Resultados para "Gilead" en Narrativa femenina

En el Madrid recién salido de la guerra civil, sobrevivir es un duro oficio cotidiano. Especialmente para Manolita, una joven de dieciocho años que, con su padre y su madrastra encarcelados, y su hermano Antonio escondido en un tablao flamenco, tiene que hacerse cargo de su hermana Isabel y de otros tres más pequeños. A Antonio se le ocurrirá una manera desesperada de prolongar la resistencia en los años más terribles de la represión: utilizar unas multicopistas que nadie sabe poner en marcha para imprimir propaganda clandestina.

Jen Campbell está convencida de que el amor, no está hecho para ella. No después de haber sido engañada de la misma manera en sus dos matrimonios. Así que, para ella, es más divertido y menos complicado tener «amigos ocasionales» y concentrar toda su energía en sacar adelante su negocio de las flores y la pastelería que abrieron ella, su mejor amiga y dos fabulosas mujeres más.

Maddie Butler has been haunted for fourteen years. After the suspicious death of a friend when she was twenty-two, she tried to move on, convincing herself there was nothing she could have done. But now in an unfulfilling marriage, she realizes how much the guilt has led to an unhappy life.

Jen Campbell está convencida de que el amor, no está hecho para ella. No después de haber sido engañada de la misma manera en sus dos matrimonios. Así que, para ella, es más divertido y menos complicado tener "amigos ocasionales" y concentrar toda su energía en sacar adelante su negocio de las flores y la pastelería que abrieron ella, su mejor amiga y dos fabulosas mujeres más. Claro, todo eso parecía funcionar de maravillas para Jen hasta que, James Bracco, apareció en su vida con su encantadora sonrisa y la paciencia necesaria para hacer que ella vuelva a creer en el amor.

Rebecca Bloomwood seorang jurnalis keuangan. Pekerjaannya menulis artikel tentang cara mengatur keuangan. Ia menghabiskan waktu luangnya dengan… berbelanja. Terapi belanja adalah jawaban untuk semua masalahnya. Namun belakangan Becky dikejar-kejar tagihan. Ia tahu ia harus berhenti—tapi tidak bisa. Ia mencoba mengurangi pengeluaran, mencoba memperbesar penghasilan, tapi tak ada metode yang berhasil. Satu-satunya penghiburan adalah membeli sesuatu… sesuatu untuk dirinya sendiri…

Bagi Rebecca Bloomwood, hidup ini sungguh mudah. Ia muncul setiap pagi di TV, manajer banknya sangat baik hati, dan soal belanja, motonya adalah Hanya Beli Apa Yang Kau Perlu—dan ia sungguh-sungguh mematuhinya! (Yah, kira-kira begitulah). Hidupnya lebih sempurna ketika kekasihnya, Luke Brandon yang terkenal, menawarinya kesempatan untuk bekerja di New York. Astaga, New York! Di sana kan ada banyak tempat belanja hebat seperti Saks atau Bloomingdale's. Atau Barney's. Dan obral-obral sampel misterius tempat kita bisa mendapatkan gaun Prada seharga seratus dolar!

Hidup Becky Bloomwood sungguh mulus: dia punya pekerjaan yang menyenangkan, tinggal di apartemen Manhattan bersama pacarnya, Luke, dan mereka membuka rekening gabungan (walaupun belum sepakat apakah rok Miu Miu termasuk pos pengeluaran rumah tangga). Kemudian Luke melamarnya! Sesudah itu hidup Becky jadi rumit lagi. Ibunya ingin mereka menikah di Inggris, ingin Becky mengenakan gaun pengantinnya dulu. Ibu Luke ingin mereka menikah di Plaza Hotel New York, dengan pesta mewah, kue pengantin spektakuler, dan kada-kado luar biasa…

The Awakening is an 1899 novel by Kate Chopin set in New Orleans and the Gulf Coast at the end of the 19th century. It is widely seen as a seminal work of early feminism which put the spotlight on women's issues. The story is about Edna Pontellier, the wife of a New Orleans businessman, who falls in love with Robert Lebrun, a man she meets at a resort on the Gulf of Mexico. When the family returns to New Orleans, Edna isolates herself from society and withdraws from some of the duties customarily associated with motherhood.

This is the first of the Anne of Athelhampton trilogy, which is inspired by true historical events and characters from England's Dorsetshire in the 1500s. It is written by Giles Keating, who lives in Athelhampton's Tudor rooms just as Anne did five hundred years ago and who welcomes visitors to see the secret passages that she discovered, and the symbols in stone that she searched out to solve the Riddle.

Years after her father suddenly disappears without a trace, Tanya’s family is on the brink of poverty. To save her mother and little sister, Tanya embarks on a journey to a new country, where she will be able to work and gather enough money to prevent her family from falling apart. While other foreign women like her usually work in the shady downtown, Tanya finds a job as a caregiver to a very successful, though unwell, author who has trouble communicating with his surroundings.

"The road," Kerouac wrote, "is life," and the women in these three stories hit the road looking for fuller, richer lives than the ones they have at home. One flies to Ireland to land a husband; one, who hoped to find shelter in paradise, realizes her journey isn't over; and one loses a lover, a friend, and a few precious illusions about herself as she drives across America.

A young child is snatched in broad daylight outside his nursery. Nobody in charge sees a thing, but the other children say a woman is the culprit. Detective Mina Dabiri calls on her close friend Vincent to untangle the puzzle that surrounds the kidnapped boy. As he finds a link between the boy and other others who have gone missing, it becomes clear that time is running out for everyone involved.

Mother in Name Only is the transparent, sometimes painful, and always poignant portrait of Myrna Kaye—held inside for almost her entire life.