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Cecelia Ahern was born and grew up in Dublin. Before embarking on her writing career, Cecelia Ahern completed a degree in journalism and media studies. PS, I Love You was one of the biggest-selling debuts of recent years and a number 1 bestseller. Her other bestselling novels are Where Rainbows End, If You Could See Me Now, A Place Called Here, Thanks for the Memories, The Gift, The Book of Tomorrow and The Time of My Life. PS, I Love You became an international box office success, starring Hilary Swank. Cecelia also co-created the hit American television series Samantha Who? Her novels are published in nearly 50 countries, and has sold over twenty-five million copies of her novels worldwide. Two of her books have been adapted as films and she has created several TV series. She and her books have won numerous awards, including the Irish Book Award for Popular Fiction for The Year I Met You. Cecelia lives in County Dublin with her family.
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Thirty very different pieces about extraordinary women, keenly observed and astute. They cover the spectrum from triumphant to pathetic, sad to humerous, surprising to surreal. There is the woman who unravels, another who grows wings, one who secretly paints her grass green, one talks to ducks, one slips through a timeless crack and another is put on a shelf. Some will irritate, others make you laugh or cry. Do not read too many together else you will lose the flavour. I would believe it to be a good bedside book, read two or three a night and take the next day pondering and digesting them before the next batch. I also believe it would make an excellent Christmas present for any woman any age.
Thirty very different pieces about extraordinary women, keenly observed and astute. They cover the spectrum from triumphant to pathetic, sad to humorous, surprising to surreal. There is the woman who unravels, another who grows wings, one who secretly paints her grass green, one talks to ducks, one slips through a timeless crack and another is put on a shelf. Some will irritate, others make you laugh or cry. Do not consume too many together else you will lose the flavour. I would believe it to be a good bedtime listen, enjoy two or three a night and take the next day pondering and digesting them before the next batch.
Just so, so gorgeous! Laura lives on her own in the woodland wilds of South West Ireland, a film crew discover she has a special gift, will she be exploited or set free? I always know a book is fabulous when I forget I’m meant to be reviewing and instead find myself completely transported to another world. Cecelia Ahern writes with such a light, magical touch, yet she opens up feelings and allows you to see, to feel, to think. Each part of the story is introduced by a fascinating section taken from a book written in 1933, and links beautifully to Laura. This story is alive with the mystical and unknown, yet is a very modern tale indeed. The writing is so perfect, I actually heard sound… noise touched me, clearly, effortlessly and beautifully, making my heart ache. A delicious enchantment underpins and threads through the story, yet there is also an undertone of unease and foreboding that lingers as you turn the pages, ensuring ‘Lyrebird’ is a bewitching, gloriously delightful read. ~ Liz Robinson
One of our Books of the Year 2016. Just so, so gorgeous! Laura lives on her own in the woodland wilds of South West Ireland, a film crew discover she has a special gift, will she be exploited or set free? I always know a book is fabulous when I forget I’m meant to be reviewing and instead find myself completely transported to another world. Cecelia Ahern writes with such a light, magical touch, yet she opens up feelings and allows you to see, to feel, to think. Each part of the story is introduced by a fascinating section taken from a book written in 1933, and links beautifully to Laura. This story is alive with the mystical and unknown, yet is a very modern tale indeed. The writing is so perfect, I actually heard sound… noise touched me, clearly, effortlessly and beautifully, making my heart ache. A delicious enchantment underpins and threads through the story, yet there is also an undertone of unease and foreboding that lingers as you turn the pages, ensuring ‘Lyrebird’ is a bewitching, gloriously delightful read. ~ Liz Robinson December 2016 Book of the Month.
One of our YA Books of the Year 2016. Set in a society in which those deemed ‘flawed’ are branded and ostracised, Cecelia Ahern’s debut YA novel will talk directly to its readers. Every teenager wants to be perfect, to fit in and look like they know what they’re doing, so the thought of being marked as different, and more than that, as imperfect, out of step with everyone else, is terrifying. A moment of compassion leads Celestine to be accused of being Flawed. Former poster girl for the authoritarian government, she’s made an example to others, only to become a hero to the opposition. Raising interesting questions about society, and personal responsibility, and set against a convincing background of family, friends and first love, this will get young people reading and thinking. The Hunger Games books offer more thought-provoking dystopian adventures, as does Lois Lowry’s classic The Giver, or Jeannie Waudby’s recent One of Us. ~ Andrea Reece A Piece of Passion from Nick Lake, Publishing Director: “Cecelia has a unique gift for creating stories that hook the reader in, and Flawed grabs from the first page. Beautifully realised, tender and thought-provoking, this is a book that makes you care – about Celestine, about fairness, about freedom. The only flaw is having to wait for the second book…”
Absolutely delightful! Cecelia Ahern always writes with stirring compassion and a delicious secretive quirk, so I was really looking forward to starting this, her twelfth novel. ‘The Marble Collector’ lived up to my expectations as a really touching, quite, quite beautiful read. Not exactly a slow burner, as the writing is so eloquent, however the more you read, the more you understand, and the more you are enveloped by and become absorbed in the story. The chapters are either from daughter Sabrina’s perspective (over one day), headed ‘Pool Rules’ or from her father Fergus’s entire lifetime of ‘Playing with Marbles’. Focusing on secrets and how well we know and understand ourselves and our loved ones, this engaging novel thoroughly provokes thoughts and feelings. As I closed the last page, and had a little ponder, I found myself giving ‘The Marble Collector’ a warm and loving hug.
April 2016 NewGen Book of the Month. Set in a society in which those deemed ‘flawed’ are branded and ostracised, Cecelia Ahern’s debut YA novel will talk directly to its readers. Every teenager wants to be perfect, to fit in and look like they know what they’re doing, so the thought of being marked as different, and more than that, as imperfect, out of step with everyone else, is terrifying. A moment of compassion leads Celestine to be accused of being Flawed. Former poster girl for the authoritarian government, she’s made an example to others, only to become a hero to the opposition. Raising interesting questions about society, and personal responsibility, and set against a convincing background of family, friends and first love, this will get young people reading and thinking. The Hunger Games books offer more thought-provoking dystopian adventures, as does Lois Lowry’s classic The Giver, or Jeannie Waudby’s recent One of Us. ~ Andrea Reece A Piece of Passion from Nick Lake, Publishing Director: “Cecelia has a unique gift for creating stories that hook the reader in, and Flawed grabs from the first page. Beautifully realised, tender and thought-provoking, this is a book that makes you care – about Celestine, about fairness, about freedom. The only flaw is having to wait for the second book…”
One of our Books of the Year 2015. December 2015 Book of the Month. Absolutely delightful! Cecelia Ahern always writes with stirring compassion and a delicious secretive quirk, so I was really looking forward to starting this, her twelfth novel. ‘The Marble Collector’ lived up to my expectations as a really touching, quite, quite beautiful read. Not exactly a slow burner, as the writing is so eloquent, however the more you read, the more you understand, and the more you are enveloped by and become absorbed in the story. The chapters are either from daughter Sabrina’s perspective (over one day), headed ‘Pool Rules’ or from her father Fergus’s entire lifetime of ‘Playing with Marbles’. Focusing on secrets and how well we know and understand ourselves and our loved ones, this engaging novel thoroughly provokes thoughts and feelings. As I closed the last page, and had a little ponder, I found myself giving ‘The Marble Collector’ a warm and loving hug. ~ Liz Robinson
Very different from her previous books for there is no supernatural or spiritual element. Just a thoroughly good story of family dynamics, relationships, handicaps in families and it affects all. It’s pensive, soul searching stuff concentrating on two people who have lost their way in life. A lovely read that will linger with you a long time. ~ Sarah Broadhurst
The original book was called Where Rainbows End. It covers some 45 years of emails, letters, text and instant messages between Rosie in Ireland and her childhood best friend, Alex in America. You laugh, you cry, you long for them to get it together but the fools don’t seem to realise how much they mean to each other. Through various twists and plausible scenarios we are hooked into their lives. A lovely read. The film version of Love Rosie is released in UK cinemas on Wednesday 22 October 2014. Click below to view the trailer.
One of our Books of the Year 2014. Very different from her previous books for there is no supernatural or spiritual element. Just a thoroughly good story of family dynamics, relationships, handicaps in families and it affects all. It’s pensive, soul searching stuff concentrating on two people who have lost their way in life. A lovely read that will linger with you a long time.
Christine, very conscientiously, runs an employment agency where she takes a great interest in her clients, attempting to assist them in every way she can. She is also slightly obsessed with self-help books. She inadvertently stumbles across two young men bent on suicide. She feels confused about the first which encourages her to change her life. The second produces a challenge for, as she saves the young man, he agrees to give her two weeks to persuade him to live. Bouncing from one crisis to another we discover a little of Christine’s background and her attitude to life as she embraces the mission. What a clever writer Cecilia is for despite the sadness of the suicide theme this lovely novel succeeded in being warm, at times funny and eventually heart-lifting. A great read. April 2014 Book of the Month.
A beautiful special edition for Valentine’s Day – the classic million-copy bestselling love story from Cecelia Ahern. This was her first novel published back in 2008. It showed enormous promise and maturity and if you have not read it, you should. It is the tale of Holly grieving her husband’s recent death. He has left her a series of letters to help her move on. We follow her, supported by a great cast of family and friends, through each letter and each step in a sensitive, but not too schmaltzy, healing process. A tender tale well told.
November 2013 Book of the Month. Christine, very conscientiously, runs an employment agency where she takes a great interest in her clients, attempting to assist them in every way she can. She is also slightly obsessed with self-help books. She inadvertently stumbles across two young men bent on suicide. She feels confused about the first which encourages her to change her life. The second produces a challenge for, as she saves the young man, he agrees to give her two weeks to persuade him to live. Bouncing from one crisis to another we discover a little of Christine’s background and her attitude to life as she embraces the mission. What a clever writer Cecilia is for despite the sadness of the suicide theme this lovely novel succeeded in being warm, at times funny and eventually heart-lifting. A great read. In addition to our Lovereading expert opinion for How to Fall in Love a small number of Lovereading members were lucky enough to be invited to review this title - 'Absolutely adored this book! An easy read with a feel good factor about it, tear jerking but beautifully happy and heart warming!' Scroll down to read more reviews.
A seemingly random list of 100 names is all journalist Kitty Logan has to go on to complete an article started by her, now dead, mentor and dear friend. Her own life is in a state of turmoil and perhaps if she can find the reason these 100 names are on the list she might help herself as well. An uplifting and thoughtful novel to curl up with. August 2013 Book of the Month.
A seemingly random list of 100 names is all journalist Kitty Logan has to go on to complete an article started by her, now dead, mentor and dear friend. Her own life is in a state of turmoil and perhaps if she can find the reason these 100 names are on the list she might help herself as well. An uplifting and thoughtful novel to curl up with. The hardback edition is also beautifully made and with the purple ribbons wrapped around the cover is almost a shame to open!
Touching, warm, funny and poignant and a must for all of her fans. Cecelia Ahern's new novel has Lucy Silchester's Life as a central character (in fact he is a grumpy middle-aged man) who is out to sort out his charge and will not take no for an answer...
October 2011 Book of the Month. Touching, warm, funny and poignant and a must for all of her fans. Cecelia Ahern's new novel has Lucy Silchester's Life as a central character (in fact he is a grumpy middle-aged man) who is out to sort out his charge and will not take no for an answer...
Tamara, suffering from the trauma of the suicide of her father and from being a teenager, finds an old blank diary in the mobile library. Very strangely she unknowingly begins to write in it, writing up the day to come. This might all sound a little far-fetched but if you are a Cecelia Ahern fan you will know how she so cleverly turns the unusual into the normal, how she brings magic into people’s lives and turns despair into happiness. It’s all very heart-warming.Comparison: Julie Cameron, Ben Sherwood, Melanie Rose (Down to Earth).
We have come to expect a magical aspect to Cecelia Ahern’s novels and The Book of Tomorrow is no different. Tamara Goodwin finds herself staying with her aunt and uncle after the death of her father but all is not quite as it seems and then she finds an empty diary waiting to be written in except when she decides to start writing in it she finds her future is already appearing on the pages. A lovely, heartwarming story you won’t fail to enjoy.
What would your greatest gift be? For the workaholic hero here, Lou, it is time, and magically he is given it. This is another tender, ethereal tale from a very talented author. You’ll love it. Comparison: Audrey Niffenegger, Alice Sebold, Ben Sherwood.
What would happen if when you recieved a blood transfusion you also recieved the memories and skills of the person as well? Celia explores this in this romantic, poignant and at the same time very funny novel. A well deserved member of the RNA shorlist. Shortlisted for the Romantic Novel of the Year 2009.
What astounded me when I read this author’s first book, PS I Love You, was her ability to capture, so sensitively, the essence of bereavement within a marriage when Cecelia was only 20 herself. This, her second, is very different. Firstly, it’s written in letters and emails between two friends and their families over 45 years, and secondly, it’s obvious from the start that the two were made for each other. But fate, geography, circumstances and the like get in their way. I’m not keen on letter and email novels but if you like your action in short sound-bites, then you can’t go wrong with this. Comparison: Cathy Kelly, Maeve Binchy, Teresa Waugh.Similar this month: Ben Sherwood, Clare Chambers.
I recommend this to anyone from teenage to 80. I think Cecelia is a real star, a young writer who conjures up big emotions in clever, unusual stories. This one is a bit strange and involves a place somewhere else where missing things turn up, even missing people. It might sound far-fetched but it is enchantingly done, a joy to read. Highly recommended as, indeed, are all her books.Similar this month: None but try Penelope Evans.Comparison: Ben Sherwood, Alice Sebold.
Cecelia Ahern’s debut novel propelled her in to the public eye and quite rightly so. This is a good romantic comedy with plenty of weepy bits, so get the tissues out and indulge in some harmless romantic fun. Easy to see why Hollywood picked it up and made it a summer blockbuster film.
Another great novel from the bestselling Cecilia. Very different from her previous books, this one has more in common with The Lovely Bones than her other relationship tales such as PS I Love You. The idea behind the novel is lovely, a place where all the odd socks end up, along with everything and everyone who gets lost. A real joy, as ever.
A family tale of sadness and sacrifice, of a child who ‘invents’ an invisible friend with interesting repercussions. I don’t want to tell you much more for fear of spoiling this unusual, sensitive and lovely book. She is such a clever author, you’ve got to read her, especially her first novel, PS I Love You.Similar this month: None but try Pauline McLynn.Comparison: Jodi Picoult, Alice Sebold, Ben Sherwood.
From the author of the bestselling novel, PS, I Love You, comes a novel about wishes and what happens when they come true. Warm and poignant, this is a novel full of magic, heart and a love story that will surprise you.
`Tender, funny and romantic' Marie Claire Christine Rose is crossing the Ha'penny Bridge in Dublin late one night when she sees a stranger, Adam, poised to jump. Desperate to help, she talks him into a reckless deal: if he gives her two weeks - till his 35th birthday - she'll prove that life is worth living. But as the clock ticks and the two of them embark on late-night escapades and romantic adventures, what Christine has really promised seems impossible... A novel to make you laugh, cry and appreciate life, this is Cecelia Ahern at her thoughtful and surprising best.
Have you ever imagined a different life? Have you ever stood at a crossroads, undecided...Have you ever had a moment when you wanted to roar? From much-loved, international bestseller Cecelia Ahern come stories for all of us: the women who befriend us, the women who encourage us, the women who make us brave. From The Woman Who Slowly Disappeared to The Woman Who Returned and Exchanged her Husband, discover thirty touching, often hilarious, stories and meet thirty very different women. Each discovers her strength; each realizes she holds the power to make a change. Witty, tender, surprising, these keenly observed tales speak to us all, and capture the moment when we all want to roar. `These stories sing and cry and shout and whisper from the page. They're sharp, clever, witty...a joy to read.' Donal Ryan, international bestselling author of The Spinning Heart
Thirty very different pieces about extraordinary women, keenly observed and astute. They cover the spectrum from triumphant to pathetic, sad to humerous, surprising to surreal. There is the woman who unravels, another who grows wings, one who secretly paints her grass green, one talks to ducks, one slips through a timeless crack and another is put on a shelf. Some will irritate, others make you laugh or cry. Do not read too many together else you will lose the flavour. I would believe it to be a good bedside book, read two or three a night and take the next day pondering and digesting them before the next batch. I also believe it would make an excellent Christmas present for any woman any age.
"e;Dieses Buch ist fur mich ein Herzensprojekt. Es geht um unsere eigene Stimme - um all die Momente, in denen Frauen sich erheben."e; Cecelia Ahern"e;Geistreich und anregend! Cecelia Ahern ist eine der besten Schriftstellerinnen, die wir haben."e; John Boyne, Autor von "e;Der Junge im gestreiften Pyjama"e;Dreiig Frauen, dreiig Storys: 350 Seiten voller Uberraschungen, Gefuhl und Aha-Erlebnisse.Da ist die Frau, die im Boden versinkt und dort auf jede Menge anderer Frauen trifft. Oder die Frau, die auf ihrem Grundstuck Zweifel sat. Eine andere Frau, deren Uhr so laut tickt, dass sie nicht schlafen kann, und eine, die aus ihrer Schublade herausklettert. Lauter Frauen, denen gerade dann Flugel wachsen, wenn sie es gar nicht erwarten. So wie es fur uns alle in jedem Moment moglich ist, wenn wir nur auf uns selbst horen. In ihren Romanen beruhrt Cecelia Ahern Millionen Leserinnen und Leser. Mit diesem besonderen Story-Projekt stellt sie mit sprudelnder Phantasie und liebevollem Humor die Fragen, die uns bewegen: Wer bin ich in dieser Welt? Und wer bestimmt das eigentlich? Was ist mir wirklich wichtig? Und was ist fur Frauen alles moglich?
The thrilling, shocking and romantic sequel to the bestselling YA debut FLAWED is finally here. When we embrace all our flaws, that's when we can finally become PERFECT... Celestine North lives in a society that demands perfection. After she was branded Flawed by a morality court, Celestine's life has completely fractured - all her freedoms gone. Since Judge Crevan has declared her the number one threat to the public, she has been a ghost, on the run with the complicated, powerfully attractive Carrick, the only person she can trust. But Celestine has a secret - one that could bring the entire Flawed system crumbling to the ground. Judge Crevan is gaining the upper hand, and time is running out for Celestine. With tensions building, Celestine must make a choice: save only herself, or risk her life to save all the Flawed. And, most important of all, can she prove that to be human in itself is to be Flawed...?
The stunning bestselling YA duology from internationally bestselling author Cecelia AhernCelestine North lives in a society that demands perfection, and she lives a perfect life. She's a model daughter and sister, she's well-liked by her classmates and teachers, and she's dating the impossibly charming Art Crevan.But then Celestine encounters a situation in which she makes an instinctive decision. Will she be branded as FLAWED? Will all her freedoms be gone?In a society where perfection is paramount and mistakes are punished, one young woman takes a stand that could cost her everything. But can she prove that to be human in itself is to be Flawed? . . .
Step into the magical world of Cecelia Ahern in this heartwarming bestseller. If you could wish for one gift this Christmas, what would it be? Lou Suffern wishes he could be in two places at once. His constant battle with the clock is a sensitive issue with his wife and family. Gabe wishes he was somewhere warm. When Lou invites Gabe, a homeless man who sits outside his office, into the building and into his life, Lou's world is changed beyond all measure... An enchanting and thoughtful Christmas story that speaks to all of us abut the value of time and what is truly important in life.
Der aktuelle SPIEGEL-Bestseller von Cecelia Ahern"e;Bewegend, inspirierend und einfach wunderschon."e; Sunday TelegraphDie junge Laura lebt im Verborgenen im Westen Irlands. Niemand wei, dass sie eine ganz besondere Fahigkeit besitzt: Sie kann jede menschliche Stimme, alle Tiere und jedes Gerausch der Welt nachahmen. Als der Toningenieur Solomon im Wald auf Laura trifft, fuhlt er sich sofort magisch von ihr angezogen. Doch auch Solomons Lebensgefahrtin, die Regisseurin Bo, ist fasziniert: Sie mochte einen Film uber die geheimnisvolle Laura drehen. Uber Nacht findet sich Laura in unserer lauten, modernen Welt wieder. Kann ihre Gabe ihr dabei helfen, das Gluck zu finden - und die Liebe?
Nur fur sechs Monate - die ersten drei groen Bestseller-Romane von Cecelia Ahern in einem Band!P.S. Ich liebe Dich Holly und Gerry hatten einen einfachen Plan: fur den Rest ihres Lebens zusammenzubleiben. Doch nun ist Gerry tot, ein Gehirntumor. Und Holly wei nicht, wie sie alleine weiterleben soll. Dann entdeckt sie, dass Gerry ihr wahrend seiner letzten Tage Briefe geschrieben hat.Fur immer vielleichtAlex und Rosie kennen sich, seit sie Kinder sind. Das Schicksal hat sie zu mehr als besten Freunden bestimmt, das scheint jedem klar - nur dem Schicksal nicht ...Zwischen Himmel und LiebeElizabeth hat ihr Leben fest im Griff. Doch niemanden lasst sie wirklich an sich heran. Ivan ist nicht von dieser Welt. Aber deshalb ist er noch lange nicht unsichtbar. Denn sehen, das muss man wollen.
Meaningful, moving and magical - the classic bestselling love story Everyone needs a guardian angel... Some people wait their whole lives to find their soul mates. But not Holly and Gerry. Childhood sweethearts, they could finish each other's sentences and even when they fought, they laughed. No one could imagine Holly and Gerry without each other. Until the unthinkable happens. Gerry's death devastates Holly. But as her 30th birthday looms, Gerry comes back to her. He's left her a bundle of notes, one for each of the months after his death, gently guiding Holly into her new life without him, each note signed 'PS, I Love You'. As the notes are gradually opened, and as the year unfolds, Holly is both cheered up and challenged. The man who knows her better than anyone sets out to teach her that life goes on. With some help from her friends, and her noisy and loving family, Holly finds herself laughing, crying, singing, dancing - and being braver than ever before. Life is for living, she realises - but it always helps if there's an angel watching over you.
YUgo-zapad Irlandii, surovye gory, yarkaya sin' ozer. Zdes', v glushi, vdali ot mira, na krayu lesa zhivet molodaya zhenshchina, s rozhdeniya okruzhennaya tajnoj. No vot ona okazyvaetsya v sovremennom gorode, u vsekh na vidu, sredi vostorzhennyh poklonnikov, neozhidanno obretshaya gromkuyu slavu. Lora nadelena volshebnoj sposobnost'yu: podobno golosu mificheskoj Lorelei, ee golos budorazhit i manit serdca lyudej, raskryvaet ih dushi. CHto sulit ej chudesnyj dar - schast'e ili pogibel'? S davnih por, ne davaya pokoya, nad nej tyagoteet semejnoe proklyat'e... Utrativshaya rodnyh i blizkih, predannaya nedavnimi druz'yami, najdet li svoe schast'e Lora - vol'naya Ptica-lira?Volnuyushchaya i polnaya glubokogo smysla istoriya lyubvi, istoriya vol'nogo serdca kazhdogo iz nas, istoriya tishiny, skrytoj za shumom vneshnego mira...
Just so, so gorgeous! Laura lives on her own in the woodland wilds of South West Ireland, a film crew discover she has a special gift, will she be exploited or set free? I always know a book is fabulous when I forget I’m meant to be reviewing and instead find myself completely transported to another world. Cecelia Ahern writes with such a light, magical touch, yet she opens up feelings and allows you to see, to feel, to think. Each part of the story is introduced by a fascinating section taken from a book written in 1933, and links beautifully to Laura. This story is alive with the mystical and unknown, yet is a very modern tale indeed. The writing is so perfect, I actually heard sound… noise touched me, clearly, effortlessly and beautifully, making my heart ache. A delicious enchantment underpins and threads through the story, yet there is also an undertone of unease and foreboding that lingers as you turn the pages, ensuring ‘Lyrebird’ is a bewitching, gloriously delightful read. ~ Liz Robinson
The Sunday Times Top Ten Bestseller She will change your life forever... In the south-west of Ireland, rugged mountains meet bright blue lakes and thick forests. Deep in the woods, a young woman lives alone, forever secluded from the world, her life a well-kept secret. She possesses an extraordinary talent, the likes of which no-one has seen before: a gift that will earn her the nickname Lyrebird. When Solomon stumbles into Laura's solitary existence, her life is turned on its head. Pulled from her peaceful landscape to the cacophony of Dublin, she is confronted by a world desperate to understand her. But while Solomon knows the world will embrace Laura, will it free her to spread her wings - or will it trap her in a gilded cage? Like all wild birds, she needs to fly free... Lyrebird is a thoughtful, deeply moving love story; a story of the wild heart in us all and the quiet that lies underneath the world's noise.
Dolgozhdannoe prodolzhenie bestsellera "e;Klejmo debyutnogo romana v zhanre "e;young adult ot avtora mezhdunarodnyh bestsellerov Sesilii Ahern. Selestina Nort - primernaya uchenica, lyubyashchaya doch' i sestra, devushka obayatel'nogo Arta Krevana - v odin mig razrushila svoyu zhizn', sovershiv postupok, priznannyj vsemogushchim Tribunalom porochnym. Otnyne ona - Zaklejmennaya, vynuzhdennaya skryvat'sya ot strazhej, presleduyushchih ee po prikazu verhovnogo sud'i Krevana, otca ee lyubimogo Arta. U Selestiny est' opasnaya tajna, sposobnaya unichtozhit' i Krevana, i sam Tribunal. Ee ona doverila lish' zagadochnomu i privlekatel'nomu Kehrriku, edinstvennomu, na kogo ona teper' mozhet polozhit'sya. Reshitsya li Selestina otvergnut' svoyu novuyu lyubov' i obretennyh v neschast'e druzej radi nadezhdy vernut'sya k prezhnej schastlivoj zhizni?Prava na ehkranizaciyu romanov "e;Klejmo i "e;Ideal priobreteny kompaniej Warner Bros.
The thrilling, shocking and romantic sequel to the bestselling YA debut FLAWED is finally here. When we embrace all our flaws, that's when we can finally become PERFECT...Celestine North lives in a society that demands perfection. After she was branded Flawed by a morality court, Celestine's life has completely fractured - all her freedoms gone.Since Judge Crevan has declared her the number one threat to the public, she has been a ghost, on the run with the complicated, powerfully attractive Carrick, the only person she can trust. But Celestine has a secret - one that could bring the entire Flawed system crumbling to the ground.Judge Crevan is gaining the upper hand, and time is running out for Celestine. With tensions building, Celestine must make a choice: save only herself, or risk her life to save all the Flawed. And, most important of all, can she prove that to be human in itself is to be Flawed...?
The thrilling, shocking and romantic sequel to the bestselling YA debut FLAWED is finally here. When we embrace all our flaws, that's when we can finally become PERFECT... Celestine North lives in a society that demands perfection. After she was branded Flawed by a morality court, Celestine's life has completely fractured - all her freedoms gone. Since Judge Crevan has declared her the number one threat to the public, she has been a ghost, on the run with the complicated, powerfully attractive Carrick, the only person she can trust. But Celestine has a secret - one that could bring the entire Flawed system crumbling to the ground. Judge Crevan is gaining the upper hand, and time is running out for Celestine. With tensions building, Celestine must make a choice: save only herself, or risk her life to save all the Flawed. And, most important of all, can she prove that to be human in itself is to be Flawed...?
The thrilling, shocking and romantic sequel to the bestselling YA debut FLAWED is finally here. When we embrace all our flaws, that's when we can finally become PERFECT... Celestine North lives in a society that demands perfection. After she was branded Flawed by a morality court, Celestine's life has completely fractured - all her freedoms gone. Since Judge Crevan has declared her the number one threat to the public, she has been a ghost, on the run with the complicated, powerfully attractive Carrick, the only person she can trust. But Celestine has a secret - one that could bring the entire Flawed system crumbling to the ground. Judge Crevan is gaining the upper hand, and time is running out for Celestine. With tensions building, Celestine must make a choice: save only herself, or risk her life to save all the Flawed. And, most important of all, can she prove that to be human in itself is to be Flawed...?
Perfect - Willst du die perfekte Welt? ist der zweite Teil der furiosen Dystopie von Bestsellerautorin Cecelia Ahern. Mitreiend und leidenschaftlich erzahlt sie, wie die 17-jahrige Celestine um die Freiheit kampft, Fehler machen zu durfen und aus ihnen zu lernen. Celestine wurde als "e;fehlerhaft"e; gebrandmarkt, sie gehort nun zu den Menschen zweiter Klasse. Doch statt sich den strikten Regeln des Systems zu unterwerfen, flieht sie. Denn Celestine ist auch ein Symbol der Hoffnung fur alle anderen Fehlerhaften.Gelingt es ihr, den grausamen Richter Crevan zu uberfuhren? Das ware die Chance auf einen Neuanfang fur die Fehlerhaften. Aber gibt es auch fur ihre groe Liebe eine neue Chance? Fur Celestine geht es um alles - um Gerechtigkeit fur sich selbst und alle anderen und um eine lebenswerte Zukunft. "e;Es ist mein erster All-Age-Roman, aber die Idee hat mich selbst fast uberrollt. Ich kam kaum hinterher, sie aufzuschreiben. Es ist eine einzigartige Geschichte, aber wie in allen meinen Buchern steckt eine besondere Botschaft und ganz viel Gefuhl drin."e; Cecelia Ahern
One of our Books of the Year 2016. Just so, so gorgeous! Laura lives on her own in the woodland wilds of South West Ireland, a film crew discover she has a special gift, will she be exploited or set free? I always know a book is fabulous when I forget I’m meant to be reviewing and instead find myself completely transported to another world. Cecelia Ahern writes with such a light, magical touch, yet she opens up feelings and allows you to see, to feel, to think. Each part of the story is introduced by a fascinating section taken from a book written in 1933, and links beautifully to Laura. This story is alive with the mystical and unknown, yet is a very modern tale indeed. The writing is so perfect, I actually heard sound… noise touched me, clearly, effortlessly and beautifully, making my heart ache. A delicious enchantment underpins and threads through the story, yet there is also an undertone of unease and foreboding that lingers as you turn the pages, ensuring ‘Lyrebird’ is a bewitching, gloriously delightful read. ~ Liz Robinson December 2016 Book of the Month.
The Sunday Times Top Ten BestsellerShe will change your life forever...In the south-west of Ireland, rugged mountains meet bright blue lakes and thick forests. Deep in the woods, a young woman lives alone, forever secluded from the world, her life a well-kept secret. She possesses an extraordinary talent, the likes of which no-one has seen before: a gift that will earn her the nickname Lyrebird.When Solomon stumbles into Laura's solitary existence, her life is turned on its head. Pulled from her peaceful landscape to the cacophony of Dublin, she is confronted by a world desperate to understand her.But while Solomon knows the world will embrace Laura, will it free her to spread her wings - or will it trap her in a gilded cage? Like all wild birds, she needs to fly free...Lyrebird is a thoughtful, deeply moving love story; a story of the wild heart in us all and the quiet that lies underneath the world's noise.
The Sunday Times Top Ten Bestseller She will change your life forever... In the south-west of Ireland, rugged mountains meet bright blue lakes and thick forests. Deep in the woods, a young woman lives alone, forever secluded from the world, her life a well-kept secret. She possesses an extraordinary talent, the likes of which no-one has seen before: a gift that will earn her the nickname Lyrebird. When Solomon stumbles into Laura's solitary existence, her life is turned on its head. Pulled from her peaceful landscape to the cacophony of Dublin, she is confronted by a world desperate to understand her. But while Solomon knows the world will embrace Laura, will it free her to spread her wings - or will it trap her in a gilded cage? Like all wild birds, she needs to fly free... Lyrebird is a thoughtful, deeply moving love story; a story of the wild heart in us all and the quiet that lies underneath the world's noise.
Flawed - Wie perfekt willst du sein? ist der erste atemberaubende Band des neuen Zweiteilers von Bestsellerautorin Cecelia Ahern. Spannend und emotional erzahlt sie in dieser Dystopie die Geschichte der 17-jahrigen Celestine, die darum kampft, etwas anderes sein zu durfen als perfekt. Celestines Leben scheint perfekt: Sie ist schon, bei allen beliebt und hat einen unglaublich suen Freund.Doch dann handelt sie in einem entscheidenden Moment aus dem Bauch heraus. Und bricht damit alle Regeln. Sie konnte im Gefangnis landen oder gebrandmarkt werden - verurteilt als Fehlerhafte. Denn Fehler sind in ihrer Welt nicht erlaubt. Nichts geht uber die Perfektion. Auch nicht die Menschlichkeit. Jetzt muss sie kampfen - um ihre eigene Zukunft und um ihre groe Liebe."e;Es ist mein erster All-Age-Roman, aber die Idee hat mich selbst fast uberrollt. Ich kam kaum hinterher, sie aufzuschreiben. Es ist eine einzigartige Geschichte, aber wie in allen meinen Buchern steckt eine besondere Botschaft und ganz viel Gefuhl drin."e; Cecelia Ahern
One of our YA Books of the Year 2016. Set in a society in which those deemed ‘flawed’ are branded and ostracised, Cecelia Ahern’s debut YA novel will talk directly to its readers. Every teenager wants to be perfect, to fit in and look like they know what they’re doing, so the thought of being marked as different, and more than that, as imperfect, out of step with everyone else, is terrifying. A moment of compassion leads Celestine to be accused of being Flawed. Former poster girl for the authoritarian government, she’s made an example to others, only to become a hero to the opposition. Raising interesting questions about society, and personal responsibility, and set against a convincing background of family, friends and first love, this will get young people reading and thinking. The Hunger Games books offer more thought-provoking dystopian adventures, as does Lois Lowry’s classic The Giver, or Jeannie Waudby’s recent One of Us. ~ Andrea Reece A Piece of Passion from Nick Lake, Publishing Director: “Cecelia has a unique gift for creating stories that hook the reader in, and Flawed grabs from the first page. Beautifully realised, tender and thought-provoking, this is a book that makes you care – about Celestine, about fairness, about freedom. The only flaw is having to wait for the second book…”
Castigator al Irish Book Award for Most Popular Fiction, noul roman al Ceceliei Ahern te absoarbe cu totul in paginile lui, te pune serios pe ganduri si iti daruieste o portie zdravana de pofta de viata. Aveam cinci ani cand am aflat ca o sa mor"e;, asa isi incepe Jasmine povestea. Din dorinta de a umple de sens fiecare clipa, inainte ca viata sa ajunga inevitabil la termenul de expirare, Jasmine a lucrat ani de zile intr-un ritm nebunesc, fara vreo zi de concediu medical, fara sa se planga, fara sa primeasca avertismente. Mereu a fost insa prea obosita pentru a se ocupa de ea insasi, printre atatea sarcini de serviciu. Acum, Jasmine are 33 de ani si a fost concediata cu sase saptamani inainte de Craciun. Conform contractului, primeste in continuare salariul intreg si nu are dreptul de a se angaja in alta parte, ca sa nu plece cu informatii sensibile la concurenta. Fara serviciu, este nevoita sa faca fata celorlalte indatoriri ale vietii, pe parcursul acestei vacante la gradina"e; care va dura nu mai putin de douasprezece luni. Mai presus de orice, trebuie sa aiba grija de sora ei, Heather, care sufera de sindromul Down si pe care a neglijat-o in ultima vreme. Abia acum deschide ochii catre casa si gradina in care s-a mutat de patru ani si pe care nu a apucat sa le descopere. Deprimata, isi exprima revolta fata de vecinul ei, Matt, un popular realizator de emisiuni radio, pe care il detesta dintotdeauna, fara sa fi avut ocazia de a-l cunoaste indeaproape. Matt iubeste in acelasi timp doua lucruri incompatibile: familia si alcoolul. Sub ochii lui Jasmine, viata lui se indreapta vertiginos spre esec pe toate planurile. Astfel, in pragul Anului Nou se intersecteaza destinele a doi oameni. Amandoi se afla la rascruce de drumuri. Pe masura ce noul an isi intra in drepturi, in noptile cu luna si in zilele cu parfum de suburbie, o prietenie neasteptata se leaga intre cei doi vecini. Dar abia atunci cand il intalneste pe Monday, un recrutor cu ochii verzi, sfredelitori, hotarat sa ii ofere o slujba ideala, Jasmine intelege ca viata ei o sa se schimbe. Uneori, trebuie sa stai pe loc pentru a face lucrurile sa se miste. Patrunzatoare, romantica, fascinanta."e; - Hello O drama romantica in care predomina umorul."e; - Marie Claire Indiscutabil, una dintre cele mai bune carti ale Ceceliei Ahern, o poveste calda despre lucrurile pe care le putem invata de la ceilalti daca renuntam la prejudecati."e;- Irish Independent Ahern face jocurile intr-un mod inteligent si inspirat, oferindu-ne lectii de viata ce invita la reflectie."e; - Sunday Express Emotionant, realist si exceptional scris. Cecelia Ahern este regina absoluta a povestilor despre relatii... Am adorat fiecare particica a acestui roman."e; - Heat Mult mai mult decat o simpla poveste de dragoste"e; - Sunday Mirror
Tamara Goodwin a avut mereu tot ce si-a dorit. A crescut intr-o vila luxoasa, cu plaja privata, un dressing cu haine de firma, pat cu baldachin si propriul jacuzzi. Cand, pe neasteptate, tatal ei moare, viata Tamarei si a mamei sale se schimba dramatic. Ingropate in datorii, ele sunt nevoite sa se mute la tara, intr-o casuta aflata in curtea castelului Kilsaney. Intr-o buna zi, un autobuz cu o biblioteca ambulanta trece pragul domeniului. Privirea Tamarei cade asupra unui volum legat in piele, cu lacat si incuietoare aurite. Ceea ce descopera acolo ii taie rasuflarea si ii zguduie lumea din temelii... O carte plina de suspans si de mister, care vorbeste cu delicatete despre dragoste si prietenie.
Rosie si Alex - cei mai buni prieteni sau suflete pereche? Din copilarie, Rosie si Alex au fost mereu impreuna, la bine si la rau. Insa brusc sunt nevoiti sa se desparta, atunci cand Alex si familia lui se muta in America. Acasa, in Irlanda, Rosie se simte pierduta fara el. Orice incercare de a se regasi se transforma intr-un ghem de interpretari gresite, intamplari neprevazute si ghinion pur.
Lucy Silchester si-a parasit iubitul perfect pentru ca relatia nu mai mergea si a demisionat fiindca nu era de acord cu politica firmei. Acestea sunt numai doua dintre povestile pe care Lucy le-a spus prietenilor si familiei ca sa-si mascheze esecurile. Exista insa cineva care stie adevarul. Viata ei, un barbat nefericit, cu ochii injectati si imbracat intr-un costum sifonat, ii trimite scrisoare dupa scrisoare, insistand ca ea sa vina la o intalnire. In cele din urma, Lucy accepta invitatia si mastile incep sa cada...
Kitty este o jurnalista care a dat de necaz. Si-a pierdut postul din televiziune si este in conflict cu editorul revistei pentru care scrie. Cand prietena ei, Constance, cea care i-a indrumat cariera, ii lasa cu limba de moarte misiunea de a scrie un articol cu subiect misterios, criza se adanceste. Kitty nu are decat o lista cu o suta de nume si, pornind de la ele, trebuie sa scrie materialul in mai putin de doua saptamani. Un subiect absolut inedit si o misiune aparent imposibila. Ajutata de Steve, un prieten din facultate, si de Bob, sotul lui Constance, porneste intr-o cursa nebuna, incercand sa afle ce ii leaga pe cei o suta de oameni. Dar cine poate cunoaste o suta de oameni in doua saptamani? Cu umor si sensibilitate, Cecelia Ahern isi surprinde din nou cititorii, tinandu-i cu rasuflarea taiata pana la ultima pagina.
Noul roman al Ceceliei Ahern te tine cu sufletul la gura pana la ultimul rand, oferind surpriza dupa surpriza si cateva retete simple, care iti imbogatesc sufletul. Intr-o noapte tarzie , Christine Rose se plimba pe podul Ha`penny din Dublin, cand deodata zareste un strain - pe Adam - care se pregateste sa se arunce in gol. Pentru a-l convinge sa se razgandeasca, ii propune un targ: daca Adam isi amana cu doua saptamani gestul disperat, pana implineste 35 de ani, ea o sa-i demonstreze ca viata merita traita din plin. Dar timpul nu sta pe loc. Pe masura ce se apropie termenul stabilit, Christine isi da seama ca nu-si poate tine promisiunea si se vede nevoita sa recurga la metode disperate pentru a-l salva pe Adam. Intamplarile prin care trec impreuna te fac sa plangi, dar si sa razi, si mai presus de orice te invata sa apreciezi viata clipa de clipa. Un roman maret, care te poarta de la intuneric la lumina."e; - Glamour Duios, haios, romantic."e; - Marie Claire Exceptional! Iti taie respiratia si iti da pofta de viata!"e; - Daily Express Cecelia are farmec. Imaginatia ei iti ofera solutiile castigatoare in viata."e; - The Independent Cum sa te indragostesti este o poveste magica de dragoste, scrisa cu mult talent. Cecelia ne demonstreaza cu prisosinta ca fericirea vine din lucrurile marunte, din gesturile facute din suflet, cu multa daruire."e; - Literatura pe tocuri
Absolutely delightful! Cecelia Ahern always writes with stirring compassion and a delicious secretive quirk, so I was really looking forward to starting this, her twelfth novel. ‘The Marble Collector’ lived up to my expectations as a really touching, quite, quite beautiful read. Not exactly a slow burner, as the writing is so eloquent, however the more you read, the more you understand, and the more you are enveloped by and become absorbed in the story. The chapters are either from daughter Sabrina’s perspective (over one day), headed ‘Pool Rules’ or from her father Fergus’s entire lifetime of ‘Playing with Marbles’. Focusing on secrets and how well we know and understand ourselves and our loved ones, this engaging novel thoroughly provokes thoughts and feelings. As I closed the last page, and had a little ponder, I found myself giving ‘The Marble Collector’ a warm and loving hug.
A box of possessions. A father with no memory. A daughter with just one day to piece together the past. When Sabrina Boggs stumbles upon a mysterious collection of her father's belongings, her seemingly uneventful life suddenly alters and shifts. In the single day she has to search for answers about the man she thought she knew, a man who can no longer remember his own story, Sabrina uncovers far bigger secrets than she could have imagined. And discovers that sometimes it's the people closest to us that we know the least.
A fantastic collection of three of Cecelia's bestsellers: ONE HUNDRED NAMES, HOW TO FALL IN LOVE and THE YEAR I MET YOU.ONE HUNDRED NAMES: Kitty Logan has lost her way... When she makes a terrible mistake, she finds herself mired in scandal, her career implodes and even her personal relationships are tested to the limits. At a loss, Kitty finds distraction in a list of one hundred names her late mentor and boss, Constance, has left her. Kitty's been given one final chance, the most important assignment of her life - to write the story behind the one hundred names as a tribute piece to Constance. Can these strangers' stories help her finally understand her own?HOW TO FALL IN LOVE: Christine Rose is crossing the Ha'penny Bridge in Dublin late one night when she sees a stranger, Adam, poised to jump. Desperate to help, she talks him into a reckless deal: if he gives her two weeks, she'll prove that life is worth living. But as the clock ticks and the two of them embark on late-night escapades and romantic adventures, what Christine has really promised seems impossible...THE YEAR I MET YOU: For Jasmine, losing her job felt like losing everything. With a life built around her career and her beloved sister Heather, suddenly her world becomes the house and garden she has hardly seen and the neighbours she has yet to meet. But being fired is just the beginning for Jasmine. In the year that unfolds she learns more about herself than she could ever imagine - and more about other people than she ever dreamed. Sometimes friendship is found in the most unexpected of places.
Selestina Nort ideal'na vo vsem: obrazcovaya doch' i sestra, lyubimica uchitelej i odnoklassnikov, devushka neotrazimogo Arta Krevana. No odnazhdy Selestina popadaet v nepredvidennuyu situaciyu i, sleduya veleniyu serdca, narushaet zakon. Kara neotvratima: libo tyur'ma, libo Klejmo. To est' - naveki otverzhennaya. Blistatel'naya Sesiliya Ahern narisovala mir, v kotorom ideal cenitsya prevyshe vsego i malejshie otstupleniya ot nego nakazuemy. CHto proizojdet, kogda yunaya devushka risknet vsem, chto ej dorogo, i reshitsya protivostoyat' sisteme?Debyutnyj roman v zhanre "e;young adult ot avtora mezhdunarodnyh bestsellerov - udivitel'no dostovernaya i ehmocional'naya istoriya, geroi kotoroj pokoryat serdca chitatelej lyubogo vozrasta. Prava na ehkranizaciyu knigi priobreteny kompaniej Warner Bros.
The stunning YA debut from internationally bestselling author Cecelia Ahern.Celestine North lives a perfect life. She's a model daughter and sister, she's well-liked by her classmates and teachers, and she's dating the impossibly charming Art Crevan.But then Celestine encounters a situation in which she makes an instinctive decision. She breaks a rule and now faces life-changing repercussions. She could be imprisoned. She could be branded. She could be found FLAWED.In this stunning novel, bestselling author Cecelia Ahern depicts a society in which perfection is paramount and mistakes are punished. And where one young woman decides to take a stand that could cost her everything.
The stunning YA debut from internationally bestselling author Cecelia Ahern. Celestine North lives a perfect life. She's a model daughter and sister, she's well-liked by her classmates and teachers, and she's dating the impossibly charming Art Crevan. But then Celestine encounters a situation in which she makes an instinctive decision. She breaks a rule and now faces life-changing repercussions. She could be imprisoned. She could be branded. She could be found FLAWED. In this stunning novel, bestselling author Cecelia Ahern depicts a society in which perfection is paramount and mistakes are punished. And where one young woman decides to take a stand that could cost her everything.
Kak byt', esli u vas vsego odin den', chtoby ponyat', kto vy na samom dele? Obnaruzhiv zagadochnuyu kollekciyu svoego otca, Sabrina vnezapno osoznaet: vse, chto ona znala o nem, bylo lozh'yu. Blizkij chelovek, ryadom s kotorym ona rosla, vdrug okazalsyaneznakomcem. Ej vydalsya svobodnyj den' - nezhdannaya peredyshka v unyloj cherede ee budnej, - chtoby proniknut' v tajnuyu zhizn' otca. Celyj den' vospominanij, istorij i lyudej, o sushchestvovanii kotoryh ona dazhe ne podozrevala. Odin den', kotoryj navsegda izmenit samu Sabrinu i privychnyj ej mir. "e;Igra v marbls - roman o tom, kak samye obychnye nashi resheniya inogda privodyat k neveroyatnym posledstviyam, o tom, kak, tol'ko ponyav kogo-to drugogo, my po-nastoyashchemu ponimaem samih sebya.
Wie gut kennen wir die Menschen, die wir lieben? Als Fergus einen Schlaganfall hat, vergisst er fast alles aus seinem Leben. Da findet seine Tochter Sabrina seine Glasmurmel-Sammlung, von der er ihr nie etwas erzahlt hat. In der Sammlung fehlen die wertvollsten Stucke, und Sabrina macht sich auf die Suche nach ihnen. Es stellt sich heraus, dass Fergus noch viel mehr Geheimnisse hatte, und alle scheinen mit den schillernden Kugeln verbunden zu sein. Doch wenn ihr Vater nicht der Mann ist, fur den sie ihn gehalten hat - was bedeutet das fur Sabrinas eigenes Leben?Der Glasmurmelsammler ist eine beruhrende Vater-Tochter-Geschichte, in der sich in kleinen Glaskugeln groe Traume und Gefuhle spiegeln. Der beruhrende Roman der einfuhlsamen Erfolgsautorin Cecelia Ahern aus Irland.
A forgotten childhood. A discovered life. The poignant new bestseller from Cecelia Ahern.What if you only had one day to find out who you really were?When Sabrina Boggs stumbles upon a mysterious collection of her father's possessions, she discovers a truth where she never knew there was a lie. The familiar man she grew up with is suddenly a stranger to her.An unexpected break in her monotonous daily routine leaves her just one day to unlock the secrets of the man she thought she knew. A day that unearths memories, stories and people she never knew existed. A day that changes her and those around her forever.The Marble Collector is a thought-provoking novel about how the most ordinary decisions we make can have the most extraordinary consequences for how we live our lives. And how sometimes it's only by shining on a light on someone else, that you can truly understand yourself.
A box of possessions. A father with no memory. A daughter with just one day to piece together the past. When Sabrina Boggs stumbles upon a mysterious collection of her father's belongings, her seemingly uneventful life suddenly alters and shifts. In the single day she has to search for answers about the man she thought she knew, a man who can no longer remember his own story, Sabrina uncovers far bigger secrets than she could have imagined. And discovers that sometimes it's the people closest to us that we know the least.
TRY A FREE SAMPLE OF CECELIA AHERN'S NEW BOOK, THE MARBLE COLLECTORA forgotten childhood. A discovered life.What if you only had one day to find out who you really were?When Sabrina Boggs stumbles upon a mysterious collection of her father's possessions, she discovers a truth where she never knew there was a lie. The familiar man she grew up with is suddenly a stranger to her.An unexpected break in her monotonous daily routine leaves her just one day to unlock the secrets of the man she thought she knew. A day that unearths memories, stories and people she never knew existed. A day that changes her and those around her forever.The Marble Collector is a thought-provoking novel about how the most ordinary decisions we make can have the most extraordinary consequences for how we live our lives. And how sometimes it's only by shining on a light on someone else, that you can truly understand yourself.THIS IS A FREE SAMPLE OF THE BOOK
Very different from her previous books for there is no supernatural or spiritual element. Just a thoroughly good story of family dynamics, relationships, handicaps in families and it affects all. It’s pensive, soul searching stuff concentrating on two people who have lost their way in life. A lovely read that will linger with you a long time. ~ Sarah Broadhurst
*Winner of the Irish Popular Fiction Book of the Year* A thoughtful, captivating and ultimately uplifting novel from this uniquely talented author The year that changed my life. For Jasmine, losing her job felt like losing everything. The year I found home. With a life built around her career and her beloved sister Heather, suddenly her world becomes the house and garden she has hardly seen and the neighbours she has yet to meet. The year I met you. But being fired is just the beginning for Jasmine. In the year that unfolds she learns more about herself than she could ever imagine - and more about other people than she ever dreamed. Sometimes friendship is found in the most unexpected of places.
Time Trips is a unique and beautifully illustrated collection of Doctor Who adventures from bestselling and award-winning writers including Joanne Harris, Trudi Canavan, Nick Harkaway, A.L. Kennedy and more. Taking you from ancient Alexandria to nameless planets in the far future, these tales are at turns funny, frightening, moving and thought-provoking - short stories that are bigger on the inside. Time Trips includes: The Anti-Hero (featuring the Second Doctor) by Stella Duffy Salt of the Earth (featuring the Third Doctor) by Trudi Canavan The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Time Traveller (featuring the Third Doctor) by Joanne Harris The Death Pit (featuring the Fourth Doctor) by A.L. Kennedy A Handful of Stardust (featuring the Sixth Doctor) by Jake Arnott The Bog Warrior (featuring the Tenth Doctor) by Cecelia Ahern Keeping Up with the Joneses (featuring the Tenth Doctor) by Nick Harkaway Into the Nowhere (featuring the Eleventh Doctor) by Jenny T. Colgan
Das Jahr, in dem sich mein Leben veranderte - das Jahr, in dem ich zu mir fand - das Jahr, in dem ich dich traf.Der Spiegel-Top-Bestseller von Cecelia Ahern jetzt im Taschenbuch: Vier Jahreszeiten voller Aufbruch, Freundschaft, Liebe und Hoffnung.Jasmine liebt ihre Schwester und ihre Arbeit. Als sie fur ein ganzes Jahr freigestellt wird, wei sie uberhaupt nicht mehr, was sie tun soll - und wer sie eigentlich ist.Matt braucht seine Familie und den Alkohol. Ohne sie steht er vor dem Abgrund.Jasmine und Matt sind Nachbarn, doch sie haben noch nie miteinander gesprochen. Da Jasmine so viel freie Zeit zu Hause hat, beginnt sie, Matt zu beobachten. Sie macht sich ihre Gedanken uber ihn und fangt in ihrem Kopf Gesprache mit ihm an. Nur in echt will sie mit diesem Kerl nichts zu tun haben - dafur hat sie ihre eigenen, guten Grunde. Doch dann beginnt ein Jahr voll heller Mondnachte, langer Gartentage und beruhrender Uberraschungen - ein Jahr, das alles verandert.
ZHizn' Dzhesmin napominaet beg s prepyatstviyami - stoit preodolet' odno, tut zhe ustremlyaesh'sya k novoj celi. U nee est' vse, chto mozhno pozhelat': interesnaya rabota, rodnye, druz'ya. Nichto ne meshaet bezhat' dal'she, ni v chem ne somnevayas' i nikogda ne ostanavlivayas'. Vnezapno Dzhesmin uvol'nyayut, vynuzhdaya ostat'sya bez dela na celyj god. S privychnoj ehnergiej ona beretsya vozdelyvat' svoj sad, a sledom i otnosheniya s okruzhayushchimi. Prineset li nelegkij trud dolgozhdannye plody? Vperedi u Dzhesmin god dlya samyh vazhnyh v zhizni vstrech...
Previously published with the title Where Rainbows End - now a major film entitled Love, Rosie. A story about love. And how life can get in the way... Previously published as WHERE RAINBOWS END. Sometimes fate just can't stop meddling... Best friends since forever, Rosie and Alex have shared their hopes, dreams, awkward moments - and firsts. But their bond is threatened when Alex's family move to America. They stay in touch, but misunderstandings, circumstances and sheer bad luck seem to be conspiring to keep them apart. Can they gamble everything - even their friendship - on true love?
Sometimes you have to look at life in a whole new way . . .From the bestselling author of PS, I Love You comes a delightfully enchanting novel about what happens when two people who are meant to be together just can't seem to get it right.Rosie and Alex are destined for one another, and everyone seems to know it but them. Best friends since childhood, their relationship gets closer by the day, until Alex gets the news that his family is leaving Dublin and moving to Boston. At 17, Rosie and Alex have just started to see each other in a more romantic light. Devastated, the two make plans for Rosie to apply to colleges in the U.S. She gets into Boston University, Alex gets into Harvard, and everything is falling into place, when on the eve of her departure, Rosie gets news that will change their lives forever: She's pregnant by a boy she'd gone out with while on the rebound from Alex. Her dreams for college, Alex, and a glamorous career dashed, Rosie stays in Dublin to become a single mother, while Alex pursues a medical career and a new love in Boston. But destiny is a funny thing, and in this novel, structured as a series of clever e-mails, letters, notes, and a trail of missed opportunities, Alex and Rosie find out that fate isn't done with them yet.From the gifted author of PS, I Love You comes this charming, romantic, addictively page-turning novel that will keep readers laughing and guessing until the very last page.
The magical new novel from the number 1 bestselling author of 'PS, I Love You' and 'Where Rainbows End'. Read by Aoife McMahon and Aidan McArdle. Sandy Shortt has been obsessed about where missing things - and people - end up ever since the disappearance of a childhood friend twenty years ago. It has even motivated her to become a private investigator, attempting to track down missing loved ones and giving devastated families hope.So when she finds herself one of the missing people, stuck in a strange place with people who vanished into thin air years ago, she wonders if she has found the answer to one of life's greatest mysteries. But if she has, will she be able to return to life as she knows it? If Jack Ruttle, her latest client and mystified by her own disappearance, has anything to do with it she will...
Tender, magical and captivating - a story of family, friends, and the unlikeliest of romances . . . What if love was right there in front of you - you just couldn't see it? Elizabeth Egan is too busy for friends. As a reluctant mother to her sister Saoirse's young son Luke and with her own business to run, every precious moment is made to count. But with Saoirse crashing in and out of their lives, leaving both her sister and her son reeling, Luke and Elizabeth are desperately in need of some magic. Enter Ivan. Wild, spontaneous and always looking for adventure, in no time at all Ivan has changed Elizabeth in ways she could never have imagined. But is Ivan too good to be true? Has Elizabeth opened her heart only to risk it being broken again? As for Ivan, he thought he was there to help Luke not Elizabeth - or himself...
Meaningful, moving and magical - the classic bestselling love storyEveryone needs a guardian angel... Some people wait their whole lives to find their soul mates. But not Holly and Gerry. Childhood sweethearts, they could finish each other's sentences and even when they fought, they laughed. No one could imagine Holly and Gerry without each other. Until the unthinkable happens. Gerry's death devastates Holly. But as her 30th birthday looms, Gerry comes back to her. He's left her a bundle of notes, one for each of the months after his death, gently guiding Holly into her new life without him, each note signed 'PS, I Love You'. As the notes are gradually opened, and as the year unfolds, Holly is both cheered up and challenged. The man who knows her better than anyone sets out to teach her that life goes on. With some help from her friends, and her noisy and loving family, Holly finds herself laughing, crying, singing, dancing - and being braver than ever be. Life is for living, she realises - but it always helps if there's an angel watching over you.
A compelling and perceptive tale of intimacy, memory and relationships from the bestselling authorRead by Aoife McMahon. Joyce Conway remembers things she shouldn't. She knows about tiny cobbled streets in Paris, which she has never visited. And every night she dreams about an unknown little girl with blonde hair. Justin Hitchcock is divorced, lonely and restless. He arrives in Dublin to give a lecture on art and meets an attractive doctor, who persuades him to donate blood. It's the first thing to come straight from his heart in a long time. When Joyce leaves hospital after a terrible accident, with her life and her marriage in pieces, she moves back in with her elderly father. All the while, a strong sense of deja vu is overwhelming her and she can't figure out why ... Cecelia Ahern: making the everyday magical.
*Winner of the Irish Popular Fiction Book of the Year*A thoughtful, captivating and ultimately uplifting novel from this uniquely talented authorJasmine loves two things: her sister and her work. And when her work is taken away she has no idea who she is.Matt loves two things: his family and the booze. Without them, he hits rock bottom.One New Year's Eve, two people's paths collide. Both have time on their hands; both are at a crossroads. But as the year unfolds, through moonlit nights and suburban days, an unlikely friendship slowly starts to blossom.Sometimes you have to stop still in order to move on...Original and poignant, The Year I Met You will make you laugh, cry and celebrate life.
*Winner of the Irish Popular Fiction Book of the Year* A thoughtful, captivating and ultimately uplifting novel from this uniquely talented author Jasmine loves two things: her sister and her work. And when her work is taken away she has no idea who she is. Matt loves two things: his family and the booze. Without them, he hits rock bottom. One New Year's Eve, two people's paths collide. Both have time on their hands; both are at a crossroads. But as the year unfolds, through moonlit nights and suburban days, an unlikely friendship slowly starts to blossom. Sometimes you have to stop still in order to move on... Original and poignant, The Year I Met You will make you laugh, cry and celebrate life.
Previously published with the title Where Rainbows End - now a major film entitled Love, Rosie. A story about love. And how life can get in the way... First published as WHERE RAINBOWS END. Best friends since forever, Rosie and Alex have shared their hopes, dreams, awkward moments - and firsts. But their bond is threatened when Alex's family move to America. They stay in touch, but misunderstandings, circumstances and sheer bad luck seem to be conspiring to keep them apart. Can they gamble everything - even their friendship - on true love?
Der internationale Bestseller - jetzt verfilmt furs Kino mit Lily Collins und Sam ClaflinAlex und Rosie kennen sich, seit sie Kinder sind. Das Schicksal hat sie zu mehr als besten Freunden bestimmt, das scheint jedem klar - nur dem Schicksal nicht ...Alex und Rosie kennen sich, seit sie funf Jahre alt sind. Alex muss kurz vor dem Abi mit seinen Eltern von Irland nach Amerika ziehen. Rosie will nachkommen und Hotelmanagement studieren, doch dann wird sie schwanger. Und das nicht von Alex. Sie zieht ihre Tochter allein gro, Alex heiratet eine Amerikanerin. Erst nach Jahren ist er wieder solo - doch inzwischen ist auch Rosie verheiratet ...In all den Jahren bleiben Alex und Rosie in Kontakt. Miit Briefen, E-Mails, SMS, Chatnachrichten. Doch es ist wie verhext: Rosie und Alex sind einfach wie die Konigskinder ...
Cecelia Ahern einmal anders: die atmospharische Novelle der BestsellerautorinHerman Banks hat es vom armen Farmersjungen zum Multimillionar gebracht. Nur ein Wunsch treibt ihn noch um: Er mochte ein Buch schreiben, den groen, vollendeten Roman - und bezieht deshalb mit seiner jungen Frau das abgelegene Anwesen eines verstorbenen Autors in Sudengland. Doch statt Inspiration zu finden, gerat Herman in eine machtige Schreibblockade. Bis er im Zimmer mit der Kollektion alter Schreibmaschinen etwas Unheimliches vorfindet ..."e;Gansehautmomente inklusive!"e; NDR Kultur
Arriving on the planet Cashel, the Tenth Doctor witnesses a strange masked ball. To guarantee peace, Prince Zircon has to choose a bride from the Bog People dead men and women who have been resurrected as slaves. Or as warriors. But Zircon is in love with the enslaved Princess Ash, whose parents were deposed and executed by the current Queen. As usual, the Doctor has walked right into trouble, and it's up to him to sort it out.
Christine, very conscientiously, runs an employment agency where she takes a great interest in her clients, attempting to assist them in every way she can. She is also slightly obsessed with self-help books. She inadvertently stumbles across two young men bent on suicide. She feels confused about the first which encourages her to change her life. The second produces a challenge for, as she saves the young man, he agrees to give her two weeks to persuade him to live. Bouncing from one crisis to another we discover a little of Christine’s background and her attitude to life as she embraces the mission. What a clever writer Cecilia is for despite the sadness of the suicide theme this lovely novel succeeded in being warm, at times funny and eventually heart-lifting. A great read. April 2014 Book of the Month.
Prizvanie Kristiny Rouz - pomogat' lyudyam, i ona pomogaet im najti rabotu, a zaodno i svoe mesto v zhizni. No odnazhdy ej ne udalos' predotvratit' chuzhuyu bedu, i v sobstvennoj ee zhizni nastupil razlad. A mozhet, ehto sluchilos' uzhe davno? Kristina rasstalas' s muzhem, i on okazalsya eshche huzhe, chem ona dumala. Ee detishche, kompaniya "e;Rouz rekrutment togo i glyadi razoritsya, i sotrudniki okazhutsya na ulice. A glavnoe - kak ej spasti Adama, kotoryj zadumal sovershit' nepopravimyj shag v svoj den' rozhdeniya? Vremya uzhe na iskhode
Previously published with the title Where Rainbows End - now a major film entitled Love, Rosie. A story about love. And how life can get in the way... Sometimes fate just can't stop meddling... Best friends since forever, Rosie and Alex have shared their hopes, dreams, awkward moments - and firsts. But their bond is threatened when Alex's family move to America. They stay in touch, but misunderstandings, circumstances and sheer bad luck seem to be conspiring to keep them apart. Can they gamble everything - even their friendship - on true love?
'Tender, funny and romantic' Marie ClaireShe has just two weeks. Two weeks to teach him how to fall in love - with his own life.Adam Basil and Christine Rose are thrown together late one night, when Christine is crossing the Ha'penny Bridge in Dublin. Adam is there, poised, threatening to jump.Adam is desperate - but Christine makes a crazy deal with him. His 35th birthday is looming and she bets him that before then she can show him life is worth living .Despite her determination, Christine knows what a dangerous promise she's made. Against the ticking of the clock, the two of them embark on wild escapades, grand romantic gestures and some unlikely late-night outings. Slowly, Christine thinks Adam is starting to fall back in love with his life. But is that all that's happening... ?A novel to make you laugh, cry and appreciate life, this is Cecelia Ahern at her thoughtful and surprising best.
Containing an exclusive extract from Cecelia's next book, HOW TO FALL IN LOVE, comes a free ebook collection of inspiring stories from Cecelia's biggest fansCecelia Ahern's new must-read, HOW TO FALL IN LOVE, is a lesson in just that - but rather than falling for the archetypal romantic hero, this tale centres around loving life itself.This special ebook shares the inspiring stories of the defining moments when you, the readers, have fallen in love with life.HOW TO FALL IN LOVE:When a chance-encounter leads to a surprising and courageous journey, strangers Christine and Adam learn whether two weeks are enough to rediscover the joys of living - but is that all that's happening...?
Christine & Adam: eine Geschichte voll Schmerz, Gluck und Lachen - von einer Liebe, die Leben rettet.Adam will einfach nur, dass alles aufhort. Er ist uber das Gelander der Brucke geklettert und schaut hinunter in das kalte, schwarze Wasser. Christine will einfach nur helfen. Mit einem Deal kann sie Adam vom Springen abhalten: Bis zu seinem nachsten Geburtstag wird sie ihn uberzeugen, dass das Leben lebenswert ist!
A free sampler of HarperCollins' biggest authors.THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES by Cecelia Ahern is a compelling and perceptive tale of intimacy, memory and relationships from this #1 bestselling author. After all, how can you know someone that you've never met before?CHOCOLATE SHOES AND WEDDING BLUES by Trisha AshleyFASTER THAN LIGHTENING by Usain Bolt is the full autobiography, in his own words, of the fastest man of all time and a superstar whose talent and infectious charisma have made him one of the most famous people on the planet.HIDDEN TREASURES by Fern BrittonTHE LAST KINGDOM by Bernard CornwellCOLD KILLING by Luke DelaneyTHE OTHER QUEEN by Philippa Gregory is a dramatic novel of passion, politics and betrayal: the story of Mary, Queen of Scots, fighting to regain her kingdom whilst under the guard of Queen Elizabeth I.I HEART NEW YORK by Lindsey Kelk is the story of Angela Clarke who flees the world's worst wedding for a new life in the Big Apple...DIVERGENT by Veronica RothBECOMING JOHNNY VEGAS by Johnny Vegas is the memoir of one of Britain's best-loved comic actors. Once you've finished this darkly hilarious tale of family, faith and the creative application of alcohol dependency, you'll never look at a copy of the Catholic men's society newsletter the same way again.
A collection of two of Cecelia Ahern's bestselling and best-loved novels, PS, I LOVE YOU and ONE HUNDRED NAMESPS, I LOVE YOU tells the story of childhood sweethearts, Holly and Gerry. No one could imagine Holly and Gerry without each other - until the unthinkable happens and Gerry's death devastates Holly. But as her 30th birthday looms, Holly discovers a bundle of notes from Gerry, one for each of the months after his death, gently guiding Holly into her new life without him, each note signed 'PS, I Love You'. As the notes are opened, the man who knows Holly better than anyone sets out to teach her that life goes on. With some help from her friends, and her noisy and loving family, Holly finds herself laughing, crying, singing, dancing - and being braver than ever before.In ONE HUNDRED NAMES, Kitty Logan has lost her way... As a journalist, she's spent the past few years chasing the big scoops - no matter the consequences. But when she makes a terrible mistake, she finds herself mired in scandal and her career implodes. At a loss, Kitty finds distraction in a list of one hundred names that her late mentor and boss, Constance, has left her. Kitty's been given one final chance, the most important assignment of her life - to write the story behind the one hundred names as a tribute piece to Constance. Can these strangers' stories help her finally understand her own?
SHestnadcatiletnyaya Tamara Gudvin, edinstvennaya doch' obespechennyh roditelej, ne znaet ni v chem otkaza i ni na minutu ne zadumyvaetsya o budushchem. No tragicheskoe sobytie, samoubijstvo otca, utrativshego vse semejnoe sostoyanie, vklyuchaya roskoshnyj dom v Dubline, i potomu reshivshegosya na stol' krajnyuyu meru, vynuzhdaet devushku vmeste s zabolevshej ot gorya mater'yu pokinut' gorod i pereekhat' v derevnyu k rodstvennikam. Lishivshis' druzej i lyubimyh zanyatij, Tamara skuchaet v glushi, ne znaya, chem sebya zanyat'. No poyavlenie v derevne peredvizhnoj biblioteki i znakomstvo s ee hozyainom, podarivshim devushke obladayushchuyu volshebnymi svojstvami knigu, pomogaet ej ne tol'ko povzroslet', no i obresti inye zhiznennye cennosti.
Bestseller proslavlennoj irlandki Sesilii Ahern "e;P.S. YA lyublyu tebya - sovremennaya istoriya o tom, kak lyubov' okazyvaetsya sil'nee smerti. Poteryav lyubimogo muzha, tridcatiletnyaya Holli Kennedi vpadaet v otchayanie, perestaet vyhodit' iz domu, obshchat'sya s lyud'mi. I vdrug poluchaet po pochte paket s pis'mami: raspechatyvat' ih mozhno lish' po odnomu v mesyac, a napisany oni tem samym chelovekom, rasstavanie s kotorym prinosit ej takie stradaniya. Okazyvaetsya, nezadolgo do smerti on reshil pomoch' ej zhit' dal'she. Vsyakij raz ona s neterpeniem zhdet pervogo chisla, chtoby vskryt' ocherednoj konvert i, strogo sleduya nastavleniyam, sdelat' eshche odin shag, vozvrashchayushchij ee k zhizni: kupit' novoe plat'e, prinyat' uchastie v konkurse karaoke, s"e;ezdit' na more. Roman pereveden pochti na polsotni yazykov, a kinofil'm "e;P.S. YA lyublyu tebya, sozdannyj kompaniej Warner Brothers, triumfal'no shestvuet po ehkranam vsego mira.
"e;Posmotri na menya - tretij po schetu superbestseller blistatel'noj Sesilii Ahern, pokorivshej svoimi romanami pochti pyat'desyat stran. EHlizabet, molodoj dizajner, ch'e vremya raspisano po minutam, raz i navsegda zapretila sebe mechtat'. Obremenennaya zabotami ob otce, mladshej sestre i ee rebenke, ona neskol'ko let nazad vynuzhdena byla rasstat'sya s lyubimym i znaet po opytu, skol' opasny nesbytochnye nadezhdy. Odnako i v ee zhizni vdrug nachinayut proiskhodit' chudesa. U nee v dome, kak by sluchajno, poyavlyaetsya tainstvennyj neznakomec, krasivyj, obayatel'nyj, besshabashnyj, i EHlizabet ryadom s nim postepenno ottaivaet. No ona nichego ne znaet o nem. Ih lyubov', voznikshaya na peresechenii dvuh mirov - real'nogo i sverh"e;estestvennogo, pohozha na romanticheskuyu skazku. Za yumor i smelost' fantazii roman poluchil premiyu zhurnala "e;Cosmopolitan U.S..
"e;Vremya moej ZHizni - devyatyj superbestseller zvezdy lyubovnogo romana Sesilii Ahern. Lyusi ne v silah zabyt' svoego bojfrenda Blejka - s tekh por, kak on ushel, ee zhizn' prohodit mimo, utekaet skvoz' pal'cy... Nichego ne laditsya, no molodaya zhenshchina uporno tverdit, chto u nee vse otlichno, vse bol'she zaputyvayas' v pautine sobstvennoj i chuzhoj lzhi. No vot odnazhdy sama ZHizn' naznachaet ej vstrechu.
A seemingly random list of 100 names is all journalist Kitty Logan has to go on to complete an article started by her, now dead, mentor and dear friend. Her own life is in a state of turmoil and perhaps if she can find the reason these 100 names are on the list she might help herself as well. An uplifting and thoughtful novel to curl up with. August 2013 Book of the Month.
Rozi i Aleks druzhat s rannego detstva. Oni ne zabyvayut drug o druge dazhe v vihre radostej i trevolnenij yunosti, razvedshej ih po raznye storony okeana, i vedut ozhivlennuyu perepisku. Druz'ya znayut: chto by s nimi ni sluchilos', vsegda est' plecho, na kotoroe oni mogut operet'sya. No ne podtochat li dazhe takuyu krepkuyu i nezhnuyu druzhbu beskonechnye braki i razvody oboih geroev ehtoj gor'koj i svetloj istorii?
Knigi Sesilii Ahern pokorili chitatelej mnogih stran, lyubimy oni i v Rossii. Roman "e;Podarok (2008) takzhe ne razocharuet poklonnikov ee tvorchestva. Lu Saffern, glavnyj geroj romana, poistine baloven' sud'by - po krajnej mere, tak schitayut okruzhayushchie. On sdelal blestyashchuyu kar'eru, u nego prekrasnaya sem'ya i velikolepnyj dom. Na samom zhe dele v ego zhizni vse zaputalos': v pogone za professional'nym prestizhem emu prihoditsya zhertvovat' interesami svoih blizkih. I vot kak-to raz on vstrechaet brodyagu, vneshne ochen' s nim skhozhego. Ot ehtogo strannogo cheloveka Lu poluchaet chudesnyj podarok - snadob'e, nadelyayushchee ego sposobnost'yu nahodit'sya v dvuh mestah srazu.
V detstve Sehndi SHort ne vynosila, kogda teryalis' veshchi. Ej nichego ne stoilo potratit' neskol'ko dnej na poiski nevest' kuda zapropastivshegosya noska - k nedoumeniyu roditelej, v konce koncov nastoyavshih, chtoby doch' nachala poseshchat' shkol'nogo psihologa. Stav vzrosloj, ona postupaet na rabotu v policiyu, a potom otkryvaet sobstvennoe agentstvo po rozysku propavshih bez vesti lyudej. Rassledovanie ocherednogo dela privodit Sehndi v Limerik, gde ee sledy teryayutsya. Mashina, broshennaya na obochine vmeste s vazhnymi dokumentami i mobil'nym telefonom, vyglyadit bolee chem stranno. Neuzheli Sehndi suzhdeno povtorit' sud'bu tekh, kogo ona ishchet?
Dzhojs perezhivaet nastoyashchuyu katastrofu: u nee polnyj razlad s muzhem i eshche strashnee to, chto, upav s lestnicy, ona teryaet nerodivshegosya rebenka. Edva opravivshis' ot tyazheloj fizicheskoj i dushevnoj travmy, Dzhojs vstupaet v novuyu zhizn' s chuzhoj, perelitoj ej v bol'nice krov'yu. Odnako ehta zhizn' prepodnosit ej syurpriz za syurprizom: ee poseshchayut strannye videniya, i vdobavok ona vdrug nachinaet chitat' mysli neznakomca, neozhidannye vstrechi s kotorym stanovyatsya vse chashche i chashche.
V yarkom, pronizannom ehmociyami mire Sesilii Ahern vsegda est' mesto volshebstvu. Samye obychnye, povsednevnye predmety - dom, slomannaya pechatnaya mashinka "e;Undervud starinnoe zerkalo - vdrug okazyvayutsya nadelennymi magicheskoj siloj, sposobnoj sygrat' rokovuyu rol' v zhizni geroev. Vprochem, mistika i chudesa - eshche ne glavnoe, sami po sebe oni nichego ne reshayut, i pravo vybora vsegda ostaetsya za geroyami. Na chashu vesov lozhatsya i lyubov' i predannost' ih blizkih. Lyubov', tonchajshie perelivy, ottenki chuvstv - vot centr prityazheniya, osnovnoe soderzhanie knig ehtoj zamechatel'noj pisatel'nicy, polnyh dramaticheskih perezhivanij i romantiki...
sitti Logan tak mechtala o kar'ere televedushchej! No ona sovershila rokovuyu oshibku, obviniv v otvratitel'nom prestuplenii ni v chem ne povinnogo cheloveka, i vse ee nadezhdy ruhnuli. Kitti stala pritchej vo yazycekh, ot nee ushel bojfrend, staryj drug obvinil v ehgoizme, togo i glyadi ee uvolyat iz zhurnala, v kotorom ona prorabotala desyat' let, i v dovershenie vsekh bed umiraet Konstans - blizkaya podruga i nastavnica. Konstans zadumala dlya zhurnala chto-to ochen' interesnoe, odnako rasskazat' o svoej idee ne uspela. U Kitti est' tol'ko spisok sta neizvestnyh ej imen i dve nedeli, chtoby razgadat' zamysel Konstans i napisat' stat'yu dlya nomera, posvyashchennogo ee pamyati. Ona nahodit neskol'kih lyudej iz spiska, no nikak ne mozhet ponyat', chto zhe ih ob"e;edinyaet. CHtoby proniknut' v tajnu, Kitti predstoit razobrat'sya v sebe samoj, i togda ee zhizn' izmenitsya...
Dear Lucy Silchester,You have an appointment for Monday 27th July 2011.Yours sincerely,Life.Lucy Silchester has received an appointment card. Actually, shes been invited along a few times to this appointment, but she keeps brushing the gold embossed envelope under the shag pile carpet. Shes taken her eye off the ball and has busied herself with work (a job she doesnt love), helping out friends, fixing her car, feeding her cat, seeing her family and devoting her time to their life dramas.But Lucy is about to find out that this is one appointment that she cant miss. And she cant escape it either. Her Life is about to catch up with her in the most surreal of ways...
A deliciously romantic set of two of Cecelia Ahern's best-loved titles, PS I LOVE YOU and WHERE RAINBOWS ENDIn PS I LOVE YOU, Holly and Gerry were childhood sweethearts, soul mates who should have been together forever, and when the unthinkable happens, Gerry's death devastates Holly. But as her 30th birthday approaches, Gerry comes back to Holly. He's left her a bundle of letters, one for each month of the year, guiding Holly in her new life without him, each note signed 'PS, I love you'.WHERE RAINBOWS END tells the story of Rosie and Alex, who have stuck by each other through thick and thin. After Alex moves to America, their magical connection remains, but misunderstandings, circumstances and sheer bad luck keep them apart - until now. But will they gamble everything - including their friendship - on true love?
Two of Cecelia's best-loved novels available as an ebook duo for the first time!THE GIFT and THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES will make a wonderful treat for any Cecelia fan this Christmas.If you could wish for one gift this Christmas, what would it be? Two people from very different walks of life meet one Christmas, and find their worlds changed beyond measure. THE GIFT is an enchanting and thoughtful Christmas story that speaks to all of us about the value of time and what is truly important in life.THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES is a compelling and perceptive tale of intimacy, memory and relationships from this No.1 bestselling author. After all, how can you know someone that you've never met before?
MANCHMAL MUSS MAN GANZ GEWOHNLICHE MENSCHEN FINDEN, UM ZU VERSTEHEN, WIE AUSSERGEWOHNLICH DAS LEBEN IST. Die junge Journalistin Kitty Logan ist am Tiefpunkt, als sie eine geheimnisvolle Liste in die Hand bekommt - mit hundert Namen unbekannter Frauen und Manner darauf. Hundert Menschen, uber die niemand etwas wei. Wer sind sie? Was verbindet sie miteinander? Kitty bleiben nur zwei Wochen, um es herauszufinden - fur ihren Artikel und fur ihre eigene Zukunft ... Phantasievoll, spannend, unverwechselbar: der beruhrende Roman einer unvorhersehbaren Suche. Denn jeder von uns hat seine Geschichte. "e;Mit Hundert Namen zeigt sich Irlands Schreibwunder Cecelia Ahern wieder als Meisterin der Einfuhlsamkeit."e; BZ "e;Wirklich ein schones Buch."e; WDR "e;Federleicht und trotzdem tiefgrundig."e; Fur Sie"e;Ein Buch fur alle, die an die Macht der Herzensgute glauben."e; WAZ "e;Wie immer: zauberhaft!"e; Lea "e;Manchmal denken Sie, Ihr Leben sei ein bisschen ereignisarm? Von wegen! Cecelia Ahern erzahlt in Hundert Namen die auergewohnlichen Erlebnisse ganz gewohnlicher Menschen."e; Freundin "e;Packend."e; Dresdner Morgenpost
The uplifting and thoughtful novel from the uniquely talented author. Everyone has a story to tell...Journalist Kitty Logan's career has been destroyed by scandal, and she now faces losing the woman who guided her and taught her everything she knew. At her mentor's bedside, Kitty asks her - what is the one story she always wanted to write?The answer lies in a file buried in Constance's office: a list of one hundred names. There is no synopsis, no explanation, nothing else to explain what the story is or who these people are. The list is simply a mystery.But before Kitty can talk to her friend, it is too late.With everything to prove, Kitty is assigned the most important task of her life - to write the story her mentor never had the opportunity to. Kitty has to not only track down and meet the people on the list, but find out what connects them. And, in the process of hearing ordinary people's stories, she uncovers Constance's - and starts to understand her own...
Touching, warm, funny and poignant and a must for all of her fans. Cecelia Ahern's new novel has Lucy Silchester's Life as a central character (in fact he is a grumpy middle-aged man) who is out to sort out his charge and will not take no for an answer...
The stunning and magical new novel from the Number One bestselling author Are you taking your life for granted? Lucy Silchester is. She's busied herself with other stuff: friends' lives, work issues, her deteriorating car, that kind of thing. But she's stuck in a rut - and deluding everyone. Only Lucy knows the real truth. Time for a wake-up call - a meeting with life. And life turns out to be a kindly, rather run-down man in an old suit, who is determined to bring about change - and won't let Lucy off the hook. Sometimes we all need to make time for our life...
Wer sich erinnert, ist niemals allein: zwei kurze, magische Geschichten der jungen irischen Bestsellerautorin uber Erinnerung, Liebe und Betrug. Voller Hoffnung und Wunder, aber auch voller unheimlicher Ratsel. Cecelia Ahern hat sie zwischen ihren groen Romanen geschrieben, in ihrem Auszeit-Jahr nach der Geburt ihrer Tochter. Ganz unabhangig voneinander zu lesen, gehen beide Geschichten den bewegenden Fragen nach: Was bedeutet die Vergangenheit? Kann und darf ich die Zukunft beeinflussen? Das Lacheln der Erinnerung Ein Mann, der eine unglaubliche Maschine erfunden hat - mit der er die Erinnerungen der Menschen verandern kann. Doch was ist mit seinen eigenen Erinnerungen? Das Madchen im Spiegel Eine junge Frau, die vor dem schonsten Tag ihres Lebens steht - und hinter den verhangten Spiegeln im Haus ihrer Gromutter eine unheimliche Entdeckung macht ... "e;Voller Magie und Charme."e; Glamour "e;Auergewohnlich und beruhrend."e; Daily Express
Mit ihrer verzaubernden Phantasie und ihrem unnachahmlichen Humor erzahlt Weltbestsellerautorin Cecelia Ahern von der wichtigsten Begegnung, die es fur uns geben kann: mit dem eigenen Leben. Eigentlich wundert sich Lucy Silchester uber gar nichts mehr: dass ihre groe Liebe sie verlassen hat, dass sie aus ihrem Job geflogen ist oder dass sie eine Einladung zu einem Treffen bekommt - von ihrem eigenen Leben! Als sie tatsachlich zu dem Termin geht und direkt vor ihm steht, ist Lucy dann aber doch uberrascht: So hat sie sich ihr Leben wirklich nicht vorgestellt! Am liebsten wurde sie es direkt wieder loswerden. Doch ihr Leben denkt gar nicht daran, sie in Ruhe zu lassen ... "e;Wunderbare und kluge Unterhaltungsliteratur. DER Roman fur jeden, der sein Leben richtig leben will."e; Alex Dengler, denglers-buchkritik "e;Liebenswert und witzig."e; Sabine Schmidt, Buchjournal "e;Hintersinnige Unterhaltung von Dublins Bestsellerautorin Cecelia Ahern, die mit ihrem humorvollen Roman auch Denkanstoe fur das eigene Leben liefert."e; Hor zu
The stunning and magical new novel from the Number One bestselling authorAre you taking your life for granted?Lucy Silchester is. She's busied herself with other stuff: friends' lives, work issues, her deteriorating car, that kind of thing. But she's stuck in a rut - and deluding everyone. Only Lucy knows the real truth.Time for a wake-up call - a meeting with life. And life turns out to be a kindly, rather run-down man in an old suit, who is determined to bring about change - and won't let Lucy off the hook.Sometimes we all need to make time for our life...
Two powerful and unforgettable stories from the Number One bestselling authorGirl in the MirrorLila knows how lucky she is to have found the man of her dreams. But when a secret from her family's past comes to light on her wedding day, her destiny changes in the most unexpected of ways... The Memory MakerThey say you never forget your first love. But what happens when those cherished memories start to fade? Some people would do anything to hold on to the past and, for one heartbroken man, that means finding a way to relive those precious moments...
A sweet, life-affirming tale . . . with a liberal sprinkling of magic. Marie Claire (UK)Filled with family secrets, intrigue, and magic aplenty.BooklistBestselling author Cecelia Ahern follows The Gift and P.S. I Love You with the mesmerizing story of a teenaged girl coming face-to-face with grief, growth, and magic in the Irish countryside, after a mysterious book begins to reveal her own memories from one day in the future. Perfect for long-time fans of Ahern, as well as for younger readers coming to her for the first time, The Book of Tomorrows strong voice and sophisticated storytelling mark an instant new classic from this already beloved author.
A wonderful collection of Cecelia's short storiesAs the smell of pinecones and cinnamon fill the air and the plump turkey roasts in the oven, the final preparations for Christmas day have begun just as they do every year.The tree lights are twinkling and the mince pies are cooked and there is just one final tradition to carry out before the Christmas magic can begin. This year though, something is different and it's time for life-long traditions to change.For years the family has followed the same pattern, not changing their routine through the generations; babies have grown into teens and then adults, and then eventually have had children of their own, but one thing always remained constant throughout...Time has finally caught up with the family and this year the new traditions must be formed.
A wonderful collection of Cecelia's short storiesAs the smell of pinecones and cinnamon fill the air and the plump turkey roasts in the oven, the final preparations for Christmas day have begun just as they do every year. The tree lights are twinkling and the mince pies are cooked and there is just one final tradition to carry out before the Christmas magic can begin. This year though, something is different and it's time for life-long traditions to change. For years the family has followed the same pattern, not changing their routine through the generations; babies have grown into teens and then adults, and then eventually have had children of their own, but one thing always remained constant throughout... Time has finally caught up with the family and this year the new traditions must be formed.
Tamara, suffering from the trauma of the suicide of her father and from being a teenager, finds an old blank diary in the mobile library. Very strangely she unknowingly begins to write in it, writing up the day to come. This might all sound a little far-fetched but if you are a Cecelia Ahern fan you will know how she so cleverly turns the unusual into the normal, how she brings magic into people’s lives and turns despair into happiness. It’s all very heart-warming.Comparison: Julie Cameron, Ben Sherwood, Melanie Rose (Down to Earth).
Die Geschichte einer magischen Liebe - und einer Familie auf dem Weg zu sich selbst. Zum Freuen und Weinen schon, voller Hoffnung, Tiefe und Humor. Elizabeth hat ihr Leben fest im Griff. Sie kummert sich um ihr Designburo, ihren murrischen Vater, die unzuverlassige Schwester und ihren sechsjahrigen Neffen Luke. Doch niemanden lasst sie wirklich an sich heran - zu schmerzhaft war die Vergangenheit. Ivan ist nicht von dieser Welt. Niemand kann ihn sehen. Wirklich niemand? Nur seine Schutzlinge: Sein Job ist, "e;bester Freund"e; zu sein fur jemanden, der ihn braucht. So wie der einsame kleine Luke. Als Ivan jedoch plotzlich auch eine Verbindung zu Elizabeth spurt, ist er verwirrt - sie gehort doch gar nicht zu seinen Aufgaben ... "e;Eine wunderbare Geschichte voller Uberraschungen und mit einem Hauch von Magie."e; NDR
Tausendmal beruhrt"e;Wir haben zweimal nebeneinander vor dem Altar gestanden, Rosie, zweimal! Und jedes Mal auf der falschen Seite!"e;Alex und Rosie kennen sich, seit sie funf Jahre alt sind. Das Schicksal hat sie zu mehr als besten Freunden bestimmt, das scheint jedem klar - nur dem Schicksal nicht ...
Zauberhaft, geheimnisvoll und mit einer beruhrenden Botschaft, das ist der wunderbare Roman der jungen irischen Weltbestsellerautorin. Denn manchmal muss man jemand ganz Besonderem begegnen, um zu erkennen, was wirklich wichtig ist im Leben.Lou Suffern ist ein "e;BWM"e;, ein Beschaftigter Wichtiger Mann. So wichtig und beschaftigt, dass er den 70. Geburtstag seines Vaters vergisst, seine Frau leichthin betrugt und seinem kleinen Sohn noch nicht ein einziges Mal die Windeln gewechselt hat.Eines Tages verwickelt ihn ein Obdachloser namens Gabriel in ein Gesprach. Lou fuhlt sich dem Unbekannten seltsam verbunden und verschafft ihm kurzerhand einen Job - was nun wirklich nicht seine Art ist. Doch auch Gabriel hat ein Geschenk fur Lou: ein ratselhaftes Mittel, durch das Lou ein anderer wird.
Nach dem Selbstmord ihres Vaters muss die junge Tamara aus ihrem Dubliner Glamour-Leben zu einfachen Verwandten aufs Land ziehen. Ihre Mutter ist vor Trauer uber den Tod ihres Mannes kaum ansprechbar, und fernab ihrer Freunde fuhlt sich Tamara vollig alleingelassen. Das einzig Interessante an dem abgelegenen Ort, an dem sie jetzt leben muss, scheint die ausgebrannte Ruine des alten Kilsaney-Schlosses. Doch dann entdeckt Tamara ein geheimnisvolles Buch: ein Tagebuch, in dem ihr eigenes Leben aufgeschrieben ist. Und zwar immer schon der nachste Tag! Es fuhrt Tamara zu den verborgenen Geheimnissen ihrer Familie und hilft ihr, den Weg zu Liebe und Zukunft zu finden. "e;In diesem modernen Marchen wechseln realistische Momente mit magischen, lustige mit traurigen ab - alle gespickt mit Denkanstoen fur das eigene Leben."e; freundin "e;Die Zutaten dieses Buches - Magie, Mystik, Krimi, Denkanstoe, Liebe und Humor - fassen diesen Roman zu einem tollen Gesamtkunstwerk zusammen. Eine wunderschone Geschichte!"e; Welt Online
The Gift is a magical, fable-like Christmas story from Cecelia Ahern, the celebrated New York Times bestselling author of P.S. I Love You and Thanks for the Memories. The story of Lou Suffern, a successful executive frustrated by the fact that he spends more time in the office than with his doting wife and two young children, The Gift is a tantalizing tale wrapped in a tale....[the] perfect treat for the holidays. (Sara Gruen)
Holly und Gerry hatten einen einfachen Plan: Sie wollten ihr ganzes Leben zusammenbleiben.Cecelia Ahern schreibt so tief beruhrend uber Liebe und Trauer und dabei so lebendig uber das Gluck, wie wir es noch nie gelesen haben.
Als Sandy Shortt zehn Jahre alt ist, verschwindet ein Madchen aus ihrer Klasse. Seit dieser Zeit sucht sie leidenschaftlich nach allem, was vermisst wird: nach Socken, Schlusseln und spater auch nach Menschen. In ihrer Suchagentur macht sie Angehorigen Mut, denn sie gibt niemals auf. Doch als Sandy den Auftrag bekommt, den Bruder von Jack Ruttle wiederzufinden, verirrt sie sich im Wald und verschwindet selbst - an einen geheimnisvollen Ort, den alle nur "e;Hier"e; nennen ...Fantasievoll, spannend und tief beruhrend macht sich Cecelia Aherns Roman auf die Suche - nach dem Leben, der Liebe und uns selbst. "e;Was fur ein bezauberndes Marchen!"e; Fur Sie
Joyce uberlebt nur knapp einen Unfall - und wei, dass sie ab jetzt ganz anders leben will. Doch irgendetwas ist seltsam: Sie kann auf einmal fremde Sprachen und erinnert sich an Dinge, die sie gar nicht erlebt habt.Justin ist als Gastdozent in Dublin. Er ist verdammt einsam, wurde das aber nie zugeben. Als er eine junge Frau trifft, die ihm ungewohnlich bekannt vorkommt, ist er verwirrt - er kommt einfach nicht drauf, woher er sie kennen konnte ...
What would your greatest gift be? For the workaholic hero here, Lou, it is time, and magically he is given it. This is another tender, ethereal tale from a very talented author. You’ll love it. Comparison: Audrey Niffenegger, Alice Sebold, Ben Sherwood.
The magical and mesmerising story of how tomorrow can change what happens today.Tamara's childhood. With her mother shut away with grief, and her aunt busy tending to her, Tamara is lonely and bored and longs to return to Dublin.When a travelling library passes through Kilsaney Demesne, Tamara is intrigued. She needs a distraction. Her eyes rest on a mysterious large leather bound tome locked with a gold clasp and padlock. With some help, Tamara finally manages to open the book. What she discovers within the pages takes her breath away and shakes her world to its core.Told in Cecelia's imitable style, The Girl of Tomorrow is a mesmerising and magical story for this autumn.
From the bestselling author of P.S. I LOVE YOU and LOVE, ROSIE, comes a tale of a woman who learns that sometimes it takes losing everything to truly find yourself...Since Sandy Shortt's childhood classmate disappeared twenty years ago, Sandy has been obsessed with missing things. Finding what is lost becomes her single-minded goal--from the lone sock that vanishes in the washing machine to the car keys she misplaced. It's no surprise, then, that Sandy's life's work becomes finding people who have vanished from their loved ones. Sandy's family is baffled and concerned by her increasing preoccupation. Her parents can't understand her compulsion, and she pushes them away further by losing herself in the work of tracking down these missing people. She gives up her life in order to offer a flicker of hope to devastated families...and escape the disappointments of her own.Jack Ruttle is one of those devastated people. It's been a year since his brother Donal vanished into thin air, and he has enlisted Sandy Shortt to find him. But before she is able to offer Jack the information he so desperately needs, Sandy goes missing too...and Jack now finds himself searching for his brother and the one woman who understood his pain.One minute Sandy is jogging through the park, the next, she can't figure out where she is. The path is obscured. Nothing is familiar. A clearing up ahead reveals a camp site, and it's there that Sandy discovers the impossible: she has inadvertently stumbled upon the place-- and people--she's been looking for all her life, a land where all the missing people go. A world away from her loved ones and the home she ran from for so long, Sandy soon resorts to her old habit again, searching. Though this time, she is desperately trying to find her way home...
This Christmas, sprinkle some Cecelia Ahern magic in your life.If you could wish for one gift this Christmas, what would it be?Lou Suffern wishes he could be in two places at once. His constant battle with the clock is a sensitive issue with his wife and family.Gabe wishes he was somewhere warm. When Lou invites Gabe, a homeless man who sits outside his office, into the building and into his life, Lou's world is changed beyond all measure...An enchanting and thoughtful Christmas story that speaks to all of us abut the value of time and what is truly important in life.
[Ahern] gives us full permission to believe in magic. Redbook MagazineOne of the worlds most popular writers of womens fictionauthor of the beloved international bestseller, P.S. I Love You, basis for the popular film starring Hilary SwankCecelia Ahern now gives us Thanks for the Memories, a heartwarming tale of dj vu and second chances. Reminiscent of The Time Travelers Wife, Thanks for the Memories is a love story brimming with hope and feeling and enlivened with an enchanting touch of magic.
This Christmas, sprinkle some Cecelia Ahern magic in your lifeA magical and enchanting story which ends on Christmas Day, from the bestselling author of PS I Love You.This will be a beautiful hardback, gorgeously designed and illustrated and the ultimate gift purchase this Christmas
What would happen if when you recieved a blood transfusion you also recieved the memories and skills of the person as well? Celia explores this in this romantic, poignant and at the same time very funny novel. A well deserved member of the RNA shorlist. Shortlisted for the Romantic Novel of the Year 2009.
A compelling and perceptive tale of intimacy, memory and relationships from the bestselling authorHow can you know someone you've never met?Joyce Conway leaves hospital after recovering from a terrible accident. Having faced a near-death experience, she is suddenly awakened to the stark reality of her futile marriage, and vows to start afresh - separating from husband Conor and moving back in with her dad.Justin Hitchcock arrives in Dublin to give a guest lecture. Recently divorced and living near his daughter Bea, but far from his Chicago home, he's lonely and restless. When beautiful doctor Sarah persuades him to give blood, he nonchalantly accepts, hoping he'll at least get a date with her.Then one rainy evening, Joyce and Justin cross paths in the strangest of circumstances. They have no idea that their fates are more entangled than they could ever have imagined ...
Since Sandy Shortts childhood classmate disappeared twenty years ago, Sandy has been obsessed with missing things. Finding what is lost becomes her single-minded goal. Its no surprise, then, that Sandys lifes work becomes finding people who have vanished from their loved ones. Sandys family is baffled and concerned by her increasing preoccupation. Her parents cant understand her compulsion, and she pushes them away further by losing herself in the work of tracking down these missing people. Jack Ruttle is one of those devastated people. Its been a year since his brother Donal vanished into thin air, and he has enlisted Sandy Shortt to find him. But before she is able to offer Jack the information he so desperately needs, Sandy goes missing too . . . and Jack now finds himself searching for both his brother and the one woman who understood his pain.One minute Sandy is jogging through the park; the next, she cant figure out where she is. A clearing up ahead reveals a campsite, where Sandy discovers the impossible: She has inadvertently stumbled upon the placeand peopleshes been looking for all her life, a land where all the missing people go. A world away from her loved ones and the home she ran from for so long, Sandy soon resorts to her old habit againsearchingthough this time, she is desperately trying to find her way home. . . .From the Compact Disc edition.
What astounded me when I read this author’s first book, PS I Love You, was her ability to capture, so sensitively, the essence of bereavement within a marriage when Cecelia was only 20 herself. This, her second, is very different. Firstly, it’s written in letters and emails between two friends and their families over 45 years, and secondly, it’s obvious from the start that the two were made for each other. But fate, geography, circumstances and the like get in their way. I’m not keen on letter and email novels but if you like your action in short sound-bites, then you can’t go wrong with this. Comparison: Cathy Kelly, Maeve Binchy, Teresa Waugh.Similar this month: Ben Sherwood, Clare Chambers.
A family tale of sadness and sacrifice, of a child who ‘invents’ an invisible friend with interesting repercussions. I don’t want to tell you much more for fear of spoiling this unusual, sensitive and lovely book. She is such a clever author, you’ve got to read her, especially her first novel, PS I Love You.Similar this month: None but try Pauline McLynn.Comparison: Jodi Picoult, Alice Sebold, Ben Sherwood.
Meaningful, moving and magical - the classic bestselling love storyEveryone needs a guardian angel...Some people wait their whole lives to find their soul mates. But not Holly and Gerry.Childhood sweethearts, they could finish each other's sentences and even when they fought, they laughed. No one could imagine Holly and Gerry without each other.Until the unthinkable happens. Gerry's death devastates Holly. But as her 30th birthday looms, Gerry comes back to her. He's left her a bundle of notes, one for each of the months after his death, gently guiding Holly into her new life without him, each note signed 'PS, I Love You'.As the notes are gradually opened, and as the year unfolds, Holly is both cheered up and challenged. The man who knows her better than anyone sets out to teach her that life goes on. With some help from her friends, and her noisy and loving family, Holly finds herself laughing, crying, singing, dancing - and being braver than ever before.Life is for living, she realises - but it always helps if there's an angel watching over you.
From the no. 1 bestselling author of PS, I Love You comes an enchanting novel about two childhood friends whom fate and destiny can't help toying with...From naughty children to rebellious teenagers, Rosie and Alex have stuck by each other through thick and thin. But just as they're discovering the joys of teenage nights on the town and dating disasters, they're separated. Alex's family moves from Dublin to America - and Alex goes with them. For good.Rosie's lost without him. But on the eve of her departure to join Alex in Boston, Rosie gets news that will change her life forever - and keep her at home in Ireland.Their magical connection sees them through the ups and downs of each other's lives but neither of them knows whether their friendship can really survive the years and miles - as well as new relationships. And at the back of Rosie's mind is whether they were meant to be more than just good friends all along. Misunderstandings, circumstances and sheer bad luck have kept them out of each other's arms, but when presented with the ultimate opportunity, will they gamble everything - including their friendship - for true love?Destiny, Alex and Rosie discover, is a funny thing and fate isn't quite done with them yet...
Tender, magical and captivating - a story of family, friends, and the unlikeliest of romances . . .Elizabeth's sister Saoirse is a red-haired whirlwind, always leavng behind pieces that Elizabeth struggles to pick up. One of these pieces is Saoirse's 6-year-old son Luke, a quiet, contemplative boy. When Luke is playing in Elizabeth's garden one day, witnessing the latest scene between his mother and his aunt, a friend named Ivan walks into his life. This unexpected and rather mysterious friend will change Luke - but will have an even greater impact on Elizabeth. Always capable and self-contained, Elizabeth finds Ivan creeping under her skin and beginning to change her life in ways she could never have imagined.With all the warmth and poignancy fans have come to expect from Cecelia Ahern, this is a magical novel, and a suprising love story.With all the warmth and poignancy fans have come to expect from Cecelia Ahern, this is a novel full of magic, heart and a suprising love story.
The magical new novel from the number 1 bestselling author of 'PS, I Love You' and 'Where Rainbows End'.Sandy Shortt has been obsessed about where missing things - and people - end up ever since the disappearance of a childhood friend twenty years ago. It has even motivated her to become a private investigator, attempting to track down missing loved ones and giving devastated families hope.So when she finds herself one of the missing people, stuck in a strange place with people who vanished into thin air years ago, she wonders if she has found the answer to one of life's greatest mysteries. But if she has, will she be able to return to life as she knows it? If Jack Ruttle, her latest client and mystified by her own disappearance, has anything to do with it she will...
Cecelia Ahern’s debut novel propelled her in to the public eye and quite rightly so. This is a good romantic comedy with plenty of weepy bits, so get the tissues out and indulge in some harmless romantic fun. Easy to see why Hollywood picked it up and made it a summer blockbuster film.
I recommend this to anyone from teenage to 80. I think Cecelia is a real star, a young writer who conjures up big emotions in clever, unusual stories. This one is a bit strange and involves a place somewhere else where missing things turn up, even missing people. It might sound far-fetched but it is enchantingly done, a joy to read. Highly recommended as, indeed, are all her books.Similar this month: None but try Penelope Evans.Comparison: Ben Sherwood, Alice Sebold.
From the bestselling author of P.S. I Love You and Love, Rosie, Cecelia Ahern, comes an enchanting novel that leads you to wonder if Not Seeing is believing!Readers and critics alike adore Cecelia Ahern for her lighthearted yet insightful stories about modern women and their often unusual situations. In If You Could See Me Now, she takes that theme a step further, offering us a heroine who is entirely believable, and the new man in her life who is, well, slightly less so.Elizabeth Egan's life runs on order: Both her home and her emotions are arranged just so, with little room for spontaneity. It's how she counteracts the chaos of her family--an alcoholic mother who left when she was young, an emotionally distant father, and a free-spirited sister, who seems to be following in their mother's footsteps, leaving her own six-yearold son, Luke, in Elizabeth's care. When Ivan, Luke's mysterious new grown-up friend, enters the picture, Elizabeth doesnt know quite what to make of him. With his penchant for adventure and colorful take on things large and small, Ivan opens Elizabeth's eyes to a whole new way of living. But is it for real? Is Ivan for real?If You Could See Me Now is a love story with heart--and just a touch of magic.
Now filmed as Love, Rosie. A story about love. And how life can get in the way... From naughty children to rebellious teenagers, Rosie and Alex have stuck by each other through thick and thin. But just as they're discovering the joys of teenage nights on the town and dating disasters, they're separated. Alex's family moves from Dublin to America - and Alex goes with them. For good. Rosie's lost without her best friend. But on the eve of her departure to join Alex in Boston, Rosie gets news that will change her life forever - and keep her at home in Ireland. Their magical connection sees them through the ups and downs of each other's lives but neither of them knows whether their friendship can really survive the years and miles - as well as new relationships. And at the back of Rosie's mind is whether they were meant to be more than just good friends all along. Misunderstandings, circumstances and sheer bad luck have kept them out of each others' arms, but when presented with the ultimate opportunity, will they gamble everything - including their friendship - for true love? Destiny, Alex and Rosie discover, is a funny thing and fate isn't quite done with them yet...
A wonderfully warm and heartfelt debut from a stunning new talent. Everyone needs a guardian angel! Some people wait their whole lives to find their soul mates. But not Holly and Gerry. Childhood sweethearts, they could finish each other's sentences and even when they fought, they laughed. No one could imagine Holly and Gerry without each other. Until the unthinkable happens.Gerry's death devastates Holly. But as her 30th birthday looms, Gerry comes back to her. He's left her a bundle of notes, one for each of the months after his death, gently guiding Holly into her new life without him, each note signed 'PS, I Love You'. As the notes are gradually opened, and as the year unfolds, Holly is both cheered up and challenged. The man who knows her better than anyone sets out to teach her that life goes on.With some help from her friends, and her noisy and loving family, Holly finds herself laughing, crying, singing, dancing--and being braver than ever before. Life is for living, she realises--but it always helps if there's an angel watching over you.
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