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2019 |
![]() ![]() Author: Cleave Chris Publisher: BEAT Estate 2007. Little Bee, un'adolescente nigeriana, insieme ad altre tre immigrate esce dal centro di detenzione temporanea in cui ha vissuto per due anni. Non sapendo dove andare, senza documenti, telefona alle uniche persone che conosce in Gran Bretagna, Andrew e Sarah O'Rourke, che due anni prima in Africa le hanno salvato la vita. Andrew e Sarah erano all'epoca in Nigeria in vacanza, nel tentativo di raddrizzare un matrimonio ormai in pezzi, ma mentre erano in spiaggia due ragazzine (Little Bee e sua sorella) erano corse verso di loro, inseguite da un gruppo di soldati decisi a ucciderle. Andrew e Sarah riuscirono a salvare solo una delle due bambine e il momento fu talmente violento che, quando anni dopo Little Bee ricompare nella vita della coppia, l'esperienza traumatica di allora riemerge e Andrew non regge al ricordo. La vita di tutti subisce un contraccolpo, fino a che Sarah decide di seguire Little Bee in Nigeria, portandosi dietro il figlio ancora bambino. Non sa cosa l'aspetta. La violenza in Africa non si è ancora fermata. € 17,00
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2018 |
![]() ![]() Author: Cleave Chris Publisher: Neri Pozza Londra, 1939. La guerra è stata appena dichiarata e la diciottenne Mary North non attende un solo istante prima di recarsi al War Office e offrirsi come volontaria. Come ogni ragazza di buona famiglia dalla parlantina sciolta, conta di essere assegnata a un incarico di fondamentale importanza: ufficiale di collegamento, oppure attaché di qualche generale, o magari spia, un ruolo ancora più affascinante. Grande è, perciò, il suo sconcerto quando il taxi la deposita davanti alla scuola di Hawley Street, dove le viene detto che dovrà prendersi cura di una classe di trenta bambini da condurre in campagna prima che le ostilità abbiano inizio. Un incarico davvero di poco conto, ma che si rivelerà tutt'altro che banale nell'istante in cui Mary si imbatterà in Zachary Lee, l'unico bambino di colore della scuola. Nei primi giorni di settembre, quando scoppia davvero la guerra, gli unici bambini in età scolare rimasti in città sono quelli meno «allettanti»: gli storpi, gli strambi, di cui la gente di campagna non vuole sapere, e... i neri: ne hanno sfollati pochissimi, e anche quei pochi cominciano a tornare indietro. L'evacuazione è stata una specie di concorso di bellezza, con i piccoli allineati sul sagrato della chiesa del paese e i bifolchi che sceglievano i più biondi, i più chiari, scartando gli altri. Quanto agli uomini, ne sono rimasti ben pochi in città. Tra questi Tom Shaw, che tuttavia ne fa un vanto della sua non partecipazione alla guerra e dell'aver accettato la direzione di un distretto scolastico al posto della gloria militare. Un giorno, nel suo ufficio, si presenta € 14,50
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1917 |
![]() ![]() Author: CLEAVE CHRIS Publisher: DTV BRIEF AN EINEN ATTENTATER - CLEAVE CHRIS - DTV € 12,90
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![]() ![]() Author: Cleave Chris Publisher: Large Print Pr € 16,10
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![]() ![]() Author: Cleave Chris Publisher: Simon & Schuster € 14,30
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![]() ![]() Author: Chris Cleave Publisher: SCEPTRE € 9,40
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![]() ![]() Author: Chris Cleave Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Export Edit € 12,00
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1916 |
![]() ![]() Author: Cleave Chris Publisher: Thorndike Pr € 40,40
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![]() ![]() Author: Chris Cleave Publisher: SCEPTRE € 11,90
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![]() ![]() Author: Cleave Chris Publisher: Simon & Schuster From the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Little Bee, a spellbinding novel about three unforgettable individuals thrown together by war, love, and their search for belonging in the ever-changing landscape of WWII London. It’s 1939 and Mary, a young socialite, is determined to shock her blueblood political family by volunteering for the war effort. She is assigned as a teacher to children who were evacuated from London and have been rejected by the countryside because they are infirm, mentally disabled, or—like Mary’s favorite student, Zachary—have colored skin. Tom, an education administrator, is distraught when his best friend, Alastair, enlists. Alastair, an art restorer, has always seemed far removed from the violent life to which he has now condemned himself. But Tom finds distraction in Mary, first as her employer and then as their relationship quickly develops in the emotionally charged times. When Mary meets Alastair, the three are drawn into a tragic love triangle and—while war escalates and bombs begin falling around them—further into a new world unlike any they’ve ever known. A sweeping epic with the kind of unforgettable characters, cultural insights, and indelible scenes that madeLittle Bee so incredible, Chris Cleave’s latest novel explores the disenfranchised, the bereaved, the elite, the embattled.Everyone Brave Is Forgiven is a heartbreakingly beautiful story of love, loss, and incredible courage. € 24,90
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![]() ![]() Author: Chris Cleave Publisher: SCEPTRE € 17,80
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![]() ![]() Author: Chris Cleave Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Export Edit € 16,50
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1913 |
![]() ![]() Author: Cleave Chris Publisher: Simon & Schuster IT’S THE ULTIMATE TEST OF A MOTHER’S LOVE . . . IF your dreams pull you in one direction and your heart in another, which should you follow? This is the question that haunts Kate Meadows, a world champion athlete whose eight-year-old daughter Sophie is battling a recurrence of childhood leukemia just as Kate is about to compete for her last chance at an Olympic gold medal. For years, Kate has sacrificed everything for her family and watched her best friend and closest rival, Zoe Castle, conquer the world stage. Kate has never won gold and will have to go through Zoe—who has everything to lose—to get it. Now her child is facing a life-threatening illness, and the stakes are higher than ever. How can she do what is right for her daughter without abandoning all of her dreams? € 14,30
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1912 |
![]() ![]() Author: Chris Cleave Publisher: Libri ORPHANS ONLY € 11,60
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![]() ![]() Author: Chris Cleave Publisher: SCEPTRE € 35,60
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1911 |
![]() ![]() Author: Cleave Chris Publisher: Christian Large Print Since Cleave's Incendiary, which envisioned a London Tube bombing, was published on the day the actual bombing occurred, one wonders what secrets lie coiled within this portrait of an illegal Nigerian immigrant and the English housewife she once met on an African beach € 13,70
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![]() ![]() Author: Cleave Chris Publisher: Simon & Schuster A re-release of a debut work by the € 13,40
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1910 |
![]() ![]() Author: Cleave Chris Publisher: Simon & Schuster WE DON'T WANT TO TELL YOU TOO MUCH ABOUT THIS BOOK. It is a truly special story and we don't want to spoil it. Nevertheless, you need to know something, so we will just say this: It is extremely funny, but the African beach scene is horrific. The story starts there, but the book doesn't. And it's what happens afterward that is most important. Once you have read it, you'll want to tell everyone about it. When you do, please don't tell them what happens either. The magic is in how it unfolds. € 15,20
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2009 |
![]() ![]() Author: Chris Cleave Publisher: SCEPTRE € 11,60
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![]() ![]() Author: Cleave Chris Publisher: Simon & Schuster WE DON'T WANT TO TELL YOU TOO MUCH ABOUT THIS BOOK. It is a truly special story and we don't want to spoil it. Nevertheless, you need to know something, so we will just say this: It is extremely funny, but the African beach scene is horrific. The story starts there, but the book doesn't. And it's what happens afterward that is most important. Once you have read it, you'll want to tell everyone about it. When you do, please don't tell them what happens either. The magic is in how it unfolds. € 20,70
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