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Days You Were Mine
by Clare Leslie HallA life-changing love story. A devastating decision. An emotional, gripping family drama about relationships, secrets and jealousy that will stay with you long after the final page, from the author of Broken Country. 1972. Alice Garland can't take her eyes off Jacob Earl. With his black curls and snakeskin boots, the lead singer of the Disciples commands the stage. It's the beginning of a passionate relationship. For a while it feels like they're at the centre of something electrifying. But it doesn't take long before the dream starts to fall apart.2000. Even the arrival of his gorgeous baby son can't stop Luke feeling like an outsider. When he finds his birth mother, Alice, it seems like he's found the missing piece in his life. And she seems delighted to be a grandmother.But Alice is still battling with demons of her own - she's still not forgotten the heart-breaking event that forced her to give up Luke.She will do anything to stop history repeating itself. 'I lost sleep over this. Beautifully told . . . I loved it' JANE CORRY, author of My Husband's Wife'Haunting and heart-rending' VICTORIA SELMAN, author of Truly Darkly Deeply'The grip of a thriller, but the emotional depth of a tragic love story. A heart-wrenching novel about families and love that will stay with me for a very long time' FRANCESCA JAKOBI, author of BitterPreviously published as MINE under Clare Empson
Days You Were Mine: The emotional, gripping family drama about secrets and jealousy from the Reese's Book Club author of Broken Country
by Clare Leslie HallA life-changing love story. A devastating decision.1972. Alice Garland can't take her eyes off Jacob Earl. With his black curls and snakeskin boots, the lead singer of the Disciples commands the stage. It's the beginning of a passionate relationship. For a while it feels like they're at the centre of something electrifying. But it doesn't take long before the dream starts to fall apart.2000. Even the arrival of his gorgeous baby son can't stop Luke feeling like an outsider. When he finds his birth mother, Alice, it seems like he's found the missing piece in his life. And she seems delighted to be a grandmother.But Alice is still battling with demons of her own - she's still not forgotten the heart-breaking event that forced her to give up Luke.She will do anything to stop history repeating itself.'I lost sleep over this. Beautifully told . . . I loved it' JANE CORRY, author of My Husband's Wife'Haunting and heart-rending' VICTORIA SELMAN, author of Truly Darkly Deeply'The grip of a thriller, but the emotional depth of a tragic love story. A heart-wrenching novel about families and love that will stay with me for a very long time' FRANCESCA JAKOBI, author of BitterPreviously published as MINE under Clare Empson
Dayswork: A Novel
by Chris Bachelder Jennifer HabelA startlingly original, incantatory novel about marriage, mortality, and making art. In the endless days of the pandemic, a woman spends her time sorting fact from fiction in the life and work of Herman Melville. As she delves into Melville’s impulsive purchase of a Massachusetts farmhouse, his fevered revision of Moby-Dick there, his intense friendship with neighbor Nathaniel Hawthorne, and his troubled and troubling marriage to Elizabeth Shaw, she becomes increasingly obsessed by what his devotion to his art reveals about cost, worth, and debt. Her preoccupation both deepens and expands, and her days’ work extends outward to an orbiting cast of Melvillean questers and fanatics, as well as to biographers and writers—among them Elizabeth Hardwick and Robert Lowell—whose lives resonate with Melville’s. As she pulls these distant figures close, her quarantine quest ultimately becomes a midlife reckoning with her own marriage and ambition. Absorbing, charming, and intimate, Dayswork considers the blurry lines between life and literature, the slippage between what happens and what gets recorded, and the ways we locate ourselves in the lives of others. In wry, epigrammatic prose, Chris Bachelder and Jennifer Habel have crafted an exquisite and daring novel.
The Dazzling Truth: A Novel
by Helen CullenOne Irish family. Three decades. One dazzling story.“A love letter to family and to the arts. Beautiful.”—Maggie Smith, author of Good BonesIn the courtyards of Trinity College, Dublin, in 1978, aspiring actress Maeve meets pottery student Murtagh Moone. As their relationship progresses, marriage and motherhood come in quick succession, but for Maeve, with the joy of children also comes the struggle to hold on to the truest parts of herself.Decades later, on a small Irish island, the Moone family are poised for celebration but instead are struck by tragedy. Each family member must find solace in their own separate way, until one dazzling truth brings them back together. But as the Moone family confront the past, they also journey toward a future that none of them could have predicted. Except perhaps Maeve herself.“A perfect combination of deeply felt tragedy with great hopefulness.”—Anne Youngson, author of Meet Me at the Museum
De 7 nycklarna till lycka
by Mohamed BouzitouneLivet är fullt av problem och utmaningar som påverkar vårt sätt att se världen och hindrar oss från att leva i ro och i harmoni med oss själva. Lycka, tillfredställelse och utveckling beror i mångt och mycket på oss själva, men framförallt krävs det anda och sinne i harmoni. Därför presenterar vi sju råd som kommer att hjälpa dig att nå den väldigt efterlängtade lyckan.
De Avonturen van Wookas en Izzy: Het begin van een goede vriendschap
by Angela EllingtonEen verlegen meisje uit een klein dorp dat samen met haar moeder woont, leert hoe leuk het is om een speciale vriendin te hebben nadat ze naar de grote stad verhuist. Dit is een fantastisch boekje over vriendschap.
De cómo las muchachas García perdieron el acento
by Julia AlvarezCuando las hermanas García Carla, Sandra, Yolanda y Sofía y sus padres huyen de la República Dominicana buscando refugio de la persecución política, encuentran un nuevo hogar en los Estados Unidos. Pero el Nueva York de los años sesenta es marcadamente diferente de la vida privilegiada, aunque conflictiva, que han dejado atrás. Bajo la presión de asimilarse a una nueva cultura, las muchachas García se alisan el pelo, abandonan la lengua española y se encuentran con muchachos sin una chaperona. Pero por más que intentan distanciarse de su isla natal, las hermanas no logran desprender el mundo antiguo del nuevo. Lo que las hermanas han perdido para siempre y lo que logran encontrar se revela en esta novela magistral de una de las novelistas más celebradas de nuestros tiempos.
De como tia Lola aprendio a ensenar
by Julia AlvarezTia Lola is going back to school in this Spanish translation of How Tia Lola Learned to Teach!Tia Lola has been invited to teach Spanish at her niece and nephew's elementary school, but Miguel wants nothing to do with it. He hasn't had an easy time adjusting to his new school in Vermont and doesn't like living so far away from Papi, who has a new girlfriend and an announcement to make. Miguel's little sister Juanita, on the other hand, can't wait to introduce her colorfully dressed aunt to all of her friends at school--that is, if she can stop getting distracted long enough to remember to do so. Before long, Tia Lola is organizing a Spanish treasure hunt and a carnaval fiesta at school. Will Miguel be willing to join the fun? Will Juanita get her head out of the clouds and lead her classmates to victory in the treasure hunt?From the Trade Paperback edition.
De como tia Lola salvo el verano
by Julia AlvarezMiguel Guzman isn't exactly looking forward to the summer now that his mother has agreed to let the Sword family--a father, his three daughters, and their dog--live with them while they decide whether or not to move to Vermont. Little does Miguel know his aunt has something up her sleeve that just may make this the best summer ever. With her usual flair for creativity and fun, Tía Lola decides to start a summer camp for Miguel, his little sister, and the three Sword girls, complete with magical swords, nighttime treasure hunts, campfires, barbecues, and an end-of-summer surprise! Now available for the first time in Spanish, this warm and funny third book in the Tía Lola Stories is sure to delight a whole new audience and leave them looking for their own summer fun.From the Trade Paperback edition.
De como tia Lola termino empezando otra vez
by Julia AlvarezWelcome to Tía Lola's bed and breakfast! With the help of her niece and nephew and the three Sword Sisters, Tía Lola is opening the doors of Colonel Charlebois' grand old Vermont house to visitors from all over. But Tía Lola and the children soon realize that running a B & B isn't as easy they had initially thought--especially when it appears that someone is out to sabotage them! Will Tía Lola and the kids discover who's behind the plot to make their B & B fail? And will Tía Lola's family and friends be able to plan her a surprise birthday party in her own B & B without her finding out? Now available in Spanish, this last book in the Tía Lola Stories is sure to satisfy readers, no matter what language they speak!
De dode schrijfster
by Núria AñóAnna is een schrijfster van middelbare leeftijd die haar dochter alleen heeft grootgebracht. Op dit moment is Berta volwassen en de twijfels die ze heeft over het leren kennen van haar vader, die ze alleen op de foto heeft gezien, lijken op te rijzen als haar relatie met haar vriendje in een crisis raakt. Hans werkt in een fabriek en heeft een zus, Clara, een verkeerd begrepen meisje dat haar tijd besteedt aan het obsesseren over een man die op een gele motor rijdt. Maar in de eerste plaats is dit het verhaal van Anna Flieder. Als ze besluit een biografie te schrijven, komt de inspiratie bij haar op en neemt de vorm aan van de man die jaren geleden vertrok. "In het relaas wordt het proces van de creatie van de literatuur geobserveerd. [...] Het is een oeuvre gericht op hen die graag lezen en zich door het lezen laten absorberen, omdat de verbeelding er de overhand heeft en er veel dingen zijn die intuïtief zijn." -La Mañana "De roman "De Dode Schrijfster" is dan ook een uitnodiging voor iedereen die waarde hecht aan de manier waarop literatuur op zichzelf reflecteert in een letterkundig werk. Maar het is ook een kans om andere personages te volgen met gevoelens en in situaties die onvermijdelijk leiden tot identificatie. [...] De verrukking van een literaire tekst die zich onderscheidt door zijn metaforische taal en die beelden suggereert die in staat zijn alledaagse taferelen te onthullen, maar die het leven, vaak vol met meerdere mogelijkheden, ons niet toelaat te zien." -Dr. Alexandra Santos Pinheiro, Resonancias literarias, nr. 153 "Dit boek vertelt het verhaal van Anna, een schrijfster, en de wereld en het leven van de mensen om haar heen. Anna leeft haar literaire leven als het ware, ze lijdt aan een soort schizofrenie wanneer de personages in haar boeken botsen met haar leven in hun verlangen om het licht te zien". -Debbie Garrick, Vertaler <
De donde venimos
by Oscar CásaresDel aclamado autor de Brownsville y Amigoland nos llega De donde venimos (Where We Come From), una sorprendente y oportuna novela sobre una familia mexicano-estadounidense en una ciudad fronteriza de Texas que se ve involucrada, contra su voluntad, en el tráfico de inmigrantes a los Estados Unidos. Brownsville, Texas, tiene reputación de ser peligrosa: está situada en el lado estadounidense del puente hacia Matamoros, México, una ciudad controlada por infames carteles. Pero esa no es la razón por la que Orly, de 12 años, no quiere visitarla. Aunque aún está de luto por la muerte de su madre, su padre, Víctor, lo obligó a pasar el verano con su madrina Nina en Brownsville. Ahora un exitoso ejecutivo publicitario en Houston, Víctor fue criado en Brownsville y cree que será bueno para Orly conocer sobre sus raíces menos privilegiadas. Pero Nina, distraída por los cuidados que tiene que procurarle a su anciana madre, solo parece tener reglas para Orly. Una en particular: No te acerques a la casa de atrás… Nina había pasado su vida siguiendo reglas y sacrificando sus propios deseos por ocuparse de las necesidades de otros. Pero cuando un simple acto de generosidad hacia su desesperada señora de la limpieza mexicana comienza a irse de las manos, Nina teme ser expuesta por todas partes—no solo por su ahijado curioso y su dominante hermano, sino también por despiadados traficantes de personas y por la policía. Ahora Nina tendrá que enfrentar los secretos que ha mantenido ocultos por tanto tiempo si quiere ayudar a las personas que están bajo su protección. Abordando la crisis de la política migratoria estadounidense desde un ángulo inusual y profundamente humano, De donde venimos explora las maneras en que la historia familiar influye en nosotros, cómo los secretos pueden resultar una pesada carga, y cómo ser compasivos y comprensivos con los demás puede finalmente liberarnos.
De donde venimos
by Oscar CasaresUna deslumbrante novela sobre una familia mexicano-americana en Brownsville, Texas, que, por un acto de compasión, acaba involucrada en el tráfico de inmigrantes mexicanos a los Estados Unidos. A distancia, muchas ciudades fronterizas entre los Estados Unidos y México tienen fama de ser peligrosas a un lado los narcotraficantes, y al otro los agentes de la patrulla fronterizay Brownsville no es la excepción. Pero para Orly, un niño de doce años, es simplemente donde vive su madrina, Ninay a donde su padre lo manda a pasar el verano con ella tras la súbita muerte de su madre. Para Nina, Brownsville es la ciudad donde creció, conoció y perdió a su primer y único amor, y acabó quedándose, despidiendo a familiares que se marchaban y presenciando el deterioro de su vecindario. Es el lugar donde ha enterrado sus secretos y donde ahora esconde otro aún mayor: está ocultando a un joven migrante llamado Daniel, que ha cruzado la frontera huyendo del peligro, solo para encontrar mayores peligros del otro lado. Separado de los traficantes violentos que lo cruzaron, y perseguido por las autoridades, Daniel tiene que mantenerse completamente invisible, escondido en la casa de atrás de Nina. Pero cuando Orly descubre su presencia, la conexión inmediata de los niñosy su deseo compartido de ser independientes los pone a todos en riesgo de ser descubiertos.
De geweldige week van Matt: Een hectische week, vol levenslessen voor een kleine jongen.
by Martin LundqvistMatt Smart is een 6-jarige jongen die met zijn ouders in Sydney woont. Volg Matt gedurende een week vol vriendschap en voetbal, maar ook existentiële levensvragen zoals wetenschap versus geloof en het verlies van een geliefde komen aan bod, uitgelegd voor kinderen. Dit boek is geschikt voor kinderen tussen 5 en 9 jaar.
De nadie más: (Saving Grace) (Spanish Soundings)
by Darlene RyanEvie tuvo una bebita y fue obligada a darla en adopción, pero no puede simplemente dejarla con extraños, sobre todo porque tiene la impresión de que no la cuidan bien. Mientras su novio espera en su camioneta, Evie secuestra a la niña y lo convence de llevarlas a Montreal, donde planea empezar una nueva vida con la pequeña. Pero la niña no quiere comer y, después de una pelea entre Evie y Justin, él las deja solas en un pueblo perdido. Cuando la niña empeora, Evie tiene que decidir si admitir su error y entregarse, o seguir huyendo.
Deacon Locke Went to Prom
by Brian KatcherThe love life of an awkward teen takes an unforgettable turn after he brings his grandmother to prom in this funny, offbeat, and smile-inducing contemporary romance that is pitch perfect for fans of Jesse Andrews and Robyn Schneider.Promposals are taking over Deacon Locke’s high school and there is no place left to hide. But even with graduation looming, shy and unusually tall Deacon doesn’t think he can get up the nerve to ask anyone to the dance. Especially given all the theatrics.It isn’t until Deacon confides in his witty and outgoing best friend Jean that he realizes should could be a great person to take. Only problem is Jean isn’t your typical prom date. She’s older. A lot older. And she’s Deacon’s grandmother.But when Deacon meets Soraya—a girl unlike any other he’s ever met—he fears he has totally squandered his chances of having a prom he’ll never forget. Deacon couldn’t be more wrong. About everything.Deacon Locke Went to Prom is award-winning author Brian Katcher’s fifth novel.
Dead Air #1
by Stephanie Olesh Michelle SchustermanKat didn't believe in ghosts--until now. . .When Kat Sinclair's dad tells her his new job hosting the ghost-hunting TV show Passport to Paranormal means they'll be living on the road and visiting the world's most haunted places, Kat packs her bags without a second thought. But the ghostbusting life isn't as cool as Kat expected. The cast and crew don't always get along, the producer's annoying nephew has unexpectedly shown up, and Kat thinks the show--and her dad--might be cursed. Kat decides to start writing a blog with "a behind the scenes look at the creepiest show on TV." But she soon discovers that going behind the scenes may just reveal more than she really wants to know.
The Dead and The Gone
by Susan Beth PfefferSusan Beth Pfeffer's Life as We Knew It enthralled and devastated readers with its brutal but hopeful look at an apocalyptic event--an asteroid hitting the moon, setting off a tailspin of horrific climate changes. Now this harrowing companion novel examines the same events as they unfold in New York City, revealed through the eyes of seventeen-year-old Puerto Rican Alex Morales. When Alex's parents disappear in the aftermath of tidal waves, he must care for his two younger sisters, even as Manhattan becomes a deadly wasteland, and food and aid dwindle. With haunting themes of family, faith, personal change, and courage, this powerful novel explores how a young man takes on unimaginable responsibilities.
Dead End in Norvelt (Norvelt Series #1)
by Jack Gantos<P>Dead End in Norvelt is the winner of the 2012 Newbery Medal for the year's best contribution to children's literature and the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction! <P>Melding the entirely true and the wildly fictional, Dead End in Norvelt is a novel about an incredible two months for a kid named Jack Gantos, whose plans for vacation excitement are shot down when he is "grounded for life" by his feuding parents, and whose nose spews bad blood at every little shock he gets. <P>But plenty of excitement (and shocks) are coming Jack's way once his mom loans him out to help a fiesty old neighbor with a most unusual chore—typewriting obituaries filled with stories about the people who founded his utopian town. <P>As one obituary leads to another, Jack is launced on a strange adventure involving molten wax, Eleanor Roosevelt, twisted promises, a homemade airplane, Girl Scout cookies, a man on a trike, a dancing plague, voices from the past, Hells Angels . . . and possibly murder. <P>Endlessly surprising, this sly, sharp-edged narrative is the author at his very best, making readers laugh out loud at the most unexpected things in a dead-funny depiction of growing up in a slightly off-kilter place where the past is present, the present is confusing, and the future is completely up in the air. <P><B>Winner of the 2012 Newbery Medal</b> <P><b> Winner of the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction </b>
Dead End in Norvelt
by Jack GantosDead End in Norvelt is the winner of the 2012 Newbery Medal for the year's best contribution to children's literature and the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction! Melding the entirely true and the wildly fictional, Dead End in Norvelt is a novel about an incredible two months for a kid named Jack Gantos, whose plans for vacation excitement are shot down when he is "grounded for life" by his feuding parents, and whose nose spews bad blood at every little shock he gets. But plenty of excitement (and shocks) are coming Jack's way once his mom loans him out to help a fiesty old neighbor with a most unusual chore - typewriting obituaries filled with stories about the people who founded his utopian town. As one obituary leads to another, Jack is launched on a strange adventure involving molten wax, Eleanor Roosevelt, twisted promises, a homemade airplane, Girl Scout cookies, a man on a trike, a dancing plague, voices from the past, Hells Angels. . . and possibly murder. Endlessly surprising, this sly, sharp-edged narrative is the author at his very best, making readers laugh out loud at the most unexpected things in a dead-funny depiction of growing up in a slightly off-kilter place where the past is present, the present is confusing, and the future is completely up in the air.<P><P> Newbery Medal Honor book
Dead End Kids: Heroes of the Blitz (Cordelia Codd Ser.)
by Bernard AshleyLondon is at war and as the Blitz rages, children like Josie and her brother Len face the same dangers as the adults. Can they find the strength to stand up against the onslaught? A tale of amazing bravery, inspired by the true story of the Dead End Kids of Wapping - young people who fought fires and rescued their friends and neighbours from bomb sites. Perfect for fans of Michael Morpurgo, this dramatic story brings the Second World War vividly to life.
Dead End Kids: Heroes of the Blitz (Cordelia Codd Ser.)
by Bernard AshleyLondon is at war and as the Blitz rages, children like Josie and her brother Len face the same dangers as the adults. Can they find the strength to stand up against the onslaught?A tale of amazing bravery, inspired by the true story of the Dead End Kids of Wapping - young people who fought fires and rescued their friends and neighbours from bomb sites. Perfect for fans of Michael Morpurgo, this dramatic story brings the Second World War vividly to life.
Dead Girls Can't Tell Secrets
by Chelsea IchasoPiper's fall was no accident. Did someone want her dead? It's up to her sister to discover the truth in this shocking new thriller with an unreliable narrator, from the acclaimed author of Little Creeping Things.Piper Sullivan was in a strange hiking accident last month and has been in a coma ever since. Her older sister, Savannah, can't pretend to be optimistic about it; things look bad. Piper will likely never wake up, and Savannah will never get any answers about what exactly happened.But then Savannah finds a note in Piper's locker, inviting Piper to a meeting of their school's wilderness club…at the very place and on the very day that she fell. Which means there was a chance that Piper wasn't alone. Someone might've seen something. Worse, someone might've done something. But who would want to hurt the perfect Piper Sullivan…and why?To discover the truth, Savannah joins the club on their weekend-long camping trip on the same mountain where her sister fell. But she better be careful; everyone in the club is a suspect, and everyone seems to be keeping secrets about that tragic day.And Savannah? She's been keeping secrets, too...Also by Chelsea Ichaso:Little Creeping ThingsPraise for Little Creeping Things:"Little Creeping Things, with its cast of creepy and untrustworthy characters, will satisfy the appetites of all manner of mystery fans."—Booklist"Ichaso's debut is a riveting whodunnit... a psychological thriller worthy of mystery aficionados."—School Library Journal"The reveal…is both well earned and eerie."—Kirkus"Little Creeping Things is a stunning debut in every sense of the word. From the chilling opening pages to the jaw-dropping final reveal, the pacing is relentless, the twists dizzying. Cass is the best kind of unreliable narrator, delightfully acerbic and hopelessly sincere even when she isn't telling the truth. Chelsea Ichaso has without a doubt written the breakout thriller of the year."—Dana Mele, author of People Like Us
Dead Girls Don't Write Letters
by Gail GilesThings had been getting a little better until I got a letter from my dead sister. That more or less ruined my day. When Sunny's older sister, Jazz, ran away to New York, Sunny was secretly relieved. Everyone loved Jazz, talked about Jazz, wished they were friends with Jazz. Jazz was perfect and Sunny was... well, not Jazz. Then Jazz's apartment building burns to the ground and she is presumed dead. Sunny's family, already broken by divorce, unravels. Dad's drinking skyrockets, and Mom's depression hits an all-time non-functioning low. Sunny is left to cope.Then they get a letter from Jazz saying she is coming home. But how? Jazz is dead, right?
The Dead Girls of Hysteria Hall (Point Ser.)
by Katie AlenderIN THIS ASYLUM, YOUR MIND PLAYS TRICK ON YOU ALL THE TIME ...Delia's new house isn't just a house. Long ago, it was the Piven Institute for the Care and Correction of Troubled Females -- an insane asylum nicknamed "Hysteria Hall." However, many of the inmates were not insane, just defiant and strong willed. Kind of like Delia herself.But the house still wants to keep "troubled" girls locked away. So, in the most horrifying way, Delia becomes trapped. And that's when she learns that the house is also haunted.Ghost girls wander the hallways in their old-fashioned nightgowns. A handsome ghost boy named Theo roams the grounds. Delia learns that all the spirits are unsettled and full of dark secrets. The house, too, harbors shocking truths within its walls -- truths that only Delia can uncover, and that may set her free. And she'll need to act quickly -- before the house's power overtakes everything she loves.Katie Alender brings heart-pounding suspense, gorgeous writing, and a feminist twist to this tale of memories and madness.