Böcker av Elizabeth Berg

Under de senaste sex månaderna har Arthur Moses dagar sett likadana ut: Han tar hand om sin rosenträdgård och om sin katt, Gordon, sedan tar han bussen till kyrkogården för att äta lunch vid sin hustrus grav. Artonåriga Maddy Harris är en introver...

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Under de senaste sex månaderna har Arthur Moses dagar sett likadana ut: Han tar hand om sin rosenträdgård och om sin katt, Gordon, sedan tar han bussen till kyrkogården för att äta lunch vid sin hustrus grav. Artonåriga Maddy Harris är en introver...

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En ljuvlig roman om oväntad vänskap, gemenskap och om hur små gester av godhet kan förändra ett liv. Lucille Howard börjar bli gammal, men hon håller sig sysselsatt. Inspirerad av sin käre bortgångne vän Arthur Truluv har hon börjat hålla baknings...

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In this rich and deeply satisfying novel by the beloved author of "The Art of Mending," a resilient woman embarks upon an unforgettable journey of adventure, self-discovery, and renewal.

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Under de senaste sex månaderna har Arthur Moses dagar sett likadana ut: Han pysslar om sin rosenträdgård och sin katt, Gordon, sedan tar han bussen till kyrkogården för att äta lunch vid sin hustrus grav. Artonåriga Maddy Harris tillbringar raster...

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Under de senaste sex månaderna har Arthur Moses dagar sett likadana ut: Han tar hand om sin rosenträdgård och om sin katt, Gordon, sedan tar han bussen till kyrkogården för att äta lunch vid sin hustrus grav. Artonåriga Maddy Harris är en introver...

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In this warm and engaging novel, New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Berg revisits the heroine she so lovingly brought to life in Durable Goods and Joy School. It is 1961, and thirteen-year-old Katie is facing a summer full of conflict. Fi...

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'Until that moment, I hadn't realized how much I'd been needing to meet someone I might be able to say everything to.'They met at a party. It was hate at first sight. Ruth was far too beautiful, too flamboyant. Not at all Ann's kind of person. Unt...

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'I can tell you how it happened. It's easy to say how it happened. He walked past a building, and a huge chunk of ice fell off the roof, and it hit him in the head. This is Chaplinesque, right? People start to laugh when I tell them-'As Jay Berman...

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"Dear Martin, I'm sorry the note I left you was so abrupt. I just wanted you to know I was safe- I won't be back for a while. I'm on a trip. I needed all of a sudden to go, without saying where, because I don't know where. I know this is not ...

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Katie has relocated to Missouri with her distant, occasionally abusive father, and she feels very much alone: her much-loved mother is dead; her new school is unaccepting of her; and her only friends fall far short of being ideal companions. When ...

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Patty Murphy is facing that pivotal point in a woman's life when her biological clock ticks as insistently as a beating heart. Will she find Mr Right and start a family? But Patty is in love - with a man who is not only attractive and financially ...

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When is a marriage worth saving, and when is it worth letting go?'He felt his stomach tighten, his heart begin to race. The coffeemaker beeped, signalling its readiness, and Ellen got up and poured two mugs. She set one in front of Griffin, one in...

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When Samantha Morrow's husband leaves her and her eleven-year-old son she is faced with the terrifying prospect of having to recreate her whole life. After a few faltering steps she starts to put the pieces into place. She opens her house to a ser...

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'You know people like me. I'm the one who sat in the hall selling tickets to the prom but never going, the one everybody liked but no one wanted to be with.'A self-anointed spinster at fifty-one, Myra Lipinsky has endured the isolation of her midd...

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Is it ever too late to make up for the past? Laura Bartone looks forward to her annual family reunion with a mixture of excitement and wariness. Every year, she and her siblings return to their parents' home outside Minneapolis to attend the state...

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A woman rediscovers meaning in life - a rich and deeply satisfying novel by the bestselling author of The Art of Mending and Open House. When Betta Nolan's husband dies, she honours a promise she made to him to move to a small town and start a new...

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The stunning new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Open House and Never Change. Three women demonstrate the power of love and the importance of freedom in this unique new novel by the author of The Art of Mending, Open House, and...

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'Luxury in the 18th Century' explores the political, economic, moral and intellectual effects of the production and consumption of luxury goods, and provides a broadly-based account from a variety of perspectives, addressing key themes of economic...

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On the hot Texas army base she calls home, Katie spends the lazy days of her summer waiting: waiting to grow up; waiting for Dickie Mack to fall in love with her; waiting for her breasts to blossom; waiting for the beatings to stop. Since their mo...

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In this exquisite new novel by bestselling writer Elizabeth Berg, a young woman falls in love -- and learns how sorrow can lead to an understanding of joy.Katie, the narrator, has relocated to Missouri with her distant, occasionally abusive father...

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BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Elizabeth Berg's Once Upon a Time, There Was You.';BERG KNOWS THE HEARTS OF HER CHARACTERS INTIMATELY, showing them with compassion, humor, and an illuminating generosity.' The Seattle Times ';BEAUTIFUL...

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'Luxury in the 18th Century' explores the political, economic, moral and intellectual effects of the production and consumption of luxury goods, and provides a broadly-based account from a variety of perspectives, addressing key themes of economic...

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A lonely thirteen-year-old girl moves to Missouri with her distant and occasionally abusive father and falls in love with an older--and married--gasoline station attendant, an affair that teaches her some hard-won lessons.

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Do you ever really know your mother, your daughter, the people in your family? In this rich and rewarding new novel by the beloved bestselling author of <BR>Talk Before Sleep and The Pull of the Moon, a reunion between two sisters and their ...

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In this superb novel by the beloved author of Talk Before Sleep, The Pull of the Moon, and Until the Real Thing Comes Along, a woman re-creates her life after divorce by opening up her house and her heart.<BR>Samantha's husband has left her,...

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In this collection, Berg explores the everyday challenges that women face, whether teenaged or octogenarian braving the emotional landmines underlying domestic scenes, navigating the slippery slope of constant dieting, and addressing the process o...

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New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Berg takes us to Chicago at the time of World War II in this wonderful story about three sisters, their lively Irish family, and the men they love. As the novel opens, Kitty and Louise Heaney say good-by...

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The bestselling author of "The Year of Pleasures" and "Open House" returns with a wonderful novel in which a woman and her daughter embark on new adventures.

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What do women talk about when they know they don't have forever? They talk about what they have always talked about, only they go deeper and more honest: with outrageous humor they try to mitigate pain. Intimate and uncensored sharing, the kind of...

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