by Danielle Steel (2003)
Een eenzame vrouw van middelbare leeftijd, wier dochters de deur uit zijn en wier man nooit tijd voor haar heeft, ontmoet een jeugdvriend als ze weer gaat studeren.
Beth Albright
There are only two seasons in Tuscaloosa--football and waiting-for-football. When Lewis Heart, football announcer and voice of the Crimson Tide, vanishes after an impromptu romp with Vivi Ann McFadden at the Fountain Mist Motel, Vivi does what any Southern woman would do: call her best friend, Blake O'Hara Heart, attorney-at-law.
Alison Kent
Miranda Kelly has a secret. Or two. Relentlessly hounded by the bloodthirsty media since her bitter—and very public—divorce, Miranda retreats to the sanctuary of her old hometown.She also returns to an old passion—donning daring costumes at night to transform into Candy Cane, singer extraordinaire at the Club Crimson! When Caleb McGregor is seduced by the sultry swing of Candy's hips, Miranda loses herself and her troubles in Caleb's arms.But Caleb is keeping a big secret of his own. And when Miranda discovers the cruel truth, she can't ever return to his bed. Not even for the most earthshaking sex she's ever experienced...
Ernesto Sábato
Novela escrita por el escritor argentino y publicada en 1961, ésta irrumpe en el panorama de la literatura latinoamericana aglutinando una variedad de elementos que la distinguen entre las ficciones de América del Sur. De este modo, es frecuentemente considerada como una novela total, con rasgos de surrealismo inusitados en la literatura latinoamericana (especialmente en la sección de "El Informe sobre ciegos"). Buena parte de su trama puede insertarse también en la tradición de la Bildungsroman ("novela de formación") de la que se cuentan varios ejemplos en la literatura alemana. Por otro lado, la descripción de una familia retratada a través de una largo lapso temporal con tintes decadentes, emparenta temáticamente esta novela con las ficciones de Faulkner y García Márquez.
Sarah Morgan
It's been a summer of firsts for Emily Donovan. From becoming a stand-in mom to her niece, Lizzy, to arriving on Puffin Island, her life has become virtually unrecognizable. Between desperately safeguarding Lizzy and her overwhelming fear of the ocean--which surrounds her everywhere she goes!--Emily has lost count of the number of "just breathe" pep talks she's given herself. And that's before charismatic local yacht club owner Ryan Cooper kisses her.