Resultados para "The Women" en Literatura de género

Un clásico imprescindible en el que la escritora estadounidense Louisa May Alcott, nos deleita con las vivencias de Meg, Beth, Jo y Amy, cuatro hermanas que afrontan la vida adulta, tras su paso por la adolescencia. Basada en las vivencias de la autora durante su niñez en la ciudad de Concord...

A semi-famous artist announces her plan to drive cross-country from LA to NY. Thirty minutes after leaving her husband and child at home, she spontaneously exits the freeway, beds down in a nondescript motel and immerses herself in a temporary reinvention that turns out to be the start of an entirely different journey.

Simone used to be the woman that other women would use if they suspected that their partner was cheating. She would investigate, find out the truth and if the men were guilty exact revenge. But after things went wrong with one couple, Simone was forced to go into hiding to evade the law. Having assumed a new identity, Simone is now Mary, a mild-mannered woman who doesn't raise her voice or get angry. But when she finds out that her new boyfriend is having an affair, it awakens in her the person she used to be.

As she learns to war in the spiritual realm, both strangers and friends come to her for help. Can she meet such a great need? How long can she survive with the enemy’s target on her back? Sophie Ramos has a calling and maybe even an obligation. But she can’t do any of it by herself. The team she traveled with the previous year was helpful. But she was just a guest, not a real member of that team. Can she form her own team of gifted people, skilled and committed to freedom for all who come to them? Not everyone who seeks Sophie out is looking for spiritual liberation.

When journalist Holland Tate is granted an interview with Catriona Bouchard, her former best friend turned mega-popular tradwife, she jumps at the chance to also possibly rewrite their bitter ending. But at the Bouchards’ gated compound, what she finds is not the independent woman she once knew. Cat may have six beautiful children and be married to the man she calls the love of her life, but she’s a ghost of her former self.

After her husband’s infidelity, devastated Katrine Blackthorn reluctantly returns to Faith Falls, Minnesota, to her family’s Queen Anne mansion on the hill and the magic that binds them all. Her grandmother Velda charms everyone she meets. Her mother, Ursula, is a brewer of potions who sees a threat around every corner. And there’s her estranged sister, Jasmine, broken by something no one will name. With Katrine’s return, all that the Blackthorns have feared seems to be manifesting.

Marsella, 1943. «Ratón Blanco» es el nombre que la Gestapo ha dado a uno de los miembros de la Resistencia más difíciles de atrapar. Lo que la policía secreta alemana no sospecha es que bajo ese seudónimo se esconde una mujer, Nancy Wake. Una mujer con un carácter indomable y un valor...

Brought to you by Penguin. The internationally acclaimed masterpiece from one of Iran's most influential writers - a powerful and essential tale of female freedom Women Without Men traces the interwoven destinies of five women – including a wealthy middle-aged housewife, a sex worker and a...

Annie’s life looks perfect on the surface. Peaceful mornings in her beautiful tumbledown cottage, working from home while looking out over the daisies in the bottom of the garden. But there’s a reason Annie never ventures into town, a secret she’s hiding about where she’s from. A secret...

Her beauty almost certainly saved her from the rising Nazi party and led to marriage with an Austrian arms dealer. Underestimated in everything else, she overheard the Third Reich's plans while at her husband's side, understanding more than anyone would guess. She devised a plan to flee in disguise from their castle, and the whirlwind escape landed her in Hollywood. She became Hedy Lamarr, screen star.

Gabriel Kensington and his wife, Lydia, have been brutally slain in their luxurious home in New Mexico. A frantic, whispered phone call from their teenage daughter, Addis, and her best friend, Emerson, quickly alerts the authorities to the killings. But when detective Alyssa Wyatt and the squad appear at the house, the unthinkable has happened. The girls are nowhere to be found...and neither is the killer. In a race against time, it's up to Alyssa Wyatt and her partner, Cord, to find the missing girls - and discover just why the Kensingtons have been targeted.

Peace. That's what Synovi now had and cherished more than anything. Free from all the disturbances his chaotic life once ensued, he wanted nothing more than to keep it that way. With a thriving business and relationship, almost nothing could take him back to that dark place of no love. His Love didn't reside there. His world is still hers, and she is still his. Without warning, Torin inserted herself into Synovi's life and remained. She's the person he can run to when everything begins to fade, but there's a price to pay when you have a good heart.

Told through the experiences of the four women who loved him, this imaginative account of Frank Lloyd Wright's raucous life blazes with Boyle's trademark wit and invention. Boyle's protean voice captures these very different women and, in doing so, creates a masterful ode to the creative life in all its complexity and grandeur.

From the author of The Help. “You give a girl a taste of fresh air and then you take it away—she’ll grow fierce and wild to get it back.” Oxford, Mississippi, 1933. Eleven-year-old Meg Lefleur has learned the hard way to rely on no one. Ever since her beloved mother failed to come home...

When art teacher Walter Hartright meets a frightened woman dressed entirely in white, her cryptic warnings hint at a hidden conspiracy. Soon after, Walter arrives at a country estate where he becomes entangled in the lives of two sisters—one gentle and trusting, the other sharp and perceptive—both surrounded by secrets they don't fully understand. As strange events unfold and powerful enemies begin to close in, a web of deception, identity theft, and betrayal slowly emerges.

A girl changes into a fox in self-defense. An idealist imagines what her new leader should look like, using her pets as reference. Guerrilla gardeners at dawn are sowing life-saving hope. A traveler delights in tasting European chefs. And a cruel ritual for teenage women turns into a revolution...

The click of a button could change your life. A fresh start in France is just what this mother-daughter duo needs to transform their lives, perfect for fans of Under the Tuscan Sun. Dedicated single mom and overworked film festival staffer Marlow buys a house online for one euro—then finds out...

On a full moon night in Rotterdam, three Dutch thieves break into the Kunsthal museum and steal four paintings---including two Monets, a Picasso, and "Woman with Eyes Closed." Inspired by the real 2012 art heist, this literary thriller follows British MI-6 agent Kit Hobbs, who is unexpectedly...

Heartbroken Nurse Rose Gibb sets sail for South Africa during the Boer War after being rejected by the man she loved for the sake of her pretty half-sister. When things don't work out for Rose, entitled Blair Crawford is charged with escorting her home to the Clydeside town of Sandyford where their relationship is eagerly encouraged. However, Rose is intrigued by her mother's lodger, Magnus MacBride, who is in the process of refloating a tired old inherited paddle steamer.

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