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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A teenage girl's difficult journey towards adulthood in a time of war.'A school story for grownups that is also about our inability or refusal to protect children from history' SARAH MOSS'Of all Szabo's novels, Abigail deserves the widest readership. It's an adventure story, brilliantly written' TIBOR FISCHEROf all her novels, Magda Szabó's Abigail is indeed the most widely read in her native Hungary. Now, fifty years after it was written, it appears for the first time in English, joining Katalin Street and The Door in a loose trilogy about the impact of war on those who have to live with the consequences. It is late 1943 and Hitler, exasperated by the slowness of his Hungarian ally to act on the 'Jewish question' and alarmed by the weakness on his southern flank, is preparing to occupy the country. Foreseeing this, and concerned for his daughter's safety, a Budapest father decides to send her to a boarding school away from the capital. A lively, sophisticated, somewhat spoiled teenager, she is not impressed by the reasons she is given, and when the school turns out to be a fiercely Puritanical one in a provincial city a long way from home, she rebels outright. Her superior attitude offends her new classmates and things quickly turn sour.It is the start of a long and bitter learning curve that will open her eyes to her arrogant blindness to other people's true motives and feelings. Exposed for the first time to the realities of life for those less privileged than herself, and increasingly confronted by evidence of the more sinister purposes of the war, she learns lessons about the nature of loyalty, courage, sacrifice and love.Translated from the Hungarian by Len Rix.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'BETH O'LEARY CRAFTS NOVELS WITH SUCH WIT, HEART AND TRUTH' SOPHIE KINSELLA'SO CHARMING, SO SWEET AND SO LOVELY' MARIAN KEYES 'BETH O'LEARY IS THAT RARE, ONE-IN-A-MILLION TALENT' EMILY HENRYLeena is too young to feel stuck.Eileen is too old to start over.It's time for The Switch.After blowing a big presentation at work, Leena takes a two-month sabbatical and escapes to her grandmother Eileen's house for some overdue rest. Eileen is newly single and about to turn eighty. She'd like a second chance at love, but her tiny Yorkshire village doesn't offer many eligible gentlemen . . . A life swap seems the perfect solution.But with a rabble of unruly OAPs to contend with, as well as the distractingly handsome local schoolteacher, Leena learns that switching lives isn't straightforward. In London, Eileen is a huge hit with her new neighbours, and with the online dating scene. But is her perfect match nearer to home than she first thought 'Blissful escapism' Daily Mail'The feel-good read we all need right now' Stylist 'Heart-warming' Bella'This delicious slice of feelgood fiction is a real tonic' Sunday Mirror'Everything you want to lift your spirits' Good Housekeeping.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - YOU ESCAPED. BUT YOUR NIGHTMARE HAS JUST BEGUN. THE NO.1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER'Chilling, original and mesmerising. Hausmann is a force to be reckoned with' David Baldacci'A peerless exercise in suspense' Financial Times 'Claustrophobic, terrifying and fiercely compelling' Daily Mail'Disturbingly good' Lesley Kara 'Gripping, suspenseful and beautifully written' Jo SpainA windowless shack in the woods. Lena's life and that of her two children follows the rules set by their captor, the father: meals, bathroom visits, study time are strictly scheduled and meticulously observed. He protects his family from the dangers lurking in the outside world and makes sure that his children will always have a mother to look after them. One day Lena manages to flee - but the nightmare continues. It seems as if her tormentor wants to get back what belongs to him. And then there is the question whether she really is the woman called 'Lena', who disappeared without a trace over thirteen years ago. The police and Lena's family are all desperately trying to piece together a puzzle that doesn't quite seem to fit.'Will haunt you long after the last page' Alice Feeney'Keeps you guessing' Sunday Express'Intelligent and original' Sunday Independent'Outstanding' Publishers Weekly.

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