Slægtsromaner

It's 1899 in the Lowcountry of South Carolina. Caroline moves to Kingstree to find work at the sewing factory. Then love and a young sociopath find her.

A pair of resilient Southern sisters face separation and trauma at the hands of their sociopathic stepmother and yet find their way, despite everything.

The Unexpected is a heartbreakin saga, a heartfelt story of Shreya and Abhinav- two people who fell in love until life put their love to the ultimate test..... Things are not same between the two of them, because they love the same person. She loved him and he love himslef.

In Calcutta in the 1970s, Abu Faiz is bereft of joy in life on account of many things he has faced, realised and understood. He meets Bade Babu a wonderful gentleman from Calcutta, who has a house in Murshidabad also. Bade Babu invites Abu Faiz to Murshidabad and that is the beginning of a frendship between two honest gentlemen. They embark on a pleasant journey together, that gives them the gift of friendship and brings joy to them along with others who are a good part of their simple and humble lives.This book is a celebration of hope, niceness and never ending faith In The Maker.

A new century dawns, and Rome's frontiers are again in turmoil. The Year is A.D. 105. The Emperor Trajan is calling in troops from around the empire to secure Dacia's rich mines of iron, copper, and gold. Britannia's forts are left under strength and the north is once more in flames as the tribesmen sense weakness in Rome's armies. The Ninth Legion, based at Eboracvm, must once more bear the brunt of the rebellion when, as the ageing Cethan Lamh-fada observed, 'They're having another damned go at it!'Now settled in Brigantia and living far longer than he ever wanted, Cethan finds his family once more straddling both sides of Rome's ambition. As two of his sons guide the fate of Rome's legions, two more try their utmost to hold them at bay. Set against the uprising od A.D. 105 when Rome abandoned most of the north leaving Agricola's old forts in ruins, the story completes the saga of Cethan Lamh-fada and his people, and their unending struggle to remain free.

#1 New York Times bestselling author Pat Conroy's classic semi-autographical novel of a harsh Marine father and his son's struggle to come into his own.?Robust and vivid...full of feeling.? ?NewsdayThis is the story of Bull Meecham, the epitome of the Marine officer. Demanding, authoritarian, as tough a disciplinarian at home as at the base, Bull is a difficult man to please, and even harder to love. This is also the story of Ben Meecham, Bull's oldest son. A gifted athlete whose best never satisfies his father, Ben must balance his own ambition with his father's expectations?and decide what course he will chart for himself and what kind of man he will become. Piercing, bittersweet, and unforgettable, The Great Santini is Pat Conroy's semi-autobiographical lens into fathers and sons, and the powerful legacy one man can leave behind.

'A fabulous festive read about found family. I loved it from the first sentence.' Sophie Cousens, New York Times bestselling author of Before I Do Christmas is a time for family, but what if you have to choose yours?For ten years Hannah and Finn have spent Christmas together. With no one to enjoy the holidays with, they've created their own festive traditions. From crooning in a karaoke bar behind a China Town restaurant, to waving from a parade float. Through the years, they've been joined by other lonely souls, Priya and Theo, creating The Christmas Orphans Club.But everything is about to change. After their friendship suffers the test of a rocky year, Finn and Hannah are finally speaking. They're trying to put the past behind them and bring back their Christmas spirit. Until Finn announces some rather big news. News that rocks the group to its core. This may be their last Christmas together... Can Hannah make this one to remember? Perfect for fans of Emily Henry's People We Meet on Vacation and Josie Silver's One Day in December.PRAISE FOR THE CHRISTMAS ORPHANS CLUB:'A whip-smart story of modern love, letting go, and growing up. ' Carley Fortune, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Meet Me at the Lake 'A festive, funny, hug of a novel about love in all its forms.' Clare Pooley, New York Times bestselling author of The Authenticity Project'The Christmas Orphans Club is a beautiful story of friendship with laugh-out-loud dialogue and characters you can't stop thinking about.' Jennifer Close, New York Times bestselling author of Marrying the Ketchups

The year is 1900, and John Williams has come to the remote Pacific island of Ocean Island (now known as Banaba) to oversee the new phosphate industry. His wife, Ella, and their two-year-old daughter, Gwennie, follow him to begin their new life.After her initial culture shock, Ella grows to love the island and its people and to care deeply about their plight as the phosphate mining gradually destroys their beautiful home.While John supervises hundreds of indentured workers, Ella and Gwennie get to know the Banaban people, their culture and beliefs. Tetabo, their houseboy, teaches Gwennie about his people's magic and mysteries. John fears that his daughter is growing up like a native, but Ella refuses to send Gwennie to Australia to school.John, while loyal to the mining company, is uneasy at his superiors' treatment of the island and its people. Discontent and riots among the imported mine workers challenge him, the Banabans' anxiety about the mining worries him while the changes to his family perturb him.Nakaa's Awakening: Land of Matang is based on the author's researched family history. It is a story of conflicting loyalties, cultural differences and a family adjusting to a new environment while destructive mining practices threaten the near-extinction of the Banaban race.The survival of the Banaban people into the twenty-first century is a triumph of human spirit over industrial might. They continue to believe that good will overcome evil as they struggle to survive the wrath of the evil spirit Nakaa and his Awakening.Yet, though Matang was lost forever, a cherished tradition said that the ancestor gods had promised to return to their children one day, wherever they might be...

Was ist Heimat? Ein Ort, ein Gefühl vielleicht? Oder sind es die Menschen, die man liebt?Die Reise beginnt.Als Hamish Wallice mit Glück den amerikanischen Bürgerkrieg überlebt, möchte er sich mit seiner Familie an einem abgeschiedenen Ort zur Ruhe setzen.Im Redwood Forest, abseits der Wege entdecken sie ein altes, mysteriöses Landhaus. Durch eine falsche Entscheidung entgleitet Hamish jedoch die Familie und seine Heimat bricht auseinander.Kann ein Durchschreiten der Hölle selbst den Bruch heilen oder wird der Graben zwischen den Fronten lediglich tiefer?Willkommen im Redwood County.

Sumulat, the storyteller, relates the tale of Meeya and her family.On one of the six worlds of Majick, Tatlo, the human place, a family struggle to survive their unforgiving world. From the days of their childhood when they are attacked by warriors of another tribe to the end of their lives, they face hardship and trauma, spirits and demons. Trouble follows as they build new lives, watched over by the spirit of their mother.Despite the challenges, they grow and have their own families, all of whom have a role in the building of the great city of Dragonfang.But a new and unexpected danger threatens all they have achieved. How will they face this ultimate peril?

Sårfeber er en selvstændig fortsættelse af Som boblerne i bækken, hvor vi tog afsked med personerne, da krigen i 1864 sluttede. Danmark måtte opgive hertugdømmerne, og den grænse, som blev trukket ved Kongeåen, blev et åbent sår for landet og befolkningen både nord for og syd for åen. Mennesker levede videre med sår på krop og sjæl. Nogle mistede deres livsgrundlag, andre kastede sig ud i tvivlsomme projekter med en feberagtig aktivitet.I Sårfeber følger vi personerne fra Som boblerne i bækken, og nye kommer til. Vi hører om artilleristen Lorentz, der vender hjem, men bukker under for de skader, krigen har påført ham. Tilbage står hans enke med to små drenge, som hun sætter alt ind på at få godt i vej.På Als bliver tilværelsen efter krigen tiltagende vanskelig for de dansksindede, og flere tvinges væk. Feltlægen Johs plages af psykiske eftervirkninger, som ødelægger hans relationer til de nærmeste. Andre veteraner finder en ny tilværelse ved at udvandre, mens nogle bliver draget af alkoholens smertelindrende effekt.1800-tallet rinder ud, og en ny generation tager gradvist over.Personerne lever i en tid, hvor landet skal lære at opfatte sig selv som en småstat. Samtidig påvirkes landet af den industrielle omformning af landbrug og håndværk og den dermed voksende socialisme. Arbejderne får fagforeninger og magt. Kvindernes krav om indflydelse og uddannelse bliver stadig vanskeligere at overhøre. Litteraturen, teatret og kunsten suger denne nye virkelighed til sig, og pressen får en selvstændig stemme. Bogens personer fortæller os gennem deres livshistorier om en historisk periode, hvor livet blev ændret radikalt for næsten hele befolkningen.Ulla Fasting har en baggrund som sygeplejerske, underviser, forsker, landmand og medlem af Det Etiske Råd. Hun har arbejdet internationalt med uddannelse af sundhedspersonale i krigshærgede lande. I en periode var hun medlem af Regionsrådet i Region Midtjylland.Ulla blev født under krigen i Haderslev og flyttede som 9-årig til Frederiksberg, hvor hun boede hos sine bedsteforældre sammen med sin mor og lillesøster. Bedsteforældrenes hus var fyldt med fortællinger, som Ulla sugede til sig, og som vakte hendes interesse for fortællingens mange lag og muligheder. Fortællingen blev hendes måde at forstå verden på. ”Jeg har fortalt eventyr både til mine egne børn og til de syge børn, jeg tog hånd om som sygeplejerske. Da jeg sad i Det Etiske Råd, rejste jeg landet rundt og fortalte om etiske dilemmaer, og siden har jeg fortalt om mine oplevelser fra Kosova, Irak og Afghanistan.”Ulla Fastings debutroman Som boblerne i bækken udkom i 2020 og har rødder i hendes egen slægts fortælling ligesom Sårfeber, der er en selvstændig fortsættelse af debutromanen.www.saarfeber.dk

A hero once believed to be the chosen one must find a new path with the help of a band of unlikely allies in the sequel to The Art of Prophecy, an epic fantasy ode to martial arts and magic from the #1 New York Times bestselling author Wesley Chu.Once there was a prophecy that a chosen one would rise to defeat the Eternal Khan, an immortal god-king. But the prophecy was wrong.Now Jian, the former chosen hero, is just an ordinary young man trying to find his own way. But he may yet have an extraordinary destiny, because he joins forces with Taishi, his grumpy grandmaster, who instructs him in the ways of her family's powerful war art. Jian still has a long way to go before he can become her heir, so she recruits a band of elderly grandmasters who come out of retirement to whip him into shape and help with this one last job.

2022. Das Jahr, in dem Russland die Ukraine überfällt, die Pandemie immer noch nicht der Vergangenheit angehört und "die Wolkenschieber" in alle Winde verstreut sind. 1977 waren Andreas, Connie, Benno und Dora als junge Studierende zum ersten Mal zusammen in der Bretagne. In den folgenden Jahrzehnten haben sie Illusionen verloren und doch an Träumen festgehalten. Nach vielen gemeinsamen Sommern waren sie 2007 zum letzten Mal zusammengekommen. Heute, nochmals 15 Jahre später, kämpfen sie mit der Zeitenwende und den Beschwernissen des Alterns. Sie haben neue Wege beschritten, sind enttäuscht worden, waren mutig und suchen weiterhin ihr Glück. Und die ihnen folgende Generation geht ihre eigenen Wege zu eigenen Zielen.

Se hacen llamar "Las Madres", un grupo muy cercano de mujeres que, junto con sus hijas, han creado una familia basada en la amistad y los lazos de sangre. Su historia comienza en Puerto Rico, en 1975, cuando Luz, de quince aänos, la niäna mâas alta en su academia de baile y la âunica negra en un mar de cisnes de piel clara, pequeänos y delicados, se lastima de gravedad en un accidente de auto. Trâagicamente, sus padres, ambos cientâificos multilingèues brillantes, tambiâen mueren en el accidente. Huâerfana ahora, Luz sortea las presiones de la adolescencia mientras lidia con las secuelas de una lesiâon cerebral, cuando dos nuevas amigas entran a su vida, Ada y Shirley. Los dâias de Luz quedan consumidos por dolores y molestias, y su memoria despuâes del accidente queda por completo en blanco, pero sufre episodios que envâian su mente a otros lugares y momentos que no puede compartir con nadie mâas.

In the year 1908 four families from East Frisia, which lies on the coast of northern Germany and close to the Dutch border, decide to emigrate to North America. They find a steam freighter in the harbour of Emden which takes them on board. After a rough crossing through the North Sea and a mysterious nightly stop somewhere along the Irish coast, the group, after crossing the Atlantic, arrives tired and weak one night at a dimly lit harbour and are made to disembark by order of the captain. They soon realise that they have not been dropped in the land of their dreams - America. A great adventure with unexpected ups and downs lies ahead of them.

Februar 2020. Der 89-jährigen Aurelia wird mit einem Mal bewusst, dass ihre Familie vollkommen zerrüttet ist. So beginnt sie, sich mit ihrer Geschichte auseinanderzusetzen, um herauszufinden, wie kam, wozu es kam.Zur selben Zeit, als Aurelias Eltern Elsa und Eduard bei ihrer Hochzeit 1913 große Hoffnungen in ihr Leben setzen, werden die verhängnisvollen Schritte in den Großen Krieg gesetzt.1933 ist Aurelia drei Jahre alt und es haben sich längst die Stricke zugezogen, die ihr Leben bestimmen sollen, doch auch in der Ge-genwart nehmen die Ereignisse ihren verhängnisvollen Lauf und die Zeit für Aurelia und ihre Kinder verrinnt plötzlich viel schneller, als sie es erwartet hatten.Dies ist eine Familiensaga und ein geschichtliches Werk.Geschichts-, Politik-, und Soziologiebegeisterte finden hier in ansprechender und kurzweiliger Weise die historischen Ereignisse des vergangenen Jahrhunderts anhand einer fiktiven Familiensaga dargestellt und die Hintergründe und Zusammenhänge veranschaulicht. Zudem werden an vielen Stellen Bezüge zum aktuellen Zeitgeschehen hergestellt. Alle historischen Begebenheiten werden mittels zahlreicher Quellenangaben belegt.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Includes a behind-the-scenes conversation with bestselling novelist Amor Towles • The epic story of a brilliant woman who must reinvent herself to survive in 1940s Hollywood and fascist Europe, a timeless tale of love, deceit, and sacrifice—and a perfect book club pick—from the award-winning author of A Constellation of Vital Phenomena“A genuinely moving and life-affirming novel that’s a true joy to read.”—Celeste Ng, author of Little Fires Everywhere“A gorgeous book . . . sublime.”—The New York Times (Editors’ Choice)ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: NPR, The Guardian, BooklistLike many before her, Maria Lagana has come to Hollywood to outrun her past. Born in Rome, where every Sunday her father took her to the cinema instead of church, Maria immigrates with her mother to Los Angeles after a childhood transgression leads to her father’s arrest.Fifteen years later, on the eve of America’s entry into World War II, Maria is an associate producer at Mercury Pictures, trying to keep her personal and professional lives from falling apart. Her mother won’t speak to her. Her boss, a man of many toupees, has been summoned to Washington by congressional investigators. Her boyfriend, a virtuoso Chinese American actor, can’t escape the studio’s narrow typecasting. And the studio itself, Maria’s only home in exile, teeters on the verge of bankruptcy.Over the coming months, as the bright lights go dark across Los Angeles, Mercury Pictures becomes a nexus of European émigrés: modernist poets trying their luck as B-movie screenwriters, once-celebrated architects becoming scale-model miniaturists, and refugee actors finding work playing the very villains they fled. While the world descends into war, Maria rises through a maze of conflicting politics, divided loyalties, and jockeying ambitions. But when the arrival of a stranger from her father’s past threatens Maria’s carefully constructed facade, she must finally confront her father’s fate—and her own.Written with intelligence, wit, and an exhilarating sense of possibility, Mercury Pictures Presents spans many moods and tones, from the heartbreaking to the ecstatic. It is a love letter to life’s bit players, a panorama of an era that casts a long shadow over our own, and a tour de force by a novelist whose work The Washington Post calls “a flash in the heavens that makes you look up and believe in miracles.”