by Claire Cook (2010)
A high-spirited novel from the bestselling author of Must Love Dogs and Life's a Beach that will have you planning a girlfriend getaway in no time!Just when Jill Murray's finally figured out how to manage on her own, her ex-husband proves that he can't even run away reliably. After seven long years missing in action, he's back—crashing into the man-free existence Jill and her ten-year-old daughter have built so carefully. And what's a good mother to do? To a child, even a deadbeat dad is better than no dad at all.Jill's life just hasn't turned out quite the way she planned. By now, she'd hoped to be jetting around the world as a high-end cultural coach. Instead, she's answering phones for a local travel agency and teaching cooking classes at the community center.Enter free-spirited entrepreneur Billy, who hires Jill as a consultant for an upcoming business trip. Is their relationship veering off in a new direction? And what about her ex? Jill couldn't possibly still have feelings for him...could she? Suddenly, her no-boys-allowed life is anything but.They say that every seven years you become a completely new person, but Jill isn't sure she's ready for the big change. It takes a Costa Rican getaway to help her make a choice—not so much between the two men in her life, but between the woman she is and the one she wants to be.
Tove Jansson
Poor little chap! He had been turned into a very strange animal indeed . . .Although they're small, fat and shy creatures, Moomins have the most amazing adventures. It all begins when Moominpappa tries on a magic hat that makes exciting and funny things happen . . .
Guadalupe Nettel
Inspirada en la infancia de la autora, El cuerpo en que nací es la historia de una niña con un defecto de nacimiento en un ojo. Su vida, durante los años setenta, se ve influida por su escasa visión pero también por la ideología dominante en esa época: el matrimonio abierto de sus padres, las escuelas activas, las comunas hippies, la libertad sexual y su correlato. Las diferencias físicas y psicológicas que la distinguen hacen que la protagonista se identifique con los seres que viven al margen de las modas y de las convenciones sociales. Escrita a modo de soliloquio en el diván de un psicoanalista, la narradora nos hace partícipes de sus recuerdos más íntimos y de las interpretaciones que hace de su propia vida. Se trata de una historia llena de sentido del humor pero también de realismo, en la que el mundo infantil se presenta mucho más ominoso de lo que parece a simple vista. Una conmovedora novela de iniciación a la vida y a la literatura, que recorre el camino de vuelta hacia la dignidad y hacia la aceptación de uno mismo; un Bildungsroman situado entre América Latina y Europa, de las que muestra las facetas menos obvias: el exilio sudamericano, la migración magrebí o las prisiones de la ciudad de México constituyen parte de su contexto. Guadalupe Nettel confirma con El cuerpo en que nací lo que la crítica ha celebrado desde su debut: que es una de las revelaciones en lengua española de la última década. Así, por ejemplo, el escritor colombiano Juan Gabriel Vásquez afirmó: «Hacía mucho tiempo no me encontraba, en la literatura de mi generación, con un mundo tan personal e intransferible como el de Guadalupe Nettel.»
Michael Malone
Raleigh Hayes, a respectable citizen of North Carolina, learns his father has vanished with a young female mental patient. He has left behind a mysterious list of seven outrageous tasks that his upright son must perform in order to rescue his inheritance.
Wayne C. Lee
"Although Web Scott had tried to live a good and honest life, the brand of his father was upon him. For Mort Scott had been in prison for ten years for rustling and murder, and everywhere Web went he was pointed out as a jailbird's son. But now Mort, about to die, was protesting his innocence. Furthermore, he was laying the blame on Cole Tillotson, Web's uncle, who owned a big spread in Tomahawk Valley and who had brought Web up when the youngster had been left without a father to raise him. And Web did not know whether to believe the parent he had grown to resent and to hate for ruining his life, or the relative who had taken him in and had taught him to live by the gun in his hand."--Publisher description.