Discover the powerful, emotional Reckoners Row Series from bestselling author Sheila Riley'A thoroughly enjoyable, powerful novel set against the background of a war-battered city still struggling against austerity, rationing, the black market and poverty' Lyn Andrews'An enchanting, warm and deeply touching story about a brave young girl fighting against injustice.
A gorgeously feel-good read from the UK Top 100 bestselling author of New Beginnings at Wildflower Lock Going to the chapel, but will they get married?
Hailed by the authorites as `the future of housing', The Estate in south London was opened with a flourish by the Lord Mayor of London in the late 1960s.
Winner of the 2020 Governor General's Award in TranslationA World Literature Today Notable Translation of 2020Sliding doors open and close automatically, exit to the left, entrance to the right.
La nueva novela de Maja Haderlap vuelve a los escenarios de El ángel del olvido (Periférica, 2019): la región de Carintia, en el sur de Austria, y el ámbito cultural, histórico y político de la minoría eslovena que reside en aquella región, a la que pertenece la autora.
Maggie Barnes has left her journals to her son, Rowland, but he is puzzled by gaps in her accounts, and he turns to his mother's dear friend, Alethea, for help.
In the early 1970s, during a time when their families lived in separate cities, Cary and John kept in touch with each other through letters that were kept secret from their wives and daughters.
From the Sunday Times bestselling author of American Dirt, comes a heartfelt, multigenerational family story which asks: what does it mean to call a place home?
Este relato trata de mostrar el derrotero de una vida intensa, de un hombre que persigue un horizonte inexistente, un lugar donde hacer pie y perseverar en una vida de familia que no es lo suyo, constituye un esfuerzo dificil de plasmar en palabras que no siempre son capaces de expresar los sentimientos de los protagonistas.
Spying on the neighbors through the powerful telescope installed on the top of the apartment's balcony, the young writer Roger ate the last slice of the chocolate cake that his mother, Anastacia, had left right next to her typewriter, when suddenly, his eardrums shuddered as he heard the usual "e;Boom"e; from Zeca - the corner drug dealer - with his burst echoing through the surrounding buildings at the very beginning of each month.
For years surviving the recurring marital chaos caused by the chemical dependency of Mike, her brother-in-law, Akira struggles to rescue Juliana, his wife, already totally immersed in the freezing waters of an existential precipice.
Blurb – Pour l'amour d'un enfant Une fille désespérée piégée dans une maison mère et bébé dans les années 1960 en Angleterre se bat pour garder son enfant.
Limitados por las dificultades vividas en Brasil, la familia Himura se ve ante una propuesta irrechazable; trabajar como operarios bien remunerados en Japón ya que, debido al rápido crecimiento de sus industrias, el país comenzó a necesitar de mano de obra externa.
El oficial Rubão siempre fue un servidor público esforzado que, como tantos otros policías honestos que trabajan en la corporación militar, lucha para ganarse su lugarcito al sol.
Tras años sobreviviendo al recurrente caos conyugal provocado por la dependencia química de Mike, su cuñado, Akira, lucha por rescatar a Juliana, su esposa, inmersa ya totalmente en las aguas heladas de un precipicio existencial.
