In this moving autobiographical novel, the narrator's mother, Lucile, raises her two daughters largely alone. A former child model from a large Bohemian family, Lucile is younger and more glamorous than the other mothers: always in...

You know you've joined the MOB when you hear... 'My, are they all yours?' 'Bless you!' (Occasionally) 'Poor you!' (Frequently) 'Lucky you!' (Once) And of course, the ultimate: 'So ... are you going for a girl?' Hannah Evans has three...

________________ 'Like Eat, Pray, Love, her follow-up ... feels irresistibly confessional ... I found myself guzzling Committed, reading it in mighty chunks, far into the night. Whenever I put it down, it was pinched by my mother or...

Julian Treslove, a professionally unspectacular former BBC radio producer, and Sam Finkler, a popular Jewish philosopher, writer and television personality, are old school friends. Despite very different lives, they've never quite lost...

The U.S. scientific community has long led the world in research on such areas as public health, environmental science, and issues affecting quality of life. Our scientists have produced landmark studies on the dangers of DDT, tobacco...

"History of the Rain" von Niall Williams erzählt die bewegende Geschichte von Ruth Swain, einer jungen Frau, die krankheitsbedingt ans Bett gefesselt ist und in einem kleinen Dorf im Westen Irlands lebt. Umgeben von Tausenden von...

Winner of the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Winner of the Alfaguara Prize Winner of the Gregor von Rezzori Prize 'A powerful, humane novel about a man trying to make sense of a war he didn't choose to fight' The Times 'The...

_______________ 'It's difficult to write a convincing tale of depression that's also an entertaining romp, but Forrest has done it' - Sunday Times 'An incredibly gifted writer ... I can't remember the last time I ever read such a...

"Mornings in Jenin" von Susan Abulhawa ist ein eindrucksvoller Roman, der die Geschichte einer palästinensischen Familie über mehrere Generationen hinweg erzählt. Die Erzählung beginnt in einem kleinen Dorf in Palästina und verfolgt das...

"Man on Fire" von Stephen Kelman erzählt die Geschichte von John Lock, einem britischen Journalisten, der nach Indien reist, um über Bibhuti Bhushan Nayak zu berichten. Nayak ist ein außergewöhnlicher Mann, der sich darauf spezialisiert...

"Sidney Chambers and The Shadow of Death" ist der erste Band der Grantchester Mysteries von James Runcie. Die Geschichte spielt in den 1950er Jahren und folgt Sidney Chambers, einem anglikanischen Priester in der malerischen englischen...

"The Photographer's Wife" von Suzanne Joinson ist ein historischer Roman, der in den 1920er Jahren spielt. Die Geschichte dreht sich um die junge Prue Ashton, die nach Jerusalem reist, wo ihr Vater als Architekt an einem ambitionierten...