Der Sunday Times Top Ten Bestseller: Eine Liebeserklärung an die Macht der Freundschaft und den Mut einfacher Menschen in schwierigen Zeiten • London 1941: Emmeline Lake träumt davon, Kriegsreporterin zu werden. Als sie eine Anzeige für einen Job beim London Evening Chronicle sieht, scheint ihr Traum in greifbare Nähe gerückt zu sein. Stattdessen stellt sich heraus, dass sie als Sekretärin bei der respekteinflößenden Kummerkastentante Henrietta Bird arbeiten soll. Ihre Hauptaufgabe wird darin bestehen, die Leserbriefe für Mrs.Bird vorzusortieren. Die Anweisungen ihrer Chefin sind unmissverständlich: Alle Briefe, die irgendwie anstößig sind, gehen sofort in den Papierkorb. Doch Emmy liest Briefe von Frauen, die mit ihren Verlobten zu weit gegangen sind oder die sich von ihren Männern mehr körperliche Aufmerksamkeit wünschen
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Dear Reader is a moving, funny and joyous exploration of how books can change the course of your life, packed with recommendations from one reader to another • For as long as she can remember, Cathy Rentzenbrink has lost and found herself in stories. Growing up she was rarely seen without her nose in a book and read in secret long after lights out. When tragedy struck, books kept her afloat. Eventually they lit the way to a new path, first as a bookseller and then as a writer. No matter what the future holds, reading will always help • From the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Last Act of Love
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Dear Mr. M, • I'd like to start by telling you that I'm doing better now. I do so because you probably have no idea that I was ever doing worse. Much worse, in fact, but I'll get to that later on • Mr. M is being watched. As a famous writer, he is no stranger to the limelight, although interest in his work has been dwindling of late. His print runs are smaller than they used to be, as are the crowds at his bookshop signings . . . Our narrator clearly takes a keen interest in M.'s work, and indeed in every aspect of his life. But what exactly are his intentions? And to what does Mr. M owe the honour of his undivided attention? • Our narrator seems to be no stranger to murder, while his own story appears to bear more than a passing resemblance to the plot of Mr
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The fifth novel from award-winning author Helen Oyeyemi, named one of Granta's best young British novelists. A retelling of the Snow White myth, Boy, Snow, Bird is a deeply moving novel about an unbreakable bond • BOY Novak turns twenty and decides to try for a brand-new life. Flax Hill, Massachusetts, isn't exactly a welcoming town, but it does have the virtue of being the last stop on the bus route she took from New York. Flax Hill is also the hometown of Arturo Whitman - craftsman, widower, and father of Snow • SNOW is mild-mannered, radiant and deeply cherished - exactly the sort of little girl Boy never was, and Boy is utterly beguiled by her. If Snow displays a certain inscrutability at times, that's simply a characteristic she shares with her father, harmless until Boy gives birth to Snow's sister, Bird
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Признание в любви к чтению и силе печатного слова от автора бестселлера Sunday Times • В детстве Кэти Ренценбринк было не оторвать от книг до поздней ночи. Когда в её жизнь пришла беда, именно чтение помогло ей не потерять себя. И найти своё призвание - сначала в книготорговле, а затем в писательстве. Что бы ни случилось, книги никогда не подведут • Это трогательный, смешной и светлый рассказ о том, как чтение может изменить жизнь человека, дополненный рекомендациями для других книголюбов • Книга на английском языке • From the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Last Act of Love, Cathy Rentzenbrink's Dear Reader is the ultimate love letter to reading and to finding the comfort and joy in stories • Growing up, Cathy Rentzenbrink was rarely seen without her nose in a book and read in secret long after lights out
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