28 Ergebnisse - Zeige 1 von 20.

Keine Beschreibung.

Trudi Montag wünscht sich ganz fest, so groß zu werden wie die anderen Kinder, aber ihr Körper wächst einfach nicht mehr. Als sie älter wird, beginnt Trudi zu verstehen, dass sie in ihrem kleinen Dorf am Rhein immer die »Andere« sein wird. Aber Trudi hat etwas, was sonst niemand hat: Geschichten. In der Leihbücherei ihres Vaters saugt sie alles auf, was die Leute erzählen, sammelt Geheimnisse, Wünsche und Wahrheiten. Doch mit den Jahren wird ...

Keine Beschreibung.

Keine Beschreibung.

Keine Beschreibung.

A joy to read." -New York Times Book ReviewFrom beloved bestselling author Ursula Hegi, a new novel about three mothers, set on the shores of the Nordsee, perfect for fans of Water for Elephants and The Light Between Oceans.In the summer of 1878, the Ludwig Zirkus arrives on Nordstrand in Germany, to the delight of the island's people. But after the show, a Hundred-Year Wave roars from the Nordsee and claims three young children. Three mothers...

From beloved bestselling author Ursula Hegi, a new novel about three mothers, set on the shores of the Nordsee, perfect for fans of Water for Elephants and The Light Between Oceans.In the summer of 1878, the Ludwig Zirkus arrives on Nordstrand in Germany, to the delight of the island's people. But after the show, a Hundred-Year Wave roars from the Nordsee and claims three young children. Three mothers are on the beach when it happens: Lotte, w...

For fans of Anne Tyler, Patricia Gaffney and Sue Miller, a riveting family saga set in the Italian-American community of the Bronx - from the internationally bestselling author of STONES FROM THE RIVER.

Keine Beschreibung.

Die große amerikanische Erzählerin Ursula Hegi entwirft in ihrem facettenreichen Roman die wechselvolle Geschichte einer deutschen Einwandererfamilie in Amerika. Über ein Jahrhundert hinweg schildert Ursula Hegi das Leben von Stefan Blau und seinen Kindern, vor allem aber das seiner Enkelin Emma, in der sich endlich die Träume des Patriarchen erfüllen. Zu Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts kommt Stefan Blau, der aus einer kleinen Stadt in Deutschland...

Keine Beschreibung.

Three people, friends since childhood. Two sets of lovers, betraying the other. One line, that shouldn't be crossed.

Keine Beschreibung.

Evoking all the plenty and optimism of postwar America, "Sacred Time" spans three generations, taking readers from the Bronx of the 1950s to contemporary Brooklyn.

Keine Beschreibung.

In this stunning collection of stories, bestselling author Ursula Hegi focuses on the problems of love-- familial, parental, conjugal, and emergent. With compassion and her "unfailing immediacy of language", she raises the struggles of her characters to a plane of recognition that enables them to transcend despair. Life and death, age and youth, attained hopes and unearned pleasures, provide the human settings for a brilliant exploration of li...

Keine Beschreibung.

In un villaggio sulle rive del Reno nasce Trudi Montag. Quando la madre si accorge che la figlia è nana si inabissa in una spirale di follia che la condurrà nel giro di pochi anni alla morte. Trudi ha quattro anni: continua ad aspettarla e la progressiva certezza che non tornerà più si intreccia alla sofferta presa di coscienza della propria diversità. Lentamente, intanto, si fa strada il nazismo cui seguono le persecuzioni e la guerra. Trudi ...

Friends since earliest childhood, Annie, Jake, and Mason have a special bond. When Annie's parents die on the same night that she and Mason get married, the three friends decide to raise Annie's infant sister, Opal, together. Not surprisingly, their bonds of intimacy, already deeply entangled, become strained. As Annie struggles, events take on a momentum of their own. And then, one fateful night, the three friends goad each other into steppin...

A stunning novel about ordinary people living in extraordinary times--set in a small German town and spanning both world wars. Through the voice of the town's unofficial historian and conscience, Hegi explores the secrets, the actions, and lack of action that shapes the residents' fates.