Títulos em Vida em Família

The first collaborative novel by Oscar-winning actor, producer, New York Times bestselling author and Reese’s Book Club/Hello Sunshine founder Reese Witherspoon and # 1 international bestselling author and TV creator Harlan Coben.

Justine and Seth Gunderson are trying to make plans and sort out their future after losing their business—the Lighthouse restaurant—to arson. The investigation is ongoing, but the prime suspect disappeared right after the fire. And this kind of crisis can be hard on a marriage. In the meantime, the drama of everyday life goes on for everyone in town: Maryellen’s difficult pregnancy means she needs to ask for help from an unlikely source, Lynette might have to figure out how to handle a broken heart, and someone gets involved with a celebrity!

Wiesbaden, 1961. Ahora que Hilde Koch ha modernizado el café familiar con mucho cariño y lo regenta con dedicación, de pronto su hermano Wilhelm pretende disputarle la dirección del negocio. Su gran sueñode labrarse una carrera en el cine ha fracasado, mientras que su mujer, Karin, goza de un gran éxito como actriz. Tampoco en el viñedo de Jean-Jacques, el marido de Hilde, van muy bien las cosas.

Una artista retirada en el campo vuelve luego de muchos años a reencontrarse con su abuelo paterno. Al lado del viejo que le dio en su niñez un mundo de fantasía para salvarla de la época oscura cuando su padre fue asesinado, la mujer hace un periplo por sus recuerdos y trata de precisar por fin la borrosa imagen paterna, refundida en los recovecos de la memoria desde esos tiempos.

Antes de morir, Leila, apasionada de los libros y escritora frustrada, le deja a la hija sus diarios personales y una colección descomunal de fotos y videos familiares, junto con unas curiosas y detalladísimas instrucciones de qué hacer con todo eso.

As a teenager growing up in the backwoods of Pennsylvania, Vicky is barely surviving each day, only making it through by manipulation and avoidance. Her home life is scarier than the nightmares of most of her acquaintances; but there’s no escape. With an alcoholic father, and a mother whose health is deteriorating, Vicky is forced into running the household, and caring for her younger sister, Janice, whose only goal is to make her sister’s life miserable.

A witty story from the bestselling author of Excavations, Salty takes us to a tropical paradise with a hurricane on the way, where two estranged sisters uncover their rich employers’ reckless development—could these yacht owners have something to do with the dead body found in the marina?

Big-hearted evocative, and achingly relatable, What We Leave Behind grapples with destiny, belonging, and love, and makes us question our own idea of family: the kind we’re born into and the kind we create.

In the early 1900s, teenaged Sunja, the adored daughter of a crippled fisherman, falls for a wealthy stranger. When she discovers she is pregnant–and that her lover is married–she accepts an offer of marriage from a gentle, sickly minister passing through on his way to Japan. But her decision to abandon her home, and to reject her son's powerful father, sets off a dramatic saga that will echo down through the generations. Profoundly moving, Pachinko is a story of love, sacrifice, ambition, and loyalty.

Tras once años de ausencia, el protagonista de El río vuelve a los escenarios de su niñez. El pueblo por el que correteó durante varios veranos ya no existe. Ha sido cubierto por las aguas del pantano y solo emerge, como inquietante aparición, cuando baja el nivel con el calor de agosto. Desde esa presencia irreal y envolvente, Ana María Matute nos ofrece la visión de una infancia tan mágica como irrecuperable.

In a remote castle perched atop a windswept island, a long-awaited royal heir is born. In accordance with ancient custom, a blessing ceremony takes place to bestow the princess with magical gifts – along with a terrible curse. Except this is not the love story you may think you know. There is no enchanted sleep for the princess, and no handsome prince to save the day. Just three women, who together concoct a desperate plan of misdirect that changes the course of all their lives.

Annabel is in the thick of sandwich generation territory. Widowed for nearly a decade and bringing up two teenagers alone, she now faces the dilemma of what is best for her ageing mother. Her strong-willed sisters, Ginnie and Clarissa, have already mentally sold her mother’s London house, mentally spent the proceeds, but Annabel isn't sure what her mother will think of their plan.

Crecer siempre implica alguna forma de violencia, contra uno mismo o contra aquellos que quieren imponer su autoridad. Cuando además la vida trascurre en un pueblo de la margen izquierda del Nervión durante los años 80 y 90, y todo es heroína, paro, detritus medioambiental, cuando en las calles silban cada semana las pelotas de goma y los gases lacrimógenos y las paredes están llenas de consignas asesinas, la violencia no es sólo un problema personal.

Tras la muerte de su madre, Mina se ve forzada a regresar a su natal Colombia y a enfrentar la vida que había dejado atrás. En este intrincado viaje al pasado, la protagonista cuestiona su identidad y las decisiones que la llevaron a migrar a México, lejos de la comodidad de su hogar y del primer amor. La acompañan en la travesía espectros de mujeres que marcaron su vida, como Doña Ferní, exótica y apasionada; la nana Ninín, cariñosa y observadora; y su hermana Lisa, fiel y estimada consejera.

El protagonista de Kanada lo ha perdido todo. Sólo le queda su antigua residencia, un improvisado refugio en el que acabará encerrándose para protegerse de una amenaza indefinida. Rodeado por unos vecinos que tan pronto parecen sus salvadores como sus carceleros, emprenderá un viaje interior que lo llevará muy lejos, hasta el oscuro país de Kanada de donde afirma proceder. ¿Qué hacer cuando las circunstancias nos empujan a realizar actos de los que nunca nos creímos capaces? ¿Cómo recobrar nuestra identidad cuando se nos ha arrebatado todo?

In a place and time unknown, two elderly sisters live in a walled garden, secluded from the outside world. For as long as they can remember, Evelyn and Lily have only had each other. What was before the garden, they have forgotten; what lies beyond it, they do not know. Each day is spent in languid service to their home: tending the bees, planting the crops, and dutifully following the instructions of the almanac written by their mother. So, when a nameless boy is found hiding in the boarded house at the centre of this new Eden, the reality of their existence is irrevocably shattered.

Una historia donde una señora de la tercera edad, con un pasado de grandeza y roces con la rica sociedad, contrata a un jardinero. Este, también de edad madura, termina enseñándole que las cosas no dan la felicidad, sino los recuerdos de una vida de desiciones acertadas.

As the long summer holiday stretches ahead, ten-year-old Alix wants to spend every second on the beach and in the water. But with her parents unusually distracted and her older sister now more interested in boys, she finds herself alone. Then Alix meets Kahu. He’s on holiday too, and he lets her in on a secret: a few years ago, a little girl went missing and was presumed drowned. But no one ever found her body.

Sophie Delavallois is the new companion to the ageing Dowager Marchioness, but she also has another reason for coming to the infamous Wyverne mansion, one that will shake the family to their core. Lord Drake left his childhood home many years ago, and only returns now to see his beloved grandmother. He takes little interest in the goings on of the house, until the arrival of Mademoiselle Delavallois. There’s something about her that he can’t put his finger on; it's as if he’s seen her before, but surely, that is not possible…

With London still in the grip of war, Cordelia, Mavis, and Jane find themselves facing a new challenge. Determined to make a difference, the librarians band together to organise rent strikes, standing up against dirty landlords and unfair practices. Meanwhile, with the arrival of American GIs in the East End, Cordelia is presented with a temptation too irresistible to bear. Should she follow her head or her heart – stay faithful to her beloved Robert fighting abroad, or enjoy the brief respite from the constant air raids and destruction?