Resultados para "Das Trauma" en Literatura y ficción

Él está luchando contra los demonios de su pasado. Ella está defendiendo a su hijo y su hogar. ¿Pueden dos guerreros de distintos siglos encontrar un futuro en el amor? Escocia, 2020. Cuando Konnor Mitchell, ex soldado del Cuerpo de Marines de los Estados Unidos y guardaespaldas, está vacacionando y disfrutando un tour de whisky por las Tierras Altas, escucha el grito de ayuda de una mujer. En el intento de asistirla, se termina cayendo por un barranco escarpado y, antes de lograr orientarse, un hada escocesa lo transporta al año 1308.

Powrót bestsellerowej serii z Erykiem Deryło! W duecie z podkomisarz Tamarą Haler, Deryło dołączy do przerażającej gry szaleńca. Do redakcji jednej z lubelskich gazet trafia nietypowy list. Nadawca, nazywający siebie Mistrzem Gry, domaga się jego publikacji. Ogłasza rozpoczęcie "Gry w szczęście", nie podając żadnych reguł. Każdy może dołączyć do makabrycznej rozgrywki. Chętnych nie brakuje. Tymczasem w opuszczonej ruderze odnalezione zostają bestialsko okaleczone zwłoki. Wszystko wskazuje na to, że gdyby nie pechowy zbieg okoliczności, ofiara mogłaby przeżyć.

Christopher and Hannah are a happily married surgeon and nurse with picture-perfect lives. All that’s missing is a child. When Janie, an abandoned six-year-old, turns up at their hospital, Christopher forms an instant connection with her, and he convinces Hannah they should take her home as their own.

Best friends Lindsey, Kendra, and Dani endure every parent’s nightmare when a tragic accident befalls their teenage boys, leaving one dead, another in a coma, and a third too traumatized to speak. Reeling from the worst night of their lives, the three mothers plunge into a desperate investigation of the bizarre incident. How could something so horrible happen in their wealthy Southern California suburb? They soon discover that the accident was just the beginning, and troubling discoveries lead to chilling questions: Do they really know their children? Do they even know each other?

On a humid summer day in Alabama, a mayor’s wife turns up brutally murdered under a railroad bridge. Standing next to her body is fourteen-year-old Mason Hill, the autistic son of former Miss USA Genevieve Hill. The locals are quick to level their verdict on young Mason: he did it. The town detective calls in local autism expert Casey Walker to consult on the case. At first, Casey tries to keep an open mind. But the more time she spends with Genevieve, the more her unease grows, and she suspects that Genevieve is doing more than just protecting her son.

Foster sisters Krystal and Nichole have always been there for each other, so when Nichole is committed to a psychiatric hospital after trying to kill her husband, Krystal drops everything to defend her. Scarred by a hard upbringing, Nichole and Krystal managed to construct comfortable lives for themselves. Krystal became a respected lawyer, and Nichole was happily married to an architect - until Nichole starts raving that her husband isn’t her husband, believing that he’s an imposter.

Il biblioterapeuta Vince Corso torna con un nuovo caso: una donna gli racconta ha un fratello malato di Alzheimer che da qualche tempo ripete delle frasi spezzate, sempre le stesse, senza alcun legame tra di loro. Era stato uno studioso di fama e un lettore vorace e quelle parole potrebbero essere citazioni da un romanzo. La sorella vuole scoprire di che romanzo si tratta per leggerglielo a voce alta. Il biblioterapeuta si mette al lavoro, con una domanda che lo assilla: se avessi perso tutto, e ti venisse concesso di salvare un solo ricordo, quale sceglieresti?

Violet knows that time is a futile healer. When she thinks of her happily married grandfather—a predator lovingly referred to as Papa—the feelings of rage and betrayal still swell. Her younger sister, Lily, just discovered the numbing truth about him. Their mother, Rose? She can’t believe it. Not Papa. Leave it alone, Violet. Focus on the now.

Emma-Jade and Louis are born into the havoc of the Vietnam War. Orphaned, saved and cared for by adults coping with the chaos of Saigon in free-fall, they become children of the Vietnamese diaspora. Em is not a romance in any usual sense of the word, but it is a word whose homonym—aimer, to love—resonates in every minute, a book powered by love in the larger sense. A portrait of Vietnamese identity emerges that is wholly remarkable, honed in wartime violence that borders on genocide, and then by the ingenuity, sheer grit, and intelligence of Vietnamese people.

It’s been eight years since a tragic accident changed Mo Kaminski’s and Chloe Miller’s lives forever. Now in their midtwenties, they’re sharing an apartment in San Francisco and navigating the normal challenges of early adulthood. Along with their roommate, Hazel, they are making their marks on the world - Mo revolutionizing the news with her media start-up, Hazel using her big brain to anticipate the future, and Chloe rescuing abandoned strays in the city.

When Nell’s father makes a deathbed declaration that hints at a long-held secret, it reignites feelings of isolation that have plagued her for years. Her suspicions about the family’s past only deepen when her mother, Annie, who is losing her memories to dementia, starts making cryptic comments of her own. Thirty-five years earlier, Annie’s life was upended by a series of traumas - one shock after another that she buried deep in her heart. The decisions she made at the time were motivated by love, but she knew even then that nobody could ever understand what she did.

In un romanzo tutta la nostra vita: come la vogliamo, come, a volte, non la vogliamo. Luísa era ancora un'adolescente. Tiago era ormai un giovane adulto. Si erano conosciuti nella solitudine di una spiaggia, sulla riva di un fiume. Avevano in comune una storia famigliare traumatica. In un caso, genitori troppo amati. Nell'altro, genitori troppo odiati.Si erano conosciuti un giorno che sembrava contenere una vita intera.