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An exquisite winter tale of courage - and its cost, set in Catholic Ireland.

Anappara creates an endearing and highly engaging narrator to navigate us through the dark underbelly of modern India' Observer We children are not just stories. We live. Come and see. Nine-year-old Jai watches too many reality cop shows, thinks he's smarter than his friend Pari (even though she always gets top marks) and considers himself to be a better boss than Faiz (even though Faiz is the one with a job). When a boy at school goes missing, Jai decides to use the crime-solving skills he has picked up from episodes of Police Patrol to find him. With Pari and Faiz by his side, Jai ventures into some of the most dangerous parts of the sprawling Indian city; the bazaar at night, and even the railway station at the end of the Purple Line. But kids continue to vanish, and the trio must confront terrified parents, an indifferent police force and soul-snatching djinns in order to uncover the truth.

Un retrato del deseo y la sexualidad femeninos como nunca se ha visto Nos estremece y nos atormenta. Controla nuestros pensamientos y puede destruir nuestras vidas. Y sin embargo, es un tabú. A lo largo de los tiempos, el deseo femenino ha sido un misterio oculto tras la perspectiva masculina. Hasta ahora. Durante ocho años, la periodista Lisa Taddeo ha recorrido Estados Unidos para seguir la historia de tres mujeres normales y corrientes y explorar cómo el deseo sexual ha moldeado sus vidas. En estas páginas conoceremos a Lina, una mujer que, atrapada en un matrimonio sin pasión, reconecta con alguien de su pasado e inicia una aventura que pronto la consume; Maggie, una joven de diecisiete años que mantiene una relación sentimental con su atractivo profesor de inglés, un hombre casado; y Sloane, la elegante y exitosa propietaria de un restaurante cuyo marido disfruta viéndola acostarse con otras personas. Basado en una labor de profunda observación y con un estilo directo y sincero, Tres mujeres constituye tanto una hazaña periodística como un triunfo de la narrativa feminista lleno de matices que nos presenta las historias de tres mujeres inolvidables, cuyas experiencias nos recuerdan que no estamos solas.

Eighteen-year-old Merricat may, or may not be, a mass murdererSix years ago everyone in the Blackwood family was poisoned by sugar laced with arsenic - everyone, that is, apart from Merricat and her elder sister Constance. They live in peaceful, ordered isolation, away from prying eyes in the nearby village, until one day boorish cousin Charles arrives with designs on their father's fortune. Whether by practical or magical means, Merricat will do whatever is necessary to protect their home.

Caroline Rose has a problem. She hears voices and the incessant tapping of typewriter keys, and she seems to be a character in a novel . . . A comedy of errors, a crime novel, a book about books, Spark's debut remains as otherworldly and mischievous as it was when first published sixty years ago.The publishers acknowledge investment from Creative Scotland towards the publication of this book.Supported by the Muriel Spark Society.

Sixteen-year-old Nomi Nickel dreams of escaping her Mennonite town, East Village, Manitoba, to join the vibrant world of Lou Reed and Marianne Faithfull in New York City. Instead, she faces a life confined by strict rules imposed by her uncle Hans, known as The Mouth of Darkness. With no train, bar, or exciting job opportunities, the town offers only menial work at the local abattoir or pioneer village. Nomi grapples with the loss of her sister Tash and mother Trudie, who left three years prior. Living with her well-meaning but neglectful father, Ray, a church elder, they cope with their grief in contrasting ways—Ray seeks order through late-night reorganizations of the city dump, while Nomi embraces chaos through rebellion, drugs, and music. Nomi's narrative shifts between her troubled present and memories of happier times, revealing her struggles against the oppressive traditions of her community. As she skips school, hangs out on Suicide Hill, and explores her sexuality, she reflects on family, faith, and love. Her journey leads her to confront her grief and the hypocrisy around her, culminating in a poignant climax. Despite the weight of her losses, Nomi clings to hope and the possibility of a future beyond her constraints. This novel has garnered critical acclaim, highlighting Nomi as a deeply relatable character within a stark, silent world.

Tre racconti, pervasi dall'imprevisto, dal senso sconcertante delle umane possibilità, dalla sensazione da parte dei protagonisti di precipitare nella vita e di esserne, allo stesso tempo, ai margini. Due amiche, alla scomparsa dei mariti, iniziano una relazione ciascuna con il figlio adolescente dell'altra. Una ragazzina di colore, orfana e povera, ha una breve relazione con un ragazzo ricco, bianco, di famiglia liberale. All'insaputa del giovane, ha una figlia e quando la bambina ha sei anni, non potendo più mantenerla, si mette in contatto con la famiglia del ragazzo. Un soldato vive nel ricordo di una donna incontrata durante la seconda guerra mondiale, nella convinzione di aver concepito un figlio e di aver condotto un'esistenza sbagliata.

Yearning to escape her life of prostitution in 1870s London, Sugar finds her fate entangled in the complicated family life of patron William, an egotistical perfume magnate.

In the early 1960s, financial circumstances demand that Frances and her sons move in with her ex-mother-in-law. Adding insult to injury, her ex-husband has just dumped his second wife's problem child at Frances' feet. As the world's political landscape takes a surreal turn, Lessing documents the social movement and disillusionment of a post-war generation, for whom the impossible dream will always endure.