Susanna Moore Libros

In 1938, seventeen-year-old Beatrice, an Irish Protestant lace maker, finds herself at the center of a fairy tale when she is whisked away from her dreary life to join the Berlin household of Felix and Dorothea Metzenburg. Art collectors, and friends to the most fascinating men and women in Europe, the Metzenburgs introduce Beatrice to a world in which she finds more to desire than she ever imagined. But Germany has launched its campaign of aggression across Europe, and, before long, the conflict reaches the Metzenburgs’ threshold. Retreating with Beatrice to their country estate, Felix and Dorothea do their best to preserve the traditions of the old world. But the realities of hunger and illness, as well as the even graver threats of Nazi terror, the deportation and murder of Jews, and the hordes of refugees fleeing the advancing Red Army begin to threaten their existence. When the Metzenburgs are forced to join a growing population of men and women in hiding, Beatrice, increasingly attached to the family and its unlikely wartime community, bears heartrending witness to the atrocities of the age and to the human capacity for strength in the face of irrevocable loss. In searing physical and emotional detail, The Life of Objects illuminates Beatrice’s journey from childhood to womanhood, from naïveté to wisdom, as a continent collapses into darkness around her. It is Susanna Moore’s most powerful and haunting novel yet.

Drawn partly from a true story, The Lost Wife is a searing and immersive novel about a devastating Native American revolt, and a woman caught in the middle of the conflict

By day, Frannie teaches her writing students about irony and language in all its nuance and unspoken meaning. By night, she compiles a secret dictionary of street slang. One night in the basement of a bar she walks in on an intimate moment between a man and a woman. The man's face is shadowed in the darkness, but she will forever remember the tattoo on the inside of his left wrist. When the first brutal murder rocks her neighborhood, Frannie is propelled into a sexual liaison that tests the limits of her safety and desires, as she begins a terrifying descent into the dark places that reside deep within her. "In the Cut" is a masterfully written thriller that will keep readers tense with its mounting sense of terror.

The book offers an in-depth exploration of John Stefanidis's design philosophy and career, highlighting his unique aesthetic characterized by vibrant colors, eclectic styles, and a focus on comfort and proportion. It showcases bespoke elements crafted by skilled artisans, such as custom furniture and intricate mosaics. Lavishly illustrated with both published and rare photographs, it chronicles his journey from the late 1960s to his latest projects, providing personal insights into his creative process and relationships within the design community.

A memoir from the author of IN THE CUT 'A captivating portrait of a woman in search of herself' Kirkus 'Moore's search for stability during a free-spirited decade is a whirlwind of celebrity encounters and a lyrical exploration of the lingering effects of a mother's death' Publishers Weekly

Style in the house and the garden by leading internatinal interior designer, John Stefandis at home in the country.

Ein intensiver, dichter Roman über die – verzweifelte – Liebe zwischen Mutter und Tochter und über die Notwendigkeit der Emanzipation. Als die alleinstehende Lily Shields eine Tochter bekommt, begibt sie sich auf eine Erinnerungsreise in ihre eigene Kindheit auf Hawaii – nur auf den ersten Blick ein paradiesisches Eiland, denn Lily muss sich mit der bedingungslosen Liebe, die sie für die exzentrische, unberechenbare und instabile Mutter empfand, und mit Schuldgefühlen auseinandersetzen. Sie erkennt, wie eng die Bande waren, die zwischen ihrer drogensüchtigen und in Traumwelten sich flüchtenden Mutter Anna bestanden. Sie bestimmten das Leben auf der Insel, die Familie, den Alltag, auch nach dem Tod der Mutter, die an einer Überdosis Drogen starb. Erzählt wird aus Sicht der Heranwachsenden. Über deren Wahrnehmung erfährt der Leser das Geschehen, spürt die unterkühlte Atmosphäre im Haus, erlebt die beklemmende Unfähigkeit des Mädchens, sich der Mutter zu entziehen. Zu Beginn verschmelzen Rückblenden und Gegenwart noch miteinander. Je klarer Lily ihr Leben aber betrachten und leben kann, desto klarer wird auch die Perspektive.

Susanna Moore, geboren 1946, wuchs in Hawaii auf, arbeitete als Schauspielerin, Model und Scriptreader für Warren Beatty und Jack Nicholson, bevor sie zu schreiben begann.

Susanna Moore, geboren 1946, wuchs in Hawaii auf, arbeitete als Schauspielerin, Model und Scriptreader für Warren Beatty und Jack Nicholson, bevor sie zu schreiben begann.

Ci sono i carnefici e ci sono le vittime, i carcerieri e le carcerate. C’è la cella d’isolamento con i suoi tentati suicidi, le regole ferree della convivenza tra le detenute e la stretta sorveglianza delle guardie; tanto stretta da arrivare spesso fino al sopruso e alla violenza. E poi, naturalmente, c’è il fuori, la città con le sue strade, i suoi pub e i suoi appartamenti, le persone libere, la vita che dovrebbe essere normale. Louise Forrest appartiene a questa vita, alla città: ma per il suo lavoro di psichiatra appartiene anche un po’ al carcere in cui lavora da qualche mese. L’incontro con Helen, la più fragile delle detenute, con un passato misterioso e terrificante fatto di indicibili violenze prima subite e poi perpetrate, che emergono lentamente dalla memoria, cambia la vita della psichiatra e tutto improvvisamente precipita. Non c’è più nulla del passato che si possa tacere: nessuna crudeltà, nessuna sofferenza, nessuna orribile bugia. Un romanzo dove non c’è redenzione possibile né dal dolore né dalla violenza o dalla colpa: nonostante gli sforzi per incontrarsi e per capirsi, nonostante la fiducia e il desiderio di non lasciarsi sole, le donne si muovono in un mondo da cui pare bandita l’innocenza, in cui tutti sono vittime e tutti sono carnefici, di se stessi e degli altri. Un’immensa, sconfinata prigione.