Joanna Cannon Ordine dei libri (cronologico)

From the Sunday Times bestselling authorA NICE, NORMAL HOUSELinda has lived around here ever since she fled the dark events of her childhood in Wales. Now she sits in her kitchen, wondering if this is all there is – pushing the Hoover round and cooking fish fingers for tea is a far cry from the glamorous lifestyle she sees in the glossy catalogues coming through the door for the house’s previous occupant.A NICE, NORMAL HUSBANDTerry isn’t perfect – he picks his teeth, tracks dirt through the house and spends most of his time in front of the TV. But that seems fairly standard – until he starts keeping odd hours at work, at around the same time young women start to go missing in the neighbourhood.A NICE, NORMAL LIFE…If Linda could just track down Rebecca, who lived in the house before them, maybe some of that perfection would rub off on her. But the grass isn’t always greener: you can’t change who you really are, and there’s something nasty lurking behind the net curtains on Cavendish Avenue…

Joanna Cannon tells her story as a junior doctor. We walk with her through the wards, facing extraordinary and daunting moments: from attending her first post-mortem, sitting with a patient through their final moments, to learning the power of a well- or badly chosen word

Immagina di poter cancellare per sempre un ricordo, una colpa, un segreto. Un tempo, questo era possibile grazie all'arte di antichi rilegatori che, nelle loro botteghe, aiutavano le persone a dimenticare. Ascoltando le esperienze del passato, cuciono parole tra le pagine, intrappolando i ricordi in un libro, così che spariscano dalla memoria. Seredith, un'anziana rilegatrice, ha dedicato la sua vita a questo affascinante mestiere e ora cerca un apprendista che rappresenti il futuro. La sua scelta cade su Emmet, un ragazzo per cui i libri sono sempre stati proibiti. Sebbene ne abbia paura, giorno dopo giorno, Emmet si immerge in questo nuovo compito, raccogliendo segreti e confessioni. La sua casa diventa il luogo dove si compie questo mistero, fino a quando scopre una stanza sconosciuta, colma di libri. Tra questi, trova un volume con il suo nome, contenente un ricordo che gli appartiene. Ma Emmet non sa di cosa si tratti e non può saperlo. È tempo di scoprire la verità, perché per conoscere chi è veramente, deve affrontare anche ciò che ha voluto dimenticare.

84-year-old Florence has fallen in her flat at Cherry Tree Home for the Elderly. As she waits to be rescued, Florence wonders if a terrible secret from her past is about to come to light; and, if the charming new resident is who he claims to be

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Part whodunnit, part coming of age, this is a gripping debut about the secrets behind every door' RACHEL JOYCE 'Cannon is so attuned to other people's stories... a chronicler both of the human condition and the quotidian details which speak to who we are' GUARDIAN 'A very special book' NATHAN FILER 'An utter delight' SARAH WINMAN 'A delight' PAULA HAWKINS 'A treasure chest of a novel' JULIE COHEN 'One of the standout novels of the year' HANNAH BECKERMAN 'I didn't want the book to end' CARYS BRAY 'An excellent debut' JAMES HANNAH 'Grace and Tilly are my new heroes' KATE HAMER 'A wonderful debut' JILL MANSELL 'A modern classic in the making' SARAH HILARY 'A stunning debut' KATIE FFORDE 'Phenomenal' MIRANDA DICKINSON England,1976. Mrs Creasy is missing and The Avenue is alive with whispers. As the summer shimmers endlessly on, ten-year-olds Grace and Tilly decide to take matters into their own hands. And as the cul-de-sac starts giving up its secrets, the amateur detectives will find much more than they imagined...

The Dominican friars of late-medieval Italy were committed to a life of poverty, yet their churches contained many visual riches, as this groundbreaking study reveals. Works by supreme practitioners―Cimabue, Duccio, Giotto, and Simone Martini―are examined here in a wider Dominican context. The contents of major foundations―Siena, Pisa, Perugia, and Santa Maria Novella in Florence―are studied alongside less well-known centers. For the first time, these frescoes and panel paintings are brought together with illuminated choir books, carved crucifixes, goldsmith's work, tombs, and stained glass. At the heart of the book is the Dominicans' evolving relationship with the laity, expressed at first by the partitioning of their churches, and subsequently by the sharing of space, and the production and use of art. Joanna Cannon's magisterial study is informed by extensive new research, using chronicles, legislation, liturgy, sermons, and other sources to explore the place of art in the lives of the friars and the urban laity of Central Italy.