Lucie van Rooijen Kolejność książek (chronologicznie)

As the world changes, a family navigates the complexities of growing up, aging, and the ebb and flow of love, loss, and resilience. In a cozy Brooklyn brownstone, the facade of domestic happiness begins to crumble. Dan and Isabel, a troubled couple, find themselves both drawn to Isabel’s younger brother, Robbie, a free spirit living in the attic. As Robbie grapples with heartbreak and an online persona, his impending departure threatens to fracture the family. Meanwhile, ten-year-old Nathan takes tentative steps toward independence, while five-year-old Violet tries to ignore the widening chasm between her parents. As the world enters lockdown in 2020, the brownstone feels more like a prison. Violet becomes fixated on safety, fearing the outside world, while Nathan pushes against her rules. Isabel and Dan communicate through thinly veiled frustrations, and Robbie finds himself isolated in Iceland, alone with his thoughts and a secret online life. By 2021, as the family emerges from the crisis, they confront a transformed reality, reflecting on their losses and what they’ve learned. This poignant narrative explores the intricacies of love, loss, and the challenges of family life, revealing how to coexist both together and apart.

From the author of the classic A Little Life comes a bold novel that spans three centuries and explores different versions of the American experience through themes of love, family, loss, and the elusive promise of utopia. In an alternate 1893 America, New York is part of the Free States, where individuals can love freely. Here, a young heir resists an arranged marriage, drawn instead to a charming but impoverished music teacher. Fast forward to 1993 Manhattan, where a young Hawaiian man navigates life with his wealthy, older partner while concealing a troubled past and the fate of his father amid the AIDS crisis. In 2093, a world ravaged by plagues and totalitarianism sees a powerful scientist’s granddaughter grappling with her grandfather's absence and the mystery of her husband's disappearances. These interconnected narratives weave an intricate tapestry of recurring motifs: a townhouse in Greenwich Village, the cost of illness, the divide between wealth and poverty, and the complexities of race and family. Ultimately, the novel delves into the human experience, exploring fear, love, shame, and the longing for an earthly paradise, while confronting the painful reality that such a paradise may never exist. This emotionally charged work showcases the profound desire to protect loved ones and the heartache that arises when we cannot.

In a narrative as mysterious as memory itself – at once both shadowed and luminous – Warlight is a vivid, thrilling novel of violence and love, intrigue and desire. It is 1945, and London is still reeling from the Blitz and years of war. 14-year-old Nathaniel and his sister, Rachel, are apparently abandoned by their parents, left in the care of an enigmatic figure named The Moth. They suspect he might be a criminal, and grow both more convinced and less concerned as they get to know his eccentric crew of friends: men and women with a shared history, all of whom seem determined now to protect, and educate (in rather unusual ways) Rachel and Nathaniel. But are they really what and who they claim to be? A dozen years later, Nathaniel begins to uncover all he didn’t know or understand in that time, and it is this journey – through reality, recollection, and imagination – that is told in this magnificent novel

Pewnego listopadowego wieczora, zmęczony tygodniami morskiej podróży Richard Smith wreszcie czuje upragniony grunt pod stopami, które poniosły go do kantoru przy ulicy Golden Hill. Wszystko przez weksel na zawrotną kwotę tysiąca funtów. Jego posiadacz niechętnie mówi o swojej profesji. Chętnie za to korzysta z uroków życia młodego i tajemniczego awanturnika. Co w mig wyczuwają córki właściciela kantoru. Szarmancki, ale bezczelny, o iskrzącym się wzroku szybko zdobywa rozgłos, a Nowy Jork, który w XVIII wieku nie był jeszcze metropolią, huczy od plotek. Powieść Francisa Spufforda, zarówno dzięki fabule, jak i językowi, pozwala nam cofnąć się w czasie. Do czasów pełnych przygód, awantur i odkrywania nieznanego. Do czasów wielkich opowieści i wielkich miłości. Do czasów, kiedy wszystko było możliwe.

Ogenschijnlijk leidt Helen O Mara een normaal leven. Ze houdt haar huis schoon, doet aan yoga en past op haar kleinkinderen. Maar in gedachten keert ze voortdurend terug naar haar overleden man Cal. Op Valentijnsdag in 1982 zonk het booreiland waar Cal werkte, tijdens een storm voor de kust van Newfoundland. Alle vierentachtig mannen aan boord kwamen om. Een kwarteeuw later wordt Helen op een late winteravond gewekt door een telefoontje van haar zoon John, die op weg is naar huis. Hij heeft een meisje zwanger gemaakt en wil dat Helen hem vertelt wat hij moet doen. Terwijl John worstelt met het vooruitzicht vader te worden, beseft Helen dat ze haar verdriet een plek moet geven in haar leven.

Jewish newlyweds Viktor and Liesel Landauer build their dream home, and despite the low hum of the German war machine reverberating through the land, the two look forward to a life of promise. But as war becomes inevitable, their lives are transformed in profound ways.

A Venice policeman investigating the murder of an American soldier comes up against the Mafia, the government, the U.S. Army, and toxic waste. By the author of Death at La Fenice. National ad/promo.

In her twenties, journalist Sarah Macdonald backpacked around India and came away with a lasting impression of heat, pollution and poverty. So when an airport beggar read her palm and told her she would return to India—and for love—she screamed, “Never!” and gave the country, and him, the finger.But eleven years later, the prophecy comes true. When the love of Sarah’s life is posted to India, she quits her dream job to move to the most polluted city on earth, New Delhi. For Sarah this seems like the ultimate sacrifice for love, and it almost kills her, literally. Just settled, she falls dangerously ill with double pneumonia, an experience that compels her to face some serious questions about her own fragile mortality and inner spiritual void. “I must find peace in the only place possible in India,” she concludes. “Within.” Thus begins her journey of discovery through India in search of the meaning of life and death.Holy Cow is Macdonald’s often hilarious chronicle of her adventures in a land of chaos and contradiction, of encounters with Hinduism, Islam and Jainism, Sufis, Sikhs, Parsis and Christians and a kaleidoscope of yogis, swamis and Bollywood stars. From spiritual retreats and crumbling nirvanas to war zones and New Delhi nightclubs, it is a journey that only a woman on a mission to save her soul, her love life—and her sanity—can survive.

The author recounts her transformative journey in Paris over two decades, starting with minimal resources and evolving into a rich life filled with culinary adventures and cultural experiences. Through vivid storytelling, she shares her love for French cuisine, the friendships forged, and the lessons learned in a city that became her home. The narrative highlights the challenges and joys of adapting to a new culture, ultimately celebrating the beauty of life in Paris.