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Cuando Reece, un niño de siete años, llega a casa de Cathy en régimen de acogida, ya ha pasado por otras cuatro familias. Ha sido expulsado de varios colegios por su comportamiento agresivo y alborotador.
Cathy quiere encontrar los motivos del alarmante comportamiento del niño, pero él no cuenta nada porque su madre le hizo jurar que guardaría el secreto. Cuando el trabajador social que lleva el caso de Reece recaba información para la vista...
2) The Will
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Arylk, Judich Pam and Shirley were all childhood friends. They had been through a lot together, and as life takes them on a journey of ups and downs it takes them a while to get it right. Atylk especially reflects quite often on the naivety and innocence of youth, the folly of adulthood and the mercy and awesome goodness of her Father. A Father that she thought was never there for her. As her journey through life shows her what it takes to become...
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Adam never had a good childhood; his father was an alcoholic and his mother was scared to stand up to her husband. Adam is put into care, but the abuse he suffered as a child has scarred him and he is unable to control his anger and behaviour - leading him to bounce between foster homes and engage in fights.When he's 21 he discovers that his father is dying and goes to visit him in the hospital. His father gives him a wooden box and tells him that...
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Two single mothers, Brenda and Maureen established friendships when shopping in the city one day. As normal London families, they shared ideas and helped each other out. They both had daughters who automatically became friends too. Events enfold when Tyler the nephew of Maureen began to blackmail his cousin Emilia, Maureen's daughter leading her to sexually groom Maria for Tyler, Brenda's daughter.
Maureen suffered depression and was sectioned upon...
5) The Pawn
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In 1879, Josefina Taylor's ambitions are shattered by the Elders of their strict society. To escape she breaks their rules, then faces a life of desperation and fear. The pawn in a plot to destroy everything she values, she fights for her dream.
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Hast du die Freude und die Liebe in deinem Leben schon gefunden? L(i)ebst du dein Leben? Ich lade dich ein, den weiteren, turbulenten Weg durch mein Leben mit mir zu gehen. Erneut lege ich dir mein Herz auf ein Silbertablett. Sei gewarnt, du wirst wahrscheinlich gemeinsam mit mir in einer neuen Bewusstheit »Ankommen – in deinem L(i)eben«. Vielleicht wünschst du dir für dich mehr Eigenverantwortung und traust dich nicht. Leicht und locker erfährst...
7) La otra hija
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«La otra hija» es una larga carta que Annie Ernaux le escribe a Ginette, la hermana muerta a la que nunca conoció, pero cuya sombra siempre la acompaña desde aquel lejano domingo de agosto de 1950 en el que descubrió accidentalmente su existencia.
«Pero tú no eres mi hermana, nunca lo fuiste. No hemos jugado, comido, dormido juntas. Nunca te toqué, nunca te besé. No sé de qué color tienes los ojos. Nunca te he visto. No tienes cuerpo ni...
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When Sathapathi entered into his one hundredth year hale and healthy without any problems that the age old people do have and can do all his works actively, he felt worried rather than feeling happy why his nature was not like all the other old people. The other worry he has was he might remain alive like that and never will die. He started writing his life as a book from the birthday of his one hundredth year till the day of his death on one hundred...
9) Hijo único
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Zack Taylor, de siete años de edad, está escondido en el armario de su salón de clases junto a su maestro y sus compañeros de clase durante un tiroteo. Zach sobrevive, pero Andy, su hermano mayor, muere.
El responsable es el hijo de Charlie, que ha sido el guardia de seguridad de la escuela durante años y es muy apreciado por todos. Cuando Charlie y su esposa hacen una llamada telefónica para dar el pésame a la familia de Zach, su mamá cambia...
10) Take Two
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"A brilliant, funny new novel from the bestselling, beloved Danielle Hawkins
'Take Two is that rare and special thing, a novel that is effortless to read - I sped through it in a day - but is also emotionally genuine and original. Danielle Hawkins is a natural storyteller with a light touch and she doesn't shy away from the gritty and the real. She is New Zealand's very own version of Marian Keyes.' - Nicky Pellegrino
Sometimes you have to revisit...
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Este cuento lo hice pensando en que muchos de nosotros cuando vamos al baño, es en ese lugar donde surgen las grandes ideas, también es un lugar de reflexión y de recordar tristezas y alegrías.Cada vez que entramos al baño nos volvemos como leones porque nos empoderamos y salimos de allí con más fortaleza para enfrentar al mundo.La soledad de estar en un baño permite el encuentro consigo mismos y, lo más importante, nos demuestra que no somos...
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Two Kinds of Color is story of a mother's love and sacrifice for her four racially divided children. Two of them are black, two are white. Their mother, Freddie Walker, has not only movie star beauty, sensuality, and sexuality, she has the kind of intelligence which white-collar Wall Street can only dream of. Sidetracked from realizing her dream of gaining a fortune playing with stocks and bonds, she moves to the notorious South Side of Chicago, where...
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"This Man Called Bunk" follows a man who went to work in Baltimore City in 1926 and never returned, leaving his wife and four young children with no explanation. His wife raised the children with the help of her brother and sister and never remarried. Years later, his granddaughter Jenny Lynn became curious about what caused her grandfather to leave. There were many theories in the family about his reason for leaving. Some dismissed his disappearance...
14) One of Ours
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The winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1923, this novel by Willa Cather follows the son of a successful farmer and a dearly religious mother who, despite his destiny to live a comfortable life, continues to ail under the pressure of his father's success. Claude Wheeler is living the typical college life at Temple College, a Christian university in the area. After failing to convince his parents to send him to a state school, Claude slowly begins to adjust...
15) Fanny Herself
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Fanny Herself (1917) is a novel by Edna Ferber. Inspired by her experience as a young Jewish woman from the Midwest, Fanny Herself is the story of a young woman who recognizes the unhappiness in her life and decides to risk it all for something better. Lighthearted in nature, yet serious in its ideals, Ferber's novel recalls the best of Fitzgerald in its unswerving commitment to humanity in all its beauty and heartbreak. "You could not have lived...
16) The Last Post
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Following WWI, an English aristocrat struggles to find peace as he attempts to rebuild his life in this conclusion to the Parade's End Tetralogy.
The Great War is over. The ancestral home of Christopher Tietjens has been sold to an American. Christopher and Valentine Wannop now share a cottage with his brother and sister-in-law. A mathematician before the war, Christopher now earns a living selling antique furniture. It seems his world will...
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Based on the true story of the Fortune sisters, three young women each at a crossroads when they boarded the RMS Titanic in the spring of 1912 –and how that maiden voyage would transform their lives in profound and unexpected ways.
Fans of The Second Mrs. Astor by Shana Abé and Patricia Falvey's The Titanic Sisters will be captivated as USA Today bestselling author Anna Lee Huber expertly weaves real historical figures and events into this...
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Amy Barnes, a high school English teacher from Hawai'i, and Paul Rideau, a Vermont farmer, lead ordinary lives dedicated to their families and their work, but each nurses a quiet passion for creative expression-Paul in painting and Amy in poetry. When their personal worlds fracture, they each struggle to find their way through crushing loss and grief. Their creative pursuits help them heal as well as reimagine their lives as authentic selves. For...
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Todos tenemos que tomar decisiones.
Y algunas de ellas nos conducen al desastre.
Rob Coates está hundido. Antaño felizmente casado con Anna y padre de Jack, su precioso hijo, se halla ahora sumido en el alcoholismo y a duras penas consigue salir adelante. Dirige una página web de fotografía, We Own the Sky, donde cuelga fotos panorámicas de lugares que visitó con su familia, y lucha por olvidar el pasado. Poco a poco iremos descubriendo de qué...
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Fleetwood is in Leavenworth for a terrible purpose, but he hasn't worked up the courage to follow through yet. Before he can, he meets Tara, a woman on the run from her own demons. Will their friendship be enough to save them from their own mistakes? Can either face the ugliness of the past or the uncertainty of the future?
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