Eleanor Brown

Madeleine is trapped, by her family's expectations, by her controlling husband, and by her own fears, in an unhappy marriage and a life she never wanted. But when Madeleine finds a diary detailing Margie's bold, romantic trip to Jazz Age Paris, she meets the grandmother she never knew, a dreamer who defied her strict, staid family and spent an exhilarating summer writing in cafes, living on her own, and falling for a charismatic artist. Despite her unhappiness, when Madeleine's marriage is threatened, she panics, escaping to her hometown and staying with her critical, disapproving mother. In that unlikely place, Madeleine creates her own Parisian summer, reconnecting to her love of painting, cultivating a vibrant circle of creative friends, and finding a kindred spirit in a down-to-earth chef who reminds her to feed both her body and her heart

The Light of Paris

The New York Times bestselling author of The Weird Sisters returns with a striking and intimate new novel about three very different women facing an impossible question: What makes a family? They look just like any other family. But they aren't a family like any other – not quite. Instead, they are three sets of parents who adopted four biological siblings, committing to keeping the children connected after the death of their grandmother. Tabitha, who adopted the twins, is the planner of the group, responsible for coordinating playdates and birthdays and Sunday night dinners, insistent that everything happens just so. Quiet and steady Ginger, single mother to the eldest daughter, resists the forced togetherness, her own unsettled childhood leaving her wary of trusting too much. And Elizabeth is still reeling from going directly from failed fertility treatments into adopting a newborn, terrified that her unhappiness means she was not meant to be a mother at all. But when the three women receive a surprising call from their children’s birth mother, announcing she is pregnant again and wants them to help her find an adoptive family for this child too, the delicate bonds they are still struggling to form threaten to collapse. As tensions rise, the women reckon with their own feelings about what it means to be a mother and what they owe each other as a family. Set across the span of a family vacation, one full of boisterous laughter and emotional upheaval, Any Other Family is a thought-provoking and poignant look at how families shift and evolve and a striking portrait of motherhood in all its forms.

Any Other Family

While all of the women writers featured here have written books connected to Paris, their personal stories of the city are wildly different. These Parisian memoirs range from laugh-out-loud funny to wistfully romantic to thoughtfully sombre and reflective. Perfect for armchair travellers and veterans of Parisian pilgrimages alike, readers will delight in these brand-new tales from their most beloved authors.

Bestselling Women Writers on the City of Light

A Paris All Your Own

Unwillingly brought together to care for their ailing mother, three sisters who were named after famous Shakespearean characters discover that everything they have been avoiding may prove more worthwhile than expected. A first novel. Reprint. A New York Times best-seller.

The Weird Sisters

Maiden Speech is the debut collection from a witty new poet, Eleanor Brown, who writes powerfully of love, and hilariously of love's pitfalls. Her work has appeared in various magazines and anthologies. She received a Gregory Award in 1993 frnm the Society of Authors.

Maiden Speech

Die Lichter von Paris

Unlucky in work, love and life, the Andreas sisters return to their childhood home, ostensibly to care for their ailing mother. But each sister has a secret she's willing to share - each has come home to lick her own wounds.

Le sorelle fatali

Unwillingly brought together to care for their ailing mother, three sisters who were named after famous Shakespearean characters discover that everything they have been avoiding may prove more worthwhile than expected.

The Weird Sisters [br-002]

The New York Times bestselling author of The Weird Sisters returns with a striking and intimate new novel about three very different adoptive mothers who face the impossible question: What makes a family? Though they look like any other family, they aren’t one—not quite. They are three sets of parents who find themselves intertwined after adopting four biological siblings, having committed to keeping the children as connected as possible. At the heart of the family, the adoptive mothers grapple to define themselves and their new roles. Tabitha, who adopted the twins, crowns herself planner of the group, responsible for endless playdates and holidays, determined to create a perfect happy family. Quiet and steady Ginger, single mother to the eldest daughter, is wary of the way these complicated not-fully-family relationships test her long held boundaries. And Elizabeth, still reeling from rounds of failed IVF, is terrified that her unhappiness after adopting a newborn means she was not meant to be a mother at all. As they set out on their first family vacation, all three are pushed into uncomfortably close quarters. And when they receive a call from their children’s birth mother announcing she is pregnant again, the delicate bonds the women are struggling to form threaten to collapse as they each must consider how a family is found and formed.

Rosalind, Bianca und Cordelia: Die drei eigenwilligen Schwestern – von ihrem exzentrischen Vater liebevoll nach Shakespeare-Figuren benannt – verbindet die Liebe zum Lesen. Darüber hinaus könnten sie jedoch unterschiedlicher nicht sein. Eines Sommers kehren die drei nach Hause zurück, in die kleine Universitätsstadt im Mittleren Westen. Die anfängliche Freude über das Wiedersehen währt nur kurz, denn die temperamentvollen jungen Frauen und ihre gut gehüteten Geheimnisse stellen die familiäre Harmonie auf eine harte Probe ... »Die Shakespeare-Schwestern« ist eine ebenso mitreißende wie tiefgründige, spritzige wie humorvolle Geschichte über das Los und den Segen lebenslanger Schwesternbande, die – so sehr man sich bemüht, sie zu lösen – doch allen Stürmen des Lebens standhalten.

Roman

Die Shakespeare-Schwestern

Waarom kan Rose de man van haar dromen maar niet krijgen? Waarom heeft Bean haar flitsende leventje in New York de rug toegekeerd en waarom is Cordy na jaren gereisd te hebben ineens weer thuis neergestreken?Ongelukkig in werk, leven en liefde keren de zussen Andreas tegelijkertijd terug naar hun ouderlijk huis, op het eerste gezicht om voor hun zieke moeder te zorgen. Maar elke zus heeft een verborgen agenda, en ze zijn vooral ook thuisgekomen om hun wonden te likken.Wat hebben de huiselijke en verlegen oudste zus, de wilde middelste en de bohemien jongste zus nou eigenlijk gemeen? Maar al vliegen ze elkaar meestal flink in de haren, ergens diep vanbinnen houden ze van elkaar. Het kleine, slaperige stadje Barnwell en de onverwachte band die tussen de drie zussen ontstaat zorgen uiteindelijk voor veel meer goeds dan waar ze ooit op hadden durven hopen.

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