Resultados para "becker" en Literatura de género

Sie und Jan sammelten jeden Sommer Inseln für ihre gemeinsame Landkarte der Liebe. Bis sie unheilbar erkrankte. Ein Jahr nach Rikes Tod wagt sich Jan an die Nordsee – um vorsichtig zu versuchen, ob es auch ohne sie weitergehen kann. Hier, mitten im Watt, scheint die Zeit stehen geblieben zu sein, und Jan spürt eine längst vergessene Ruhe. Dann lernt er Maren kennen, auch sie versucht, ihren düsteren Erinnerungen zu entkommen. In vielen gemeinsamen Stunden am Strand erkennen sie, dass man das Leben jeden Tag aufs Neue beginnen kann.

Beatriz Rivas ha cincelado una joya literaria que resplandece en la penumbra. El último viaje no es una simple novela; es un canto de cisne a la belleza de lo perecedero, una oda a la arquitectura invisible que sostiene a una familia. Con una prosa sensible y reveladora, la autora nos presenta a Antonia y Gaspar, un matrimonio que, tras más de seis décadas juntos, enfrenta los desafíos de la edad con lucidez y humor. Antonia se topa de frente con la «vejez» como diagnóstico, mientras Gaspar lidia con sus primeros y dolorosos lapsus de la memoria.

Bailey Cooper has always given more of himself to the two ranches he works on than his personal life, but one thing he knows for sure: Lettie is the girl he's going to marry. When she leaves without a goodbye the day after her eighteenth birthday, he's convinced he'll never see her again. That is, until she's falling off a ladder and into his arms.

Den fattige fisker Kino forsørger sin kone og sin lille dreng ved at dykke efter perler på bunden af Den Mexicanske Golf. En dag finder Kino en perle på størrelse med et havmågeaeg, og fundet vaekker et håb om økonomisk sikkerhed og et løfte om et bedre liv for familien. Da nyheden om Kinos fund spreder sig i den lille by, blusser det op i grådigheden hos befolkningen, der tyer til alle midler for at få fat i Kinos perle.

He’s the popular jock everyone loves. Funny, gorgeous, and a flock of girls to choose from. But she’s the bullied and antisocial girl no one notices. She has no friends and she likes it that way - until he walks into her life. They shouldn’t be friends, they definitely shouldn’t be roommates, but that doesn’t stop him though. When friendship blooms into something more, she’s not sure if she should hold on or let go. She’s hiding things, secrets so dark, and deep. If he ever discovers them she is certain he won’t want her anymore.

For the last 10 years, he never stayed with a woman longer than it took to screw them. But then she walked in. Back then she was nothing but a little girl, but now she’s all grown up, with curves, and a smile that reminds him of everything he’s spent the last 10 years trying to forget. His attraction to her is instant, and wrong, on so many levels. He’ll do anything he can to stop it, even make her hate him if he has to.

Ausgerechnet Obdachlose bilden den neuen Freundeskreis von Josephine. Acht Menschen ohne festen Wohnsitz inszenieren ein Theaterstück, dessen Entstehung der engagierten Altenpflegerin überraschende Einblicke in die fremde Gesellschaftsschicht geben. Herla ist Initiatorin sowie allgegenwärtiger lichter Schatten der Handlung. Hautnah erlebt der Leser ein Wechselbad der Gefühle und begleitet Josi auch in ihrer persönlichen Entwicklung: dem Aufbau einer Liebesbeziehung vor dem Hintergrund sexuellen Missbrauchs in ihrer Kindheit.

What do you do if you have a message from God that makes everyone around you angry? MiMi knows she is meant for something greater. This belief, together with tragedy, moves her from the mixed-religion home of her early childhood to Orthodox Judaism in her teens, to the establishment and development of her cult in the Israeli desert. Deeply affecting and thought-provoking, Memoirs of a False Messiah is the richly told story of a young woman's struggle to find her place in a world reluctant to accept her.

Years ago, Sage McKinley thought settling down in small-town Bell Buckle was the only way to protect her daughter. It didn't hurt that she managed to get a job at the local cafe, doing what she loved most: baking. The perfect life she'd built for them was all that mattered—until everything was turned upside down.

Even being her boss couldn't keep him away. After her world is upended, Oakley Rae leaves behind everything she knows to find herself and ends up in the small town of Bell Buckle. With the clothes on her back and a few dollars to her name, she finds herself working at a feed store where the employees are welcoming, the customers are nice, and the boss is, well, bossy.

Jill always needs to know everything, so when suspicions arise about her boyfriend’s faithfulness, she takes control of the situation. Creating a complicated plan which involves their friends, she lies and manipulates. Will Jill finally get the answers she’s looking for, or will her ploy be discovered in the most humiliating way?

A coming-of-age story that deals with the trials and tribulations of being in the late teens, Vocations describes the lives of three friends, Jeannie, Lila, and Pamela, and the events which draw them closer and pull them apart. Whether dealing with boys, friendships, or difficult decisions, Vocations takes an in-depth and honest look at the confusion one feels at this time in their life.

Summer vacation gets a lot hotter for Jade Addams when she meets the handsome and caring Russell. They quickly form a deep bond, but it's tested when a feud breaks out between their parents. Now, Jade and Russell must prove their love is stronger than hate or risk losing each other forever.

Peyton Prescott would give anything for the carefree life she knew before breast cancer changed everything. But instead of using her second chance to move forward, she’s stuck promoting the memoir her brother convinced her to write, thus reliving the very battle she wants to forget. If she hopes her European book tour will allow her to enjoy revisiting her favorite travel-writing destinations, she’s wrong: Her PR whiz is too consumed with his own goals to consider her needs.

Steffi Lockwood has survived more than most. Recovering from an assault, she returns to her coastal Connecticut hometown to rebuild her life the best way she knows how: with her hands. But starting a remodeling business with one longtime friend puts her in the middle of a rift with another. Worse, being hired by her ex-boyfriend’s mother forces her to confront old regrets.

"Caccia alla marmotta" è il libro di una vita. Parzialmente autobiografico, racconta le poche settimane di permanenza in Svizzera, a Pontresina, nel giugno 1938, del giornalista viennese Albert Trebla, fuggito nei Grigioni dopo l'annessione dell'Austria da parte della Germania, insieme con la moglie Roxane, detta Xane. Sono giorni carichi di angoscia e alle notizie inquietanti che giungono dall'estero si aggiungono gli eventi luttuosi che agitano la tranquilla superficie dei paesini attorno a Sankt Moritz, tra morti improvvise e misteriosi suicidi.

With a childhood shattered by alcoholism and abandonment, April learned the hard way to trust only herself and her younger sister, Rose. But suddenly, Rose is gone without a word - and April's purpose in life is to find her. She has only one ally: Joseph Young, a handsome Amish man with whom she's struck up an unlikely flirtation in the bakery where she works. He's knowledgeable, steadfast - and when they join forces, April's life takes a radical turn....

Gentry Cabot’s rebellious life comes to a screeching halt when a one-night stand leads to a sobering new reality: motherhood. Exhausted and overwhelmed, the former wild child struggles to raise an infant on her own. After a lifetime of feeling like the odd Cabot out, Gentry knows that what her son needs most is family. For his sake, she plans to rebuild bridges with them, but first she needs a little help on the home front. So humanitarian worker Ian Crawford, who has been forced to temporarily return stateside from Haiti, takes a short-term gig as a live-in nanny....

Author Jamie Beck returns with an engrossing series about family, friendship, and starting over. In this first Cabot novel, a legacy of secrets tests old friends seeking a second chance at life and love.

When Jackson St. James decided that six weeks in Vermont's Green Mountains would help him get his life together, he didn't anticipate replacing his craving for whiskey with a craving for his alluring new landlord, Gabby. Now, instead of prioritizing his sobriety and the resolution of the lawsuit threatening his business, he's making excuses to spend time with the spunky young landscaper whose candor is more than a little addictive.