Domestic fiction genre books (209)
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Father Sergius by Leo Tolstoy EN
RussiaDescription:
Father Sergius by Leo Tolstoy is about Prince Stepan Kasatsky, a young man is destined for great things. Tolstoy is a masterful writer, and this book was an instant success when it was first published in Russia. Created by one of the most highly acclaimed authors of all-time, this is an accomplished work that will touch you at the very core. Any profits raised from the sale of this book will be going towards the Freeriver Community project, a project that aims to support communities and promote well-being. To learn more about the Freeriver project please visit the website; www.freerivercommuni... continue
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FranceDescription:
FILLE, nom féminin 1. Personne de sexe féminin considérée par rapport à son père, à sa mère. 2. Enfant de sexe féminin. 3. (Vieilli.) Femme non mariée. 4. Prostituée. Laurence Barraqué grandit avec sa soeur dans les années 1960 à Rouen. "Vous avez des enfants ? demande-t-on à son père. - Non, j'ai deux filles" , répond-il. Naître garçon aurait sans doute facilité les choses. Un garçon, c'est toujours mieux qu'une garce. Puis ... continue
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Flesh, Bone and Water by Luiza Sauma EN
Country: South America / 
Brazil
Brazil
Description:
Brazilian-born doctor André Cabral is living in London when one day he receives a letter from his home country, which he left nearly thirty years ago. A letter he keeps in his pocket for weeks, but tells no one about. The letter prompts André to remember the days of his youth - torrid afternoons on Ipanema beach with his listless teenage friends, parties in elegant Rio apartments, his after-school job at his father's plastic surgery practice - and, above all, his secret infatuation with the daughter of his family's maid, the intoxicating Luana. Unable to resist the pull of the letter, André em... continue
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Flores en el atico / Flowers in the Attic by Virginia C. Andrews ES
Country: North America / 
United States of America
United States of America
Description:
Nominada por los estadounidenses como una de las 100 mejores novelas en la serie de PBS The Great American Read El libro en que el se basa la exitosa adaptación televisiva Flores en el ático, un best seller clásico sobre la terrible experiencia vivida por cuatro niños que crecen en un lúgubre encierro, aislados del mundo... Desde su publicación en inglés en 1979, Flores en el ático se convirtió en un fulminante best seller y fue adaptada al cine con gran éxito. Corre el año 1957, y los Dollanganger parecen una familia perfecta que vive sin preocupaciones en su idílica casa de Gladstone, Pensil... continue
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From a Low and Quiet Sea by Ryan Donal EN
IrelandDescription:
SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BOOK AWARD LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE "Beautiful and affecting" -- David Nicholls, author of One Day A moving novel of three men, each searching for something they have lost, from the award-winning and Man Booker nominated author Donal Ryan. For Farouk, family is all. He has protected his wife and daughter as best he can from the war and hatred that has torn Syria apart. If they stay, they will lose their freedom, will become lesser persons. If they flee, they will lose all they have known of home, for some intangible dream of refuge in some faraway land across t... continue
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Fruit of the Drunken Tree by Ingrid Rojas Contreras EN
Country: South America / 
Colombia
Colombia
Description:
LibraryReads and Indie Next PickThis mesmerizing debut set in Colombia at the height of Pablo Escobar's violent reign is about a sheltered young girl and a teenage maid whose unlikely friendship threatens to undo them both. Inspired by the author's own life, Fruit of the Drunken Tree contrasts two very different, but inextricably linked, coming-of-age stories.
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Future Home of the Living God by Louise Erdrich EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
The world as we know it is ending. Evolution has reversed itself, affecting every living creature on earth. Science cannot stop the world from running backwards, as woman after woman gives birth to infants that appear to be primitive species of humans. Twenty-six-year-old Cedar Hawk Songmaker, adopted daughter of a pair of big-hearted, open-minded Minneapolis liberals, is as disturbed and uncertain as the rest of America around her. But for Cedar, this change is profound and deeply personal. She is four months pregnant.
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Gebrochen-Weiß by Astrid H. Roemer DE
Country: South America / 
Suriname
Suriname
Description:
In einem gewaltigen Buch voller Sinnlichkeit, Schmerz und Lebensfreude entfaltet „Gebrochen Weiß“ ein Panorama weiblicher Biografien.
In Surinam, der ehemaligen niederländischen Kolonie in Südamerika, mischen sich Sprachen und Religionen, Hautfarben und Ethnien. In Paramaribo leben die Frauen der Familie Vanta, drei Generationen, von der sterbenskranken Oma Bee bis zu Enkelin Imker, die sie liebevoll betreut, von Mutter Louise, die vier Kinder alleine großzieht, bis zu ihrer Tochter Heli, die wegen einer verbotenen Affäre in die Niederlande geschickt w... continue
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Go Tell it on the Mountain by James Baldwin EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
The story of the guilt, bitterness and spiritual strivings of the Grimes family which is told as the son, John, faces the issue of religious conversion in the Temple of the Fire Baptised.
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Happiness, Like Water by Chinelo Okparanta EN
NigeriaDescription:
A moving debut story collection centered on Nigerian women, as they build lives out of longing and hope, faith and doubt, the struggle to stay and the mandate to leave, and the burden and strength of love.