual decline and her own experience as a daughter losing a beloved parent. I Remain in Darkness is a new high-water mark for Ernaux, surging with ra ...
My father tried to kill my mother one Sunday in June, in the early afternoon begins Shame, the probing story of the twelve-year-old girl who will become the author herself and the single traumatic memory that will echo and resonate throughout her life. With the emotionally rich voice of great fiction and the diamond-sharp analytical eye of a scientist, Annie Ernaux provides a powerful reflection on experience and the power of violent memory to e ...
