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Lucy à beira-mar
by Elizabeth StroutDistinguida com o Prémio Pulitzer, a extraordinária escritora Elizabeth Strout regressa, neste romance, à sua icónica personagem Lucy Barton, protagonista de uma história de empatia, emoção, perda e esperança. Um dos melhores livros do ano: The New York Times Book Review, The New Yorker, Time, The Washington Post Quando o medo pandémico se apodera da cidade, Lucy Barton abandona Manhattan e muda-se com William, o seu ex-marido, para uma pequena cidade costeira no Maine. Nos meses que se seguem, os dois vivem numa casa perto do mar, experiência que vai revelar-se transformadora. Lucy e William voltam a ser os companheiros de há tantos anos — a diferença é que se encontram isolados do mundo em colapso, estando a sós com um complexo passado, com as suas memórias e com os seus desejos.Elizabeth Strout explora os interstícios do coração humano e compõe um retrato revolucionário e luminoso das relações íntimas durante os confinamentos. No cerne desta história estão os laços profundos que nos unem, mesmo quando separados: o vazio após a morte de alguém que amamos, ou o consolo de um antigo amor que afinal perdura. «O livro mais subtil e intensamente comovente de Elizabeth Strout. Uma obra verdadeiramente monumental.» The Guardian«Nenhuma outra escritora da atualidade revela este sentido de empatia. […] Que muitos leitores se sintam engrandecidos, reconfortados e genuinamente animados pela história de Lucy Barton.» The Boston Globe «Delicada e elíptica, Elizabeth Strout revela uma prosa elegante e enganadoramente ligeira.» The New York Times Book Review «Comovente e sombrio, maravilhosamente escrito e terno sem ser delicodoce, este romance é capaz de falar sobre amor e amizade, alegria e ansiedade, dor e tormentos, solidão e vergonha, e ainda sobre uma crescente inquietação. […] Revela uma compreensão sem limites da condição humana.» NPR«Uma escritora elegante, engenhosa e de apurada sensibilidade: um valor seguro para todos os leitores exigentes.» Babelia «A grande virtude de Elizabeth Strout é a desafetação: as histórias não precisam de ser grandiosas, porque a experiência humana também não o é; acontece no quotidiano, nas conversas, nos gestos. Os romances de Strout são universais.» Los Angeles Times«Uma escrita assim nasce de um compromisso para escutar, de uma sintonia perfeita com a condição humana, de um cuidado tão extremo para com a realidade, que deixa de ser uma competência para se tornar uma virtude.» Hilary Mantel «Uma das minhas escritoras de eleição. A complexidade, a espessura e a entrega que se vislumbram nestas páginas transformam-nas num feito milagroso.» Ann Patchett«Que escritora tão impressionante.» Zadie Smith
Lucy and the Green Man
by Linda NewberyLucy knew Lob was there, from the way she felt inside. There was a sparking of mischief in her head, a tingle of energy in her arms and legs. She wanted to run, jump, climb, be everywhere at once. You have to be a special person to see Lob, that’s what Lucy’s Grandpa Will says. Lucy’s parents don’t believe in him. But Lucy does. And then she finally catches sight of the Green Man in Grandpa’s garden. And then she knows. Lob is here, and he is real-now and forever and ever! From the Hardcover edition.
Lucy and the Loner (The Family McCormick)
by Elizabeth BevarlyMR. APRILTHE MASTER (FOR A MONTH): Boone Cagney. When irresistible Lucy Dolan cried pitifully about her trapped three-year old, how was the hunky fire fighter to know she was talking about her...cat? Now he's spending his days-and his nights-with both of them....THE SLAVE (FOR A MONTH): Lucy Dolan. When Boone rescued Mack from the jaws of death, Lucy decided it was payback time.THE DEBT: Lucy has to service Boone for thirty days only-if he can bear to let her go at the end of them. After all, good help is so hard to find....MAN OF THE MONTH:He'd sworn to go it alone. So what was it about this woman-and her ornery black feline-that had Boone thinking about the family plan?
Lucy by the Sea
by Elizabeth StroutFrom Pulitzer Prize–winning, #1 New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Strout comes a poignant, pitch-perfect novel about a divorced couple stuck together during lockdown—and the love, loss, despair, and hope that animate us even as the world seems to be falling apart. With her trademark spare, crystalline prose—a voice infused with “intimate, fragile, desperate humanness” (The Washington Post)—Elizabeth Strout turns her exquisitely tuned eye to the inner workings of the human heart, following the indomitable heroine of "My Name Is Lucy Barton" through the early days of the pandemic. <p><p> As a panicked world goes into lockdown, Lucy Barton is uprooted from her life in Manhattan and bundled away to a small town in Maine by her ex-husband and on-again, off-again friend, William. For the next several months, it’s just Lucy, William, and their complex past together in a little house nestled against the moody, swirling sea. <p><p>Rich with empathy and emotion, Lucy by the Sea vividly captures the fear and struggles that come with isolation, as well as the hope, peace, and possibilities that those long, quiet days can inspire. At the heart of this story are the deep human connections that unite us even when we’re apart—the pain of a beloved daughter’s suffering, the emptiness that comes from the death of a loved one, the promise of a new friendship, and the comfort of an old, enduring love. <p> <b>New York Times Bestseller</b>
Lucy Clark Will Not Apologize
by Margo Rabb“A full-on delight: funny, gripping, warm-hearted, and beautifully written—it made me cheer. Read it!” —Madeline Miller, award-winning author of Circe "Tender and fierce, witty and wise, this is a tale of the route we take when we grow up and into the love we deserve." —Judy Blundell, National Book Award-winning author of What I Saw and How I Lied "There's magic in this novel's quirky, sweet world. I want to live in its gardens and cheer Lucy on while she finds her heart’s loves!" —Kristin Cashore, New York Times bestselling author of Graceling “A delightfully offbeat mystery that is also about the mystery of becoming yourself.” —Rebecca Stead, New York Times bestselling author In this witty and whimsical story by award-winning author Margo Rabb, a sixteen-year-old girl is suspended from boarding school and sent to New York City, where she must take care of an unconventional woman entangled in a mystery. Lucy Clark has had it. After being bullied one too many times, Lucy retaliates. But when the fallout is far worse than she meant it to be, she gets sent to Manhattan to serve as a full-time companion to the eccentric Edith Fox. Edith is glamorous and mysterious—nothing like Lucy expected. Though Edith’s world of hidden gardens and afternoon teas is beguiling, there’s one other thing about her that makes her unlike anyone Lucy has ever met...she thinks someone is trying to kill her. And it’s up to Lucy to find out who it is.
Lucy Crown: A Novel
by Irwin ShawA New York Times bestseller from an author with &“a natural gift for storytelling&”: A mother and son are reunited years after a shattering betrayal (The New York Times). She passes through the Paris restaurant, alone, unbent, and unbroken. Lucy Crown has lived with heartbreak for long enough that it no longer shows on her face, and she&’s not afraid to dine in solitude. But then she sees him across the bar, full of liquor and life, looking far happier than he did the last time she saw him two decades before: Tony, her son—the one man she loved more than any other, the one she nearly destroyed. Twenty years earlier, in 1937, Lucy was an unhappily married suburban housewife, and Tony was so frail his parents were forced to hire a companion for him. When the companion caught Lucy&’s eye, he awoke in her a feeling of passion she thought had died long ago—leading to an act of indiscretion during a vacation in Vermont that would upend their family, and take half a lifetime to repair. From the author of such classics as Rich Man, Poor Man and The Young Lions—an O. Henry Award winner who &“always writes immensely readable books&”—Lucy Crown is an unflinching look at the emotional reality of infidelity, heartbreak, and divorce that remains a testament to the power of forgiveness (The New York Times). This ebook features an illustrated biography of Irwin Shaw including rare images and never-before-seen documents from the author&’s estate.
Lucy Rose: Busy Like You Can't Believe
by Katy KellyI'm Lucy Rose, and here's the thing about 4th: that grade is busy like you can't believe! Especially if you are a person who is already PLENTY busy on account of having RESPONSIBILITIES and I am that kind exactly. I am already collecting a vocabulary, plus I have to think up new palindromes and now I have to do the most P-U thing which is the MULTIPLICATION tables, which I would say is a thing I hate, if I was allowed to say hate, which I am not. PLUS I have to do the greatest thing and that is be in the play of Annie and I'm sure I will get to be Annie because 1. I have red hair and 2. if I don't I will absolutely perish to death. PLUS there is another thing I have to do absolutely constantly and that is what my mom calls eavesdropping but I call LISTENING VERY QUIETLY SO I CAN KNOW THINGS. But that turns out to be halfway sickening because now I know a thing about my mom and it's that she has a FRIEND that is a MAN and I think they are having DATES. That makes me feel like I'm horrified to pieces and part of me doesn't want to know a single more thing but the other part does because how else can I figure out how to keep those 2 apart? And here is the thing about that: it can make a girl exhausted. From the Hardcover edition.
Lucy Rose: Here's the Thing About Me
by Katy KellyI’m Lucy Rose and here’s the thing about me: I am eight and according to my grandfather I have the kind of life that is called eventful, which means NOT boring. According to my mom and my grandmother, I’m what they call a handful. And according to my dad, I am one smart cookie. I say I am one girl who is feeling not-so-sure about things on account of my parents got a separation. Plus my mom and I just moved to Washington, D. C. Plus I haven’t met any friends yet, but I do know someone who is not one and that is Adam Melon, who I call Melonhead. Here’s another thing about me: Most of the time, I am plain hilarious.
Lucy Rose: Working Myself to Pieces and Bits
by Katy KellyI'M LUCY ROSE and here's the thing about friends: I am lucky in them. And here's the thing about that: sometimes they are in need, indeed, especially when one of them buys a plumbing store and needs to diva it up so it can turn into a bakery. That is one job that takes work and costs plenty, and even 72 or more McBees couldn't get that job done by themselves. But between all the stuff you have to do in fourth and my bingo-calling and keeping track of my gigantic vocabulary and trying to keep away from the word thief Ashley and trying to stop theworstrumor you ever heard and dreaming up a money-making scheme that doesn'tcost usmoney and plus having to build that bakery, I am working myself to pieces and bits. I would say most people would be so beat tired they'd collapse on the spot, but here's what I say to that: I am one busy bee who loves my friends. From the Hardcover edition.
Lucy Rose: Big on Plans
by Katy Kelly Adam RexI'm Lucy Rose, and here's the thing about this summer: I am big on fun and big on plans. I am desperate to make a lanyard keychain, and Jonique is feeling the same about potholders. Plus I have to get rid of 78 or more squirrels that are climbing all over Madam and Pop's apricot tree and taking bites out of the puny fruits and flinging them to the ground which is maddening to Madam who wants to make them into jam. The apricots, not the squirrels. Plus I have to figure out what to do about the absolute pest who is named Ashley and is making Parks & Rec not so much fun. And even though I don't want to think about it, I need to come up with a way to stop my parents' separation from turning into a divorce. Here is the thing about that: All these things are an extremely lot to get done in one summer. Lucy Rose is back with big plans and big fun in an all-new book about--who else? Her!From the Hardcover edition.
Lucy Takes the Reins (Sweet Valley Twins #45)
by Francine Pascal Jamie SuzanneElizabeth's friend Ted is in trouble. He's been behind in his payments to Carson Stables for the care of his horse Thunder, and unless he can win the prize money in a regional jumping championship, he'll have to sell the horse. To make matters worse, an injury prevents Ted from competing ... can Lucy help him win the jumping contest?
Lucy Unstrung
by Carole LazarTeens who get pregnant and raise their babies are often in the news. But what about those children who are growing up with parents scarcely half a generation older than themselves? In this wise and funny first novel by Carole Lazar, Lucy is a sensible, perhaps even rigid, thirteen year old who is convinced that Grandma, God, and the Catholic Church are on her side. She tries hard to make her twenty-eight-year-old mother see the error of her ways. It's not that her mother is wild - in their household even a fancy coffee causes a scene - but she has had to put off her own teenage years and she's chaffing at the restraints on her life. Lucy is faced with the loss of her family, her home, her school, and even her best friend. As she struggles to preserve what she can from her past life, she finds that while Grandma, God, and her church are still there for her, there are problems she has to solve for herself.From the Trade Paperback edition.
The Lucy Variations
by Sara ZarrLucy Beck-Moreau once had a promising future as a concert pianist. The right people knew her name, her performances were booked months in advance, and her future seemed certain.That was all before she turned fourteen.Now, at sixteen, it's over. A death, and a betrayal, led her to walk away. That leaves her talented ten-year-old brother, Gus, to shoulder the full weight of the Beck-Moreau family expectations. Then Gus gets a new piano teacher who is young, kind, and interested in helping Lucy rekindle her love of piano -- on her own terms. But when you're used to performing for sold-out audiences and world-famous critics, can you ever learn to play just for yourself?National Book Award finalist Sara Zarr takes readers inside one girl's struggle to reclaim her love of music and herself. To find joy again, even when things don't go according to plan. Because life isn't a performance, and everyone deserves the chance to make a few mistakes along the way.se life isn't a performance, and everyone deserves the chance to make a few mistakes along the way.
Lucy's Wish (The Orphan Train Children #1)
by Joan Lowery NixonTen-year-old Lucy, an orphan who wants a little sister more than anything, finds a very special one in the less-than-perfect family which she joins.
Ludell
by Brenda WilkinsonA National Book Award nominee in 1975, Ludell is the first book in a groundbreaking trilogy about a young African American girl growing up during the 1950s in a small Georgia town. Ludell Wilson is a wisecracking bookworm and burgeoning writer who adores her best friend Ruthie Mae, her loving-but strict-grandmother, and everything about growing up. (Including her first pair of blue jeans, and her first boyfriend.)But in the still-segregated South, Ludell's warm community exists side-by-side with poverty and injustice. Wilkinson's bold, funny narrator, whose story continues in Ludell and Willie and Ludell's New York Time, shows us an America that is also changing...just not fast enough.
Ludie's Life
by Cynthia RylantCynthia Rylant returns to her home state of West Virginia with this powerful and evocative collection of poems. In a heartbreaking narrative that flows like a novel, we follow Ludie from childhood to falling in love and getting married, through the birth of her own children, and on into old age. This is the story of one woman's experiences in a hardscrabble coal-mining town, a story that brims with universal themes about life, love, and family-and all of the joy, laughter, heartache, and loss that accompany them. Would she tell you that six childrenwere too many,that some disappointed,that others surprised,but that, all in all,sixwere too manyand onewould have been just fine.Would she tell you that she marriedthat boy at fifteennot only because he was tall and kindbut also becauseshe needed a way out. -from LUDIE'S LIFE
LudoBites: Recipes and Stories from the Pop-Up Restaurants of Ludo Lefebvre
by Ludovic LefebvreVisionary, charismatic master chef, Ludo Lefebvre, and his Los Angeles cult hit “pop-up” restaurant LudoBites are worshipped by critics and foodies alike. LudoBites, the book, is at once a chronicle and a cookbook, containing tales of the meteoric career of this “rock star” of the culinary world (who was running kitchens at age 24) and the full story of his brilliant innovation, the “pop up” or “touring” restaurant that moves from place to place. The star of the popular cable program, Ludo BitesAmerica, on the Sundance Channel, also offers phenomenal four-star recipes born out of the need to be mobile. Readers who love food, who admire genius, and fans of TV’s Top Chef, Top Chef Masters, and Iron Chef are going to want a taste of LudoBites.
El lugar entremedio: The Middle Place
by Kelly CorriganEl lugar entremedio es una historia de crecimiento personal, una crónica del cáncer y un homenaje a un padre excepcional. Es el sobrecogedor relato de una mujer que se enfrenta a múltiples desafíos y de su capacidad de sobreponerse a la adversidad. Kelly Corrigan es una feliz mujer casada, madre dos preciosas hijas, que tienes una columna semanal en un periódico de San Francisco. Su modelo a seguir es su padre, el carismático y encantado George Corrigan , quien reciba cada mañana con su característico HOLA MUNDO y siempre se las arregla para encontrar el lado positivo de todo. A sus más de treinta años, Kelly se encuentra en lo que ella llama el lugar entremedio ese momento en que se es madre e hija a la vez. Pero todo cambia de repente, cuando Kelly encuentra un bulto en su pecho. Y por si fuera poco, su padre su héroe también tiene cáncer y ahora será el turno de Kelly de cuidar del hombre que siempre estuvo ahí para ella.
El lugar inalcanzable
by Claudia AmengualUna novela hermosamente trágica, donde se abordan temas profundos y trascendentes como el amor, el odio, la traición, enmarcados por el concepto Onettiano de "el alma de los hechos"; es decir, el sentido real de las cosas, más allá de toda verdad objetiva. "La mayoría de nuestras penas vienen de allí, de nuestros amores heridos. Nada, nada produce más dolor que un amor, sea de la naturaleza que sea. Un padre que pierde a un hijo, un hijo que pierde a un padre, una traición, una mentira, la muerte. Y el relato que uno se construye de todo eso. Ni siquiera podemos aspirar a la verdad. ¿Qué nos queda?" En la mañana del primer día del año 1992, un hombre aparece muerto en el baño de una hostería en Villa Carlos Paz, Argentina. Todos los huéspedes, aún somnolientos luego de los festejos de la noche anterior, deberán esperar pacientemente para prestar testimonio ante las autoridades. A partir de una conversación entre dos personajes que aguardan su turno para declarar, se despliega el verdadero corazón de esta novela: la peripecia de Jacinto Arnau. Desde una infancia humilde en Montevideo, hasta sus años de juventud al servicio de Susana Soca en una París invadida por los nazis, esta es la historia de un hombre que conoció los límites mismos de las pasiones humanas, allí donde el amor y el odio más visceral se encuentran y se confunden. Con un admirable dominio de recursos narrativos, Claudia Amengual construye una novela lúcida, inteligente y atrapante. El lugar inalcanzable es una historia cuyas resonancias permanecen en el lector mucho más allá de las fronteras de la lectura.
Luka and the Fire of Life
by Salman RushdieOn a beautiful starry night in the city of Kahani in the land of Alifbay a terrible thing happened: twelve-year-old Luka's storyteller father, Rashid, fell suddenly and inexplicably into a sleep so deep that nothing and no one could rouse him. To save him from slipping away entirely, Luka must embark on a journey through the Magic World, encountering a slew of phantasmagorical obstacles along the way, to steal the Fire of Life, a seemingly impossible and exceedingly dangerous task. With Haroun and the Sea of Stories Salman Rushdie proved that he is one of the best contemporary writers of fables, and it proved to be one of his most popular books with readers of all ages. While Haroun was written as a gift for his first son, Luka and the Fire of Life, the story of Haroun's younger brother, is a gift for his second son on his twelfth birthday. Lyrical, rich with word-play, and with the narrative tension of the classic quest stories, this is Salman Rushdie at his very best.
Luke (The Malloys of Montana #2)
by R. C. RyanWild at Heart. . .Wild. Reckless. Stubborn. That's Luke Malloy in a nutshell. The solitary life of a rancher and the untamed Montana wilderness make him feel alive-and nothing will ever change that. Not even being thrown from his horse and forced to accept a stranger's help. The fact that this stranger is a beautiful blonde with a passion for ranching that rivals his own doesn't hurt. But there's a secret she's hiding, and Luke won't rest until he uncovers it...Ingrid Larsen doesn't need anyone's help. Not with managing her family's ranch. Not with raising her little sister. And certainly not with the mysterious incidents occurring on her property. When this too-sexy-for-his-own-good cowboy needs a place to recover, she hopes he'll be in and out in no time flat. But just as she's beginning to trust Luke's promise of protection, Ingrid's secret threatens to tear them apart.
The Lull-A-Baby Sleep Plan: The Soothing, Superfast Way to Help Your New Baby Sleep Through the Night...and Prevent Sleep Problems Before They Develop
by Cathryn TobinA renowned pediatrician explains her revolutionary new method for training infants to sleep right—from the start Dr. Cathryn Tobin, pediatrician of 25 years, midwife, and mother of four, reveals a breakthrough discovery that will transform the way that parents put their infants and toddlers to bed. Dr. Tobin has found that a physiological window of opportunity opens—usually at 6 to 8 weeks—when a baby can learn great sleep habits before bad ones develop. If parents follow her 7-day plan and take advantage of this crucial time in child development, they and their newborn will be sleeping through the night sooner than any other sleep book promises—and without the crying and screaming that comes with other approaches.The Lull-A-Baby Sleep Plan is the first sleep manual that focuses on preventing infant sleep problems before they have a chance to begin. But if a parent has missed the window, there's still hope and HELP: Dr. Tobin's no-cry program for re-training older babies and toddlers. Dr. Tobin developed this program after sleep deprivation caused a car accident that almost cost her life. Since then she has successfully used her method with hundreds of grateful parents.
Lullabies for Little Criminals
by Heather O'Neill'Like Angela Carter, she is relentlessly inventive' Sunday Times'Full of pathos, spirit and iridescent innocence' Independent on SundayThe first novel by the author of The Lonely Hearts Hotel12-year-old Baby is used to turmoil in her life. Her mother is long dead, her father is a junkie and they shuttle between rotting apartments and decrepit downtown hotels. As her father's addiction and paranoia grow worse, she begins a journey that will lead her through chaos and hardship; but Baby's remarkable strength of spirit enables her to survive. Smart, funny and determined to lift herself off the city's dirty streets, she knows that the only person she can truly rely upon is herself.
Lullabies for Little Criminals: A Novel
by Heather O'Neill“A beautiful book. . . . There are phrases in here that will make you laugh out loud, and others that will stop your heart. A definite triumph.” — David Rakoff, author of Love, Dishonor, Marry, Die, Cherish, PerishFrom Heather O'Neill, the Giller-shortlisted author of Daydreams of Angels and The Girl Who Was Saturday Night, a heartbreaking and wholly original novel about a young girl fighting to preserve a bruised innocence on the feral streets of a big cityBaby, all of thirteen years old, is lost in the gangly, coltish moment between childhood and the strange pulls and temptations of the adult world. Her mother is dead; her father Jules is always on the lookout for his next score. Baby knows that “chocolate milk” is Jules’ slang for heroin and sees a lot more of that in her house than the real article. But she takes vivid delight in the scrappy bits of happiness and beauty that find their way to her, and moves through the threat of the streets as if she’s been choreographed in a dance.Soon, though, a hazard emerges that is bigger than even her hard-won survival skills can handle. Alphonse, the local pimp, has his eye on her for his new girl; he wants her body and soul—and what the johns don’t take he covets for himself. At the same time, a tender and naively passionate friendship unfolds with a boy from her class at school, who has no notion of the dark claims on her—which even her father, lost on the nod, cannot totally ignore. Jules consigns her to a stint in juvie hall, and for the moment this perceived betrayal preserves Baby from terrible harm—but after that, her salvation has to be her own invention.Channeling the artlessly affecting voice of her thirteen-year-old heroine with extraordinary accuracy and power, O’Neill’s dazzles with a novel of extraordinary prescience and power, a subtly understated yet searingly effective story of a young life on the streets—and the strength, wits, and luck necessary for survival.
Lullabies for Little Criminals
by Heather O'NeillBaby is twelve years old. Her mother died not long after she was born and she lives in a string of seedy flats in Montreal's red light district with her father Jules, who takes better care of his heroin addiction than he does of his daughter. Jules is an intermittent presence and a constant source of chaos in Baby's life - the turmoil he brings with him and the wreckage he leaves in his wake. Baby finds herself constantly re-adjusting to new situations, new foster homes, new places, new people, all the while longing for stability and a 'normal' life.But Baby has a gift - the ability to find the good in people, a genius for spinning stories and for cherishing the small crumbs of happiness that fall into her lap. She is bright, smart, funny and observant about life on the dirty streets of a city and wise enough to realise salvation rests in her own hands.(P)2008 Quercus Editions Ltd