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Author
Publisher
Random House Spanish
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
137 pages : facsimiles ; 24 cm
Description
Cada mes de agosto Ana Magdalena Bach toma el transbordador hasta la isla donde esta enterrada su madre para visitar la tumba en la que yace. Esas visitas acaban suponiendo una irresistible invitacion a convertirse en una persona distinta durante una noche al ano. Escrita en el inconfundible y fascinante estilo de Garcia Marquez, En agosto nos vemos es un canto a la vida, a la resistencia del goce pese al paso del tiempo y al deseo femenino. Un regalo...
Author
Publisher
Graywolf Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
334 pages ; 24 cm
Description
A harrowing, unforgettable masterpiece by the winner of the Booker International Prize A confession, a lament, a mad gush of grief and obsession, My Heavenly Favorite is the remarkable and chilling successor to Lucas Rijneveld's international sensation, The Discomfort of Evening. It tells the story of a veterinarian who visits a farm in the Dutch countryside where he becomes enraptured by his "Favorite"-the farmer's daughter. She hovers on the precipice...
3) Sangre nueva
Author
Publisher
Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
163 pages ; 23 cm
Description
"Casandra heredo el departamento de su infancia, luego de la inesperada muerte de su madre. No vio el cadaver, pero lo sono por dias. Casi los mismos que le tomo ordenar las pertenencias y limpiar el espacio, deshacerse de aquellas fotos familiares que mama habia recortado para amputar su propio rostro. Bajo la promesa de estar solo por un tiempo, Casandra y su novio, Fernando, se instalan en aquel departamento aun habitado por rencores y secretos....
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
260 pages ; 21 cm
Description
"Las Ramírez de Stanten Islan orbitan alrededor de la ausencia. Cuando Ruthy, a los trece años, desapareció sin dejar rastro después de un entrenamiento de atletismo, su familia quedó marcada y deshecha. Una noche, doce años después, Jessica, la hermana mayor, ve en la pantalla de su televisión a una mujer que aparece en Catfight, un reality show subido de tono. Se apresura a decírselo a Nina, su hermana menor. El pelo de esta mujer está...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
510 pages ; 20 cm
Description
"What a thing of wonder a mobile phone is. Six ounces of metal, glass and plastic, fashioned into a sleek, shiny, precious object. At once, a gateway to other worlds--and a treacherous weapon in the hands of the unwary, the unwitting, the inept. The Cleverley family live a gilded life, little realising how precarious their privilege is, just one tweet away from disaster. George, the patriarch, is a stalwart of television interviewing, a 'national...
Author
Publisher
Urano World
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
318 pages ; 23 cm
Description
En la vispera de su cuadragesimo cumpleanos, la vida de Alice no va del todo mal. Le gusta su trabajo, aunque no sea exactamente el que habia sonado. Esta satisfecha con su apartamento, su situacion sentimental y su independencia, y adora a su mejor amiga. Pero su padre esta enfermo, y tiene la sensacion de que le falta algo. Cuando se despierta a la manana siguiente, descubre que ha retrocedido hasta 1996, y tiene la oportunidad de revivir su decimosexto...
Author
Publisher
Pamela Dorman Books/Viking
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
374 pages ; 24 cm
Description
A huge-hearted, redemptive coming-of-old-age tale, a love story, and an ode to good food. Nothing could be more out of character, but after fifty-nine years of marriage, as her husband Bernard's health declines, and her friends' lives become focused on their grandchildren--which Jenny never had--Jenny decides she wants a little something for herself. So she secretly applies to be a contestant on the prime-time TV show Britain Bakes. Whisked into an...
Author
Publisher
Canary Street Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
400 pages ; 24 cm
Description
"The rules of summer book club are simple: No sad books; No pressure ; Yessssss, wine! Besties Laurel and Paris are excited to welcome Cassie to the group. This year, the book club is all about fill-your-heart reads, an escape from the chaos of the everyday—running a business, raising a family, juggling a hundred to-dos. Even the dog is demanding (but the bestest boy). Since Laurel's divorce, she feels like the Worst Mom Ever. Her skepticism...
Author
Series
Little school by the sea volume 4
Publisher
Avon, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
xii, 269 pages ; 24 cm.
Description
"Beloved literature teacher Maggie Adair loves her life at the prestigious Downey House boarding school on the gloriously sunny, windy English coast. It was there that she found her footing as a teacher and fell in love with her colleague David--the two great anchors of her life. But these days Maggie's feeling restless, lured by the promise of a different life back in her Scottish hometown. How can you follow your heart when it seems to be taking...
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
321 pages ; 22 cm
Description
"In present-day Greece, deep in an ancient forest, lives a family: Irini, a musician, who teaches children to read and play music; her husband, Tasso, who paints pictures of the forest, his greatest muse; and Chara, their young daughter, whose name means joy. On the fateful day that will forever alter the trajectory of their lives, flames chase fleeing birds across the sky. The wildfire that will consume their home, and their lives as they know it,...
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
308 pages ; 22 cm
Description
In this big-hearted debut about ambition, race, and class, a family grapples with how much of their lineage they're willing to unearth in order to participate in the nation's first federal reparations program. Almost a decade ago, Willie Revel gave up her burgeoning journalism career in New York to help run her father's struggling construction company in Philadelphia. An ambitious single mother, Willie has reluctantly put family first without being...
Author
Publisher
Lake Union Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
289 pages ; 22 cm
Description
"It's the final years of the Troubles in Northern Ireland, and Br�id and her sister, Ina, try to maintain a stable life in a divided country. Pushed by her mother's fanaticism and a family tragedy, Br�id joins the IRA and makes a devastating choice. Frightened and guilt ridden, she flees, leaving behind Ireland and her family for America. Years later, her guilt and tragic history still buried, Br�id is an overprotective mother raising her sensitive...
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