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Lucie Schaap

    Seven for a Secret
    Girl
    Los Inmortales
    Citadel
    Zeitoun
    • Zeitoun

      • 351 páginas
      • 13 horas de lectura

      The true story of one family, caught between America’s two biggest policy disasters: the war on terror and the response to Hurricane Katrina. Abdulrahman and Kathy Zeitoun run a house-painting business in New Orleans. In August of 2005, as Hurricane Katrina approaches, Kathy evacuates with their four young children, leaving Zeitoun to watch over the business. In the days following the storm he travels the city by canoe, feeding abandoned animals and helping elderly neighbors. Then, on September 6th, police officers armed with M-16s arrest Zeitoun in his home. Told with eloquence and compassion, Zeitoun is a riveting account of one family’s unthinkable struggle with forces beyond wind and water.

      Zeitoun
      4,1
    • An epic wartime novel from the No.1 bestselling author of LABYRINTH and THE MISTLETOE BRIDE. 1942, Nazi-occupied France. Sandrine, a spirited and courageous nineteen-year-old, finds herself drawn into a Resistance group in Carcassonne - codenamed 'Citadel' - made up of ordinary women who are prepared to risk everything for what is right. And when she meets Raoul, they discover a shared passion for the cause, for their homeland, and for each other. But in a world where the enemy now lies in every shadow - where neighbour informs on neighbour; where friends disappear without warning and often without trace - love can demand the highest price of all.

      Citadel
      4,0
    • Los Inmortales

      • 376 páginas
      • 14 horas de lectura

      "En 1969, en un barrio de Nueva York, se rumora la llegada de una adivina que asegura conocer el dâia de la muerte de las personas. Los hermanos Gold, a pesar de su corta edad, deciden ir y eschuchar lo que les depara el futuro. Las profecâias les narran su prâoximas cinco dâecadas. Klara, la soänadora, se convierte en una maga en Las Vegas, siempre obsesionada con la delgada lâinea que separa la realidad de la fantasâia; Daniel, busca seguridad como mâedico militar despuâes de los atentados del 11 de septiembre; finalmente Varya, la devoradora de libros; se sumerge en una investigaciâon sobre la longevidad, poniendo a prueba la ciencia y la inmortalidad. Una novela profunda y ambiciosa que juega con las preguntas que todos nos hemos formulado alguna vez: ÅQuâe tanto influyen nuestras decisiones en nuestro destino? ÅExiste una vida despuâes de la muerte? ÅQuâe papel tienen nuestros sueänos en la realidad?"--Reverso del libro.

      Los Inmortales
      3,7
    • Girl

      • 240 páginas
      • 9 horas de lectura

      Longlisted for the 2020 Women's Prize for Fiction Longlisted for the 2020 Orwell Prize for Political Fiction A Times, Evening Standard and Financial Times Book of the Year I was a girl once, but not any more . . . A young woman, barely more than a girl herself, must learn to survive with a child of her own, in a world which seems entirely consumed by madness. As she navigates a landscape of terrors and trials, can she find a place of safety within a society blinkered by mistrust and denial? 'Astonishing.' New Statesman 'Raw and transfixing.' Observer 'Miraculous . . . Extraordinary.' Mail on Sunday 'A masterpiece.' Irish Independent 'Mesmerising.' Sunday Times 'Devastating and moving.' Daily Telegraph

      Girl
      3,5
    • 'This is a series for the ages, it's so spectacular. Really, really just amazing' Gillian Flynn: From the author of the highly acclaimed GODS OF GOTHAM comes another vivid, gritty, historical novel set around mid-nineteenth century New York's notorious Five Points

      Seven for a Secret
      3,5