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Noemí Jiménez Furquet

    Meet Me at the Lake
    I Capture the Castle
    Liebe
    Women
    • Women

      • 480pages
      • 17 heures de lecture

      The journey of their lifetime . . . 'Women can be heroes, too.' When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances Frankie McGrath hears these words, it sparks a revelation. Raised on California's Coronado Island by conservative parents, she has always strived to be a good girl. However, in 1965, as the world shifts around her, she envisions a different path. After her brother ships out to Vietnam, Frankie impulsively joins the Army Nurses Corps, stepping into a chaotic and destructive war zone. As inexperienced as the soldiers she serves alongside, she grapples with the trauma of war and the challenges of returning to a transformed America. Throughout her journey, Frankie learns the true value of female friendship and the heartbreak that love can bring. This narrative highlights one woman's experience in war while illuminating the stories of all women who have risked their lives to help others—sacrifices that have often gone unrecognized. With searing insight and lyrical beauty, it offers a profoundly emotional tale featuring a memorable heroine whose idealism and courage define an era. Praise for the author includes accolades from notable figures, emphasizing her storytelling prowess and the emotional depth of her narratives.

      Women
      4,6
    • Liebe

      • 364pages
      • 13 heures de lecture

      Und wieder führt Elizabeth von Arnim, die zu den meistgelesenen Autorinnen ihrer Zeit gehörte, ihre Leserinnen mitten hinein in Liebesfreud´ und Liebesleid. Catherine Cumfrit, eine Frau um die vierzig, blüht auf, als sie zum Objekt der Begierde eines jungen Mannes wird. Sie fühlt sich geschmeichelt, daß sie noch einmal so umworben wird. Und natürlich erreicht der junge Mann, Christopher, sein Ziel, ihr Liebhaber und Ehemann zu werden. Aber wie wird sich diese ungleiche Beziehung weiter entwickeln? Nach der sensationellen Wiederentdeckung ihrer humorvollen, ironisch-mitreißenden Gesellschaftsromane, die tiefe Einblicke in ihre katastrophalen Ehen und einige skandalträchtige Liebesaffären gestatten, wurde Elizabeth von Arnim auch wegen ihrer modernen und emanzipierten Ansichten wieder zur gefeierten Bestsellerautorin der Gegenwart.

      Liebe
      4,4
    • I write this sitting at the kitchen sink' is the first line of a novel about love, sibling rivalry and a bohemian existence in a crumbling castle in the middle of nowhere. Cassandra Mortmin's journal records her fadingly glamorous stepmother, her beautiful, wistful older sister and the man to whom they owe both their isolation and poverty - Father. The author of one experimental novel, and a minor cause celebre, he has since suffered from writer's block and is determined to drag his family down with him. But if the iron has entered Father's soul it hasn't penetrated Cassandra's ...

      I Capture the Castle
      4,0
    • One day. One promise. Two lives changed. Fern Brookbanks has wasted far too much of her adult life thinking about Will Baxter. She spent twenty-four hours in her early twenties with the aggravatingly attractive, idealistic artist - a chance encounter that spiralled into a daylong city adventure. The timing was wrong, but their connection was undeniable: they shared every secret, every dream, and made a pact to meet one year later. Fern showed up. Will didn't. At thirty-two, Fern's life hasn't turned out how she imagined it. She's back home, running her mother's lakeside resort, which is in disarray - and her ex-boyfriend is the manager. She needs a lifeline. To Fern's surprise, it comes in the form of Will, who arrives - nine years too late - with an offer to help. Will may be the only person who understands what Fern's going through. Yet how can she possibly trust this expensive suit-wearing mirage who seems nothing like the young man she met all those years ago. But ten years ago, Will Baxter rescued Fern. Can she do the same for him?

      Meet Me at the Lake
      3,7