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The second powerful and heart-rending novel, set in 80s Glasgow, from Douglas Stuart, Booker Prize- and British Book Award-winning author of Shuggie Bain.[Bokinfo].

Three German women are haunted by the past and their secrets, in the devastating aftermath of WWII. A mesmerising story of resistance, forgiveness and the complexity of the human heart.

Howard Dawson, hoofdwetenschapper van de Amerikaanse basis op Antarctica, wordt vermoord. Net voor hij een rapport wilde opstellen over een onheilspellende gebeurtenis rondom de opwarming van de aarde die hij als ooggetuige in Antarctica meemaakte. Tomás Noronha, gespecialiseerd in cryptografie, wordt door Interpol gevraagd om de moord op te lossen. De moordenaar heeft een velletje papier naast zijn slachtoffer achtergelaten met daarop de cijfers '666' - het getal van het beest uit de Openbaring van Johannes. Het mysterie rond dit getal stort Tomás in een adembenemend avontuur dat hem dwingt het confronterendste moment van de mensheid te doorstaan: de Apocalyps.

Autobiografisch relaas van een alleenstaande Amerikaanse die onderzoekt of ze al dan niet moeder wil en kan worden.

È una notte d'estate come tante altre, a Parigi. La piccola Sara è a casa con la sua famiglia, quando viene svegliata dall'irruzione della polizia francese e prelevata insieme ai genitori. Ha solo dieci anni, non capisce cosa sta succedendo, ma è atterrita e, prima di essere portata via, nasconde il fratello più piccolo in un armadio a muro che chiude a chiave nel tentativo di proteggerlo. È il 16 luglio del 1942. Sara, insieme a migliaia di altri ebrei, viene rinchiusa nel Vélodrome d'Hiver, in attesa di essere deportata in un campo di concentramento. Ma il suo unico pensiero è tornare per liberare il fratellino. Sessant'anni dopo, Julia Jarmond, una giornalista americana che vive a Parigi con il marito francese, inizia un'appassionante inchiesta su quei drammatici fatti che sono costati la vita a tredicimila persone, tra adulti e bambini. Julia ignora totalmente l'episodio del Vel d'Hiv, mette mano agli archivi, interroga i testimoni, va alla ricerca dei sopravvissuti, e le indagini la portano molto più lontano del previsto. Il suo destino si incrocia fatalmente con quello della piccola Sara, la cui vita è legata alla sua più di quanto lei possa immaginare. Che fine ha fatto quella bambina? Cosa è davvero successo in quei giorni? Quello che Julia scopre cambierà per sempre la sua esistenza.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A gorgeously written novel that weaves class, wealth, race, and fate into a brilliant portrait of a first lady—from the author of Rodham and Eligible “Terrific . . . an intelligent, bighearted novel about a controversial political dynasty.”—Entertainment Weekly NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Time • People • Entertainment Weekly A kind, bookish only child born in the 1940s, Alice Lindgren has no idea that she will one day end up in the White House, married to the president. In her small Wisconsin hometown she learns the virtues of politeness, but a tragic accident when she is seventeen shatters her identity and changes the trajectory of her life. More than a decade later, when the charismatic son of a powerful Republican family sweeps her off her feet, she is surprised to find herself admitted into a world of privilege. And when her husband unexpectedly becomes governor and then president, she discovers that she is married to a man she both loves and fundamentally disagrees with—and that her private beliefs increasingly run against her public persona. As her husband’s presidency enters its second term, Alice must confront contradictions years in the making and face questions nearly impossible to answer. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New York Times Book Review • Chicago Tribune • NPR • Rocky Mountain News • St. Louis Post-Dispatch • The Washington Post Book World

Het boek begint wanneer 's ochtends vroeg de telefoon overgaat in het huis waar Susanna Sonnenberg samen met haar man en twee zonen woont. Het is haar tante, om te vertellen dat Susanna's moeder na een zwaar auto-ongeluk in coma ligt. Ze is in levensgevaar. Elke dochter zou in zo'n geval als een speer duizenden mijlen afleggen om naar haar moeder te gaan. Maar Susanna kan zich daar niet toe zetten. In haar moedige memoires legt ze uit waarom niet. Sonnenberg's moeder was geraffineerd, charismatisch en een dwangmatige leugenaar die iedereen verleidde die haar territorium betrad. Als kind zag Susanna haar moeders groeiende verslaving aan slaapmiddelen en cocaïne, leerde ze dat seks boven alles het gebied is om in uit te blinken en dat leugens de normaalste zaak van de wereld zijn. Sonnenberg beschrijft haar stormachtige zoektocht naar een eigen identiteit en het gevecht om een moeder en vrouw te worden die in staat is anderen te vertrouwen. Mijn onmogelijke moeder is aangrijpend, verbijsterend en adembenemend geschreven.

Who was Adolf Hitler? It's a question writers have been trying to answer for more than sixty years. But after thousands of biographies, histories, novels, and films, many fundamental questions remain: How do we explain Hitler's hatred? Where did it come from? Could it happen again? Norman Mailer sets out to respond to these and other crucial aspects of Hitler's personality in his compulsively readable new novel. Spanning three generations, and a hundred years of history, the book brings to life the Hitlers - grandparents, parents, aunts, uncles, siblings, and, ultimately, young Adolf - in an energetic and wildly entertaining family saga. Mailer recounts the marriages, incestuous couplings, estrangements, afflictions, and deaths that lead to the birth of young Adolf in 1889. Told in the voice of a mysterious (and unreliable) narrator, this playful yet profound novel blends fact and fiction in a stirring family tale that will cause the reader to re-examine his preconceived ideas about Hitler and the nature of his evil.