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Harmien Robroch

    Perfect Day
    Life Skills
    The Hippopotamus
    Summer of Love
    Una buena mujer
    The Becoming
    • The Becoming

      • 400 páginas
      • 14 horas de lectura

      "When Breen Kelly makes a leap into the unknown with a summer trip to Ireland in search of her father, little does she know she will find a portal into another world-- Talamh-- where she will find magic, family and a destiny beyond her wildest dreams. Breen is welcomed by most of her family and friends but there is one who is far from welcoming. Her grandfather, the outcast god Odran plots to destroy Talamh, and now all must unite to defeat his dark forces. There will be losses and sorrows, betrayal and bloodshed. But through it, Breen Siobhan Kelly will take the next step on the journey to becoming all that she was born to be."--Publisher.

      The Becoming
      4,2
    • Una buena mujer

      • 368 páginas
      • 13 horas de lectura

      From the glittering ballrooms of Manhattan to the fires of World War I, this novel takes readers on an unforgettable journey of war, loss, history, and one woman’s unbreakable spirit. Nineteen-year-old Annabelle Worthington, born into privilege amid the glamour of New York society, faces a life-altering tragedy when the Titanic sinks in April 1912, shattering her family and world. Drawing strength from her grief, she dedicates herself to volunteer work, igniting a passion for medicine. However, her first love and seemingly idyllic marriage lead to more heartache, as betrayal and scandal force her to flee New York for war-torn France. There, in a groundbreaking field hospital run by women during the First World War, Annabelle discovers her true calling as an ambulance medic, studying medicine and saving lives. After the war, she starts anew in Paris as a doctor and mother, nearly forgetting her past—until a fateful encounter reconnects her with the life she left behind. Through unlikely friendships and the rebuilding of her life, Annabelle returns to New York transformed, infused with experience and hope. This powerful tale celebrates life, dignity, and courage, showcasing a remarkable woman who triumphs against overwhelming odds.

      Una buena mujer
      3,8
    • Who knows what might happen in a summer of love?Sian Bishop has left the hustle and bustle of the city behind and has thrown herself into a new life in the country.With her young son, her picture-postcard garden and her small thriving business, she's happy and very busy. She is not - repeat not - looking for love.And then, one glorious summer evening, Gus Beresford arrives.One-time explorer, full-time heart-breaker, Gus is ridiculously exciting, wonderfully glamorous - and, Sian tells herself, completely wrong for a romantically cautious single woman like her.But she and Gus have met before. And, despite Sian's best intentions, it isn't long before she's falling for him all over again ...

      Summer of Love
      3,8
    • The Hippopotamus

      • 416 páginas
      • 15 horas de lectura

      Ted Wallace is an old, sour, womanising, cantankerous, whisky-sodden beast of a failed poet and drama critic, but he has his faults too. Fired from his newspaper, months behind on his alimony payments and disgusted with a world that undervalues him, Ted seeks a few months repose and free drink at Swafford Hall, the country mansion of his old friend Lord Logan. But strange things have been going on at Swafford. Miracles. Healings. Phenomena beyond the comprehension of a mud-caked hippopotamus like Ted. With this funny and deliciously readable novel, Stephen Fry takes his place as one of the most talented comic novelists of his generation.

      The Hippopotamus
      3,7
    • Life Skills

      • 343 páginas
      • 13 horas de lectura

      Ditching her fiancé and taking a new career as a cook on a pair of hotel boats is a new departure for Julia, but even afloat her past catches up with her with the arrival of her childhood enemy, the enigmatic Fergus Grindley.

      Life Skills
      3,6
    • Perfect Day

      • 384 páginas
      • 14 horas de lectura

      On a perfect spring morning, Alexander catches a train into London, but never reaches work. Instead, he spends the day with Kate, a waitress he met the night before. Such a perfect day, Nell goes to the seaside, hoping that the sea air will blow away the doubts she has about her life. As Nell ponders why falling in love is so different from loving someone, Alexander allows himself to imagine leaving his old life behind and starting afresh. And by a strange turn of fate, there's an opportunity to do just that.

      Perfect Day
      3,3