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Roberta Zuppet

    Rizzoli romanzo: Non all'amore né alla notte
    The Angels Weep
    Atrévete a no gustar
    The Exiles
    La casa del propósito especial
    Cuore di ghiaccio
    • After a devastating loss, Brynn Wilder escapes to Wharton, a tourist town on Lake Superior, to reset. Checking into a quaint boardinghouse for the summer, she hopes to put her life into perspective. In her fellow lodgers, she finds a friendly company of strangers. But in this inviting refuge, where a century of souls has passed, a mystery begins to swirl. Alice knows things about Brynn, about all of them, that she shouldn't. Bad dreams and night whispers lure Brynn to a shuttered room at the end of the hall, a room still heavy with a recent death. And now she's become irresistibly drawn to Dominic--even in the shadow of rumors that wherever he goes, suspicious death follows. -- adapted from back cover

      The Haunting of Brynn Wilder2023
      3,6
    • The Exiles

      • 352 páginas
      • 13 horas de lectura

      Naive Evangeline lost her position as a governess and her grip on her destiny when she found herself pregnant out of wedlock. After spending months in Newgate prison, she doesn't know whether she should be grateful or despairing when she is moved to a prison ship. What she does know is that her child will almost certainly be born during the journey to Australia. On board, Evangeline strikes up a friendship with Hazel, practically a child herself, sentenced to seven years transport for stealing a silver spoon. Great Britain considers Australia an unpeopled colony, but Mathinna is the orphaned daughter of the chief of the Lowreenne tribe, one of a number of peoples whose lands have been seized and their way of life subject to criticism, study, and missionary zeal. Adopted by the new governor of Tasmania and brought to Hobart to live with the family, Mathinna is treated more like a curiosity than a child. Evangeline, Hazel, and Mathinna will become part of the story of the creation of a new society in the land beyond the seas

      The Exiles2022
      4,1
    • The Angels Weep

      • 672 páginas
      • 24 horas de lectura

      In The Angels Weep by Wilbur Smith, on a continent of breathtaking beauty and bitter suffering, two vastly different cultures clashed, mingled, and recoiled. Here, amidst mist-shrouded mountains and gold-studded plateaus, ancient tribesmen lived close to the earth, as white men dug fortunes out from beneath them and laid plans for a new civilization. Out of Southern Africa the enigmatic Cecil Rhodes built an empire in the late 1800s and attracted the brightest and bravest of a generation--including a remarkable far-flung family named Ballantyne. But for the natives, another day was a day of retribution... From a courageous woman doctor to a fierce, one-eyed slave trader turned soldier, the whites of Africa were buffeted by two horrific waves of war. And just when a bloody peace seemed possible, the seeds of future turmoil were sown …

      The Angels Weep2020
      4,1
    • Atrévete a no gustar

      • 272 páginas
      • 10 horas de lectura

      Atrévete a no gustar te mostrará cómo desatar todo tu poder interior para tener el valor ser tú mismo, enseñándote una forma de pensar profundamente liberadora que te permitirá desarrollar el coraje para cambiar e ignorar las limitaciones que nosotros y las personas que nos rodean nos han impuesto. Escrito en forma de diálogo entre un filósofo y un joven, al estilo socrático, este libro es un acercamiento al mundo del autoconocimiento y las enseñanzas de Sigmund Freud, Carl Jung y Alfred Adler al alcance de todos. Atrévete a ser la persona que realmente quieres ser.

      Atrévete a no gustar2019
      4,1
    • HOPE CHEST

      • 336 páginas
      • 12 horas de lectura

      "The Hope Chest is a deeply emotional novel about three people who have seemingly lost all hope until one woman's heirloom hope chest is rediscovered in the attic, along with its contents and secrets. Mattie is a fiercely independent woman battling ALS; Don, her deeply devoted husband is facing a future without his one true love; and Rose, their struggling caregiver, is a young, single mother who feels trapped in her life. With each item that is discovered--including a beloved doll, family dishes, an embroidered apron, and an antique Christmas ornament--the hope chest connects Mattie, Don and Rose to each other and not only helps them find hope again in the face of overwhelming life challenges but also brings new meaning to family"--Provided by publisher

      HOPE CHEST2017
      3,9
    • Un marito all'ora del tè

      • 287 páginas
      • 11 horas de lectura

      Istruito, di buona famiglia, ottima posizione, sana e robusta costituzione, denti perfetti. Iraniano ovviamente. Darya è fuori di sé dall'eccitazione: ne è certa, dopo tanti inutili tentativi, questo è il marito giusto per sua figlia Mina, e non vede l'ora che arrivi domenica per il tè all'orientale che consacrerà l'incontro tra i due. Ma dopo ventitré anni passati a New York, Mina ha in mente tutto fuorché un matrimonio combinato. Il suo sogno è diventare un'artista, e non ha nessuna intenzione di adeguarsi alle tradizioni del suo paese d'origine. Ma le mille luci di New York hanno in serbo qualche sorpresa anche per l'"ortodossa" Darya. Da quando il pallino della matematica l'ha spinta a frequentare il corso all'università, la sua vita non è più la stessa... anzi, la sua esistenza di mamma e moglie iraniana sembra proprio sul punto di saltare in aria...

      Un marito all'ora del tè2016
      3,9
    • La casa del propósito especial

      Novela - 2ª edición

      • 416 páginas
      • 15 horas de lectura

      Mientras acompaña a su esposa Zoya, que agoniza en un hospital de Londres, Georgi Danilovich Yáchmenev rememora la vida que han compartido durante sesenta y cinco años, marcada por un gran secreto. Los recuerdos surgen en una sucesión de imágenes, comenzando con el día en que Georgi dejó su pueblo natal para unirse a la guardia personal de Alexis Romanov, el único hijo varón del zar Nicolás II. La fastuosa vida en el Palacio de Invierno, las intimidades de la familia imperial, los eventos que precedieron a la revolución bolchevique, y la reclusión y ejecución de los Romanov se entrelazan con su duro exilio en París y Londres. Esta historia de amor improbable combina un relato histórico apasionante con una conmovedora tragedia íntima. Con un dominio absoluto del ritmo y el suspense, el autor mantiene el interés hasta las últimas páginas, donde un desenlace inesperado deja una profunda huella en los lectores. Tras el éxito de su obra anterior, el autor demuestra nuevamente su habilidad para narrar grandes acontecimientos históricos desde perspectivas desconocidas, iluminando lo ya conocido con una luz nueva y sorprendente.

      La casa del propósito especial2013
      4,3