About three weeks after Japanese troops captured Nanjing when the worst of the atrocities was over, American diplomats were allowed to return to the city to re-open their embassy on January 6, 1938.
'IT MOVED ME DEEPLY' LIV LITTLE'DEEPLY POIGNANT' HARPERS BAZAAR'GORGEOUS' RAVEN LEILANITHE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER FROM THE AUTHOR OF CLEOPATRA AND FRANKENSTEIN'It will make you laugh, cry deeply, and want to call your siblings' Cosmopolitan'Even better than Cleopatra and Frankenstein' GraziaThe Blue sisters have always been exceptional - and exceptionally different.
UNBREAKABLE BONDS OF FAMILY AND LOVE ARE EXPLORED IN THIS BRILLIANTLY TENDER STORY FROM THE AUTHOR OF GUY S GIRL----On the day she arrives in Canada for her older brother s wedding, Eliot Beck hasn t seen her family in three years.
April Liesgang and Caleb Shannon have known each other for just three short months, so their Valentine's Day wedding at a chapel near the shores of Lake Michigan has both families in an uproar.
Noosa Heads, 1987: Newly divorced Cynthia has returned to her home town from Los Angeles to reconnect with her 19-year-old daughter, who is pregnant and determined not to listen to her mother's advice.
Eine Frau befreit sich aus dem Selbstbetrug ihres LebensTag für Tag steht Rivi Greenfeld am Fenster ihrer Wohnung und beobachtet das Treiben der Menschen auf der Straße.
A mosaic of human connections in all their shades - from breaking up to making out, quiet contentment to agonising loneliness, sexting to ghosting, friendships to 'fuckboys', pregnancy loss to profound fulfilment.
Paul Durcan's twenty-second collection finds Monsieur le Po te on the road in Paris, New York City, Chicago, Brisbane, and Achill Island, meditating upon the sanctuary of home and what it means to feel truly at home.
Nachdem Angelo Tijssens Kritiker:innen und Zuschauer:innen auf der ganzen Welt mit seinem Film Close begeistert hat, legt der flämische Drehbuchautor nun sein kunstvoll erzähltes, außerordentlich berührendes Romandebüt vor.
'If you enjoy Dilly Court or Rosie Goodwin, this one will be right up your street' reader review'One of the nation's favourite saga writers' Lancashire PostIn the grand tradition of Catherine Cookson, Josephine Cox and Poldark, comes a page-turning and enthralling new Cornish-set saga of shipwrecks, smugglers, secrets and romance, from Jennie Felton.
WINNER OF THE MILES FRANKLIN AWARD 2020An exquisitely written, heartbreaking and hopeful novel of culture, language, tradition, suffering and empowerment 'A groundbreaking novel for black and white Australia' Richard Flanagan, Man Booker Prize winning author of The Narrow Road to the Deep NorthKnowing that he will soon die, Albert "e;Poppy"e; Gondiwindi has one final task he must fulfill.
In this seminal collection of Rumi poetrythe medieval Sufi mystic who is the most popular poet in Americaand his soul friend, Shams Tabriz, foremost Rumi translator and author of The Essential Rumi Coleman Barks focuses on friendship and love.
Während im Sommer 1944 deutsche Soldaten ungarische Dörfer plündern, stellen sich die Bauern in Kákásd immer noch dieselbe Frage wie vor 700 Jahren: Wie sollen sie leben von dem Lohn, den sie vom Grafen erhalten?
'A work of genius' Independent'So extraordinary, so original, and so enriching' Stephen King'May justly join the classic American list' Anthony Burgess'Marvellously funny .
Bewegend, herzerwärmend und positiv: der neue Wohlfühl-Familienroman von Bestseller-Autorin Eleanor RayGrace kommt gut zurecht im Leben, besten Dank der Nachfrage.
