Häftad, Engelska, 1900
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- Häftad, Engelska, 2023
144 kr
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Kiara and her brother, Marcus, are scraping by in an East Oakland apartment complex optimistically called the Regal-Hi. Both have dropped out of high school, their family fractured by death and prison But while Marcus clings to his dream of rap stardom, Kiara hunts for work to pay their rent-which has more than doubled-and to keep the nine-year-old boy next door, abandoned by his mother, safe and fed. One night, what begins as a drunken misunderstanding with a stranger turns into the job Kiara never imagined wanting but now desperately needs: nightcrawling. Her world breaks open even further when her name surfaces in an investigation that exposes her as a key witness in a massive scandal within the Oakland Police Department. Rich with raw beauty, electrifying intensity, and piercing vulnerability, Nightcrawling marks the stunning arrival of a voice unlike any we have heard before.
- Häftad, Engelska, 2025
223 kr
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- Inbunden, Engelska, 2025
208 kr
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AMAZON BEST PICK OF THE YEARLONGLISTED FOR THE 2025 CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE IN FICTION-'Written in big, beautiful prose that expands throughout the novel and leaves the reader full and satisfied … Leila Mottley’s grasp of human nature is unmatched' CANDICE CARTY-WILLIAMSFrom the author of the Booker nominated, international bestseller Nightcrawling: a novel about the joys and entanglements of a fierce group of teenage mothers in a Florida beach town.When Adela Woods tells her parents she’s pregnant, they immediately send her a thousand miles away to stay with her grandmother in Padua Beach. The intention is that she will leave her baby in 'the forgotten Panhandle of Florida'. and resume her suburban life nine months later as though nothing happened. But Adela’s plans are soon washed away by the tide.First, Adela meets Emory, a new mother determined to defy the expectations of everyone around her, returning to high school with her newborn baby strapped to her chest. Then she meets Simone, ringleader of ‘the Girls,’ a group of young mothers who create a village together in the back of her red truck—dancing, breastfeeding, raising their children and themselves.The town thinks they’ve lost their way. Really, they are finding it.But as they look for love, make and break friendships, navigate the miracle of motherhood and the paradox of girlhood, Adela, Emory and Simone also find themselves on an inescapable collision course with one another.A novel full of heart and life and hope, set against the shifting sands of secrets and betrayals, The Girls Who Grew Big offers an explosive new perspective on what it means to be a young woman, a daughter, and a mother.'Opens up the world of young mothers in its makeshift, sticky, struggling glory ... Sensuous, gripping and utterly believable' EMMA DONOGHUE - E-bokEngelska, 2022
88 kr
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- E-bokEngelska, 2024
171 kr
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- Häftad, Engelska, 2022
439 kr
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- Häftad, Engelska, 2026
279 kr
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- Inbunden, Engelska, 2025
367 kr
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Häftad, Engelska, 2026135 kr
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'Written in big, beautiful prose that expands throughout the novel and leaves the reader full and satisfied … Leila Mottley’s grasp of human nature is unmatched' CANDICE CARTY-WILLIAMS-From the author of the Booker nominated, international bestseller Nightcrawling.Adela, Emory, and Simone – three young women bound by chance, motherhood, and defiance.When Adela Woods is sent to her grandmother’s house in a forgotten Florida beach town to have her baby in secret, she expects to return home unchanged. Instead, she meets Emory, who is determined to finish school even if it means going to class with her newborn strapped to her chest. Then she meets Simone, the fearless ringleader of “the Girls,” a tribe of young mothers raising themselves alongside their children.The town thinks they’ve lost their way. Really, they’re finding it – through friendship, love, and heartbreak under the relentless Florida sun.But when shifting loyalties give way to betrayal, will the ties holding them together come apart?A novel full of heart and life and hope, set against the shifting sands of secrets and betrayals, The Girls Who Grew Big offers an explosive new perspective on what it means to be a young woman, a daughter, and a mother.'Opens up the world of young mothers in its makeshift, sticky, struggling glory ... Sensuous, gripping and utterly believable' EMMA DONOGHUE- E-bokEngelska, 2025
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'Written in big, beautiful prose that expands throughout the novel and leaves the reader full and satisfied … Leila Mottley’s grasp of human nature is unmatched' CANDICE CARTY-WILLIAMS-From the author of the Booker nominated, international bestseller Nightcrawling.Adela, Emory, and Simone – three young women bound by chance, motherhood, and defiance.When Adela Woods is sent to her grandmother’s house in a forgotten Florida beach town to have her baby in secret, she expects to return home unchanged. Instead, she meets Emory, who is determined to finish school even if it means going to class with her newborn strapped to her chest. Then she meets Simone, the fearless ringleader of “the Girls,” a tribe of young mothers raising themselves alongside their children.The town thinks they’ve lost their way. Really, they’re finding it – through friendship, love, and heartbreak under the relentless Florida sun.But when shifting loyalties give way to betrayal, will the ties holding them together come apart?A novel full of heart and life and hope, set against the shifting sands of secrets and betrayals, The Girls Who Grew Big offers an explosive new perspective on what it means to be a young woman, a daughter, and a mother.'Opens up the world of young mothers in its makeshift, sticky, struggling glory ... Sensuous, gripping and utterly believable' EMMA DONOGHUE - LjudbokEngelska, 2025
199 kr
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Brought to you by Penguin.From the author of the Booker nominated, international bestseller Nightcrawling: a novel about the joys and entanglements of a fierce group of teenage mothers in a Florida beach town.When Adela Woods tells her parents she’s pregnant, they immediately send her a thousand miles away to stay with her grandmother in Padua Beach. The intention is that she will leave her baby in ''the forgotten Panhandle of Florida''. and resume her suburban life nine months later as though nothing happened. But Adela’s plans are soon washed away by the tide.First, Adela meets Emory, a new mother determined to defy the expectations of everyone around her, returning to high school with her newborn baby strapped to her chest. Then she meets Simone, ringleader of ‘the Girls,’ a group of young mothers who create a village together in the back of her red truck—dancing, breastfeeding, raising their children and themselves.The town thinks they’ve lost their way. Really, they are finding it.But as they look for love, make and break friendships, navigate the miracle of motherhood and the paradox of girlhood, Adela, Emory and Simone also find themselves on an inescapable collision course with one another.A novel full of heart and life and hope, set against the shifting sands of secrets and betrayals, The Girls Who Grew Big offers an explosive new perspective on what it means to be a young woman, a daughter, and a mother.© Leila Mottley 2025 (P) Penguin Audio 2025
- E-bokEngelska, 2022
123 kr
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LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2022 – THE YOUNGEST EVER BOOKER NOMINEETHE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER_______________''Mottley attempts to do for Oakland something of what The Wire did for Baltimore'' THE TIMES''A soul-searching portrait of survival and hope'' OPRAH WINFREY_______________When there is no choice, all you have left to do is walk.Kiara Johnson does not know what it is to live as a normal seventeen-year-old. With her mother in a halfway house and an older brother who devotes his time and money to a recording studio, she fends for herself – and for nine-year-old Trevor, whose own mother is prone to disappearing for days at a time. As the landlord of their apartment block threatens to raise their rent, Kiara finds herself walking the streets after dark, determined to survive in a world that refuses to protect her.Then one night Kiara is picked up by two police officers, and the gruesome deal she is offered in exchange for her freedom lands her at the centre of a media storm. If she agrees to testify in a grand jury trial, she could help expose the sickening corruption of a police department. But honesty comes at a price – one that could leave her family vulnerable to their retaliation, and endanger everyone she loves.Nightcrawling is an unforgettable novel about young people navigating the darkest corners of an adult world, told with a humanity that is at once agonising and utterly mesmerising._______________''UNFORGETTABLE'' GUARDIAN''A MAGNIFICENT DEBUT'' RUTH OZEKI, winner of the Women''s Prize for Fiction 2022_______________READERS CAN''T GET ENOUGH OF NIGHTCRAWLING''Nightcrawling is a lyrical masterpiece'' *****''This book ripped my heart out'' *****''Unputdownable . . . From the first page I was hooked'' *****''This is a heart-achingly necessary book which will carve a hole in your soul and stay with you forever'' ***** ''It is rare to read a first novel so perfectly crafted'' *****''This is an absolute must-read. Five stars out of five'' *****''Completely gripping . . . This is going to be a huge bestseller'' ***** - Häftad, Engelska, 2023
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LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2022 – THE YOUNGEST EVER BOOKER NOMINEETHE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER_______________‘Mottley attempts to do for Oakland something of what The Wire did for Baltimore' THE TIMES'A soul-searching portrait of survival and hope' OPRAH WINFREY_______________We’ll laugh because we can, until the sun disintegrates and nighttime threatens to set us free just to capture us again, back into the things we can’t escape.Kiara does not know what it is to live as a normal seventeen-year-old. With her mother in a halfway house, she fends for herself – and for nine-year-old Trevor, whose own mother disappears for days at a time. But as the pressures of rent to pay and mouths to feed increase, Kiara finds herself walking the streets after dark, determined to survive in a world that refuses to protect her.Nightcrawling is an unforgettable novel about young people navigating the darkest corners of an adult world, told with a humanity that is at once agonising and utterly mesmerising._______________'UNFORGETTABLE' GUARDIAN'A MAGNIFICENT DEBUT' RUTH OZEKI, winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction 2022_______________READERS CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF NIGHTCRAWLING'Nightcrawling is a lyrical masterpiece' *****'This book ripped my heart out' *****'Unputdownable . . . From the first page I was hooked' *****'This is a heart-achingly necessary book which will carve a hole in your soul and stay with you forever' ***** 'It is rare to read a first novel so perfectly crafted' *****'This is an absolute must-read. Five stars out of five' *****'Completely gripping . . . This is going to be a huge bestseller' ***** - E-bokPDF, Engelska, 2022
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LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2022 – THE YOUNGEST EVER BOOKER NOMINEETHE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER_______________''Mottley attempts to do for Oakland something of what The Wire did for Baltimore'' THE TIMES''A soul-searching portrait of survival and hope'' OPRAH WINFREY_______________When there is no choice, all you have left to do is walk.Kiara Johnson does not know what it is to live as a normal seventeen-year-old. With her mother in a halfway house and an older brother who devotes his time and money to a recording studio, she fends for herself – and for nine-year-old Trevor, whose own mother is prone to disappearing for days at a time. As the landlord of their apartment block threatens to raise their rent, Kiara finds herself walking the streets after dark, determined to survive in a world that refuses to protect her.Then one night Kiara is picked up by two police officers, and the gruesome deal she is offered in exchange for her freedom lands her at the centre of a media storm. If she agrees to testify in a grand jury trial, she could help expose the sickening corruption of a police department. But honesty comes at a price – one that could leave her family vulnerable to their retaliation, and endanger everyone she loves.Nightcrawling is an unforgettable novel about young people navigating the darkest corners of an adult world, told with a humanity that is at once agonising and utterly mesmerising._______________''UNFORGETTABLE'' GUARDIAN''A MAGNIFICENT DEBUT'' RUTH OZEKI, winner of the Women''s Prize for Fiction 2022_______________READERS CAN''T GET ENOUGH OF NIGHTCRAWLING''Nightcrawling is a lyrical masterpiece'' *****''This book ripped my heart out'' *****''Unputdownable . . . From the first page I was hooked'' *****''This is a heart-achingly necessary book which will carve a hole in your soul and stay with you forever'' ***** ''It is rare to read a first novel so perfectly crafted'' *****''This is an absolute must-read. Five stars out of five'' *****''Completely gripping . . . This is going to be a huge bestseller'' ***** - Häftad, Tyska, 2026
197 kr
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- Inbunden, Tyska, 2022
262 kr
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- E-bokSvenska, 2023
169 kr
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Kiaras liv ser inte ut som andra sjuttonåringars. Med en mamma på rehab och en storebror som drömmer om att bli rapstjärna är Kiara tvungen att ta hand om både sig själv och den övergivna nioåriga grannkillen Trevor. När hyran i deras slitna kvarter i Oakland plötsligt dubblas tar pengarna helt enkelt slut. Kiara ger sig ut på gatorna nattetid, fast besluten att överleva i en värld där ingen skyddar henne. En desperation som leder till handlingar hon aldrig trodde sig kunna uföra.
När Kiaras namn plötsligt dyker upp i en utredning i samband med en skandal inom Oaklandpolisen blir Kiaras tillvaro farlig på riktigt. Vad kommer att hända med hennes sköra familj om hon går med på att vittna?
Nattvarelser är en oförglömlig roman om unga människor som försöker ta sig fram i en mörk vuxenvärld. Det är brutalt, vackert och skrivet med djup medmänsklighet. Leila Mottley är en ny litterär stjärna, vars debut hyllats av både läsare och kritiker.
- LjudbokSvenska, 2023
169 kr
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Kiaras liv ser inte ut som andra sjuttonåringars. Med en mamma på rehab och en storebror som drömmer om att bli rapstjärna är Kiara tvungen att ta hand om både sig själv och den övergivna nioåriga grannkillen Trevor. När hyran i deras slitna kvarter i Oakland plötsligt dubblas tar pengarna helt enkelt slut. Kiara ger sig ut på gatorna nattetid, fast besluten att överleva i en värld där ingen skyddar henne. En desperation som leder till handlingar hon aldrig trodde sig kunna uföra.
När Kiaras namn plötsligt dyker upp i en utredning i samband med en skandal inom Oaklandpolisen blir Kiaras tillvaro farlig på riktigt. Vad kommer att hända med hennes sköra familj om hon går med på att vittna?
Nattvarelser är en oförglömlig roman om unga människor som försöker ta sig fram i en mörk vuxenvärld. Det är brutalt, vackert och skrivet med djup medmänsklighet. Leila Mottley är en ny litterär stjärna, vars debut hyllats av både läsare och kritiker.
- E-bokFinska, 2025
495 kr
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17-vuotias Kiara ja isoveli Marcus sinnittelevät kahdestaan Oaklandin huonomaineisen naapuruston ränsistyvässä vuokra-asuntokompleksissa. Isä on kuollut, äiti laitoksessa, ja vuokranantaja on juuri tuplannut heidän vuokransa.Vastuu molempien elättämisestä lankeaa Kiaran harteille, sillä rap-tähteydestä haaveilevasta Marcuksesta ei ole juuri apua. Kiaralla on vastuullaan myös naapurin 9-vuotias Trevor, josta tämän addiktiäiti ei kykene huolehtimaan.Etsiessään epätoivoisesti lisää töitä Kiara joutuu osaksi humalaista väärinymmärrystä. Tapahtumaketju saa hänet tarttumaan viimeiseen oljenkorteen: kuutamokeikkoihin prostituoituna. Hän joutuu myös tekemisiin poliisin kanssa ja löytää pian itsensä keskeltä valtavaa hyväksikäyttöskandaalia.Yökulkijat on raa'an kaunis kasvutarina ja musertava kertomus eriarvoisuudesta ja selviytymisestä. Kirjalliseksi sensaatioksi noussut romaani on saanut innoituksensa todellisesta Oaklandin poliisilaitosta ravistelleesta skandaalista. - Häftad, Engelska, 2025
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- Häftad, Engelska, 1900
217 kr
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OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK A NEW YORK TIMES WRITER TO WATCH A dazzling novel about a young Black woman who walks the streets of Oakland and stumbles headlong into the failure of its justice system-the debut of a blazingly original voice and "a soul-searching portrait of survival and hope" (Oprah Winfrey)
Kiara and her brother, Marcus, are scraping by in an East Oakland apartment complex optimistically called the Regal-Hi. Both have dropped out of high school, their family fractured by death and prison
But while Marcus clings to his dream of rap stardom, Kiara hunts for work to pay their rent-which has more than doubled-and to keep the nine-year-old boy next door, abandoned by his mother, safe and fed. One night, what begins as a drunken misunderstanding with a stranger turns into the job Kiara never imagined wanting but now desperately needs: nightcrawling. Her world breaks open even further when her name surfaces in an investigation that exposes her as a key witness in a massive scandal within the Oakland Police Department.
Rich with raw beauty, electrifying intensity, and piercing vulnerability, Nightcrawling marks the stunning arrival of a voice unlike any we have heard before.
