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Lingua:Libri Italiani“When I say Jenna Blum’s upcoming Woodrow on the Bench wrecked me and that I’m now sobbing eating all the chocolate, I mean it in the best way possible.”—Jodi Picoult
"Jenna Blum's wonderful moving memoir, is a “girl and her dog” story for the ages!”—Garth Stein, author of The Art of Racing in the Rain
The New York Times and internationally bestselling author of Those Who Save Us pays tribute to her beloved black Lab, Woodrow, in this beautiful memoir that recalls the last six months of his life and the ways in which he taught her to live.
“For anyone who’s ever loved an old dog.”
Since she adopted him as a puppy fifteen years earlier, Jenna Blum and Woodrow have been inseparable. Known to many as “the George Clooney of dogs” for his good looks and charm, Woodrow and his “Mommoo” are fixtures in their Boston neighborhood.
But Woodrow is aging. As he begins to fail, the true nature of his extraordinary relationship with Jenna is revealed. Jenna may be the dog parent, but it is Woodrow, with his amazing personality and trusting nature, who has much to teach her. A divorcée who has experienced her share of sadness and loss, Jenna discovers, over the months she spends caring for her ailing dog, what it is to be present in the moment, and what it truly means to love.
Aided by an amazing group of friends and buoyed by the support of strangers, Jenna and Woodrow navigate these precious final days together with kindness, humor, and grace. Their unforgettable love story will reaffirm your belief in kindness, break your heart, and leave your spirit soaring.
Peter Rashkin ist ein faszinierender Mann. Er betreibt eines der feinsten Restaurants im Manhattan der 1960er Jahre. Doch ihn umgibt auch etwas Tragisches. Nur wenige wissen, dass sein Restaurant nach seiner verstorbenen Frau Masha benannt wurde und dass er nicht nur sie, sondern auch seine beiden Töchter auf tragische Weise verlor. Eigentlich will Peter alles vergessen und nie wieder an Liebe denken. Als er jedoch die junge June unter dem riesigen Kronleuchter sitzen sieht, fühlt er sich von ihr angezogen. Ein Stromausfall führt die beiden zusammen und in eine leidenschaftliche, turbulente Beziehung. Doch die Vergangenheit lässt sich nicht verdrängen, auch wenn man es noch so gerne will …
'A dazzling novel of great compassion' Laura Moriarty
'An extraordinary read, the kind of book that makes you sob and smile' Tatiana de Rosnay
'Blum plumbs the depths of loss and love in this exquisite page-turner' People
In 1960s Manhattan, patrons flock to Masha's to savor its brisket Wellington and impeccable service, and to admire its dashing owner and head chef, Peter Rashkin. With his movie-star good looks and tragic past, Peter, a survivor of Auschwitz, is the most eligible bachelor in town. But he has resigned himself to a solitary life. Running Masha's consumes him, as does the terrible guilt of having survived the horrors of a Nazi death camp while his wife, Masha - the restaurant's namesake - and two young daughters perished.
Then exquisitely beautiful June Bouquet, an up-and-coming model, appears at the restaurant, piercing Peter's guard. Though she is twenty years his junior, the two begin a passionate, whirlwind courtship. When June unexpectedly becomes pregnant, Peter proposes, believing that beginning a new family with the woman he loves will allow him to let go of the atrocities of the past, even though he cannot forget all that he has lost. But over the next twenty years, the indelible sadness of those memories will overshadow Peter, his new wife, June, and their daughter, Elsbeth, transforming them in heartbreaking and unexpected ways.
The Lost Family is a charming, funny, and elegantly bittersweet study of the repercussions of loss and love that spans a generation, from the 1960s to the 1980s. It is a vivid portrait of marriage, family, and the haunting grief of World War II.
Die Frau des Offiziers - eine Geschichte von Liebe, Schuld und Vergebung.
Fünfzig Jahre lang hat Trudys Mutter kein Wort über ihre Vergangenheit verloren. Doch es gibt ein verstörendes Souvenir, tief vergraben in der Wäscheschublade: ein Familienporträt, auf dem sie und ihre kleine Tochter gemeinsam mit einem Nazi-Offizier zu sehen sind, dem Obersturmführer von Buchenwald.
Weimar, 1940. Ledig, schwanger und von ihrem Vater vestoßen, kommt die 19-jährige Anna bei der Bäckerin Mathilde unter. Mathilde erhält Mehl, Zucker und Butter von den Nazis, um das Offizierskasino von Buchenwald mit Gebäck zu beliefern. Gleichzeitig schmuggeln die beiden Frauen Brot ins KZ und geheime Botschaften hinaus. Als Mathilde zwei Jahre später auf frischer Tat ertappt wird und der Obersturmführer Heinz von Steuern in der Bäckerei auftaucht, sieht Anna nur einen vezweifelten Ausweg, um sich und ihre kleine Tochter Trudy zu retten ...
Minneapolis, 1996. Ein paar diffuse Erinnerungsschnipsel, ein verstecktes Familienfoto und ein unauslöschliches Gefühl der Schuld sind alles, was Trudy mit ihrem Geburtsort Weimar verbindet. Erschüttert vom Tod ihres Stiefvaters und erdrückt von der Last einer Vergangenheit, die ihre Mutter hinter eine Mauer aus Schweigen verbannt hat, beginnt die Geschichtsprofessorin endlich mit Recherchen zum Alltag nichtjüdischer deutscher Frauen im Dritten Reich. Nach und nach legt sie dabei die erschütternde Geschichte ihrer Mutter frei, die so ganz anders ist, als sie es erwartet hat.
Jenna Blums einfühlsamer und sorgfältig recherchierter Roman, der sich zwei Jahre auf der New York Times-Bestenliste hielt, erzählt von einer verbotenen Liebe, vom zwiespältigen Wesen der Schuld, vom Recht auf Vergessen und von einer außergewöhnlichen Mutter-Tochter-Beziehung. Der preisgekrönte Roman war ein Bestseller in zahlreichen Ländern und wird verfilmt.
"Die packende Geschichte zweier Frauen, die mit der Last und Verantwortung der Erinnerung ringen." The Boston Globe.
"Ein eindringlicher Roman, der das Herz berührt und das Gewissen aufruft." Independent on Sunday.
A war bride awaits the arrival of her GI husband at the platform…A Holocaust survivor works at the Oyster Bar, where a customer reminds him of his late mother…A Hollywood hopeful anticipates her first screen test and a chance at stardom in the Kissing Room…
On any particular day, thousands upon thousands of people pass through Grand Central, through the whispering gallery, beneath the ceiling of stars, and past the information booth and its beckoning four-faced clock, to whatever destination is calling them. It is a place where people come to say hello and good-bye. And each person has a story to tell.
Featuring stories from Melanie Benjamin, Jenna Blum, Amanda Hodgkinson, Pam Jenoff, Sarah Jio, Sarah McCoy, Kristina McMorris, Alyson Richman, Erika Robuck, and Karen White
With an Introduction by #1 New York Times bestselling author Kristin Hannah
Deux jumeaux dans l'œil du cyclone, unis par les liens du sang et un terrible secret...
Jusqu'où seriez-vous prêt à aller pour protéger votre frère ou votre soeur ?
Adolescente, Karena a toujours pris soin de Charles, son frère jumeau, bipolaire. Fasciné par les tornades qui semblent refléter ses propres pulsions, Charles devient toutefois peu à peu incontrôlable jusqu'à cet accident qui va les séparer pendant des années.
Vingt ans plus tard, journaliste à Minneapolis, divorcée et toujours hantée par ce drame, Karena reçoit un appel d'un hôpital psychiatrique : on lui demande de venir chercher son frère. Mais elle arrive trop tard, Charles est déjà parti chasser un nouvel ouragan. Karena n'a alors qu'une option : suivre les tornades à son tour. Pour retrouver son frère et le sauver de lui-même...
How far would you go to protect a sibling-and at what cost to yourself?
In Those Who Save Us, Jenna Blum proved herself a master storyteller with brilliant insight into the spectrum of human emotion. Now, Blum turns her sights to the most intimate and mysterious of family relationships-that between twins-in her powerful and provocative second novel.
As a teenager, Karena Jorge had always been the one to look out for her twin brother Charles, who suffers from bipolar disorder. But as Charles begins to refuse medication and his manic tendencies worsen, Karena finds herself caught between her loyalty to her brother and her fear for his life. Always obsessed with the weather-enraptured by its magical unpredictability that seemed to mirror his own impulses—Charles starts chasing storms, and his behavior grows increasingly erratic . . . until a terrifying storm chase with Karena ends with deadly consequences, tearing the twins apart and changing both of their lives forever.
Two decades later, Karena gets a call from a psychiatric ward in Wichita, Kansas, to come pick up her brother, whom she hasn't seen or spoken to for twenty years. She soon discovers that Charles has lied to the doctors, taken medication that could make him dangerously manic, and disappeared again. Having exhausted every resource to try and track him down, Karena realizes she has only one last chance of finding him: the storms. Wherever the tornadoes are, that's where he'll be. Karena joins a team of professional stormchasers-passionate adventurers who will transform her life and give her a chance at love and redemption—and embarks on an odyssey to find her brother before he reveals the violent secret from their past and does more damage to himself . . . or to someone else.
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For fifty years, Anna Schlemmer has refused to talk about her life in Germany during World War II. Her daughter, Trudy, was only three when she and her mother were liberated by an American soldier and went to live with him in Minnesota. Trudy's sole evidence of the past is an old photograph: a family portrait showing Anna, Trudy, and a Nazi officer, the Obersturmfuhrer of Buchenwald.
Driven by the guilt of her heritage, Trudy, now a professor of German history, begins investigating the past and finally unearths the dramatic and heartbreaking truth of her mother's life.
Combining a passionate, doomed love story, a vivid evocation of life during the war, and a poignant mother/daughter drama, Those Who Save Us is a profound exploration of what we endure to survive and the legacy of shame.