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Hoe kyk ’n mens terug na jou lewe en wens jy het ‘n ander vurk in die pad geneem? Wat sou gebeur het as? As?
In dié diep ontroerende novelle toor die skrywer soos ’n alchemis van ouds met verdriet en spyt. Dit is ’n liefdesroman, ’n elegie aan die verlore liefde. Die verteller verlang terug na Anders, na Jena, na Duitsland. Maar die verlede spoel ’n mens rond soos die see.
Nou is dit te laat. Vir altyd te laat.
Witty, haunting, and kind, Under the Whispering Door is a gift for
troubled times. TJ Klune brings us a warm hug of a story about a
man who spent his life at the office - and his afterlife building a
home. From the author of joyous New York Times bestseller The House
in the Cerulean Sea. Welcome to Charon's Crossing. The tea is hot,
the scones are fresh and the dead are just passing through. When a
reaper comes to collect Wallace from his own sparsely-attended
funeral, Wallace is outraged. But he begins to suspect she's right,
and he is in fact dead. Then when Hugo, owner of a most peculiar
tea shop, promises to help him cross over, Wallace reluctantly
accepts the truth. Yet even in death, he refuses to abandon his
life - even though Wallace spent all of it working, correcting
colleagues and hectoring employees. He'd had no time for
frivolities like fun and friends. But as Wallace drinks tea with
Hugo and talks to his customers, he wonders if he was missing
something. The feeling grows as he shares jokes with the resident
ghost, manifests embarrassing footwear and notices the stars. So
when he's given one week to pass through the door to the other
side, Wallace sets about living a lifetime in just seven days. Fans
of A Man Called Ove and The Good Place will fall for this queer
love story by TJ Klune. Praise for TJ Klune: 'I loved it. It is
like being wrapped up in a big gay blanket. Simply perfect' - V. E.
Schwab, no.1 New York Times bestselling author of The Invisible
Life of Addie LaRue 'A modern fairy tale about learning your true
nature and what you love and will protect. It's a beautiful book' -
Charlaine Harris, no.1 New York Times bestselling author 'A
whimsical, warm-hearted fantasy' - Guardian 'Fans of queer fantasy
won't want to miss this' - Publishers Weekly
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Kala
(Hardcover, Main)
Colin Walsh
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R460
R436
Discovery Miles 4 360
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Fifteen-year-old Kala Lannan disappeared from the tourist town of
Kinlough in November 2003. No trace was ever found - until now,
when her remains are discovered at a local building site. The day
after the grisly discovery, Helen Laughlin, Kala's best friend and
confidante, reluctantly returns to the town she ran from ten years
before. Helen falls in with two other members of their teenage gang
- Mush, scarred and scared to leave the safety of his ma's cafe on
the high street, and the Famous Joe Brennan, Kala's boyfriend, a
commercially successful but emotionally conflicted musician newly
returned in an effort to dry out and reconnect with something
authentic in life. Their actions over the following days are
propelled by the need to understand what happened to the girl who
meant so much to each of them and whose disappearance upended their
lives. But to find answers, they have to confront their own
complicity in the events that led to Kala's disappearance.
Ultimately, they must do what others should have done before them
to stop the violent patterns of their town's past repeating
themselves once again...
Left a legacy by her parents Becky Carson's first inclination was
to invest this into a business venture with her partner Jeff
Gunter. That however was before Becky realised the true character
of the man. It was also before a fire at sea and meeting Sven
Jensen. Matters could not be resolved quite so easily however
especially after Jeff Gunter became involved with a gang, known to
the police. The question was would Sven be willing to wait for her
whilst she disentangled her life or were the rumours about him
correct: Was he a married man?
An innocent game of internet poker leads James, an English writer
and poet, to Mia; the successful President of her own American
companies. As their transatlantic friendship develops, they embark
upon a journey of a lifetime which takes them back to younger
dreams they had long since abandoned. Against a backdrop of
stunning locations incorporating Florida, Cornwall, Scotland and
Lancashire, their story unfolds. As the sparks of passion ignite,
love begins to blossom in deeper ways than either of them had ever
encountered. Their journey begins to deepen and unfold, as passion,
desire and their innermost feelings create a world that neither of
them can resist or control. The thousands of miles between them
cannot stem their desires and against overwhelming odds and
life-threatening moments, they fight for the world they know is
there. They both examine their hearts, minds and souls, in a bid to
live their dreams.
A bitterly cold, sleety wind was blowing. Christmas was now two
days in the past, as a young teenage girl pushed her second-hand
bicycle from her family's country cottage where she lived with her
mother and elder sister. She was setting off for the four-mile
journey to the bookshop where she'd worked for the past year. The
love of her work made her oblivious to the bitter wind and blinding
sleet. The money earned was a welcome asset to the family, and
filled her with a warm, proud feeling knowing she was at last
contributing to the household expenses, taking a little extra
strain from her mother's shoulders. At the same time another young
teenager was sitting impatiently in her father's new car as he
loaded her luggage into the boot and strapped her skis on the roof
rack before driving from their detached home in London's affluent
green belt to the airport where she would meet with friends for
their skiing trip to the resort of Val-d'Isere in the French Alps,
a Christmas present from her wealthy parents. The lives of these
two opposites would, in future years, have untold effects far and
wide, that would shake both families to the roots in events of
sheer happiness and devastating disaster.
This book tells the story of a former nun and the struggles she
faces and finally overcomes after leaving her convent following the
death of her mother. All the proceeds from the sale of this book
will be donated to a charity which helps the homeless who live and
sleep on our city streets.
If Kelly was surprised when she managed to secure the job acting as
companion and secretary to a Professor who was returning to England
after suffering an accident, she was even more surprised when she
met Stefan Rincon. Surprised that was at herself for actually
falling for the man! But then life does not always proceed without
its complications. One of these was the fact that she herself was
being used by others to glean scientific information from the
Professor and yet another came in the fact that once back in
England and seeking a future in the theatre she was to find herself
at the centre of foreign intervention. Even so perhaps the thoughts
she had of Marie Sanchez having already formed a relationship with
the Professor were to be proved wrong when it was this person who
eventually came to her rescue. But Stefan himself still remained an
enigma and a happy ending seemed to be quite impossible!
Travelling to Norway for the wedding of her friend, Sonja was
ill-prepared for the advent of the silent one or indeed what was
consequently to happen, but then Lars Bjork-birch was a completely
different character to others she had met. But then Sonja herself
had a secret, a child who was fast reaching his maturity and one
who regarded his mother only as a money making machine even when
she found herself as a guest of Soviet Russia. Yet Lars himself
also held a secret close to his heart. What that was Sonja had
eventually to find out!
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