Molly van Gelder Libri

De familie Avoka probeert weer op te krabbelen na zeventien jaar onder het juk van een militaire dictator geleefd te hebben. Vader Theo schrijft – niet zonder gevaar – de memoires van de oud-dictator, die hij zowel veracht als bewondert. Moeder Zahra voelt zich geïsoleerd en begint een relatie met een oude liefde. Hun zoon Kojo komt erachter dat het leven op een internaat niet zo geweldig is als hij had verwacht. Iedereen probeert zich staande te houden, maar langzaam verliezen ze de grip op hun leven. Lukt het hun om zichzelf en elkaar niet kwijt te raken?

Mandanzi, Africa. Paradise on earth. Ben knows that nothing this good comes free. But he's prepared to pay the price. What seems on the surface to be a passionate holiday with his lover is, in fact, the first crucial stage of some ground-breaking research. Ben and his renowned Oxford professor are on the brink of developing a cure for that most disturbing illness - sickness of the mind. Lying on the beach with the bewitching Cara, Ben finds it easy to forget the real purpose of his trip to Africa. Until paradise turns to hell, and suddenly he realises that all the rules he thought he was playing by no longer apply.

Mi chiamavo Salmon, come il pesce. Nome di battesimo: Susie. Avevo quattordici anni quando fui uccisa, il 6 dicembre 1973. Negli anni Settanta, le fotografie delle ragazze scomparse pubblicate sui giornali mi somigliavano quasi tutte: razza bianca, capelli castano topo. Questo era prima che le immagini di bambini di ogni razza comparissero sui cartoni del latte o nelle cassette della posta. Era un’epoca in cui la gente non pensava che simili atrocità potessero accadere. Nel mio diario delle medie avevo riportato un verso di Juan Ramòn Jiménez, che mia sorella mi aveva fatto conoscere: "Se vi danno un foglio squadrato, scriveteci sopra dall'altro lato". L'avevo scelto per esprimere il mio disprezzo verso l'ambiente rigido della scuola e per dargli un’aura letteraria. Ero iscritta al Club degli scacchi e al Club della chimica, e bruciavo tutto ciò che provavo a cucinare durante le lezioni di economia domestica. Il mio insegnante preferito era il professor Botte, che divertiva la classe facendo ballare rane e gamberi, che poi avremmo sezionato. Comunque, non fu lui a uccidermi. E non crediate che tutte le persone che incontrerete in questa storia siano sospette. Ecco il problema.

In 1954, in the cookhouse of a logging and sawmill settlement in northern New Hampshire, a twelve-year-old boy mistakes the local constable's girlfriend for a bear. Both the twelve-year-old and his father become fugitives, pursued by the constable. Their lone protector is a fiercely libertarian logger, once a river driver, who befriends them. In a story spanning five decades, Last Night in Twisted River - John Irving's twelfth novel - depicts the recent half-century in the United States as a world 'where lethal hatreds were generally permitted to run their course.' From the novel's taut opening sentence to its elegiac final chapter, what distinguishes Last Night in Twisted River is the author's unmistakable voice, the inimitable voice of an accomplished storyteller.

Una giovane donna, Abigail - Abbie - Devereux, si risveglia in una stanza buia: è legata, imbavagliata e non riesce a ricordare nulla del suo recente passato. L'uomo che la tiene prigioniera, e di cui Abbie sente solo la voce, la tormenta elencandole i nomi delle altre sue vittime e assicurandole che alla fine la ucciderà. Ma Abbie riesce a liberarsi e a chiedere aiuto, salvo scoprire che nessuno - né gli amici né la polizia - crede alla sua storia. Solo colmando il buco nero nella sua memoria Abbie riuscirà a scoprire la verità; una verità che la getterà di nuovo nelle mani del suo persecutore.

Miranda's sister, Kerri, has a new boyfriend. He's a raven-haired, handsome charmer who seems to dote on Kerri. But Brendan isn't the man he says he is. Miranda should know, because she broke off her own affair with him just a few weeks ago when she found him reading her diary. Now Brendan claims that it was he who ended their short-lived relationship—and everyone believes him. When he and Kerri announce their engagement, Miranda's parents are thrilled for their shyer, less confident daughter. Then Kerri and Brendan beg Miranda to let them live in her apartment until their new home is ready. Against her better judgment, Miranda agrees. Like a virus, Brendan starts spreading destruction throughout her life. He invades her privacy and disrupts her relationships with her family and friends. And then the real nightmare begins.… Like the obscenities he whispers into her ear, his onslaughts are as undetectable as they are devastating. Those closest to her begin to doubt her mental stability and accuse her of the very thing she believes drives Brendan: obsession. When Miranda decides to take off the gloves, fight back, and discover what is behind her enemy's bemused, secret smile, the consequences will be terrifying.

Tre donne che non si conoscono e non hanno nulla in comune: a parte il fatto che sono minute, bionde, non particolarmente belle, e ricevono messaggi da un uomo che le osserva, fruga nella loro esistenza, si alimenta delle loro paure, trae piacere dal dolore che infligge - e le vuole uccidere.In una torrida e malsana estate londinese, Zoe, Jennifer e Nadia, una dopo l'altra, passano dall'incredulità all'inquietudine, alla consapevolezza di essere indifese, a una disperata lotta per sopravvivere. Sotto la pelle è il debutto in Italia di Nicci French, la scrittrice inglese che si è affermata come la nuova e indiscussa protagonista del thriller psicologico contemporaneo.

Het is 1953. In een stadje in Georgia, in het zuiden van de Verenigde Staten, volgen we vier mannen. De negenendertigjarige J.T. Malone, drogist en apotheker, hoort dat hij ongeneeslijk ziek is en probeert in het reine te komen met zijn geweten vanwege zijn "verspilde leven'. Fox Clane, een oude rechter, verzet zich tegen integratie van de zwarte bevolking en verlangt naar de oude waarden van het Zuiden. Zijn dwarse, idealistische kleinzoon Jester koestert heimelijk gevoelens voor Sherman, een zwarte weesjongen met blauwe ogen. Sherman, die te vondeling is gelegd in de kerk, worstelt met zijn identiteit. Gaandeweg blijkt dat hun levens onlosmakelijk met elkaar zijn verbonden.

Love story of Dolores and Victor, two adults in their forties, both parents and both living in England for a year without their families.

Holly Kraus lives life in the fast lane. A successful young business woman with a stable home life, she is loved and admired by all who meet her. But that's only one side of Holly. The other sees her take regular walks on the wild side - where she makes ever more reckless mistakes. And when those mistakes start mounting up, the two sides of Holly blur together and her life quickly spirals out of control... - Backcover.

Verlies is het intrigerende verhaal van een echtpaar dat hun vijfjarige zoontje verliest bij een ongeluk. Vader, moeder en hun tienjarige zoon hebben ieder zo hun eigen manier om het verlies te verwerken. Maar al gauw blijkt dat er binnen het gezin over en weer verdenkingen zijn. Een spannend kort verhaal over families, hun geheimen en het niet willen zien van de waarheid.

In De mensen die weggingen ontmoeten we Joey, een meisje van acht, die ons meeneemt in haar fantasierijke belevingswereld. Met haar onschuldige kijk op de wereld laat ze ons kennismaken met haar familie en hun bezigheden. Het begint erop te lijken dat steeds meer mensen uit Joey's omgeving weggaan zonder gedag te zeggen en op haar eigen kinderlijke wijze probeert ze daarmee om te gaan. Totdat op een dag haar zus verdwijnt zonder afscheid te nemen en Joey zich met vreemden zal moeten inlaten om zelf niet in gevaar te komen...

Een succesvolle 60-jarige schrijfster van damesromans wordt verliefd op de hoofdredacteur van een krant; zijn onduidelijkheid over hun verhouding bezorgt haar een zomer vol emoties en romantische twijfels.