Richard Roper
Author
Language
English
Description
Andrew's day-to-day is a little grim, searching for next of kin for those who die alone. Thankfully, he has a loving family waiting for him when he gets home, to help wash the day's cares away. At least, that's what his coworkers believe. Andrew didn't mean for the misunderstanding to happen, yet he's become trapped in his own white lie. The fantasy of his wife and two kids has become a pleasant escape from his lonely one bedroom with only his Ella...
Author
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"From the author of Something to Live For, a poignant and funny story about a man whose wife disappeared seven years ago and his journey to find her or find out what happened, interwoven with the story of their relationship, revealing how sometimes the biggest secrets are the ones we keep from ourselves"--
"Brian's beloved wife, Lily, disappeared without a trace seven years ago. He's never lost hope that she'd return, but as their pub and his well-being...
Author
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"From the author of Something to Live For, a nostalgic, heart-warming story of two long-lost friends who embark on a 184-mile walk of the Thames Path in order to find their way back to the truth, and to their friendship"--
From the outside Joel looks like the picture of success: a TV scriptwriter with a smash hit who is still together and in love with his teenage sweetheart, Amber. In reality he is falling apart at the seams, and headed home to reconnect...
Author
Language
Deutsch
Description
Es ist nie zu spät für einen Neuanfang - und für die große Liebe
Andrews Beruf ist der Tod. Seine Arbeit als Nachlassverwalter ist nichts für Zartbesaitete, aber zum Glück wartet zuhause eine liebevolle Familie auf ihn, die ihn aufheitert - glauben zumindest seine Kollegen. Aber das ist nur eine Notlüge, die irgendwann ein Eigenleben entwickelt hat. In Wahrheit wohnt Andrew allein in einem Londoner Ein-Zimmer-Apartment und führt ein genauso...
Author
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
Previously published as How Not to Die Alone
Smart, darkly funny, and life-affirming, for fans of Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine, Something to Live For is the bighearted debut novel we all need, a story about love, loneliness, and the importance of taking a chance when we feel we have the most to lose.
"Off-beat and winning...Gives resiliency and the triumph of the human spirit a good name."...
Smart, darkly funny, and life-affirming, for fans of Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine, Something to Live For is the bighearted debut novel we all need, a story about love, loneliness, and the importance of taking a chance when we feel we have the most to lose.
"Off-beat and winning...Gives resiliency and the triumph of the human spirit a good name."...
Author
Language
Español
Description
Una novela de estreno muy divertida y que puede resonar a los lectores de Eleanor Oliphant buenísima: la historia de un hombre al que se le ofrece una segunda oportunidad de vida y amor cuando desarrolla una amistad inesperada: si es capaz de contar la mentira blanca que dijo hace años y que ya se ha convertido algo mucho más complejo.
El día a día de Andrew es un poco sombrío, su trabajo consiste en buscar familiares para acompañar a aquellos...
Author
Language
Español
Description
Una novela de estreno muy divertida y que puede resonar a los lectores de Eleanor Oliphant buenísima: la historia de un hombre al que se le ofrece una segunda oportunidad de vida y amor cuando desarrolla una amistad inesperada: si es capaz de contar la mentira blanca que dijo hace años y que ya se ha convertido algo mucho más complejo.
El día a día de Andrew es un poco sombrío, su trabajo consiste en buscar familiares para acompañar a aquellos...
Author
Language
Deutsch
Description
Zwei Freunde: Einer von ihnen hat ein Geheimnis, der andere lebt eine Lüge. So beginnen sie ihre Reise auf dem Weg zurück zu sich selbst und zueinander - 184 Meilen entlang der Themse. Eine Reise, die die bittersüßen Höhen und Tiefen des Lebens widerspiegelt und die man nicht so schnell vergisst.
Theo lebt im Gartenschuppen seiner Eltern, wo er ein gebrochenes Herz und ein verletztes Ego pflegt, überzeugt, das Leben könne nicht noch schlimmer...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Español
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
Español
Description
Una novela de estreno muy divertida y que puede resonar a los lectores de Eleanor Oliphant buenisima: la historia de un hombre al que se le ofrece una segunda oportunidad de vida y amor cuando desarrolla una amistad inesperada: si es capaz de contar la mentira blanca que dijo hace anos y que ya se ha convertido algo mucho mas complejo. El dia a dia de Andrew es un poco sombrio, su trabajo consiste en buscar familiares para acompanar a aquellos que...
Author
Publisher
Putnam
Pub. Date
[1978]
Language
English
Description
Diaries of Joseph Goebbels, second in command to Adolf Hitler.
A sensational literary find, Joseph Goebbels's diaries, only now surfacing some thirty-two years after his violent death, are the most spectacular and probably the last great literary legacy of the Third Reich. Final Entries is a deeply personal account by the man second in power only to the Führer himself. It covers Nazi Germany's stupendous last days, from February through April 1945,...
