Títulos em Vida em Família

When Zikora, a DC lawyer from Nigeria, tells her equally high-powered lover that she’s pregnant, he abandons her. But it’s Zikora’s demanding, self-possessed mother, in town for the birth, who makes Zikora feel like a lonely little girl all over again. Stunned by the speed with which her ideal life fell apart, she turns to reflecting on her mother’s painful past and struggle for dignity. Preparing for motherhood, Zikora begins to see more clearly what her own mother wants for her, for her new baby, and for herself.

Born just 10 months apart, July and September are thick as thieves, never needing anyone but each other. Now, following a case of school bullying, the teens have moved away with their single mother to a long-abandoned family home near the shore. In their new, isolated life, July finds that the deep bond she has always shared with September is shifting in ways she cannot entirely understand. A creeping sense of dread and unease descends inside the house.

"The Test" is a short, powerful piece that describes a day in the life of a woman, whose past comes to haunt her just as she thinks she is settled and perfectly safe in her life. Faced with memories of long ago as well as considerations and responsibilities of today, she must make a difficult choice she knows will change her life and affect the lives of those around her.

At twenty-two, Sydney is enjoying a great life: She’s in college, working a steady job, in love with her wonderful boyfriend, Hunter, and rooming with her best friend, Tori. But everything changes when she discovers that Hunter is cheating on her—and she’s forced to decide what her next move should be. Soon, Sydney finds herself captivated by her mysterious and attractive neighbor, Ridge. She can't take her eyes off him or stop listening to the passionate way he plays his guitar every evening out on his balcony. And there’s something about Sydney that Ridge can’t ignore.

Tony and Elizabeth Jordan have it all - great jobs, a beautiful daughter, and their dream house. But appearances can be deceiving. Their world is actually crumbling under the strain of a failing marriage. While Tony basks in his professional success and flirts with temptation, Elizabeth resigns herself to increasing bitterness. But their lives take an unexpected turn when Elizabeth meets her newest client, Miss Clara, a wise, older widow who challenges Elizabeth to start fighting for her family instead of fighting against her husband.

Veronica and Ryan Hartley are the envy of Auburn Drive. When the exclusive neighborhood hosts its annual progressive dinner party, the couple’s perfection is on display. The neighbors are obsessed—entranced by the “it” couple’s movie-star looks and smoldering gazes. But is the perfect pair too good to be true?

When the recently widowed Melinda Monroe sees an advert for a midwife in the remote town of Virgin River, she decides this is the perfect place to escape her heartache, and to revitalise the nursing career she loves. However, her hopes are dashed within an hour of arriving: the cabin is uninhabitable, the roads are treacherous, and the local doctor wants nothing to do with her. But when a tiny baby is abandoned on a front porch, Mel must decide whether to stay and help or cut her losses and leave.

A warm June evening, a local tradition: The students of Nantucket High have gathered for a bonfire on the beach. But what begins as a graduation night celebration ends in tragedy after a horrible car crash leaves the driver of the car, Penny Alistair, dead and her twin brother in a coma. The other passengers - Penny's boyfriend Jake and her friend Demeter - are physically unhurt, but the emotional damage is overwhelming, and questions linger about what happened before Penny took the wheel.

Greta James teve uma ascensão meteórica como cantora, mas não foi um caminho fácil. Antes da fama e dos shows com ingressos esgotados, ela passou a adolescência tocando violão na garagem. Sua primeira fã foi a mãe, Helen, cujo rosto brilhava em meio ao público dos bares onde ela começou a se apresentar. Mas nem todos a encorajaram a ir em busca de seus sonhos: seu pai, Conrad, não via futuro naquela carreira.

Spanning the years 1900 to 1977, The Covenant of Water is set in Kerala, on South India’s Malabar Coast, and follows three generations of a family that suffers a peculiar affliction: in every generation, at least one person dies by drowning—and in Kerala, water is everywhere. At the turn of the century, a twelve-year-old girl from Kerala’s long-existing Christian community, grieving the death of her father, is sent by boat to her wedding, where she will meet her forty-year-old husband for the first time.

Escucha el best seller que encandiló al mundo. Una novela que sabe a clásico. No siempre tenemos a mano los ingredientes de la felicidad. Tita lo había aprendido desde pequeña, cuando crecía en la cocina con Nacha y se le negaba toda posibilidad de vida propia desde su nacimiento.

Jade, the mysterious and magical substance once exclusive to the Green Bone warriors of Kekon, is now coveted throughout the world. Everyone wants access to the supernatural abilities it provides, from traditional forces such as governments, mercenaries, and criminal kingpins, to modern players, including doctors, athletes, and movie studios. As the struggle over the control of jade grows ever larger and more deadly, the Kaul family, and the ancient ways of the Kekonese Green Bones, will never be the same.

Meet the Padvano girls. Best friends and sisters, they are thought of as inseparable by everyone in their close-knit Chicago neighbourhood. Julia, the eldest, is the "rocket" of the family - she always has a destination in mind and clear plans for how to get there. Sylvie, the dreamer, is happiest with her nose in a book and imagines a life for herself other than the expected path of wife and mother. Cecelia and Emmeline, the twins, are the artist and the caregiver. From childhood, the four sisters complete each other, expecting that their family will always be intact.

Primeiro romance da premiada autora Jennifer Egan, Circo invisível se passa em 1978, tomando as tensões e os dramas políticos dos anos 1960 como cenário da história de Phoebe O’Connor, uma adolescente de 18 anos obcecada pela memória da irmã, Faith, uma jovem hippie, bela e idealista que morreu em 1970, na Itália.

Leo Plumb estava bêbado e drogado quando fugiu sorrateiramente da festa de casamento do primo, levando uma das garçonetes a tiracolo. No calor do momento, dirigindo para longe dali, os dois sofrem um acidente de carro com graves consequências. Para fazer com que seus problemas desaparecessem, Leo precisou usar o dinheiro de uma conta da família, um dinheiro sagrado: o pé-de-meia que garantiria o futuro dos irmãos Plumb.

O autor investe e se aprofunda no caráter intrínseco e universal das células familiares, que podem ser a de qualquer um–e aqui são duas, famílias vizinhas, morando em casas geminadas. O que se vive dentro delas é das mais belas e comoventes exposições da intimidade do ser humano e de um de seus pilares tão fundamentais quanto indesejados: os arquivos secretos, tramas que levam as pessoas, homem e mulher, pais e filhos, à opção pelo silêncio sob um mesmo teto.

Certa noite, Douglas Petersen, um bioquímico de 54 anos apaixonado pela profissão, por organização e limpeza, é acordado por Connie, sua esposa há 25 anos, e ela lhe diz que quer o divórcio. O momento não poderia ser pior. Com o objetivo de estimular os talentos artísticos do filho, Albie, que acabou de entrar para a faculdade de fotografia, Connie planejou uma viagem de um mês pela Europa, uma chance de conhecerem em família as grandes obras de arte do continente.

Em 1996, aos 16 anos, Maggie Dawes vai morar com uma tia que mal conhece em um vilarejo remoto na Carolina do Norte. Solitária e infeliz, ela só recupera o apetite pela vida quando conhece Bryce Trickett, um dos poucos adolescentes do lugar. Autêntico, bonito e inteligente, Bryce apresenta a Maggie as belezas do vilarejo e a fotografia, uma paixão que, assim como o jovem, vai definir o resto da vida dela. Em 2019, Maggie é uma renomada fotógrafa que mora em Nova York e se divide entre sua galeria de sucesso e as viagens a trabalho por todo o mundo.

Afastada da mãe desde a juventude, quando fugiu de sua pequena cidade rural na Irlanda, Kate jurou que seria uma mãe presente. Mas a vida é um ciclo que se repete, e Kate agora precisa encarar o abismo que surgiu entre ela e a filha, Sabine. Prestes a viajar para encontrar a avó que nunca conheceu, Sabine não está nada animada. Mas a natureza impetuosa e inquisitiva da jovem forçará a avó a encarar seus segredos há muito enterrados e a fará perceber que talvez tenha chegado a hora de finalmente curar as feridas do passado.

This is a mini-sequel to The Other Son, a little gift for all those listeners who have been begging to know what happens next. Alice has been lying to herself for years, holding fast to the belief that the needs of her family far outweigh her own. But her outwardly successful marriage hides dark secrets, and for much of her life, the children were the only reason she stuck around.