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1821) La aventura
Author
Publisher
Plaza Janés/Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial, S. A. U
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
"Rose McCarthy es la legendaria directora de la revista Mode. Tras la muerte de su esposo, ha estrechado la relación con sus cuatro hijas. Todas tienen carreras de éxito: Athena es una conocida chef televisiva; Venetia es diseñadora de moda; Olivia, jueza de un tribunal superior; y Nadia, la más joven, es diseñadora de interiores en París. Nadia considera que su vida es perfecta: está casada con el aclamado autor Nicolas Bateau, que la adora...
1822) The Irish boarding house
Author
Publisher
Bookouture
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"24 Merrion Square. The house stands empty, the old stone steps overgrown with thorny rose bushes. But Mary Kate feels a deep connection to the neglected, silent rooms. Could this be the place to help her heal? Dublin 1952. When Mary Kate Ryan receives a surprise inheritance from the woman who abandoned her as a tiny baby, she's stunned. All her life, she has longed to know why her mother disappeared, and now she's devastated to realise that every...
1823) Just my luck: a novel
Author
Publisher
One World
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
Today is no ordinary day for thirty-eight-year-old Lanita Lightfoot. Today represents the culmination of years of struggle and sacrifice. Today she graduates from college. But first, Lanita's husband treats her to a day of beauty at an upscale black salon in Los Angeles, during which she shares her story with the staff and the other customers, and what a story it is. . . Talk about an entrance. Lanita was born in a little corner store in the thick...
1824) Lucy y el mar
Author
Series
Publisher
Alfaguara/Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
Español
Description
"Vuelve la icónica Lucy Barton en esta deslumbrante novela sobre el amor, la pérdida y la esperanza. A medida que el miedo se apodera de su ciudad, Lucy Barton abandona Manhattan y se confina en un pueblo de Maine con su exmarido, William. Durante los siguientes meses quedarán ellos dos, compañeros después de tantos años, a solas con su complejo pasado en una pequeña casa junto a un mar impetuoso, una experiencia de la que saldrán transformados....
1825) El tigre nocturno
Author
Publisher
Planeta
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
Español
Description
"Sensual, exótica y misteriosa. Una novela como nunca has leído. Malasia, 1931. Ji Lin es una joven inquieta e independiente que trabaja como aprendiz de modista para ayudarle a su madre a pagar las deudas. Sin embargo, cuando anochece se interna por calles oscuras hasta llegar al salón de baile Flor de Mayo, donde enseña los ritmos de moda a estudiantes, oficinistas y a cualquiera que le pague unas monedas. Una noche, el descubrimiento de un...
1826) Ephemera: a memoir
Author
Publisher
Fantagraphics Books Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Ephemera is a poetic and dreamlike take on a graphic memoir set in a garden, a forest, and a greenhouse. The story drifts among a grown woman, her early memories as a child, and the gossamer existence of her mother. A lyrical entry in the field of graphic medicine, Ephemera is a story about a daughter trying to relate to a parent who struggles with mental illness. Gorgeously illustrated in a painted palette of warmy, earthy tones, it is a quiet book...
1829) Do a powerbomb!
Author
Publisher
Image Comics, Inc
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Lona Steelrose wants to be a pro-wrestler, but she's living under the shadow of her mother, the best to ever do it. Everything changes when a wrestling obsessed necromancer asks her to join the grandest pro-wrestling tournament of all time, which is also the most dangerous!"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Dark Horse Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Jester Lavorre had an unconventional upbringing, even for one born in cosmopolitan Nicodranas. Daughter of the famed Ruby of the Sea, she had many opportunities for mischief as a small child, of which she took full advantage! Dive into the mystery of Jester's early years, her first meeting with the Traveler, and the fateful events that set her on a path to eventually join the Mighty Nein"--
1831) I have traveled
Author
Publisher
Strategic Book Publishing and Rights Co
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"I Have Traveled is the true story of a family that was set in motion to fail. It all begins in the late 1940s with a little girl's vision. She tries to understand why everyone must struggle so hard. The girl's journey continues through the next forty years, as she overcomes death in the family, child abuse, homelessness, and heartbreak, all while using her dreams as a compass to guide her life. There are hopeful attempts to keep sane while wanting...
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Description
"Daisy Shoemaker can't sleep. With a thriving cooking business, full schedule of volunteer work, and a beautiful home in the Philadelphia suburbs, she should be content. But her teenage daughter can be a handful, her husband can be distant, her work can feel trivial, and she has lots of acquaintances, but no real friends. Still, Daisy knows she's got it good. So why is she up all night?While Daisy tries to identify the root of her dissatisfaction,...
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