Resultados para "The Brave" en Narrativa femenina

Ci sono vite che nessun oroscopo riesce a pronosticare attendibilmente: troppe variabili, troppi eventi accidentali. Barriera di Milano è a Torino. Alla periferia nord di Torino, per l’esattezza. Un quartiere non ricco ma pieno di persone, le cui vite si intrecciano, con il misto di caso e destino, di meschineria e generosità, di amori e odi che caratterizzano le vicende degli esseri umani.

In 1930s Berlin, dark days dawn under Hitler's Third Reich. For nineteen-year-old Sophia Alexander, life will never be the same. The daughter of a respected doctor, Sophia has always believed that her destiny is to look after others, and as the persecution of Jewish families begins, she joins a group of dissidents who are committed to helping them to safety.

Brooke is a divorced single mom, financially strapped, living with her mother, and holding tight to the one thing that matters most: her two-year-old daughter, Etta. Then, in a matter of seconds, Brooke’s life is shattered when she’s carjacked. Helpless and terrified, all Brooke can do is watch as Etta, still strapped in her seat, disappears into the Los Angeles night. Miles away, Etta is found by Molly, a homeless teen who is all too used to darkness. Thrown away by her parents, and with a future as stable as the wooden crate she calls home, Molly survives day to day by her wits.

Se respira una atmósfera anómala en estos nueve cuentos. No sabría decir si es un rasgo onírico, o un realismo que se desborda y deviene otra cosa, pero origina un cosquilleo en algún punto del sistema nervioso. Sí, es una especie de estampida, pero de sentidos; surgen personajes como bestias, al límite, desesperados en el intento de encontrarse a sí mismos. En ese movimiento de seres crispados, llama la atención una figura que adquiere un cariz insólito en la narrativa chilena: la madre manumisa.

Natalie and Rose are transported in their imaginations to the Atlantic Ocean in 1943, where one of their ancestors survived in a lifeboat for 50 days. Natalie struggles when her daughter, Rose, is diagnosed with type-1 diabetes, but the researching and retelling of Grandad Colin's story provides them both with a way to fight through. Louise Beech has always been haunted by the sea, and regularly writes travel pieces for the Hull Daily Mail, where she was a columnist for ten years.

Ben Badwin likes his women sexy, wild, and as uninhibited as his desires. Nothing like the brash, dirt-covered, wholesomely cute woman who just strutted into his diner. But something about Sierra Murphy's independent attitude makes Ben's fantasies run wild....

Grace Jenkins has had little experience with men - feeling too awkward and insecure to free the passionate woman inside her. But that hasn't stopped her from dreaming about Noah Harper. Gorgeous, strong, and darkly sexy, his rough edge beneath the polish promises no mercy in the bedroom. When Grace learns Noah's engagement has ended in scandal, she shyly offers him her support and her friendship. But Noah's looking for something extra....