Resultados para "Obsession" en Coming of age

A sensational new novel from the bestselling author of Less Than Zero and American Psycho that tracks a group of privileged Los Angeles high school friends as a serial killer strikes across the city. His first novel in 13 years, The Shards is Bret Easton Ellis at his inimitable best. Los Angeles...

'Extraordinary' Naoise Dolan 'Seriously good' Louise Nealon PICKED AS 'ONE TO WATCH' FOR 2022 BY IRISH TIMES, STYLIST AND IRISH INDEPENDENT Dublin student life is ending for Sophie and her friends. They've got everything figured out, and Sophie feels left behind as they all start to go their...

Bloomsbury presents Crescendo by Jane Healey, read by Celeste Dring and Joe Jameson. A piano virtuoso and his twin sister become rivals for a new spotlight—the adoration of a mysterious French patron—during the hot Parisian summer of 1957. “An enthralling literary symphony of ambition...

"That place has been my whole life. Everything I thought I knew about myself was constructed in those few months I spent within touching distance of the sea. Everything I am is because Alistair loved me." Rachel has been in love with Alistair for fifteen years. Even though she’s now married to...

'Ripley meets Saltburn in a dark, simmering story of ambition, obsession and desire' JP DELANEY Shannon Bell is a nobody. But she can act. So when she's accepted into one of London's most elite drama schools, it feels like her chance at a life that's far from her drab home town. There, Shannon...

Bloomsbury presents The Truants by Kate Weinberg, read by Olivia Dowd. _______________ 'In the vein of Agatha Christie herself. Startling' – Irish Times 'Magical in every way ... One of the best novels I’ve ever read’ – Fearne Cotton 'As much a coming-of-age tale as a murder mystery...

This is a book about phobias and obsessions, isolation and dark corners. It's about families, friendships, and carefully preserved secrets. But above everything else it's about love. Finding love - in any of its forms - and nurturing it. Miss Hayes has a new theory. She thinks my condition's...

Brought to you by Penguin. The audio edition of A Slipping Down Life by Anne Tyler. In a small Southern town teenager Evie Decker becomes obsessed with local rock singer Bertram 'Drumstrings' Casey, and decides to take her life into her own hands. When she carves his name on her forehead their...

‘Dark, sleek and dangerous… ferociously intelligent. If you aren’t reading B P Walter yet, now’s the time’ A. J. Finn ‘The Talented Mr Ripley meets The White Lotus. Unpredictable, whip smart, utterly absorbing. I ADORED that ending!’ John Marrs ‘One of the most unsettling novels...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2013 GUARDIAN FIRST BOOK AWARD Leila has never met Tess, but she now knows more about Tess than anyone in the world. She’s read all of her emails, researched her past and asked Tess for every detail about her friends and family. Tess has never met Leila. But if she wants to...

Wie viele Gesichter hat die Wahrheit? Tanger 1956: Alice Shipley ist ihrem Mann John von England in das von politischen Unruhen aufgeheizte Marokko gefolgt. Doch die Hitze und die fremde Kultur machen es Alice schwer; während John sich immer mehr ins Nachtleben der pulsierenden Stadt stürzt und kaum mehr zu Hause ist, verkriecht sich Alice in der gemeinsamen Wohnung, gleitet in eine Depression. Da steht eines Tages Lucy Mason vor ihrer Tür, Alice' Zimmergenossin und Freundin aus Collegezeiten in Vermont, die sie seit einem mysteriösen Unfall ein Jahr zuvor nicht mehr gesehen hat.

A Black teacher searches for himself across the United States in this “emotive, brave” (Daily Mail, London) story for all of us who have fantasized about escaping our daily lives and starting over. Michael Kabongo is a British Congolese teacher living in London and living the dream: he’s...

Hilarious and poignant, The Gargoyle Hunters is a love letter to a vanishing city, and a deeply emotional story of fathers and sons. Intimately portraying New York’s elbow-jostling relationship with time, the novel solves the mystery of a brazen and seemingly impossible architectural...

Perfect for fans of Coco Mellors, R. F. Kuang and Yomi Adegoke, this electrifying debut and TikTok sensation charts the unlikely relationship between a pregnant teenage pizza delivery driver and a stressed-out, middle-aged mum. Eighteen years old, pregnant, and working as a pizza delivery girl...

“A dark beauty of a book, Providence kept me up at night with characters that made my heart a little bigger.”—Jessica Knoll, New York Times bestselling author of Luckiest Girl Alive A propulsive novel that’s part love story, part detective story, and part supernatural thriller—from the...