In un futuro tanto reale e vicino da assomigliare al presente, quando le donne si addormentano accade qualcosa di inquietante: attorno al loro corpo si forma uno strano involucro, bozzolo e scrigno allo stesso tempo. Se qualcuno le sveglia, se l'involucro viene violato, le donne diventano feroci e spaventosamente violente. Ma se le si lascia dormire, entrano in un mondo nuovo. Un altro mondo.
A powerful, passionate novel of suspense and love from Nora Roberts - the world's greatest storyteller
Set in the extreme landscape of Alaska, THE QUALITY OF SILENCE follows the story of Yasmin and her deaf daughter Ruby. Yasmin arrives in Alaska to be told her husband, Matt, is dead, the victim of a catastrophic accident. Yasmin, unable to accept this as truth, sets out into the frozen winter landscape, taking Ruby with her in search of answers. But as a storm closes in, Yasmin realises that a very human danger may be keeping pace with them. And with no one else on the road to help, they must keep moving, alone and terrified, through an endless Alaskan night. In a story that explores the very limits of human resilience, The Quality of Silence is as much about a mother learning to hear her deaf daughter as it is about their journey across the vastness of Alaska, and proves, once again, that Rosamund Lupton is a storyteller of class and elegance.
Als een getroebleerd supermodel een dodelijke val maakt vanaf een winters balkon in de Londense wijk Mayfair, wordt aangenomen dat het zelfmoord was. Haar broer twijfelt daaraan en roept de hulp in van privédetective Cormoran Strike. Strike is een invalide oorlogsveteraan – met wonden die zowel fysiek als mentaal zijn – en zijn leven is een puinhoop. De opdracht lost zijn geldproblemen op, maar naarmate hij dieper graaft in de complexe modellenwereld, neemt alles een steeds duisterder wending – en loopt hij zelf steeds meer gevaar... Een intrigerend, elegant mysterie met de atmosfeer van Londen: van de stille straten van Mayfair en de pubs in de steegjes van East End tot de drukte van Soho.
A BIG NOVEL ABOUT A SMALL TOWN ... When Barry Fairbrother dies in his early forties, the town of Pagford is left in shock. Pagford is, seemingly, an English idyll, with a cobbled market square and an ancient abbey, but what lies behind the pretty façade is a town at war. Rich at war with poor, teenagers at war with their parents, wives at war with their husbands, teachers at war with their pupils ... Pagford is not what it first seems. And the empty seat left by Barry on the parish council soon becomes the catalyst for the biggest war the town has yet seen. Who will triumph in an election fraught with passion, duplicity and unexpected revelations?
From the author of the internationally bestselling The Blood of Flowers comes a compulsively readable and gorgeously crafted tale of power, loyalty, intrigue, and love in the royal court of sixteenth-century Iran.Legendary women—from Anne Boleyn to Queen Elizabeth I to Mary, Queen of Scots—changed the course of history in the royal courts of sixteenth-century England. They are celebrated in history books and novels, but few people know of the powerful women in the Muslim world, who formed alliances, served as key advisers to rulers, lobbied for power on behalf of their sons, and ruled in their own right. In Equal of the Sun, Anita Amirrezvani’s gorgeously crafted tale of power, loyalty, and love in the royal court of Iran, she brings one such woman to life, Princess Pari Khan Khanoom Safavi.Iran in 1576 is a place of wealth and dazzling beauty. But when the Shah dies without having named an heir, the court is thrown into tumult. Princess Pari, the Shah’s daughter and protégé, knows more about the inner workings of the state than almost anyone, but the princess’s maneuvers to instill order after her father’s sudden death incite resentment and dissent. Pari and her closest adviser, Javaher, a eunuch able to navigate the harem as well as the world beyond the palace walls, are in possession of an incredible tapestry of secrets and information that reveals a power struggle of epic proportions.Based loosely on the life of Princess Pari Khan Khanoom, Equal of the Sun is a riveting story of political intrigue and a moving portrait of the unlikely bond between a princess and a eunuch. Anita Amirrezvani is a master storyteller, and in her lustrous prose this rich and labyrinthine world comes to vivid life with a stunning cast of characters, passionate and brave men and women who defy or embrace their destiny in a Machiavellian game played by those who lust for power and will do anything to attain it.
A chi la visitasse per la prima volta, Pagford apparirebbe come un’idilliaca cittadina inglese. Un gioiello incastonato tra verdi colline, con un’antica abbazia, una piazza lastricata di ciottoli, case eleganti e prati ordinatamente falciati. Ma sotto lo smalto perfetto di questo villaggio di provincia si nascondono ipocrisia, rancori e tradimenti. Tutti a Pagford, dietro le tende ben tirate delle loro case, sembrano aver intrapreso una guerra personale e universale: figli contro genitori, mogli contro mariti, benestanti contro emarginati. La morte di Barry Fairbrother, il consigliere più amato e odiato della città, porta alla luce il vero cuore di Pagford e dei suoi abitanti: la lotta per il suo posto all’interno dell’amministrazione locale è un terremoto che sbriciola le fondamenta, che rimescola divisioni e alleanze. Eppure, dalla crisi totale, dalla distruzione di certezze e valori, ecco emergere una verità spiazzante, ironica, purificatrice: che la vita è imprevedibile e spietata, e affrontarla con coraggio è l’unico modo per non farsi travolgere, oltre che dalle sue tragedie, anche dal ridicolo. J.K. Rowling firma un romanzo forte e disarmante sulla società contemporanea, una commedia aspra e commovente sulla nozione di impegno e responsabilità. In questo libro di conflitti generazionali e riscatti le trame si intrecciano in modo magistrale e i personaggi rimangono impressi come un marchio a fuoco. Farà arrabbiare, farà piangere, farà ridere, ma non si potrà distoglierne lo sguardo, perché Pagford, con tutte le sue contraddizioni e le sue bassezze, è una realtà così vicina, così conosciuta, da non lasciare nessuno indifferente.
De moeder van Polly Price is actrice en gaat naar San Francisco, Amerika om mee te spelen in een toneelstuk. Polly gaat mee, en wordt tijdens de repetities opgevangen door Donna, die erop moet letten dat ze wel gewoon haar huiswerk doet. De oppas moet ook een oogje houden op de vier jonge acteurs die meespelen in het toneelstuk. De jongens vindt Polly wel aardig, vooral Will, maar de twee meisjes zijn heel verwaand en gemeen. Uiteindelijk geeft Polly ze een koekje van eigen deeg… In haar handgeschreven dagboek vol humoristische illustraties beschrijft Polly al haar belevenissen. Een grappig kijkje achter de schermen van een professioneel toneelgezelschap.
When Jonny went missing everything changed. His mother's heart is full of terror and sadness instead of joy. His father's study overflows with newspaper cuttings and profiles on missing people instead of the academic texts that were there before. His sister, once carefree, now carries the weight of the world on her shoulders.
