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'Absorbing and insightful . . . A gripping and tender exploration of family secrets and shame' Carys Bray, author of A Song for Issy Bradley A year ago, Charlie’s life seemed to be following a plan: she had a beautiful house, a lovable dog and an upcoming wedding. But she felt trapped. A few months before the big day, ignoring the warnings from her family, she abandoned her life and fled to the other side of the world in a bid for freedom. But when her mother unexpectedly falls ill, Charlie has to cut her trip short. She flies home, but by the time she gets to the hospital, it’s too late. ...

Alexei Maximovich Peshkov 28 March 1868 – 18 June 1936, primarily known as Maxim (Maksim) Gorky was a Russian and Soviet writer, a founder of the Socialist realism literary method and a political activist.Gorky's reputation grew as a unique literary voice from the bottom strata of society and as a fervent advocate of Russia's social, political, and cultural transformation. By 1899, he was openly associating with the emerging Marxist social-democratic movement, which helped make him a celebrity among both the intelligentsia and the growing numbers of "conscious" workers. At the heart of all...

Un chico de diez años encuentra, en la mesa de luz de su padre, una carta. Esas palabras, leídas en el desamparo de lo que no se llega a comprender pero ya se sabe, serán la carga que hará estallar, años después, todas las palabras. Mediante el monólogo interior de tres personajes en tiempos distintos, esta novela desnuda con crudeza la figura de un hombre que ya no es. El padre invencible, el amigo de fierro, el galán arrollador. A través de un relato punzante, riguroso y sin cuartel, el hijo reconstruye la figura del padre amado y admirado —deportista, compinche, heroico—, y lo ...

Noche tras noche, los pecaminosos juegos de Griffin Cain convirtieron a la seria y conservadora Sydney Edwards en una mujer voluptuosa, pero todo eso terminó cuando Griffin pasó a ser su jefe. Ella siguió ayudándolo en la sala de juntas... aunque Griffin en realidad la quería en su cama.