Resultados para "Schmidt" en Narrativa femenina

When tragedy strikes her family, student, and aspiring artist, Lilith finds herself at a crossroads. Outwardly, she appears to move on, excelling in her studies and immersing herself in her passion for all things art. But beneath the surface, she struggles to reconcile her grief with her dreams for the future. As she navigates the complexities of relationships, independence, and self-discovery, Lilith channels her emotions into her art, finding healing and meaning along the way. This poignant and hopeful story is a journey through loss, love, and the transformative power of creativity.

As the rest of the world lies sleeping, Eleanor straps her infant daughter, Amy, into the back of her car. This is the moment she knew must come, when they will walk out on her husband, Leon, and a marriage in ruins since his return from Vietnam. Together, she and Amy will journey to blue mountain, a place of enchantment and refuge that lit up Eleanor's childhood. As the car eats up the miles, so Eleanor's mind dives back into her fractured relationship with her mother, Kitty. Kitty who asked for so much from life, from love, from family. 

Luisa hat sich aus dem Leben zurückgezogen – sie leidet unter ihrer unerträglichen Chefin, hat ihren Traumjob als Landschaftsarchitektin abgeschrieben und trauert immer noch um ihren Mann, den sie vor vielen Jahren verloren hat. Eines Tages erhält sie ein Angebot, das sie aus ihrem grauen Alltag befreit: In Collaton, einem Küstenort im Nordwesten Englands, soll sie auf einem verwilderten Stück Land einen Gemeinschaftsgarten anlegen, wie sie es sich immer gewünscht hat. Schnell wird Luisa klar, dass sie eine Menge Arbeit erwartet.

Katie never stops moving - constantly changing her address, her boyfriends, her life. But every June, for a month, she goes back to Maine. To the old lake house her family calls Paradise. But one day Katie wakes up in a hospital bed in Maine, with no memory of the last eighteen months. From her...

For fans of Torrey Peters's Detransition, Baby and HBO’s Search Party—Jenny Fran Davis's Dykette is an addictive, absurd, and darkly hilarious debut novel about a young woman who embarks on a ten-day getaway with her partner and two older queer couples.

Mila hat ein Problem. Sie ist nicht nur schwanger, sondern dabei, sich in einen Playboy-Milliardär zu verlieben, einen Mann, für den die Arbeit an erster und letzter Stelle steht. Für Mila war schon die Eröffnung ihrer Boutique ein riskantes Unterfangen, eines, das sie weit aus ihrer Komfortzone getrieben hat. Jetzt stürmt Grayson mit seinem Ehrgeiz und seinen großen Plänen in ihr Leben, ganz zu schweigen von seiner endlosen Fähigkeit, ihren Körper dahinschmelzen zu lassen.

Arkansas, 1953. Nine-year-old Hazel McKay knows little girls need a mother. So, when her mother decides to leave her and her little sister, Ruthie, without any reason except she wants more, Hazel feels like her life is falling apart. With their father working out of town most days, Hazel and Ruthie are left on their own in the little house in the middle of the woods, where they find more than just animals and birds hiding in the forest.

»Auf der Bühne war ich manchmal Anne-Marie die Schönheit« – im wirklichen Leben aber ist Anne-Marie nicht nur in Sachen Aussehen zu kurz gekommen. Aus der tristen Provinz hat sie es gerade mal bis in ein Pariser Vorstadttheater geschafft. Und während ihre Kollegin Gigi die großen Rollen bekam und prominente Liebhaber empfing, verkehrte Anne-Marie mit einem Vertreter von Lederwaren und ihrem tumben Mann. Was bleibt am Ende für Anne-Marie? Das Alter, diese »Kaskade des Chaos«, der Sohn, »ein Mistfink«, und die getrüffelten Cashew-Nüsse.

It isn't every day a sexy demigod throws a pissed-off Cupid onto psychologist Matilda Schmidt's couch and informs her the fate of the world depends on her ability to get him off his diapered ass and back to helping people fall in love. But first she'll need to convince a seductive hit man he's snatched the wrong woman before he convinces her he might be the right man - for a night.

When pictures surface of Matilda caught in the middle of a hit man-Cupid sandwich, she lands in the oily grip of a ruthless blackmailer whose motives are as ugly as his mustache. Now Matilda must betray the trust of someone who cares for her to meet the blackmailer's demands, or she can kiss her reputation, her practice, and even her freedom good-bye. But blackmail is only the beginning when the immortal mystery client brought to her couch by a seductive demigod causes Matilda to fling caution - along with her panties - to the wind.

Paranormal psychologist Matilda Schmidt is sick of secrets. But when her troubled mother falls into dangerous hands, she must enlist the help of the two men who may be hiding the most: the hot-bodied demigod who's suddenly tight-lipped about his current client, and the delicious hit man who's been concealing much more than a gun in his pocket.

Running afoul of a pants-less ghost pirate wasn't exactly what paranormal psychologist Matilda Schmidt had in mind when she took off for some R&R. Even at a quiet beach-side bungalow, Matilda can't catch a moment's peace when the restless spirits aren't the only ones haunting her bedroom. Marooned by a disappearing demigod, and seeking a solution to banish her unwelcome guests, Matilda rides shotgun with a hit man who's better at making ghosts than eliminating them.

Elektra d’Aplièse führt als Top-Model ein glamouröses Leben in New York. Doch hinter dem schönen Schein verbirgt sich eine unglückliche junge Frau, die zudem durch den Tod ihres geliebten Vaters tief erschüttert ist. Da erhält sie den Brief einer Fremden, die behauptet, ihre Großmutter zu sein. Die Spur führt nach Ostafrika, und Elektra begibt sich auf die Reise. Dort angekommen stößt sie auf die Lebensgeschichte von Cecily Hunter-Washington, die in den 1940er Jahren auf einer Farm in Kenia gelebt hat.