Автор - Jodi Picoult
Between the lines
Автор: Jodi PicoultЖанр: Иностранная литература
New York Times bestselling author Jodi Picoult and her teenage daughter present their first-ever novel for teens, filled with romance, adventure, and humor.What happens when happily ever after.isn't?Delilah is a bit of a loner who prefers spending her time in the school library with her head in a book – one book in particular. Between the Lines may be a fairy tale, but it feels real. Prince Oliver is brave, adventurous, and loving. He really speaks to Delilah.And then one day Oliver actually speaks to her. Turns out, Oliver is more than a one-dimensional storybook prince. He's a restless teen who feels trapped by his literary existence and hates that his entire life is predetermined. He's sure there's more for him out there in the real world, and Delilah might just be his key to freedom.Delilah and Oliver work together to attempt to get Oliver out of his book, a challenging task that forces them to examine their perceptions of fate, the world, and their places in it. And as their attraction to each other grows along the way, a romance blossoms that is anything but a fairy tale.***“REAL FAIRY TALES are not for the fainthearted. Children get eaten by witches and chased by wolves; women fall into comas and are tortured by evil relatives. Somehow all that pain and suffering is worthwhile, though, when it leads to the ending: happily ever after. Suddenly it no longer matters if you got a B- on your midterm in French or you’re the only girl in the school who doesn’t have a date for the spring formal. Happily ever after trumps everything.But what if ever after could change?”JODIPICOULT.COMWHAT HAPPENS WHENHAPPILY EVER AFTER…ISN’T?Delilah hates school as much as she loves books. In fact, there’s one book in particular she can’t get enough of. If anyone knew how many times she has read and reread the sweet little fairy tale she found in the library, especially the popular kids, she’d be sent to social Siberia…forever.To Delilah, though, this fairy tale is more than just words on the page. Sure, there’s a handsome (well, okay, hot) prince, and a castle, and an evil villain, but it feels as if there’s something deeper going on. And one day Delilah finds out there is. Turns out, this Prince Charming is real, and a certain fifteen-year-old loner has caught his eye. But they’re from two different worlds, and how can it ever possibly work?Together with her daughter, Samantha van Leer, #1 New York Times bestselling author Jodi Picoult has written a classic fairy tale with a uniquely modern twist. Readers will be swept away by this story of a girl who crosses the border between reality and fantasy in a perilous search for her own happy ending.
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Jesień Cudów
Автор: Jodi PicoultЖанр: Иностранная литература
Mariah przyłapuje męża z inną kobietą i wpada w depresję, a jej córka Faith – świadek zdarzenia – zaczyna zwierzać się wyimaginowanej przyjaciółce.Początkowo Mariah lekceważy te rozmowy, jednak kiedy Faith dokonuje kolejnych cudownych uzdrowień, a na jej dłoniach pojawiają się stygmaty, zadaje sobie pytanie, czy córce istotnie nie objawia się Bóg. Wieść rozchodzi się błyskawicznie – Mariah i Faith wbrew własnej woli stają się bohaterkami medialnego cyrku. Rozwój sytuacji nieuchronnie prowadzi do destabilizacji rodziny dręczonej przez media, lekarzy oraz posiadaczy jedynych słusznych prawd.
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Lone Wolf
Автор: Jodi PicoultЖанр: Иностранная литература
A life hanging in the balance.a family torn apart. The #1 internationally bestselling author Jodi Picoult tells an unforgettable story about family, love, and letting go.Edward Warren, twenty-four, has been living in Thailand for five years, a prodigal son who left his family after an irreparable fight with his father, Luke. But he gets a frantic phone call: His dad lies comatose, gravely injured in the same accident that has also injured his younger sister Cara.With her father's chances for recovery dwindling, Cara wants to wait for a miracle. But Edward wants to terminate life support and donate his father's organs. Is he motivated by altruism, or revenge? And to what lengths will his sister go to stop him from making an irrevocable decision?Lone Wolf explores the notion of family, and the love, protection and strength it's meant to offer. But what if the hope that should sustain it, is the very thing that pulls it apart? Another tour de force from Jodi Picoult, Lone Wolf examines the wild and lonely terrain upon which love battles reason.
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Jak z Obrazka
Автор: Jodi PicoultЖанр: Иностранная литература
Młoda kobieta, którą policja znajduje błąkającą się po cmentarzu w Los Angeles, nie pamięta, jak się nazywa. Kiedy zgłasza się po nią mąż, Cassie Barrett dowiaduje się ze zdumieniem, że jest nie tylko uznanym i wybitnym antropologiem, ale też żoną Aleksa Riversa, słynnego aktora jednego z najpopularniejszych hollywoodzkich gwiazdorów. Stopniowo wraca jej pamięć: szalony romans w Tanzanii, ważne odkrycie naukowe, którego tam dokonała, kariera Aleksa, za którą zapłacił emocjonalnym rozchwianiem. Ale Cassie nie może się odnaleźć w swoim luksusowym życiu i na pozór doskonałym małżeństwie. Kiedy znajduje w łazience test ciążowy z pozytywnym wynikiem, nagle wracają do niej ponure wspomnienia. Cassie czuje, że musi natychmiast uciec przed swoją przeszłością i przed Aleksem.
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Diecinueve minutos
Автор: Jodi PicoultЖанр: Иностранная литература
Peter Houghton es un estudiante de 17 años en Sterling, New Hampshire, que lleva tiempo sufriendo los abusos verbales y físicos de sus compañeros de clase. Su única amiga, Josie Cormier, ha sucumbido a la presión del grupo y ahora pertenece a la élite popular que habitualmente lo acosa. Un último incidente lleva a Peter al límite y lo empuja a cometer un acto de violencia que cambiará para siempre la vida de los habitantes de Sterling. Incluso aquellos que no se encontraban en la escuela aquella mañana vieron sus vidas supendidas, incluyendo a Alex Cormier.
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Handle with Care
Автор: Jodi PicoultЖанр: Иностранная литература
Charlotte O'Keefe's beautiful, much-longed-for, adored daughter Willow is born with osteogenesis imperfecta – a very severe form of brittle bone disease. If she slips on a crisp packet she could break both her legs, and spend six months in a half body cast. After years of caring for Willow, her family faces financial disaster. Then Charlotte is offered a lifeline. She could sue her obsetrician for wrongful birth – for not having diagnosed Willow's condition early enough in the pregnancy to be able to abort the child. The payout could secure Willow's future. But to get it would mean Charlotte suing her best friend. And standing up in court to declare that if she would have prefered that Willow had never been born…
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Harvesting the Heart
Автор: Jodi PicoultЖанр: Иностранная литература
“In this breathless, startling novel, Jodi Picoult reveals the fragile threads that hold people together, or let them break apart. Her narrative, especially her sense of family, is reminiscent of a young Anne Tyler. Hers is a remarkable new voice, and it tells us a story that goes straight to the heart.” – -Mary Morris, author of A Mother’s Love and Nothing to Declare“Picoult weaves a beautiful tale from threads of sympathetic characters into a pattern told from two points of view, then fringes it with suspense and drama.” – -The Charlotte Observer“A brilliant, moving examination of motherhood, brimming with detail and emotion.” – -Richmond Timea-Dispatch“Picoult’s depiction of families and their relationships over time is rich and accurate… Harvesting the Heart (is] a moving portrayal of the difficulties of marriage and parenthood.” – -Orlando Sentinel“Picoult considers various forces that can unite or fracture families and examines the complexities of the human heart in both literal and figurative ways.” – -Library Journal“Picoult brings her considerable talents to this contemporary story of a young woman in search of her identity… Told in flashbacks, this is a realistic story of childhood and adolescence, the demands of motherhood, the hard paths of personal growth and the generosity of spirit required by love. Picoult’s imagery is startlinwth peg and brilliant; her characters move credibly through this affecting drama.” – -Publishers Weekly***The author of Picture Perfect "explores the fragile ground of ambivalent motherhood" (New York Times Book Review). Paige's mother left when she was five. When Paige becomes a mother herself, she is overwhelmed by the demands. Unable to forget her past, Paige struggles with the difficulties of marriage and motherhood.
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Sing You Home
Автор: Jodi PicoultЖанр: Иностранная литература
Every life has a soundtrack. All you have to do is listen.Music has set the tone for most of Zoe Baxter's life. There's the melody that reminds her of the summer she spent rubbing baby oil on her stomach in pursuit of the perfect tan. A dance beat that makes her think of using a fake ID to slip into a nightclub. A dirge that marked the years she spent trying to get pregnant.For better or for worse, music is the language of memory. It is also the language of love.In the aftermath of a series of personal tragedies, Zoe throws herself into her career as a music therapist. When an unexpected friendship slowly blossoms into love, she makes plans for a new life, but to her shock and inevitable rage, some people – even those she loves and trusts most – don't want that to happen.Sing You Home is about identity, love, marriage, and parenthood. It's about people wanting to do the right thing for the greater good, even as they work to fulfill their own personal desires and dreams. And it's about what happens when the outside world brutally calls into question the very thing closest to our hearts: family.
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Świadectwo Prawdy
Автор: Jodi PicoultЖанр: Иностранная литература
W oborze na farmie amiszów w Pensylwanii znaleziono zwłoki noworodka. Lokalna społeczność jest w szoku – w wyniku dochodzenia policyjnego o odebranie dziecku życia zostaje oskarżona jego domniemana matka, osiemnastoletnia Katie Fisher, niezamężna dziewczyna z rodziny amiszów. Sprawę Katie przyjmuje Ellie Hathaway, rozczarowana swoją pracą adwokatka z wielkiego miasta. Po raz pierwszy w swojej karierze spotyka się z wymiarem sprawiedliwości rządzącym się innymi zasadami niż ten, który zna na wylot. Zagłębiając się w świat amiszów, musi znaleźć sposób, aby dotrzeć do swojej klientki i porozumieć się z nią w jej języku. Praca nad tą zawikłaną sprawą prowadzi ją także w głąb własnego ja, a kiedy jeszcze pojawi się w jej życiu mężczyzna z przeszłości, Ellie stanie oko w oko ze swoimi najtajniejszymi lękami i pragnieniami?
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Zeit der Gespenster
Автор: Jodi PicoultЖанр: Иностранная литература
Die amerikanische Originalausgabe erschien 2003 unter dem Titel "Second Glance" bei Atria Books, New York. Übersetzung aus dem Amerikanischen von Ulrike Wasel und Klaus Timmermann
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