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«Un bambino smarrito è la cosa più brutta che ci sia, uno ritrovato, la cosa più bella del mondo.» Lo sa bene Tracy Waterhouse, ex poliziotta ora a capo della sicurezza in un grande centro commerciale di Leeds, una donna dalla condotta irreprensibile fino al giorno in cui, seguendo un impulso a dir poco azzardato, decide di fare un acquisto non proprio legale e di comprare una bambina. Ora ha finalmente qualcuno da amare, ma il gesto istintivo...

An intricately plotted novel by the Whitbread winner, her first since "Emotionally Weird". A commericial story full of suspense and often very funny. Set in Cambridge, a private investigator is thrown into the middle of three unsolved old cases. "Triumphant... Her best book yet... A tragi-comedy for our times" "Sunday Telegraph

Ruby Lennox è stata concepita di malavoglia dalla madre, Bunty, ed è nata mentre suo padre, George, era fuori città a raccontare a una signora con un bel vestito verde che lui non era sposato. Un inizio tutt'altro che promettente per Ruby... Anche perché Bunty non aveva nessuna intenzione di sposare George e adesso si ritrova bloccata con quella bambina in un piccolo appartamento sopra un negozio di animali, a due passi dall'antica e maestosa ...

Tracy Waterhouse is a large woman, with firm opinions and a quiet, ordered life. Retired from her work as a police detective, her life takes a surprising turn when she encounters Kelly Cross, a habitual offender, dragging her young daughter through town, both miserable and obviously better off without each other. Or so decides Tracy, in a snap decision that surprises herself as much as Kelly. Suddenly burdened with a small child and no clue ho...

An intricately plotted novel by the Whitbread winner, her first since "Emotionally Weird". A commericial story full of suspense and often very funny. Set in Cambridge, a private investigator is thrown into the middle of three unsolved old cases. "Triumphant... Her best book yet... A tragi-comedy for our times" "Sunday Telegraph

Paperback edition of the latest novel from the bestselling author of the Jackson Brodie series. This standalone work, which was shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction, follows the many lives of Ursula Todd, as she's born again and again in 1910. 'Dazzling, witty, moving, joyful, mournful, profound.' Gillian Flynn

What if you had the chance to live your life again and again, until you finally got it right?During a snowstorm in England in 1910, a baby is born and dies before she can take her first breath.During a snowstorm in England in 1910, the same baby is born and lives to tell the tale.What if there were second chances? And third chances? In fact an infinite number of chances to live your life? Would you eventually be able to save the world from its...

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In einer eisigen Nacht im Jahre 1910 wird Ursula Todd geboren, um gleich nach dem ersten Atemzug zu sterben. Doch anders als andere Menschen erhält sie eine weitere Chance und wird erneut geboren: in eine äußerst britische Familie, die mit den herrlichsten Marotten ausgestattet ist und in deren Mitte Ursula mit ihrer »Fähigkeit« nicht weiter auffällt. Ganz im Gegenteil: Für ihre Mutter ist sie das Kind, das am meisten üben muss, um das Leben m...

Einst belegte die erste Lady Fairfax alle nachkommenden Generationen mit einem Fluch. Die junge Isobel spürt diesen noch immer. Ist ihre Mutter tatsächlich fortgegangen, oder hat der Vater seine schöne Frau aus Eifersucht umgebracht? Tapfer versucht Isobel, die Geheimnisse in ihrer Familie zu lüften.

Companion novel to the no.1 "Sunday Times" bestseller "Life After Life". Atkinson turns her attention to Teddy, younger brother of "Life After Life"'s central character, Ursula Todd, as he navigates the perils and progress of the 20th century. For all RAF bomber pilot Teddy endures in battle, his greatest challenge will be to face living a future he never expected to have. Now in paperback.

A God in Ruins relates the life of Teddy Todd - would-be poet, heroic World War II bomber pilot, husband, father, and grandfather - as he navigates the perils and progress of the 20th century. For all Teddy endures in battle, his greatest challenge will be to face living in a future he never expected to have. This gripping, often deliriously funny yet emotionally devastating book looks at war - that great fall of Man from grace - and the effec...

Kate Atkinsons großer Roman über das Drama des 20. Jahrhunderts - Platz 1 der Times-Bestsellerliste. Was bleibt von einem Menschen und seinen Möglichkeiten? Zwischen den Weltkriegen erlebt Teddy Todd, geboren 1914, eine idyllische ländliche Jugend auf dem Anwesen seiner Familie nahe London. Mag sein, dass er, der charmante Naturfreund und Möchtegern-Poet, mit seiner Sandkastenliebe Nancy einst eine Tochter haben wird (die er nicht versteht und...

Debut novel from a prize winning short story writer, the hardback receiving excellent reviews. A family is observed over the years by one of its members, moving in stark contrast from life in the trenches during the First World War, to the Coronation Year celebrations. "Frank, funny and sad" >Sunday Express<.

Kate Atkinson is one of the world¿s foremost novelists. She won the Costa Book of the Year prize with her first novel, Behind the Scenes at the Museum. Her three critically lauded and prizewinning novels set around World War II are Life After Life, A God in Ruins (both winners of the Costa Novel Award), and Transcription. She was appointed MBE for services to literature in 2011.Her bestselling literary crime novels featuring former detective J...

Encuadernación: Tapa blanda con solapas.Jackson Brodie, un ex investigador ahora retirado, resuelve un caso de secuestro que tiene su origen en un asesinato perpetrado hace ahora treinta añosHay momentos imposibles de olvidar, y aunque hayan pasado treinta años desde entonces, Joanna aun recuerda el sendero en el campo y la tarde de verano en que un hombre de repente se acercó a su madre y a sus hermanos y acabó con la vida de toda la familia....

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Retired police detective Tracy Waterhouse leads a quiet, ordered life--until she cares for a young child. Meanwhile, Jackson Brodie, the beloved detective from "Case Histories, " rescues an abused dog. Jackson is about to learn, along with Tracy, that no good deed goes unpunished.

In una gelida notte di febbraio del 1910, a Londra nasce una bambina. Il cordone ombelicale è stretto intorno al suo collo, e nessuno riesce a salvarla. In una gelida notte di febbraio del 1910, a Londra nasce una bambina. Il cordone ombelicale è stretto intorno al suo collo, ma il medico di famiglia, giunto proprio all'ultimo istante, lo taglia e permette alla piccola di respirare. Inizia così la vita straordinaria di Ursula Todd, una vita ch...

Following her mystery debut "Case Histories" with this percipient, funny, and totally satisfying read, Atkinson once again features ex-cop turned private investigator Jackson Brodie--except this time he is the prime suspect in a deadly crime.