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''You will never understand how the land remembers, how deep the roots grow''A spellbinding story of separation, longing, recovery and survival as a family makes a new home in the aftermath of tragedy.''Maggie O''Farrell is a miracle in every sense'' Ann Patchett ''Maggie O''Farrell takes up a bow and arrow and aims right at the human heart'' The Times On a windswept peninsula stretching out into the Atlantic, Tomás and his reluctant son, Liam, are working for the great Ordnance Survey project to map the whole of Ireland. The year is 1865, and in a country not long since ravaged and emptied by the Great Hunger, the task is not an easy one. Tomás, however, is determined that his maps will be a record of the disaster.The British soldiers in charge are due to arrive any day, expecting the work to be completed, but Tomás is sent off course by an unsettling encounter in a copse. His life, and those of his family, will never be the same again. Liam is terrified by the sudden change in his taciturn father. What was it that caused such cracks to open in Tomás and how is Liam, aged only ten, going to finish the mapping, and get them both home?Land is a story of buried treasure, overlapping lives, ancient woodland, persistent ghosts, a particularly loyal dog, and how, when it comes to both land and history, nothing ever goes away.

Az 1580-as évek Angliájában, a pestisjárvány idején egy ifjú latintanár beleszeret egy rendkívüli, különc fiatal lányba, Agnesbe. A titokzatos nő kesztyűben, sólyommal járja családja földjét, jobban érti a növényeket és a bájitalokat, mint az embereket, rendszeresen fordulnak hozzá gyógyfüvei miatt. Miután összeházasodnak, Agnes központi szerepet tölt be a londoni színpadon felfelé ívelő karriert befutó fiatal férfi életében. Három gyermekük születik: Susanna, és az ikrek, Hamnet és Judith. Hamnet 1596-ban, tizenegy évesen váratlanul meghal egy hirtelen fellépő láztól. Apja négy évvel később megírja a Hamlet című darabot. A díjnyertes írónő, Maggie O'Farrell könyve ennek a házasságnak a ragyogó portréja, egy gyásztól és veszteségtől sújtott család és egy csodálatosan erős nő megrázó története. Közben gyengéden megidéz egy fiút, akinek az életét mára ugyan elfeledték, de nevét a világirodalom egyik legünnepeltebb darabja őrzi.

A LOVE THAT DRAWS THEM TOGETHER. A LOSS THAT THREATENS TO TEAR THEM APART. The untold love story that inspired Shakespeare's greatest masterpiece. On a summer's day in 1596, a young girl in Stratford-upon-Avon takes to her bed with a sudden fever. Her twin brother, Hamnet, searches everywhere for help. Why is nobody at home? Their mother, Agnes, is over a mile away, in the garden where she grows medicinal herbs. Their father is working in London. Neither parent knows that Hamnet will not survive the week. Hamnet tells the powerful story of Agnes and Will, and of the son whose life has been all but forgotten, but who inspired one of the greatest plays ever written.

The new children’s book from the multi-award-winning author of Hamnet, Maggie O’Farrell, paired once more with Daniela Terrazzini’s stunning illustrations.Winner of the KPMG Children''s Books Ireland Award 2023.Someone in this house was sad but pretending not to be. Someone – and this thought made a smile curl up on its face – needed some nouka-mischief.When Jem and his family move to the countryside, he doesn’t like his new home one bit. It’s an old cottage on the side of a hill, where strange things keep happening: shoes are filled up with conkers, the stairs become tangled in a woollen maze. Jem’s sister Verity is certain it is the work of a “nouka”, an ancient creature from local folklore that lives deep down inside the hill. Jem, however, is adamant that there is no such thing.But this small mythical creature, so attuned to the hearts and minds of others, does exist. And, what’s more, it is determined, through mischief and mayhem, to help Jem reignite the spark within himself once more.

'Maggie O'Farrell is a miracle in every sense' Ann Patchett 'No one writes family like Maggie O'Farrell' Kit de Waal From her heartstopping debut, After You'd Gone to her irresistible portrayal of an family reunion in Instructions for a Heatwave, this collection is the perfect introduction to the range of one of our best-loved contemporary novelists AFTER YOU'D GONE - 'This devastatingly skilful love story will break your heart' Alice Winn MY LOVER'S LOVER - 'Brilliant. Shows how old relationships can haunt new lovers'Elle THE DISTANCE BETWEEN US - 'You care passionately about her characters'The Times THE VANISHING ACT OF ESME LENNOX' - 'Actually unputdownable' Ali Smith INSTRUCTIONS FOR A HEATWAVE - 'Addictive. Told with infectious love' Observer A collectable box set in beautiful new packaging to celebrate the 25-year anniversary of After You'd Gone Enter the world of one of our best-loved novelists with this collection of five Sunday Times bestsellers 'A rare talent to enthral' The Sunday Times

Ez a gyönyörűen illusztrált mesekönyv a testvéri szeretetről, és arról is mesél, mit jelent újra felfedezni a hangodat - és önmagadat. Ez a két testvér nem is lehetne különbözőbb: Bea kifényesíti a cipőjét, minden este összehajtogatja a ruháit, és betűrendbe rakja a könyveit. Féktelen húga, Min szakadt nadrágot visel, és békanyálat gyűjtve gázol a tóba. Min mindenekelőtt mesemondó, aki szeret mindenkivel beszélgetni. Egy nap azonban a formálódó szavak nem jutnak ki a száján. A szavakat hirtelen veszélyesnek, nehézkesnek érzi. Min már nem önmaga -talán valami furcsa lény lopja el a szavait, egy olyan lény, amelyet még a nővére sem lát? De ez nem is számít, mert Bea látja Mint. A díjnyertes írónő, Maggie O'Farrell saját dadogással kapcsolatos tapasztalataiból merít, hogy valósághű portrét alkosson a megrendült önbizalomról, és arról, hogy a fájdalmas helyzetek megosztása egy szerettünkkel mindent megváltoztathat. Daniela Jaglenka Terrazzini kifejező illusztrációival és Kádár Annamária értő fordításában ez a könyv azokhoz az olvasókhoz szól, akik valaha is elvesztették önmaguk egy részét - és cserébe valami újat találtak.

The intense and breathtakingly accomplished novel from the bestselling author of HAMNET and THE MARRIAGE PORTRAIT*440,000 copies sold* ''Seductive in style, prickly, disturbing and delicious'' Olivia Laing_____Edinburgh in the 1930s. The Lennox family is having trouble with its youngest daughter. Esme is outspoken, unconventional, and repeatedly embarrasses them in polite society. Something will have to be done.Years later, a young woman named Iris Lockhart receives a letter informing her that she has a great-aunt in a psychiatric unit who is about to be released.Iris has never heard of Esme Lennox and the one person who should know more, her grandmother Kitty, seems unable to answer Iris''s questions. What could Esme have done to warrant a lifetime in an institution? And how is it possible for a person to be so completely erased from a family''s history?_____''Actually unputdownable'' Ali Smith''Compulsively readable'' Daily Telegraph''O''Farrell''s subtlety and delicate touch have never been so finely demonstrated'' Independent on Sunday_____⭐ What readers are saying; ⭐ ''A gripping page turner and easily the best book i''ve read this year'' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ''Truly stunning... the way she writes is just exquisite'' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ''I wanted it to go on and on'' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

The Sunday Times top 10 bestselling summer read from author of HAMNET and THE MARRIAGE PORTRAIT*Over 380,000 copies sold*Shortlisted for the 2013 Costa Novel Award ''Addictive. Told with real humanity, warmth, and infectious love'' Observer_____It''s July 1976 and London is in the grip of a heatwave. It hasn''t rained for months, the gardens are filled with aphids, water comes from a standpipe, and Robert Riordan tells his wife Gretta that he''s going round the corner to buy a newspaper. He doesn''t come back.The search for Robert brings Gretta''s children - two estranged sisters and a brother on the brink of divorce - back home, each with different ideas as to where their father may have gone. None of them suspects that their mother might have an explanation that even now she cannot share._____''Superlative. A Mike Leigh-style extravaganza of reckonings and reconciliations'' Vogue''O''Farrell is hard to beat'' Scotsman''There is a deliciousness to this novel, a warmth and readability, that render it unputdownable'' Guardian_____⭐ What readers are saying; ⭐ ''The best Maggie O`Farrell I have read to date'' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ''I read it in two sittings. A joy'' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ''So well-observed, this family draws you in'' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

The groundbreaking debut novel from the bestselling author of HAMNET and THE MARRIAGE PORTRAIT: one of the most extraordinary love stories you''ll ever read.*Over 480,000 copies sold* ''This devastatingly skilful love story will break your heart!'' Alice Winn''Gripping. Superbly moving'' Ali Smith''Such a visceral, heartrending read about grief and love'' Claire DaverleyA distraught young woman boards a train at King''s Cross to return to her family in Scotland. Six hours later, she catches sight of something so terrible in a mirror at Waverley Station that she gets on the next train back to London.AFTER YOU''D GONE follows Alice''s mental journey through her own past, after a traffic accident has left her in a coma. A love story that is also a story of absence, and of how our choices can reverberate through the generations, it slowly draws us closer to a dark secret at a family''s heart.''Remarkable. Luminous'' Observer''Deeply moving'' The Times''An amazing study of love and grief as it poses the wrenching question: What do you do with all the love you have for someone when they''re gone?'' Glamour_____⭐ What readers are saying; ⭐ ''Moving, funny, life affirming and devastating all at once'' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ''I have never been so emotionally moved by a book!'' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ''Made my heart swell and break in turn. Beautifully written'' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

The Sunday Times top 10 bestselling novel from the author of HAMNET and THE MARRIAGE PORTRAIT*Over 400,000 copies sold* Winner of the 2010 Costa Novel Award ''Exquisitely sensual'' Emma Donoghue, author of Room-----Fresh out of university and in disgrace, Lexie Sinclair is waiting for life to begin. When the sophisticated Innes Kent turns up on her doorstep in rural Devon, she realises she can wait no longer, and leaves for London. There, Lexie carves out a new life for herself at the heart of bohemian 1950s Soho, with Innes by her side.In the present, Ted and Elina no longer recognise their lives after the arrival of their first child. Elina, an artist, wonders if she will ever paint again, while Ted is disturbed by memories of his own childhood - memories that don''t tally with his parents'' version of events.As Ted''s search for answers gathers momentum, so a portrait is revealed of two women separated by fifty years, but linked by their passionate refusal to settle for ordinary lives._____''The journey this novel invites us on is wonderful, involving time travel, heart ache, elation, confusion, freedom, nostalgia and art'' Scotland on Sunday''A skilful, hurtful writer, capable of imbuing the everyday with weight and colour, ridiculously pleasurable to read'' Guardian''Genuinely unputdownable'' Literary Review_____⭐ What readers are saying; ⭐ ''I look up and several days have passed, unnoticed, because I''ve been completely absorbed... at the end, I sat back, breathless'' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ''Lexie has become one of my favourite heroines'' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ''At times I hold my breath, filled with emotion. Beautiful'' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

The Sunday Times Top Ten bestseller from the author of HAMNET and THE MARRIAGE PORTRAIT*400,000 copies sold* ''Insightful and emotionally raw'' Daily Telegraph______When Lily moves into Marcus''s flat, she is intrigued by signs of his recently departed ex-lover. A single dress left hanging in the wardrobe, a mysterious mark on the wall, the lingering odour of jasmine.Who was this woman? What exactly were the circumstances of her sudden exit? And why won''t Aidan, Marcus''s flatmate, answer any of her questions? It doesn''t take long for Lily''s curiosity to grow into an all-pervading obsession.Maggie'' O''Farrell''s bestselling follow-up to After You''d Gone is a contemporary ghost story with a difference.______''Brilliantly describes how old relationships can haunt new lovers'' Elle''Shock, grief and loss spring from the page'' Sunday Telegraph''Gripping and passionate'' Literary Review''Laden with suspense'' Good Housekeeping_____⭐ What readers are saying; ⭐ ''A plot which you cannot predict, my favourite type of story'' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ''Superbly written and held my interest until the last page'' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ''I love the way she describes everyday things that you have felt yourself but never thought you would read in a book... beautifully written'' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

The Sunday Times no. 3 bestselling novel from author of HAMNET and THE MARRIAGE PORTRAIT*Over 330,000 copies sold*Shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award ''A complex, riveting novel of love and hope that grips at the heart'' The Sunday Times_____A reclusive former film star living in the wilds of Ireland, Claudette Wells thinks nothing of firing a gun if strangers get too close to her house. Why is she so fiercely protective of her family, and what made her walk out on her career at the height of her fame?Her husband Daniel, reeling from a discovery about a woman he last saw twenty years ago, is about to make an exit of his own. It is a journey that will send him off-course, far from home. Will his love for Claudette be enough to bring him back?This Must Be The Place crosses continents and time zones, creating a portrait of an extraordinary marriage, the forces that hold it together and the pressures that drive it apart.______''Moving and hilarious. I loved it'' Rachel Joyce''A tour de force. Dazzling'' Observer''A conjuror''s sleight of hand... deft and compelling'' Guardian''Magnificent... perceptive, profound and page-turning in equal measures'' Cathy Rentzenbrink_____⭐ What readers are saying; ⭐ ''One of the few books in my adult life I''ve read more than once... cannot recommend enough'' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ''Perfect to lose yourself in'' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ''A wonderful novel which held me captivated and in awe'' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

I Am, I Am, I Am is novelist Maggie O'Farrell's unputdownable story of a life told in near-death experiences. A childhood illness she was not expected to survive. A terrifying encounter on a remote path. A mismanaged labour in an understaffed hospital. An ongoing struggle to protect a child from a condition that leaves her daily vulnerable. Insightful, inspirational, gorgeously written, it is a book to devour at a sitting - a story you finish newly conscious of life's fragility, determined to make every heartbeat count.

Have you ever woken up suddenly, in the middle of the night, without knowing why? From Maggie O'Farrell, the best-selling and award-winning author of Hamnet and The Marriage Portrait, comes an extraordinary and compelling modern fairy tale about the bravery of a little girl and the miracle of a snowy day. Sylvie wakes one night, suddenly, without knowing why. Then she sees the most spectacular sight - a pair of wings, enormous in size, made of the softest snow-white feathers imaginable. An angel in her bedroom … a snow angel. He tells her that he is here to look after her, for Sylvie is not as well as she seems... Many months later, as Sylvie recovers from her illness, she longs to see her snow angel again. He saved her life, after all. There is so much she wants to tell him, so much she wants to know. Will he ever come back to her? And how can Sylvie make sure that everyone she loves has their own snow angel, to keep them safe, too?

A nagy sikerű Hamnet című regény szerzője ezúttal a reneszánsz Itália sokszínű világát kelti életre. Lucrezia de' Medici portréján keresztül megismerhetjük a Medici család és a firenzei udvar mindennapjait, különleges szokásait. Lucrezia, Cosimo de' Medici nagyherceg legkisebb lánya mellőzötten és meglehetősen szabadon éli életét apja firenzei palazzójában: bejárása van a palota legrejtettebb zugaiba, megfigyeli az udvar titkos működését, és képzeletét a művészet iránti rajongás tölti ki. Azonban legidősebb nővére, Maria, Ferrara hercegének jegyese váratlanul meghal, és Lucreziának akarata ellenére a helyébe kell lépnie: Alfonz herceg őt veszi el feleségül, és viszi magával udvarába. A fiatal lány egy teljesen ismeretlen közegbe kerül, amelyben nehezen igazodik el, ráadásul érkezését nem mindenki fogadja örömmel. A legkiszámíthatatlanabb maga a férje, aki időnként kedves, személyre szabott ajándékokkal halmozza el ifjú feleségét, majd a legváratlanabb pillanatokban előtör belőle a kegyetlen politikus, akitől még saját családtagjai is rettegnek. Miközben Lucrezia modellt ül a portréjához, amelynek munkálatait maga Alfonz felügyeli, világossá válik számára: ha nem sikerül minél előbb örököst szülnie, az akár még az életébe is kerülhet.

Amikor Jem és családja vidékre költözik, Jem kicsit sem kedveli az új otthonát. Ráadásul az iskolában is nehézségekkel küzd, nem egyszerű odafigyelni az órán, nem hintázni a székkel, és mintha a betűk is folyton összecserélődnének... A domboldalban fekvő, régi házikóban, furcsa dolgok történnek: a cipők megtelnek gesztenyével, a lépcsők gyapjúlabirintussá változnak. Jem kishúga, Verity biztos benne, hogy mindez egy pajti műve, aki mélyen a dombban élő, ősi teremtmény. Jem azonban megingathatatlan abban, hogy ilyen lény nincs. Azonban ez mások szívére és elméjére oly' érzékenyen hangolódó apró, mitikus teremtmény valóban létezik! Mi több, a csodatévő eszköztárában lapuló tréfa, huncutság és csintalanság segítségül hívásával elhatározza, hogy segít Jemnek felébreszteni a gyermek szívében kihunyt varázslatot. A könyv nemcsak a gyerekekhez, hanem a gyermeklelkű felnőttekhez is szól, mindazokhoz, akik még hisznek a csodákban, varázslatban. Mindannyian esélyt kapunk arra, hogy visszatérjünk a saját gyerekkorunkba, amikor a valóság és fantázia határai még oly könnyen átjárhatóak voltak. Mert a csoda bennünk, a szívünkben lakik! Ebből a varázslatos meséből, mely tökéletes ajándék gyerekeknek és felnőtteknek egyaránt, mindannyian erőt meríthetünk. Maggie O'Farrell, az Ahol a Hóangyalok laknak többszörösen díjnyertes írójának új gyermekkönyve ismét Kádár Annamária csodálatos fordításában, és Daniela Terrazzini lenyűgöző illusztrációival jelenik meg.