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Abstract: Melissa Henderson leads a quiet life. Once a bestselling author, she now pours all her energy into renovating a Victorian house in the foothills of rural New England. Six years ago, her life was derailed by tragedy and she stopped writing. The house has given her new purpose. When her beloved home appears on the news, Melissa receives a call from her estranged sister, Hattie. They were close once, but that was before Melissa withdrew from the world. Now Hattie is determined to help Melissa turn a new page, even if it means reopening one of the most painful chapters of her life. All these years later, Hattie feels compelled to embark on a journey that will change both their lives forever, to find the child that Melissa was forced to give up when she was only a teenager in Ireland. . Finding Ashley is a powerful love story of two strong, brave women turning loss into reconnection, and a family reunited.

Abstract: Aprile 1945. Jakob ed Emmanuelle, poco più che ventenni, sono già due sopravvissuti, salvati dalle truppe statunitensi dal terribile destino che li attendeva nel campo di Buchenwald. È in America, la terra delle opportunità, che i due giovani decidono di ricominciare insieme una nuova vita, in un fatiscente monolocale nel Lower East Side di New York, dove accettano i lavori più umili, estenuanti e malpagati, sorretti unicamente dal loro talento, dalla fede e dall'amore che li lega. Molti anni dopo, Jakob è diventato un uomo di successo e può garantire al figlio Max gli studi a Harvard, insieme ai rampolli delle più ricche famiglie americane. Diversamente dai genitori, però, il ragazzo ambisce a una fortuna più grande e si lascia abbagliare da quel mondo patinato, abbandonandosi al lusso più sfrenato. Ben presto, tuttavia, quello specchio dorato inizia a mostrare le prime crepe, riservandogli fallimenti e delusioni. Solo allora Max imparerà ad apprezzare l'esempio del padre, che aveva inseguito il sogno americano senza mai sacrificare l'integrità morale e gli affetti famigliari. Dall'Europa ridotta in ceneri alla sfavillante New York, la storia di chi, sopravvissuto all'Olocausto, ha avuto il coraggio di ricominciare a vivere, lasciando un esempio indelebile alle generazioni a venire.

Abstract: Five children meet on their first day of school, one bright September morning. Drawn by that magical spark of connection that happens to the young, Gabby, Billy, Izzie, Andy and Sean - each bursting with their own personality, all with strikingly different looks and diverse talents - soon become an inseparable group, known to everyone else as the Big Five. As they grow up, their seemingly perfect lives are altered by families falling apart, unfortunate mistakes, and losses and victories great and small. Throughout their adolescence, the five are able to turn back to their trusted group to regain their footing and steady their course. But as they emerge from school, their futures seem neither safe nor clear. As their lives separate, the challenges and risks they face become greater, the losses sharper, and it becomes much harder to know the right path to choose. But despite life's ups and downs, together they are able to face up to challenges with the help of the important bonds forged all those years ago. And the five realise just how lucky they are to treasure valuable friendships that last a lifetime.

Abstract: After building an empire that has made her a legend in business, Olivia spends months each year planning a lavish holiday for everyone in her family to enjoy. This summer she has arranged a dream trip on a luxurious yacht in the Mediterranean, which she hopes will be the most memorable of all. More than anything, she hopes to express her love and her regret at all the important times she missed during her children's early years. But her younger daughter, Cassie, a hip London music producer, refuses the invitation altogether as she does every year. Liz, her older daughter, is preoccupied with a chance to recapture her dream of being a writer and is terrified of failure, again. And her sons John and Phillip work for her, for better or worse, with wives who wish they didn't. Immersed in the splendour of the Riviera, this should be a summer to remember, but old resentments die hard, and Olivia is still running the business full-time.As each of these individuals confront the past and the challenges of the present and future, they also learn to accept the enduring, unconditional love of their family - and a mother who is strong enough to take more than her fair share of the blame, and loving enough to accept them as they really are. The question is: can they do the same for her?

Abstract: Tallie Jones is a Hollywood legend. An ambitious and passionate film director, her award-winning productions achieve the rare combination of critical and commercial success. But she has little interest in the glitz and glamour of Los Angeles, instead focusing intently on her work and family. She has close, loving relationships with her daughter, her elderly father and Hunter Lloyd - her co-producer and partner of four years. Completing her trusted circle is Brigitte Parker - Tallie's best friend and devoted personal assistant. They've been friends since film school, and Brigitte's polished glamour and highly organized style provides a perfect balance to Tallie's casual appearance and down-to-earth approach to life. However as Tallie is in the midst of directing her most ambitious film to date, small disturbances start to ripple through her faultlessly ordered world. An audit reveals worrying discrepancies in her financial records, which have always been maintained by her trusted accountant, Victor Carson. Receipts hint at activities of which she has no knowledge. Someone close to Tallie has been steadily helping themselves to enormous amounts of her money.Her once safe world of trusted associates is suddenly shaken to its very core - and Tallie is in shock, trying to figure out who has betrayed her among those she trusts and holds dear...

Abstract: Bella, elegante e raffinata, Valerie Wyatt non è solo una famosa arredatrice di interni ma anche una vera regina di stile, con uno show in onda tutti i giorni. E allora perché è così infelice? Forse perché gli abiti costosi, le ore trascorse in palestra e le cure dei migliori parrucchieri di New York non possono nascondere un'innegabile verità: Valerie sta per compiere sessant'anni. E si sente terribilmente sola. Anche Aprii, sua figlia, si sente sola. Proprietaria di un ristorante alla moda, che assorbe tutte le sue energie, non ha tempo da dedicare agli amici o all'amore. Si ritrova così, alla vigilia del suo trentesimo compleanno, a fare un bilancio della vita troppo solitaria che conduce e a porsi l'unica domanda a cui non sa dare una risposta: dove ho sbagliato? Ma, all'improvviso, una tragedia sconvolge le giornate di Valerie e Aprii, costringendole a fare i conti con gli errori del passato e con due uomini molto speciali. E insegnando loro che, a volte, basta soffiare sulle candeline ed esprimere il desiderio giusto perché tutti i sogni si realizzino. Anche quelli più inaspettati. Dalla penna di Danielle Steel, una storia dolce e amara sul potere che ha la vita di regalarci sempre sorprese meravigliose.

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Abstract: As editor-in-chief of New York's leading fashion magazine, Fiona Monaghan was utterly content with her life, jetting back and forth between Manhattan and Europe-until the day John Anderson strolled into her office.A widower with two daughters, John was as conservative as Fiona was freewheeling, and was both amused and appalled by her world of high-strung designers, anorexic models, and Sir Winston, her snoring bulldog.But after Fiona impulsively invited John to the Paris couture shows, somewhere between the magic of the catwalk and the stroll along the Seine, she let him into her heart. Within weeks of their return to New York, John was making friends with Sir Winston - and Fiona was making room in her closets. A dazzling tale of modern misadventures, career-crossed relationships, the heady magic of instant attraction and the hope that comes when we dare to do it all over again...

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