Resultados para "Julia" en Narrativa femenina

Un periodista recibe la propuesta de investigar la vida de su bisabuela, Amelia Garayoa, una mujer de la que sólo sabe que huyó abandonando a su marido y a su hijo poco antes de que estallara la guerra civil española. Para rescatarla del olvido deberá reconstruir su historia desde los cimientos encajando, una a una, todas las piezas del inmenso y extraordinario puzle de su vida.

It should have been a simple arrangement. Luca needs a wife to clean up his image as the new CEO of Rossi Motors, and I need my mother to stop trying to fix me up on terrible dates. In two years, we'll part amicably with no attachments or hard feelings.\ Anything that happens between us will be outside the confines of our arrangement. By anything, I mean falling into Luca's bed. Which I also do frequently and with abandon. But nothing is ever as simple as it seems. It isn't long before I fall for my motorcycle-riding, dirty-talking, sexy-as-sin husband.

Before she mastered the art of French cooking in midlife, Julia Child found herself working in the secrets trade in Asia during World War II. Single, six foot two, and thirty years old, Julia McWilliams took a job working for America's first espionage agency, years before cooking or Paris entered the picture. The Secret War of Julia Child traces Julia's transformation from ambitious Pasadena blue blood to Washington, DC file clerk, to head of General "Wild Bill" Donovan's secret File Registry as part of the Office of Strategic Services.

On the sunny shores of California, Julia McWilliams is poised to embrace a life of comfort and financial security, with a marriage proposal from a wealthy man to consider. But as World War II erupts in the US, her patriotic fervor compels her to abandon her secure future. Trading country clubs for covert codes, Julia joins the Office of Strategic Services, where her sharp mind aids the Allied cause in the shadowy realm of espionage.

A PEOPLE Magazine Must-Read Book for Fall 2023 | An Esquire Best Book of Fall 2023 | A Guardian Biggest New Book of 2023 | A LitHub Most Anticipated Book of 2023 An imaginative, feminist, and brilliantly relevant-to-today retelling of Orwell’s 1984, from the point of view of Winston Smith’s...

Rachel Lear lives in a dream world with her head in the clouds - and it’s starting to show. There’s the dissertation she can’t quite finish, the ex-boyfriend whom she has yet to kick to the curb, and those pesky 20 pounds she keeps meaning to lose. But when her overbearing father finally runs out of patience and cuts her off from the family fortune, Rachel finds herself thrust into the real world. She never could have guessed that’s where she would finally meet a knight in shining armor.

The correspondence between Carrie Allsop and David Mayer reveals, piece by piece, the painful details of a devastating affair between their spouses. With each commiserating scratch of the pen, they confess their fears and bare their souls. They share the bewilderment over how things went so wrong and come to wonder where to go from here. Told entirely through the letters of two comforting strangers and those of two illicit lovers, Evidence of the Affair explores the complex nature of the heart. And ultimately, for one woman, how liberating it can be when it’s broken.

No primeiro audiolivro, Júlia, uma advogada independente, solteira, que vive sua regrada vida dentro dos limites, recebe a oportunidade de escapar da atual rotina para um refúgio de alguns dias numa bela fazenda, em celebração ao casamento de um amigo de infância.

Sídney 1950. Los escaparates lucen cargados de maniquíes con faldas de volantes y corpiños enriquecidos con los accesorios más preciados. Pero Goode’s no son sólo los grandes almacenes más reputados de la ciudad, donde encontrar lo último en moda. Para cuatro mujeres, las incansables trabajadoras de la sección de vestidos de mujer, siempre perfectas en sus uniformes negros, es también su única oportunidad de independencia.

Esta es una novela que nos habla de fracasos generacionales, valentías como ya no quedan y amores de verdad. Una historia sobre dos mujeres que, en el momento más inesperado, compartirán su pasado y su presente, buscando la una en la otra su tabla de salvación.

Nesta obra a personagem Martha conta sua vida desde a infância, quando morou em um cortiço no Rio de Janeiro e passou dificuldades vivendo com mãe, viúva, que trabalhava para sustentá-la. O livro, publicado em 1899, destaca-se pelo fato de ter sido escrito por uma mulher e tratar de questões femininas, como a dificuldade de se manter sem o casamento. É leitura obrigatória para o exame da Fuvest 2026.

Säsong 2, avsnitt 6 ”Romeo och Julen”: Julen närmar sig, men lugn och frid är det ont om. Johanna försöker hålla ihop både flytt, familj och fasad, medan Nina tvingas säga farväl till något som kunde ha blivit mer. Men när snön faller över Hallavik visar sig julen bjuda på fler överraskningar än någon räknat med.

As a doctor, I walk a dangerously delicate balance of being compassionate but not overly invested. The same is true in my personal life - love is a luxury I can’t afford. It isn’t until Dr. Westin Grant breaks down all my walls and offers me a future, I find myself wondering if I’m brave enough to risk my heart. When who I was and who I’ve tried to become collide during my clinical trial, the fate of one patient changes everything.

Tjugofyraåriga Elodie Jacques har svårt att hantera ilskan mot en mamma som övergav henne när hon var liten. Trots det fick hon en lycklig uppväxt i England hos sin franska mormor Gabriella. När mormodern oväntat föreslår att de ska fira jul i Antibes blir Elodie överlycklig.Gabriella har dock dolda motiv bakom att vilja återvända till södra Frankrike efter 40 år. För henne blir det en nervös hemkomst fylld av minnen, hemligheter och anklagelser.Rivierans pulserande ljus sätter stämningen för en perfekt jul.

Det är juletid i Seagrove! Är du redo att träffa dina favoritkaraktärer på den lilla ön i South Carolina? När vi lämnade familjen hade de just firat bröllop och fått ett litet tillskott till familjen. Men, vad händer när en ny invånare flyttar till stan och rör till lugnet som äntligen lagt sig? Och vad ska alla göra när ett bekant ansikte dyker upp och rubbar julfriden?

Kerstin Wischnewski ist selbstständige Reinigungskraft – und ihr brechen die Aufträge weg. Unverhofft erhält sie das rettende Angebot, die gut zahlende und zugleich sehr spezielle Stammkundschaft einer Kollegin zu übernehmen. Während ihrer Arbeit bei einem geisterhaften Künstler, einer mit Tauben plaudernden alten Dame, dem mopsigen Richard III. und zwischen sprechenden Kaffeeautomaten muss Kerstin peinlich darauf achten, welche Räume sie betreten darf und wann Distanz notwendig oder Nähe unvermeidbar ist. Dabei wird eine Frage in ihr immer lauter: Wer (be)achtet sie und ihre Arbeit?

Dette er femte og sidste del i Holly Hepburns hyggelige fortælling "Første år på byens pub". Søstrene Nessie og Sam arver en pub efter deres far, som de ikke har haft kontakt med i mange år. Pubben ligger i den lille, idylliske landsby Little Monkham langt ude på landet, og de ser det som en mulighed for at lægge deres travle og kaotiske liv bag sig og begynde på en frisk. Da de ankommer til pubben Star and Sixpence, ser den dog ikke ud, som de havde forestillet sig.

Jules not only has to deal with being a bear shifter, he has to deal with not being able to control when he shifts. When he gets upset, his loss of control manifests as a 10-foot-tall, 1,300-pound slaughter machine. He's managed to be careful about it, but just as he thought he had it figured out, this girl comes along and turns his world upside down. Even as these two discover a newly forming bond, an ancient bond between members of his clan will be tested. New Orleans will never be the same!

1942: Saba Tarcan is a talented young singer with big dreams. So when an opportunity arises to entertain the troops in the Middle East, she jumps at the chance, cutting short a burgeoning love affair with a young RAF pilot, Dom. It soon becomes clear that entertaining won’t be Saba’s only mission. It's a move that will jeopardize not only her own safety, but also the love of her life.

With her phenomenally popular Miss Julia series, author Ann B. Ross has graced the New York Times and other best seller lists on her way to capturing the hearts of her many dedicated fans. Miss Julia, a graceful Southern lady with impeccable manners and a penchant for problem solving, has become a beloved heroine for countless admirers.