A heart-warming tale of sibling rivalry, secrets, love and death, steeped in local colour and noise and tender in its depiction of family at their worst, and at their best from Domenica de Rosa, author of the bestselling Dr Ruth Galloway series under the name Elly Griffiths • Gaby, the youngest of the de Angelis sisters, always secretly knew she was her father Enzo's favourite; so when Enzo dies on the day her own daughter is born, her life is turned upside down • In the emotional aftermath of the funeral, it emerges that her father has asked that his ashes be taken back his native city, Rome. Suddenly, Gaby and her new family are thrown headfirst into the wider de Angelis clan, and all of their conflicting ideas and opinions • As the family journeys to Rome to say a final goodbye to Enzo, emotions run high; but none higher than Gaby's, as she comes face to face with the man she once thought she would marry, and is forced to question everything of which, until now, she was so sure
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2 162 руб.
A gorgeous, sun-filled novel following one woman's journey from heartbreak to adventure, for fans of Santa Montefiore. An irresistible read that will transport you straight to Tuscany • Emily looks like she has it all • Living the dream • There's the lovingly restored Tuscan farmhouse, the three beautiful children, the successful husband, the newspaper column detailing her glamorous expat life. But when Emily's husband dumps her by text message, she has to face up to some stark home truths • The nightmare reality • She has no money, her cleaner hates her, her eldest girl is out of her depth with the local seducer, her middle daughter is dangerously underweight, and her darling baby is fast becoming a brat. She doesn't even have any Italian friends
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2 162 руб.
If you knew how the love story finished, would you turn the first page? • Amy has been keeping a secret most of her adult life... The women in her family have a gift, or is it a curse? • Since her first kiss, Amy has had visions of how her relationships will end. A date fleeing through the bathroom window. At the altar - runaway-bride style. There seems to be no end to the unhappy endings • Then she drunkenly kisses three men at her best friend's wedding, only to wake up with no memory of who she kissed. She knows she's found 'the one' but now she must find out which one • Roping in her friends, Amy sets off on a mission to find her true love
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1 626 руб.
Rivalries and romance in a Tuscan paradise. A relaxing writers' retreat? If only! Perfect holiday reading from Domenica de Rosa, author of the bestselling Dr Ruth Galloway series under the name Elly Griffiths. Previously published as SUMMER SCHOOL • Patricia Wilson's carefully composed ads for the writers' retreat she runs at her thirteenth-century Italian castle promise so much. But while the splendour of their surroundings and chef Aldo's melanzane never fail to wow the guests, huge maintenance bills and bad news from the bank threaten to close Patricia down. It's make or break time for the Castello • Each of her seven aspiring authors arrives with the inevitable baggage alongside their unpublished manuscripts. But this August something is different, and soon lifelong spinster Mary is riding on the back of Aldo's vespa, and smouldering odd-job man Fabio has set more than one heart racing
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2 162 руб.
Eva Gatsby has often wondered about her grandfather Lawrence's past, and exactly what happened to him in Burma during the Second World War. But it is only when Eva's job as an antiques dealer suddenly requires a trip to Mandalay that Lawrence finally breaks his silence and asks her to return a mysterious artefact of his own - a chinthe - to its rightful owner • As Eva arrives in Burma her mission soon proves dangerously complicated, and the treasure she is guarding becomes the centre of a scandal that will have far-reaching consequences. Caught between loyalty and integrity, Eva is determined to find the truth about her grandfather's past, of her own family origins, and of the red-eyed chinthe itself - enigmatic symbol of the riches of Mandalay
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2 162 руб.
A kaleidoscopic, cosmopolitan novel infused with inky noir • Return to the Dark Valley tells the stories of four immigrants united by their need to return to their place of origin and exact vengeance in some form. Manuela Beltran, haunted by a troubled childhood she tries to escape through books and poetry; Tertuliano, an Argentine preacher who claims to be the Pope’s son, ready to resort to extreme methods to create a harmonious society; Ferdinand Palacios, a Colombian priest with a dark paramilitary past now confronted with his guilt; Juana and the consul, central characters in Gamboa’s Night Prayers, who are united in a relationship based equally on hurt and need. And Rimbaud, the precocious, brilliant poet whose life was incessant exploration
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2 593 руб.
Six women forever joined by a little cafe in Kabul • Sunny, former proprietor of the Little Coffee Shop and new owner of the Screaming Peacock vineyard. Can she handle the challenges of life on her own? • Yazmina, the young mother who now runs the cafe, until a terrifying event strikes at the heart of her family and business… • Layla and Kat, Afghan teenagers in America, struggling to make sense of their place in the world… • Zara, about to be forced into a marriage which will have devastating consequences… • These women are about to learn what Halajan, Yazmina's rebellious mother-in-law, has known all along: when the world as you know it disappears, you find a new way to live • Reuniting us with the much-loved cast of the international bestseller, The Little Coffee Shop of Kabul
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1 944 руб.
Официальное продолжение Дэвида Бенедиктуса, вдохновленное классическими историями Милна о любимом всеми медведе • Начиная с радостного возвращения Кристофера Робина и заканчивая любопытным занятием - обучением игре в крикет, в "Возвращении в стоакровый лес" представлены все старые друзья, которых мы знаем и любим - от Пуха до Пятачка, Иа-Иа до совы и Тигры до Кролика • Авторизованное продолжение Дэвида Бенедиктуса оригинальных историй А.А.Милна о Винни-Пухе великолепно проиллюстрировано Марком Берджессом в стиле оригинальных декораций Э.Х.Шепарда. Здесь присутствуют все старые друзья. Насладитесь видами, звуками и запахами леса площадью в сто акров в совершенно новых историях, созданных через 90 лет после того, как он был впервые обнаружен • Рассказы украшены прекрасными иллюстрациями Марка Берджесса в стиле Э
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2 767 руб.
Великолепный, залитый жарким итальянским солнцем роман о путешествии одной женщины от казавшегося безысходным горя к счастливым и дерзким приключениям • Колоритная Тоскана, любовно отреставрированный дом, успешный муж, трое прекрасных детей, собственная колонка в газете... Со стороны Эмили выглядит так, будто у нее есть все. Но когда муж бросает ее, отправив текстовое сообщение, ей приходится столкнуться с другой стороной жизни: у нее нет денег, одна дочь встречается с подозрительным итальянцем, а другая пытается похудеть до неузнаваемости. У Эмили даже нет друзей. Но есть надежда. Стоит Эмили признать, что она больше не живет "тосканской мечтой", как она оказывается втянутой в жизнь маленькой скромной деревеньки и обнаруживает настоящую Италию, более тонкую и интригующую, чем она когда-либо могла себе представить, и любовь - более пылкую, чем та, которую она испытывала
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г. Москва
687 руб.