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Joanna Trollope Séries

Cette série explore les complexités des relations et les dynamiques de pouvoir au sein de la vie familiale, se concentrant souvent sur les conflits générationnels et les retournements de situation inattendus. Elle suit des personnages naviguant crises personnelles, ambitions professionnelles et la quête du bonheur, explorant fréquemment l'impact d'écarts d'âge importants dans les partenariats. L'auteure dépeint avec sensibilité les émotions, examinant l'équilibre entre le désir de stabilité et le besoin d'épanouissement personnel.

Désaccords mineurs
Second Honeymoon
Other People's Children
Marrying the Mistress
A Passionate Man
Muži a dívky

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  1. Muži a dívky

    • 253pages
    • 9 heures de lecture

    Jaké jsou osudy dvou odlišných žen, jež spojuje jediný prvek - obě jsou podstatně mladší než jejich partneři? Julia Hunterová a Kate Bainová našly, jak se zdá, skutečné štěstí s muži, kteří by mohli být jejich otcové. Bezchybná Julie organizuje svého muže Hugha, televizní celebritu, stejně zdatně jako jejich milovanou domácnost a andělská dvojčata. Kate žije už osm let s Jamesem Mallowem, učitelem v důchodu a ačkoliv si ho odmítá vzít, je zřejmě, že ho zbožňuje. Hugh a James jsou celoživotními přáteli a nyní po šedesátce se cítí jako v nebi. Ale věkové rozdíly nemohou být ignorovány navždy. James srazí z kola při své roztržité večerní jízdě deštivým Oxfordem slečnu Beatrici Bachelorovou. Ve chvíli, kdy tato excentrická a velmi nezávislá stará panna vstoupí do jejich života, spustí se řetězec událostí, během kterých vyjde najevo nespokojenost a mnoho frustrací. Kate začne vyhledávat přátele v jejím věku, zatímco Julia najde rozkvět své kariéry přesně v době, kdy její manžel začíná přirozeně upadat. Poklidné životy těchto mužů a dívek jsou silně narušeny novými vztahy a starými pocity úzkosti, které vyplývají na povrch. Cítí, že to už nikdy nebude stejně poklidné jako dřív.

    Muži a dívky1
    3,7

  2. A Passionate Man

    The Logans were an enchanting and admirable couple. Archie had snatched Liza from her own engagement party to someone else, wooed her, swept her off to his father in Scotland, and finally married her. Now bedded firmly into country life-three children, Archie the village doctor, Liza a teacher, everything comfortable, funny, affectionate,—they awaited the arrival of Archie's father, the brilliant Sir Andrew Logan, a widower for over thirty years. When his city-clean Rover stopped in the drive, Sir Andrew was not alone. Beside him was a golden lady in caramel suede, a warm, witty, desirable widow whom everyone—except Archie—adored at once. Archie saw his father's mistress as the worm in the bud of his perfect life—a life that was to be wrenched apart before he and Liza could re-create their world.

    A Passionate Man2
    3,4

  3. Marrying the Mistress

    • 327pages
    • 12 heures de lecture

    The court official leaned closer. "What's gone past," he said, "is not just an advocate, any old lady advocate. What's gone past is his Honour's totty." And what's going past is the life of Guy Stockdale, a 62-year-old judge, who has been married forever, has two sons--Simon and Alan--and three grandchildren. For the past seven years, he's also had a mistress. Merrion Palmer is intelligent, attractive, and half Guy's age, which also makes her younger than both Simon and Alan. Her dad died when she was a toddler and she's well aware that Guy is something of a father substitute. For years the role of mistress has suited her, but, suddenly, this style of relationship isn't enough for either of them. They've both had enough of sneaking around and avoiding people, so Guy has momentously made up his mind to leave his wife, Laura, and marry Merrion. Marrying the Mistress dives into the shock waves that buffet the Stockdale family after Guy leaves Laura. The novel addresses the question of how his sons are going to cope, the explosive opinions of his forthright daughter-in-law Carrie and what his teenage grandchildren make of it all. Can any of them avoid taking sides? Should they? And what about the abandoned wife, Laura, a woman apparently so long-sufferingly self-sacrificing she makes Mother Teresa look selfish?

    Marrying the Mistress3
    3,5

  4. Other People's Children

    This novel explores the myths, the realities and the difficulties of trying to deal simultaneously with present relationships, past relationships and, above all, with other people's children.

    Other People's Children4
    3,7

  5. Second Honeymoon

    • 384pages
    • 14 heures de lecture

    Joanna Trollope's most heartfelt and enthralling novel in years explores whathappens when the empty nest is suddenly full again.

    Second Honeymoon5
    3,1

  6. Désaccords mineurs

    • 402pages
    • 15 heures de lecture

    Chrissie a toujours su que Richie les aimait, elle et leurs trois filles, ainsi que leur joyeuse existence rythmée par la musique. Un seul bémol : Richie ne l'a jamais épousée, et pour cause, il n'a jamais divorcé de Margaret, la mère de son premier fils. Quand il meurt brutalement, tout bascule ; Margaret et son fils, qui figurent sur le testament, font une soudaine réapparition. Pour Chrissie et ses filles, tout se fissure irrémédiablement.

    Désaccords mineurs6
    3,3