Psychological

Emma is so happy to have moved from the city to her husband’s small hometown. James was strangely reluctant at first – but she convinced him their little cottage is the perfect place to settle down. The perfect place to give their six-year-old son a new life. But then a woman at the school gates asks Emma if she is really married to ‘that man’. ‘Which man?’ Emma asks. The woman replies…

Property developer Vivien Young thought she’d finally rebuilt her life. After a messy divorce, she’s returned to her childhood sanctuary, the grand Georgian home she now shares with her ageing father. Landing the contract to redevelop the Valley Park housing estate feels like the icing on the cake – a chance to prove she can succeed and keep her floundering business afloat.

Beth is a new mother struggling to find her place in the world. She is exhausted, mentally and physically, but her anxieties are not simply the fears of a first-time mum. A terror burns in her, fuelled by a secret past she is lucky to have escaped. When a letter arrives, bearing only the infinity symbol, Beth knows immediately it is from them. And that her past is finally catching up with her…

The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka is not just about a man turning into an insect; it is a haunting exploration of alienation, identity, and the oppressive forces of society.

After my beautiful daughter Annabelle died in a tragic accident, I thought I would never recover. With my world in pieces, my husband Matthew did what he could to support me and our son, Noah. He hired a young woman, Reka, to help us at home, to be the mother for Noah that I couldn’t be. She cares for him like he’s her own.

Bonnie Hunter is done with creeps who treat their families like possessions. Sidelined and angry after a domestic violence call-out went horribly wrong, the detective finds herself seconded to a team tasked with finding a missing young woman. According to her husband, Juliet Keller went to the grocery store and never returned. The husband demands action, but his violent outbursts and controlling behaviour have Bonnie’s family-violence radar on high alert. Convinced he’s responsible for Juliet’s disappearance, Bonnie is single-minded in her mission to disprove his story.

From national bestselling author Meg Mitchell Moore comes a sparkling new novel following a young woman entwined in the opulent lives of her neighbors on Block Island, set against a backdrop of scandal, secrets, and a not-so-subtle love triangle, perfect for readers of The Wedding People and Pineapple Street.

My heart is hammering furiously as the bedroom door creaks open. The second I see my husband’s lifeless body, I know I have to run. And no-one can ever find us. There are three things I know to be true.

Il romanzo di Isabel Allende racconta la storia di Maya Vidal, un'adolescente che cade nel circuito dell'alcol e della droga a Las Vegas. In fuga da spacciatori e agenti dell'FBI, Maya approda nell'arcipelago di Chiloé, nel Sud del Cile. In queste isole remote, Maya impara a conoscersi e a scoprire verità nascoste sulla sua terra d'origine, trovando infine l'amore. Il romanzo alterna il racconto della difficile storia precedente di Maya, fatta di marginalità e degrado, con la sua rinascita in un'atmosfera di vita semplice e valori solidi.

Since the weekend of the party—the one twenty-two-year-old Liv can’t remember, the one that left her covered in bruises—she’s been locked out of her bedroom by a padlock. Her parents are behaving oddly and her best friend won’t respond to her texts. Maybe she really was out of control that night? Meanwhile Liv’s father, Janus, is not sure he can do what is necessary to keep this secret hidden. He brought his family from Australia to Los Angeles to chase his dream of seeing his novel on the big screen, and he can’t let them down. Not again.

The story introduces us to Ferdinand Mason, a sickly Civil War veteran who finds himself alone in a rundown hotel, overlooked and forgotten, despite his acts of valor for his country. His situation changes when his aunt arrives, determined to nurse him back to health in her comfortable home by the Hudson River.

Arthur ha cinque anni quando sua madre Clarisse gli rivela un gran segreto: tra non molto dovrà partire per un lungo viaggio con destinazione Urano. E lì, racconta Clarisse, sul pianeta ghiacciato dalle ventisette lune, popolato da lumache con il guscio azzurro che mangiano niveo prezzemolo polare, da alberi-cervo con sonore campanelle appese ai rami e da tante altre creature straordinarie, proprio lei avrà il compito di disegnare le stelle che notte dopo notte illuminano l'universo.

I’m dreading turning fifty more than I’ve dreaded any other birthday in my life. Now that my kids are at university, the prospect of spending the rest of my life with my bullying, balding, and boring husband is a miserable one. Which is why I employed Jay. He gives me the reason I need to get up, to go on and to look forwardand I’ll do anything to keep him.

The Nature of a Crime is a haunting literary collaboration between Joseph Conrad and Ford Madox Ford, exploring the dark undercurrents of human morality and the elusive boundaries between crime and conscience. Told through a series of deeply personal letters, the narrative reveals a man on the verge of emotional and ethical collapse as he reflects on a hidden past, his relationship with a mysterious woman, and the consequences of his actions.

Don 'Dorman' Hargrove has had a hard life. Living with his mother until he was involuntarily committed to an institution at the age of 30, he was forced to accept responsibility for himself following her death. Even upon his release, his attempts at maturity, love, and marriage were all met with tragic results.

La noche en que encontró a la Perra, la Humana estaba drogada. Por eso dejó que la siguiera a casa. Ahora convive con un animal que se va llenando de toda la energía que a ella le falta, y al que de pronto le viene un celo incontrolable. La Humana tiene treintaidós años, pero ya no desea. Está en la vida, pero no la ejerce. Llegó a la ciudad hace poco, huyendo de sus días en el campo con un novio que tenía.

The Pigeon is a contemplative and subtly humorous exploration of the human condition, set against the backdrop of everyday life. The story follows Sam, a web designer, who becomes inexplicably fixated on a pigeon he sees perched on a ledge outside his window. As he grapples with the bird’s sudden disappearance, Sam begins to question the fleeting nature of existence and his place in the world. His partner, Emily, initially amused by his obsession, grows concerned as his thoughts deepen into an existential reflection.

Wie lange kann man am Traum der glücklichen Familie festhalten, bevor man daran zugrunde geht? Nicola hat alles, was sie sich je gewünscht hat: ihren Traummann Patrick, Kinder und ihr Brautmodengeschäft. Doch das ist nur Fassade. In Wirklichkeit muss sie schon kurz nach der Hochzeit feststellen, dass Patrick zwei Gesichter hat. Nach jedem Höhenflug reißt er sie in ein Tal aus Lügen, Manipulationen und Demütigungen. Dass damit ihr Alptraum erst beginnt, hätte sie niemals für möglich gehalten.

What would you do if you discovered your closest friend was an atheist? Can dialogue change beliefs? And will faith ultimately prevail? An intellectual journey between a Muslim sheikh and his atheist friend. Who will convince whom?

Was würdest du tun, wenn heute dein letzter Tag wäre? Was würdest du denken? Was würdest du fühlen? Würdest du alles tun und lassen, was du willst? Würdest du mit all deinen Liebsten zusammen sein wollen, um dich zu verabschieden? Oder wärst du lieber allein? Wärst du verängstigt, verzweifelt und traurig? Oder würdest du so viel Spaß und Freude haben, wie du nur kannst? Wie glücklich und zufrieden wärst du, wenn du auf dein Leben zurück blickst? Würdest du das Leben vermissen? Würdest du DEIN Leben vermissen?

Kai Jones is a Black male attorney living in New York City. He is in an interracial relationship, married to an Italian woman that he met in law school. They thought they were living the American dream, living on the Upper West Side of Manhattan and raising two young daughters. But when they come under attack by racist neighbors in their building (the "Hagmans"), Kai must use his legal training to defend his family and their home against the Hagmans and the Co-Op Board they control. If he fails, he not only risks losing his home but his family as well.

Prendere la propria vita e andare - per capire se stessa, trovare un futuro, non scendere più ma restare. Sono questi i motivi per cui, una mattina di maggio, Beatrice lascia Torino per trasferirsi tra le montagne. Quelle montagne che, ne è certa, sono donne anche se spesso recano nomi maschili. Donne come lei, che appena arrivata al rifugio del Barba, un uomo burbero dal passato misterioso, si sente respinta, in quanto "fumna e strangera".

Angst. Schuld. Schweigen. Karla lebt gefangen – in ihrer Wohnung, in ihrem Körper, in sich selbst. Ihr Leben besteht aus gescheiterten Diäten, einsamen Nächten vor dem Fernseher und der ständigen Frage, warum sie nichts ändert. Sie will abnehmen, wirklich, doch ihr Wille bricht immer wieder an der Macht der Gewohnheit. Draußen fühlt sie sich beobachtet, fehl am Platz. Nur zum Einkaufen zwingt sie sich noch vor die Tür – schwer gestützt auf den Griff ihres Einkaufswagens.

Downwind is not the same as downstream, though life, like time, flows only in one direction. Had I the perspective of midlife or, better still, old age, I might not have been in that boat; my brazen countenance might have softened with the years, so too my sense of agency. But I was twenty-four, and a year ago I had finished grading the morning’s exercise and looked out of that classroom window onto the playground in Arizona, watching the children at recess without seeing them, still believing that teaching was my calling, yet unable to quell the yearning for something more.

„Misiunea" este romanul unei ideologii goale care decimează suflete și trupuri. Descriind marșul triumfal al Istoriei închise într-un container metalic ce trebuie transportat din orașul N în orașul K, el devine, totodată, un simbol pentru misiunea – și eșecul – scriitorului de a da un sens realității prin cuvintele sale. Suntem puși pe urmele unui adevăr care se eschivează încontinuu. Vom ști în cele din urmă care este versiunea corectă? Iar aici intervine o misiune și mai subtilă, cea a autorului: aceea de a ne îndruma sau de a ne abate de la adevăr prin cuvinte.