Bettina Runge Libri

Theresa Osborne, giornalista di Boston, divorziata e madre di un ragazzino dodicenne, raccoglie sulla spiaggia, durante una vacanza, una bottiglia contenente una lettera. Garrett, l'uomo che la firma, ha perso la donna amata e le strazianti parole del suo messaggio insinuano in Theresa una sottile curiosità. Profondamente turbata da emozioni che non riesce a frenare, Theresa si avventura, grazie anche a fortunate coincidenze, in una località turistica della costa alla ricerca del protagonista di questo amore infelice.

In una New York primaverile piena di sole e di promesse, Julia Walsh si prepara a sposare il ricco e rassicurante Adam, l'uomo con il quale è placidamente fidanzata da anni. La sua unica preoccupazione è riuscire a entrare nel magnifico abito taglia 40 che Stanley, il suo migliore amico e consulente d'immagine, ha scelto per la cerimonia. Ma a pochi giorni dalla data fatidica, una telefonata dell'assistente di turno la informa che Anthony Walsh - per tutti brillante e invidiato uomo d'affari, per lei solo un padre distante e distratto - non potrà accompagnarla all'altare. Per una volta, bisogna ammetterlo, ha un'ottima scusa: è morto. Ma quando Anthony le compare inspiegabilmente davanti all'indomani del suo funerale, Julia si trova di colpo travolta da un'avventura sconcertante e meravigliosa: un viaggio nel tempo e fuori dal tempo che la costringe a incontrare davvero, per la prima volta, suo padre. A raccontargli verità fino a quel momento taciute perfino a se stessa, ad affrontare i nodi irrisolti della sua infanzia e a riscoprire la forza di un primo amore mai davvero dimenticato.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Terrifying . . . a spellbinding biomedical thriller.”—San Francisco Examiner “A classic that will grip you until the end.”—Houston Chronicle A phone call in the dead of night brings Joe Lassiter shattering news: His sister and young nephew have died in a fire in their home near Washington, D.C. Yet Lassiter soon learns a chilling fact: His loved ones were brutally murdered before the blaze was set. The mysterious suspect’s identity only raises more questions. Then Lassiter uncovers another crime—another innocent mother and child murdered. The more he investigates, the larger the web of conspiracy grows, as Lassiter’s search for answers leads him on a dangerous international chase toward a truth that will shock him— and the world—to the very core. . . .

Claire, a young doctor, begins her day with an unsettling incident: her handbag is stolen. More distressing than the loss is the whirlwind of thoughts that ensue—who did it, and why her? A sense of latent threat begins to disrupt her orderly life. On the same day, an unknown patient arrives, and Claire thinks she understands the situation. However, Thomas is merely the honest finder of her bag. Claire and Thomas become lovers, even though he warns her that he is married. As their relationship develops, Claire becomes increasingly consumed by fantasies about the other woman. The story takes a surprising turn as the complexities of love and desire unfold, challenging Claire's perceptions and leading her to confront deeper truths about herself and her choices.

"There was, after all, the mystery of Lulu. It was not a question of what she had done, or even what happened to her, but of who she was. She was so little known." And yet the girl named Lulu Peloquin, who works behind a candy counter at F. W. Woolworth. stands out in her very desire to avoid the attention of others. First she is noticed by Agnes Rohan, the druggist's daughter, who motives are not pure. Then it is the dashing man-about-town Mr. Rafferty, who sees Lulu as a fairy-tale damsel in distress and sweeps her off to the home of the town's wealthiest woman, the regal Mrs. Gansevoort. So begins Lulu's adventures in self-transformation, as she is drawn further and further into a demimonde where she finds herself a pawn in the games of people who will never really care to know her. "Raymond Kennedy's wrting has the touch of magic!" - The New Yorker "If it is a sentence Raymond Kennedy wrote, then it is a sentence an artist made." - Gordon Lish "Raymond Kennedy's chronicle of the destruction of a sensitive girl at the hands of a vengeful society queen and her slave-gigolo highlights this talented novelist's flair for atmosphere and his revelation of the murky recesses of the human psyche." - James Purdy