Resultados para "Suche" en Narrativa femenina

A young woman walks into an employment agency and requests a job that has the following traits: It’s close to her home, and it requires no reading, no writing, and, ideally, very little thinking. Her first gig - watching the hidden-camera feed of an author suspected of storing contraband goods - turns out to be inconvenient. Her next gives way to the supernatural: announcing advertisements for shops that mysteriously disappear. As she moves from job to job, it becomes increasingly apparent that she's not searching for the easiest job at all but something altogether more meaningful.

I was so happy when my son, Knox, began dating my best friend’s daughter. Our kids grew up together and we used to joke, as we sipped wine and watched them play, that they’d get married one day. But when Knox came home late after a party, zipping his hoodie up to hide the scratches I caught a glimpse of on his collarbone, a chill went down my spine. That night, our whole world shattered. Now, I hardly recognize my husband as he sweeps into action, calling in a hot-shot lawyer to defend our boy.

In rural Ohio, the last connections lonesome Felicity Lavigne has to her late mom are the blueberry farm she inherited and her mom’s old phone number—which Felicity still calls every day. Until she gets a call back. It’s the number’s new owner, Alex Norse, a surly, homeless teenager who has aged out of the foster care system with no one to turn to except the stranger who’s been leaving rambling voicemails for a dead woman. Felicity takes Alex in on one condition: She has to help scare off some kids vandalizing the fields.

Living peacefully in Vermont, Ryan Flannigan is shocked when a text from her oldest friend alerts her to a devastating news item. A controversial photo of her as a pre-teen has been found in the possession of a wealthy investor recently revealed as a pedophile and a sex trafficker—with an inscription to him from Ryan's mother on the back.

Shani Akilah's stunning collection brings to life the stories of Black-British Londoners as they explore friendship and romance, community and independence, and navigate their way through the relationships that make them who they are.

A Best Book of the Year: The Washington Post Chicago Tribune NPR Vogue Elle Real Simple InStyle Good Housekeeping Parade Slate Vox Kirkus Reviews Library Journal BookPage Longlisted for the 2020 Booker Prize An Instant New York Times Bestseller...

A savvy former street child working at a law office in Mumbai fights for redemption and a chance to live life on her own terms in this “smart, haunting, and compulsively readable” (Amy Jones, author of We’re All in This Together) debut novel about fortune and survival. “A...

Bestselling author Julia Spiro's Such a Good Mom is a brilliant standalone mystery that's the perfect beach listen. In the heat of summer, a murder on Martha's Vineyard rocks one new mom to the core, leaving her to search for answers. "For those looking for a quick listen light on mystery, this...

Some women would do anything for their children. This provocative novel “goes straight for the jugular of modern motherhood” (Lindsay Cameron, author of Just One Look)—from the author of the “addictive” (People) thriller Precious You. “Mothers and hustlers can be a lethal...

“An Agatha Christie vibe make[s] this whodunit an excellent beach read” (Library Journal). Discover secrets, scandal, and a suspected killer—all on one street in this gripping suspense from New York Times bestselling author and “master of misdirection and sudden plot twists” (Booklist)...

2019: Thirteen-year-old Lila Sawyer has secrets she can’t share with anyone. Not the school psychologist she’s seeing. Not her father, who has a new wife, and a new baby. And not her mother - the infamous Caroline Sawyer, a unique artist whose eerie sculptures, made from bent twigs and crimped leaves, have made her a local celebrity. But soon Lila feels haunted from within, terrorized by a delicious evil that shows her how to find her voice - until she is punished for using it.

Blonde. Beautiful. A loving mother. And missing since Monday. On a sunny morning in late September, Shannon Blaine sets off for a jog along the rural roads near her home in Lake George, New York. It’s her usual a.m. routine, her “me time” after dropping the kids off at school…except on...

For Rose O’Connell, enrolling her seven-year-old son, Charlie, into the prestigious school across the road marks a bright new future for her family. One where she can finally forget the dark stains of her childhood. The school is ruled by The Circle, an elite group of influential mothers with beauty and wealth. Every other mum would kill to join it—but to Rose’s shock, it’s her they invite. Rose is so close to having the life she’s dreamed of. But there’s something peculiar about The Circle. What is each woman hiding beneath her perfect exterior?

Die beste Freundin ist wie ein Fels in der Brandung. Warum muss das gerade mir passieren, fragt sich Romy, nachdem ihre Welt zwei Wochen vor der groß geplanten Hochzeit wie eine dicke, schillernde Seifenblase platzt. Ihr Verlobter verlässt sie eiskalt für ihre beste Freundin. Romys Enttäuschung ist grenzenlos und so entschließt sie sich für einen Neuanfang an der Nordsee. Jetzt fehlt nur noch eine ehrliche, verlässliche Freundin, mit der sie wieder lachen und ihr neues Leben teilen kann.

Der junge Ethan ist gezwungen, die Sommerferien bei seinem ungeliebten Vater Noah in der Nähe des Blythe-River-Naturschutzgebietes zu verbringen. Ethan teilt weder die sportlichen Ambitionen seines Vaters noch dessen Vorliebe für die ungezähmte Natur; ihr Verhältnis ist angespannt. Doch als Noah eines Tages von einem langen Lauf nicht nach Hause zurückkehrt, macht sich Ethan auf die Suche nach seinem Vater.

No one's life is as perfect as it looks. Least of all Laura Morrison's. When Laura gets the chance to trial Cupid - a high-tech new dating service which will draw on everything she's ever done online to find her perfect match - she figures it's got to be worth a try. She can't believe her luck when good-looking, kind considerate Adam turns up for their first date. On paper he's...well...perfect. But when Laura develops feelings for the person who led her to Adam in the first place, familiar doubt creeps in.

When Ashley Stevens discovers a box of photos that remind her of her difficult childhood with cancer, she wants to push that box aside while keeping her promise to her adoptive grandmother to create scrapbooks from the pictures in the trunk. A photo of herself as a young child sitting beside a smaller girl continues to haunt her. Who is she and why does the toddler’s face look so much like her own? Between her job at the animal shelter, waiting on a proposal from and her boyfriend of three years, and his troubled family, will Ashley ever discover who the girl is?

Desperate to stay home with her baby, Allie Harrod launches a new career. Sure, she dropped out of Girl Scouts because she was lousy at cookie sales, but makeup is different, right? She'll do anything to make enough money to cover her share of the household bills, but how can she focus on her business when her list of problems is growing? None of her pre-baby clothes fit, her checking account is dwindling, and her mother-in-law has decided to move in! To top it off, her husband's attractive coworker suddenly needs his help every weekend.

Stockholm 1929: Nach Monaten der Trennung ist Astrid endlich wieder mit ihrem Sohn Lasse vereint. Als unverheiratete Mutter hat sie es nicht leicht, aber sie will es schaffen. Für Lasse und für sich. Jahre später scheint dies alles vergessen. Astrid hat ihre große Liebe Sture geheiratet. Was geblieben ist, sind die Geschichten, die sie ihrem Sohn und nun auch der kleinen Karin erzählt. Sie beginnt sie aufzuschreiben und schickt sie an einen Verlag. Ihr plötzlicher Erfolg als Autorin kommt überraschend. Eigentlich könnte jetzt alles gut sein.

"Zuhause ist da, wo wir alle zusammen sind." Dieses Motto ihres Schwiegervaters Albert macht sich nach dem Verlust ihres Heimatdorfes Wollseifen auch die junge Bäuerin Johanna zu eigen. Nur ihr Mann Karl, auf den sie sehnsüchtig wartet, ist noch in Kriegsgefangenschaft. Ihr geht es wie so vielen Frauen ihrer Generation: Sie hält die Familie zusammen und bewältigt den Alltag mit ihrem Sohn alleine. Und wie die meisten Frauen in der noch jungen Bundesrepublik wächst sie über sich hinaus.