Resultados para "David" en Narrativa femenina

A sus veintinueve años, Laura se siente perdida. Desde fuera parece tenerlo todo bajo control: un trabajo que, aunque ya no la motiva, es estable; una pareja ideal…, pero en el fondo no es más que una ilusión. Mientras alterna su oficio como actriz de doblaje con el de camarera en una cafetería, su pareja, Borja, ha decidido por los dos que deben mudarse a Estados Unidos, debido a su trabajo. La relación entre ambos pasa por horas bajas, rozando el descarrilamiento, y ella no sabe qué hacer.

Una mujer. Dos adversarios. Veintidós niños.Una aventura que cambió el rumbo de la Historia. El 30 de noviembre de 1803, una corbeta zarpa del puerto de La Coruña entre vítores y aplausos. En su interior viajan veintidós niños huérfanos cuya misión consiste en llevar la recién descubierta vacuna de la viruela a los territorios de Ultramar. Los acompaña Isabel Zendal, encargada de cuidarlos.

Una profunda historia sobre la resistencia, la sororidad y el derecho a voto ambientada en una versión alternativa de la Nueva Inglaterra del siglo XIX. En 1893 ya no hay brujas. En el pasado sí que las había, en esa época oscura e inhóspita antes de que empezasen a encenderse las hogueras. Ahora, la brujería es poco más que hechizos de amas de casa y canciones infantiles. Si la mujer moderna quiere algo de poder, las urnas son el único lugar donde puede llegar a conseguirlo.

Finlandia se ha convertido en un estado totalitario llamado Republica Eusistocratica, que ha priorizado la salud nacional y ha prohibido todo lo que pueda dar placer o causar adicción. Bueno, casi todo: el estado ha creado una nueva subespecie humana: una especie receptiva, sumisa y siempre dispuesta a tener relaciones sexuales. Solían llamarse mujeres. Desde los años 40 varios científicos junto con el gobierno han puesto en marcha un plan de selección artifical que solo permite la reproducción a las mujeres más dóciles.

Holly Greene is on a mission to find her happily ever after. And her journey to love does not include a detour to Bad Boy Bartenderville, population Jax Grainger. Jax may be witty, smart-mouthed, and handsome, but he’s the kind of guy who views love as a four-letter word…and the last thing Holly needs is to waste any more time.

Descubre la vivencia de tres mujeres, acompañalas en el camino del crecimiento espiritual, la comprensión del propio ser y su naturaleza. emocionate con sus historias y aprende como gestionar las situaciones que la vida nos presenta. Recorre el camino de la evolución de la conciencia, al tiempo que aprendes el origen de la humanidad , el proposito de la existencia y la conexion con la sabiduria ancestral que nos permite encontrar las respuestas a las grandes preguntas.

María Paz is a young Latin American woman who, like many others, has come to America chasing a dream. When she is accused of murdering her husband and sentenced to life behind bars, she must struggle to keep hope alive as she works to prove her innocence. But the dangers of prison are not her only obstacles: gaining freedom would mean facing an even greater horror lying in wait outside the prison gates, one that will stop at nothing to get her back.

El club de las cincuenta palabras es un grupo de mujeres extranjeras que se reúnen en el sótano de una casa en un pueblo del Levante español, a orillas del Mediterráneo. Los vecinos creen que son brujas porque hablan en inglés y leen libros en otros idiomas y de autores desconocidos en la España de los años 50. David, hijo de Alice, la anfitriona, presencia estas reuniones mientras juega con un tren de madera. Cada cumpleaños su madre le regala un nuevo vagón de color diferente.

Modern-day New York, a subway train. David, an American Jewish jazz musician, torn between his dreams and his parents' expectations, sees a woman across the carriage. Ameena, a British Pakistani artist who left Manchester to escape the pressure from her conservative family, sees David. When a moment of sublime beauty occurs unexpectedly, the two connect, moved by their shared experience. From this flows a love that it appears will triumph above all.

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L'Eli, la protagonista d'aquesta història és una noia que viu amb la seva mare. No ha conegut el pare perquè la mare es va quedar embaraçada molt jove i el pare va desapareixer. Porta una vida normal d'estudiant fins que un día una notícia no esperada trencarà tots els seus plantejaments. S'adona que el seu futur està en les seves mans...o potser no. L'Eli és un personatge que es presenta davant del lector amb una sinceritat sorprenent, de vegades desconcertant, però tremendament creible, sense cap tipus d'artificiositat, i que dona al relat una gran força.

An epic tragicomedy spanning three generations, Ugly explores the horrifying and hilarious truths of man's inhumanity to woman, delivered with unforgettable characters and indelible dark humor in the grand tradition of John Irving.

What would you do if you woke up next to a ripped, hot stranger? What if you couldn't remember your name? What if you didn't trust him, but he was your only link to the real world?

No woman had ever joined the Rising Sons...until now. Raven is tough and strong, and she lives for the rush of the open road. She's trying for something that no woman has ever done, and the Rising Sons aren't going to make it easy for her. When trouble comes to the Rising Sons, though, she might be the only one man enough to stand against it. Gunner is ride or die. The club was the only thing on his mind until Raven showed up. As soon as he saw her, he had to have her. She's not just another lay to him but an equal.

When there's nothing left, there's always faith.... Faith finally meets a man who is nothing like her overbearing friends and family. He's dangerous and ripped, and he doesn't treat her like a princess. He's trouble, and that's just what she's looking for. After a run-in with her father, Faith and Eddie abandon wintery Colorado for sunny California. They don't have money, but they have a Harley and a gun. Along the way Faith is forced to grow up and embrace the dangerous life that will get them to their destination.

When I faced the choice between love and financial security, forces outside of my control chose for me. Now, a hostage to a cold man who becomes violent toward me, I have to turn to the man I left behind to get out.

Hope Cantwell grew up believing things could be better. Growing up with an abusive father, she tried to teach her little brother differently. After 10 years she's back, and it's worse than she could have thought. He owes the wrong people money, and their only hope is her high school sweetheart who grew up to be a rough-and-tumble biker.

That was the past. Now, is one of the hottest country guitar players around with his brother, Colton. He’s got a career and a peaceful heart. Kitt leads a good life that only gets better when he is introduced to songwriter Raylene Evans. Raylene and Kitt share a manager and a deep passion for music. When the two share the dance floor at Colton’s wedding, the sparks fly. They are inseparable until a call interrupts a date with Raylene. A call from his dark past.

The Fisher family of Alluvia, New York, is coming undone. Evelyn spends her days tending to her husband, Henry - an acclaimed and reclusive novelist slowly losing his battle with Alzheimer's. Their son, Benji, onetime star of an '80s sitcom called Prodigy, sinks deeper into drunken obscurity, railing against the bit roles he's forced to take in uncelebrated regional theater.

Every week for twenty years, three friends meet in a leafy enclosure under the Verrazzano Bridge: Gertie, a feisty Norwegian divorcée and former athlete; Maria, a family-obsessed Italian American widow; and Corinna, a book-loving, hash-smoking eccentric. Together they sit and watch the sea as the ships - and the last years of their lives - sail by. On the eve of Gertie’s eightieth birthday, they realize that time is running out. Gertie decides she wants to travel the world. Maria secretly plots to reunite Gertie and Corinna with their estranged families. And Corinna falls in love.