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From the New York Times bestselling author Kristin Hannah comes a powerful novel of love, loss, and the magic of friendship. . . .In the turbulent summer of 1974, Kate Mularkey has accepted her place at the bottom of the eighth-grade social food chain. Then, to her amazement, the "coolest girl in the world" moves in across the street and wants to be her friend. Tully Hart seems to have it all---beauty, brains, ambition. On the surface they are...

A #1 New York Times bestseller, Wall Street Journal Best Book of the Year, and soon to be a major motion picture, this unforgettable novel of love and strength in the face of war has enthralled a generation.France, 1939 - In the quiet village of Carriveau, Vianne Mauriac says goodbye to her husband, Antoine, as he heads for the Front. She doesn't believe that the Nazis will invade France ... but invade they do, in droves of marching soldiers, ...

Now a major Netflix seriesFirefly Lane is an unforgettable coming of age story, by the New York Times number one bestseller Kristin Hannah. It is 1974 and the summer of love is drawing to a close. Kate Mularkey has accepted her place at the bottom of the secondary school social food chain. Then, to her amazement, Tully Hart - the girl all the boys want to know - moves in across the street and wants to be her best friend. By the summer's end, T...

The Four Winds is set against the backdrop of the 1930s’ Great Depression and the Dust Bowl, probably the worst environmental disaster in American history. I came west in search of a better life, but my American dream was turned inside out by poverty and hardship and greed. These past few years have been a time of things lost. Elsa Martinelli has devoted her life to providing and protecting her family. When storms ravage the land, including ...

From Kristin Hannah, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Nightingale and The Great Alone, comes an epic novel of love and heroism and hope, set against the backdrop of one of America's most defining eras-the Great Depression.Texas, 1934. Millions are out of work and a drought has broken the Great Plains. Farmers are fighting to keep their land and their livelihoods as the crops are failing, the water is drying up, and dust threaten...

1974: Als Lenora Allbright mit ihren Eltern nach Alaska zieht, ist die Familie voller Hoffnung, das Trauma des Krieges, das der Vater in Vietnam davongetragen hat, hinter sich zu lassen. In Matthew, dem Sohn der Nachbarn, findet Leni einen engen Freund, und bald verlieben sie sich. Doch auf die Schönheit des Sommers folgt unweigerlich die Finsternis des Winters, und je länger diese andauert, desto weniger vermag Lenis Vater seine inneren Dämon...

From the New York Times number one bestselling author of The Nightingale and The Great Alone, Kristin Hannah, comes Wild, a remarkable story about the resilience of the human spirit, the triumph of hope, and the promise of new beginnings. In the rugged Pacific Northwest of the United States lies the Olympic National Forest - a vast expanse of impenetrable darkness and impossible beauty. From deep within this mysterious land, a six-year-old gir...

New York Times bestselling author Kristin Hannah is beloved by readers around the world for her unique blend of powerful emotion and exquisite storytelling. In Comfort & Joy, she offers a modern-day fairy tale-the story of a woman who gets a miraculous chance at happiness. Joy Candellaro once loved Christmas more than any other time of the year. Now, as the holiday approaches, she is at a crossroads in her life, recently divorced and alone, ...

One City. One Movement. A World of Stories.Stories from Suffragette City is a collection of short stories that all take place on a single day: October 23, 1915. It's the day when tens of thousands of women marched up Fifth Avenue, demanding the right to vote in New York City. Thirteen of today's bestselling authors have taken this moment as inspiration to raise the voices of history and breathe fresh life into their struggles and triumphs.The ...

Die einmalige Kraft einer FrauenfreundschaftVon der Weltbestseller-Autorin Kristin Hannah.Im Sommer 1974, zum Sound von Fleetwood Mac und Abba, lernt die Außenseiterin Kate die schöne, aufregende Tully kennen, die alles zu haben scheint, was ihr fehlt. Doch Tully entbehrt genau jenen Rückhalt einer liebenden Familie, wie Kate ihn kennt. So werden aus den unterschiedlichen Mädchen Freundinnen, die weder Tullys Karrierestreben noch Kates Entsche...

Ich liebe dieses Buch - große Charaktere, große Geschichten, große Gefühle." Isabel AllendeZwei Schwestern im besetzten Frankreich: Vianne, die Ältere, muss ihren Mann in den Krieg ziehen lassen und wird im Kampf um das Überleben ihrer kleinen Tochter vor furchtbare Entscheidungen gestellt. Die jüngere Isabelle schließt sich indes der Résistance an und sucht die Freiheit auf dem Pfad der Nachtigall, einem geheimen Fluchtweg über die Pyrenäen. ...

De zussen Viann en Isabelle hebben altijd een goede band gehad, ondanks hun verschillen. Isabelle, de jongste en brutaalste van de twee, woont in Parijs, terwijl Viann op het platteland van Frankrijk een rustig bestaan leidt met haar man Antoine en hun dochtertje. Maar dan breekt de Tweede Wereldoorlog uit en Antoine moet meevechten. Met het voortduren van de oorlog wordt niet alleen de relatie tussen de zussen zwaar op de proef gesteld, ma...

From the author of the worldwide phenomenon The Nightingale comes a story of a family in crisis and a young girl struggling to survive at the edge of the world, in America's last true frontier.

Seit langem wünscht sich Angela DeSaria ein Kind, doch das jahrelange Warten darauf und ein Baby, das kurz nach Geburt gestorben ist, haben ihre Ehe zerbrechen lassen. Sie kehrt in ihren Heimatort am Pazifik zurück, wo ihre Mutter und ihre beiden Schwestern ein Restaurant betreiben. Sie lernt die junge Lauren kennen, die ohne jede Unterstützung ihrer alkoholkranken Mutter darum kämpft, das College besuchen zu können. Zwischen Angie und dem Mäd...

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The Great Alone. 1974-j. Leni trinadcat' let, ee otec nedavno vernulsja s v'etnamskoj vojny. Vernulsja sovsem ne takim, kak prezhde, -- zlym na ves' mir, rasterjannym i slomlennym. A vskore poluchil nasledstvo -- nebol'shoj uchastok zemli tam, gde pochti net ljudej, gde lish' prekrasnaja, pust' i surovaja priroda, -- na Aljaske. I vskore Leni s roditeljami otpravljajutsja v jetot zagadochnyj i nevedomyj mir. I ponachalu kazhetsja, chto Aljaska...

Quando Ernt Allbright torna dalla guerra del Vietnam è un uomo profondamente instabile. Dopo aver perso l'ennesimo posto di lavoro, prende una decisione impulsiva: trasferirsi con tutta la famiglia nella selvaggia Alaska, l'ultima frontiera americana, e cominciare una nuova vita. Sua figlia Leni, tredici anni, è nel pieno del tumulto adolescenziale: soffre per i continui litigi dei genitori e spera che questo cambiamento porti a tutti un futur...

A woman has to be tough as steel up here. You can't count on anyone to save you and your children. You have to be willing to save yourselves.'Thirteen-year-old Leni is coming of age in a tumultuous time. Caught in the riptide of her parents' passionate, stormy relationship, she dares to hope that Alaska will lead to a better future for her family, and a place to belong. Her mother, Cora, will do anything and go anywhere for the man she loves, ...

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Hannah's thought-provoking novel of sisterhood in wartime, praised by "Kirkus" as a 'respectful and absorbing page-turner'. Film tie-in edition.