Janelle Brown – författare

En tonårsflicka bryter sig fri från sin fars isolerade värld och upptäcker att hela hennes liv är en lögn.Det första du måste förstå är att min far var hela min värld.Jane växer upp på en isolerad gård i Montana i mitten av 1990-talet och känner bara till den värld som hon och hennes pappa lever i. Han är förtegen om deras förflutna och Jane vet inte mer än att de en gång bodde utanför San Francisco och att hennes mamma dog i en bilolycka när hon var fyra år gammal, vilket fick hennes  pappa att flytta Jane bort från civilisationen för att uppfostra henne i avskildhet.

Nu är Jane tonåring och börjar ifrågasätta sin begränsade värld. Pappans allt mer världsfrånvända liv börjar skrämma henne och tvivel kring hennes verkliga bakgrund växer. När Jane inser vem hennes pappa egentligen är och vad han håller på med, flyr hon till den enda plats där det kan finnas svar på frågorna hon har om sitt förflutna och sin mamma: San Francisco. Det är en stad mitt i en omvälvande förändring som tvingar henne att ifrågasätta allt hon värdesätter.Ett slags paradis är en intensiv läsupplevelse för alla som älskare av Tara Westover och Chris Whitaker.

Janelle Brown är journalist och en bästsäljande amerikansk författare. Hennes böcker har sålts i tjugo länder runt om i världen. Hon har skrivit i både The New York Times och Vogue, och arbetade tidigare på Wired.

Growing up in an isolated cabin in Montana in the mid-1990s, Jane knows only the world that she and her father live in: the woodstove that heats their home, the vegetable garden where they try to eke out a subsistence, the books of nineteenth-century philosophy that her father gives her to read in lieu of going to school. Her father is elusive about their pasts, giving Jane little beyond the facts that they once lived in the Bay Area and that her mother died in a car accident, the crash propelling him to move Jane off the grid to raise her in a Waldenesque utopia. As Jane becomes a teenager she starts pushing against the boundaries of her restricted world. She begs to accompany her father on his occasional trips away from the cabin. But when Jane realizes that her devotion to her father has made her an accomplice to a horrific crime, she flees Montana to the only place she knows to look for answers about her mysterious past, and her mother’s death: San Francisco. It is a city in the midst of a seismic change, where her quest to understand herself will force her to reckon with both the possibilities and the perils of the fledgling internet, and where she will come to question everything she values. In this sweeping, suspenseful novel from bestselling author Janelle Brown, we see a young woman on a quest to understand how we come to know ourselves. It is a bold and unforgettable story about parents and children; nature and technology; innocence and knowledge; the losses of our past and our dreams for the future.

''Absolutely delicious... Janelle Brown is a surgeon of the complex relationships between women. I gobbled this up''Emma Straub, New York Times bestselling author of All Adults Here ''You won''t be able to put this novel down and you won''t want to''Laura Dave, no. 1 New York Times bestselling author of The Last Thing He Told Me ''One of those books you''ll devour''Chris Bohjalian, New York Times bestselling author of The Flight Attendant ''A deliciously twisty page-turner you won''t be able to put down''Angie Kim, Edgar Award-winning author of Miracle Creek ''You be me, and I''ll be you'' I whispered.As children, Sam and Elli were two halves of a perfect whole: gorgeous identical twins whose parents sometimes couldn''t even tell them apart. And once Hollywood discovered them, they became B-list child TV stars, often inhabiting the same role. But as adults, their lives have splintered. After leaving acting, Elli reinvented herself as the perfect homemaker: married to a real estate lawyer, living in a house just blocks from the beach. Meanwhile, Sam has never recovered from her failed Hollywood career, or from her addiction to the pills and booze that have propped her up for the last fifteen years. Sam hasn''t spoken to her sister since her destructive behavior finally drove a wedge between them. So when her father calls out of the blue, Sam is shocked to learn that Elli''s life has been in turmoil: her husband moved out, and Elli just adopted a two-year-old girl. Now she''s stopped answering her phone and checked in to a mysterious spa in Ojai. Is her sister just decompressing, or is she in trouble? Could she have possibly joined a cult? As Sam works to connect the dots left by Elli''s baffling disappearance, she realizes that the bond between her and her sister is more complicated than she ever knew.

How well do you really know the person you love the most?*THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER*Billie is charismatic. She is beautiful. And she has the perfect life. So when she disappears without a trace, the police think she must be dead.But what if the truth is even worse? A year after Billie disappears, her daughter Olive and husband Jonathan are determined to find out what happened to her. Together they begin to examine Billie''s past - for answers, for closure, and with the underlying hope they will bring her home alive.But their search unearths her darkest secrets and only raises more questions: Who was Billie Flanagan? And how well do we really know the people we love the most?Gripping and heartbreaking in equal measure, WATCH ME DISAPPEAR is perfect for fans of BIG LITTLE LIES, THE MARRIAGE PACT and THE FAMILY NEXT DOOR._______________________________________________Readers love WATCH ME DISAPPEAR''Clever and compelling'' Lisa Gardner''Tantalizing and twisty . . . a spider''s web of a novel . . . You won''t be able to put it down'' Megan Abbott''Just as riveting as Gone Girl'' San Francisco Chronicle''A riveting, seductive read about the secret, protected places within even the most intimate relationships . . . I loved it'' Sara Gruen''A twisty, involving mystery'' People''Brown imbues realism in each character, whose complicated emotions fuel the suspenseful story'' Associated Press''Brown''s novel is more than just a page-turning suspense story. It''s a gripping family drama that focuses on the choices we make and the ties that bind us to the ones we love'' Publishers Weekly''This brilliantly layered novel is full of twists and turns, tender and biting and vibrant'' Booklist

SOON TO BE A LIMITED SERIES STARRING NICOLE KIDMAN''Pretty Things is awesome. Simple as that. I loved every page''Harlan Coben''It''s Dynasty meets Patricia Highsmith'' Washington Post ''Will keep you turning pages till the end''Attica Locke ''Outrageously entertaining''Times Crime Club Nina once bought into the idea that her fancy arts degree would lead to a fulfilling career. When that dream crashed, she turned to stealing from rich kids in L.A. alongside her wily Irish boyfriend, Lachlan. But when her mom falls ill, Nina puts everything on the line to help her, running her most dangerous scam yet.Vanessa is a privileged young heiress who wanted to make her mark in the world. Instead she becomes an Instagram influencer - but behind the covetable façade is a life marked by tragedy.After a broken engagement, Vanessa retreats to her family''s sprawling mountain estate, a mansion of dark secrets. It''s there that her path collides with Nina''s and gives way to a winter of desire and aspiration, duplicity and revenge.''Smart, seductive, and utterly captivating'' PopSugar''Deliciously fun'' The Week''A can''t-look-away story of and for our generation'' Chandler Baker, author of Whisper Network''Literary suspense at its best'' Angie Kim, author of Miracle Creek

Cândva, Nina a crezut că diploma ei în artă o să-i asigure o carieră împlinită. Când visul i se spulberă, începe să fure de la tinerii bogați din Los Angeles împreună cu iubitul ei, Lachlan. Nina a învățat de la cea mai bună în branșă, mama ei, ale cărei escrocherii erau menite să-i ofere fiicei sale o copilărie decentă, în ciuda vieții lor haotice. Dar când mama ei se îmbolnăvește, Nina lasă totul deoparte ca s-o ajute, chiar dacă asta înseamnă să realizeze cea mai riscantă și mai periculoasă schemă de până acum. Vanessa este o tânără moștenitoare privilegiată care și-a dorit cândva să trăiască o viață semnificativă. În loc de asta, ea devine influencer pe Instagram, ocupație care-i aduce călătorii în jurul lumii, haine și produse primite gratuit, fotografii făcute în locuri exotice. Dar în spatele acestei fațade de invidiat se află o viață marcată de tragedie. După o logodnă anulată, Vanessa se retrage pe vasta proprietate a familiei, Stonehaven: un conac plin de secrete întunecate, nu doar din trecutul Vanessei, ci și din acela al unei fete confuze și tulburate pe nume Nina.Drumurile Ninei, Vanessei și al lui Lachlan se întâlnesc aici, pe țărmul înghețat al lacului Tahoe, unde viețile lor întrețesute dau naștere unei furtuni de aspirații și dorințe, duplicitate și răzbunare.Lucruri prețioase este un roman fascinant, plin de răsturnări de situație, în care două femei inteligente, traumatizate încearcă să supraviețuiască celui mai mare joc al înșelăciunii și distrugerii pe care l-au jucat vreodată.„Janelle Brown ne propune o dramă cu miză mare, plină de strălucire, opunând nostalgia copilăriei puterii de a ne reinventa în epoca rețelelor de socializare... O carte plină de răsturnări de situație.“ BOOKLIST„Cu un suspans desăvârșit, cu o narațiune ingenioasă și o intrigă care nu ratează nimic din lumea noastră de pe Instagram, acest roman este o lectură de neratat.“ LIBRARY JOURNAL„De o inteligență diabolică.“ KIRKUS REVIEWS

En tonårsflicka bryter sig fri från sin fars isolerade värld och upptäcker att hela hennes liv är en lögn.Det första du måste förstå är att min far var hela min värld.Jane växer upp på en isolerad gård i Montana i mitten av 1990-talet och känner bara till den värld som hon och hennes pappa lever i. Han är förtegen om deras förflutna och Jane vet inte mer än att de en gång bodde utanför San Francisco och att hennes mamma dog i en bilolycka när hon var fyra år gammal, vilket fick hennes  pappa att flytta Jane bort från civilisationen för att uppfostra henne i avskildhet.

Nu är Jane tonåring och börjar ifrågasätta sin begränsade värld. Pappans allt mer världsfrånvända liv börjar skrämma henne och tvivel kring hennes verkliga bakgrund växer. När Jane inser vem hennes pappa egentligen är och vad han håller på med, flyr hon till den enda plats där det kan finnas svar på frågorna hon har om sitt förflutna och sin mamma: San Francisco. Det är en stad mitt i en omvälvande förändring som tvingar henne att ifrågasätta allt hon värdesätter.Ett slags paradis är en intensiv läsupplevelse för alla som älskare av Tara Westover och Chris Whitaker.

Janelle Brown är journalist och en bästsäljande amerikansk författare. Hennes böcker har sålts i tjugo länder runt om i världen. Hon har skrivit i både The New York Times och Vogue, och arbetade tidigare på Wired.