These books will make the evening cozy and the morning pleasant, inspire and console, give a reason to smile and topics for serious discussion with friends.
“See you before”
Jojo Moyes
Louise Clark is twenty-six years old, lives in a small town, has not the most sensitive family and not the most attentive boyfriend. In search of work, she agrees to become a nurse for the young and rich, but paralyzed Will Traynor. He would like to control other people’s destinies, or at least his own, but even more – he would like to die. Of course, they will quarrel many times, and then fall in love with each other according to the laws of the genre.
And yet the book by the British Jojo Moyes is a novel about true love, where lovers are free to choose and can count on the support of their loved ones, no matter how difficult the decision they make.
Alphabet-Atticus, 480 p.
“Russian children”
44 modern Russian prose writers have written stories about childhood. Readers will be able to re-experience the ringing, overflowing happiness in the world and the sharp, clear, burning grief. Everything is fair: a whole book of other people’s sweets, tabby cats, blinding lights, stray dogs, angry shouts and childhood illnesses.
The collection presents an interesting section of today’s Russian prose. Not all stories are suitable for children, but the book will remind their mothers: everyday troubles and quarrels are nothing compared to mother’s love.
Alphabet-Atticus, 800 p.
“Room of Wonders”
Julien Sandrel
Thelma is pursuing a career in a major cosmetics company and is raising her son alone. She is torn between duties. Desperate to wait for his mother to pay attention to him, the boy pulled on his skateboard around the corner – right under the truck. Louis is in a coma, and Thelma is looking for a way to get through to him. The diary of her son, accidentally found by her, with a list of cherished desires, tells how to awaken in Louis the thirst for life.
Sandrel wrote a kind, sparklingly funny, inventive novel about the power of motherly love and faith. And it is not at all necessary to wait for extraordinary circumstances in order to use this magic. When reading a book, you want to immediately turn off your laptop and phone and notice those whom we really love.
Corpus, 256 c.
“Tea rose”
Jennifer Donnelly
A gracefully woven historical adventure novel, where times and manners, written out in detail, do not distract attention from the love story, and where, despite all the tension and tragedy of events, the heroine’s perseverance and character will lead to victory. It all starts in 1888 in a poor area of London’s Whitechapel. At this time of the economic boom, when it is quite easy for a man with a grip to succeed, there is no talk of women’s rights, but this does not stop the main character – Fiona …
In style, atmosphere, and manner of writing, “Tea Rose” resembles Diana Setterfield’s novel “As the River Flows” – the same love for the Thames, the same lacy and at the same time simple language. Jennifer Donnelly writes very voluminously, her prose is associatively reminiscent of the still lifes of the Dutch, while in Tea Rose there is no deliberate stylization of the Victorian era – it is primarily a story of love and personal development. A story about what the energy of bold fantasy is capable of and how important it is in life – to learn to truly dream.
Alphabet, 768 p.
“How to Be a Lady”
Francis Burnett
A charming classic English novel, published here for the first time. Burnett wrote it in 1901, 10 years before the iconic Secret Garden. 30-year-old Emily Fox-Seaton is smart, educated, but very poor. Emily lives alone, without any support (as 18-year-old Burnett had to live in her time).
In late XNUMXth-century London, there were few opportunities for a young woman to cope. Especially if she was not an enviable bride. Good manners, dignity and a golden character in this case became a great help. An elegant take on the Downton Abbey Cinderella theme with an inspiring romantic ending.
Livebook, 352 p.