Dani Shapiro
1) Signal fires
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English
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"Signal Fires opens on a summer night in 1985. Three teenagers have been drinking. One of them gets behind the wheel of a car, and, in an instant, everything on Division Street changes. Each of their lives, and that of Ben Wilf, a young doctor who arrives on the scene, is shattered. For the Wilf family, the circumstances of that fatal accident will become the deepest kind of secret, one so dangerous it can never be spoken. On Division Street, time...
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English
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the acclaimed author of Signal Fires and host of the hit podcast Family Secrets: a memoir about the staggering family secret uncovered by a genealogy test, an exploration of the urgent ethical questions surrounding fertility treatments and DNA testing, and a profound inquiry of paternity, identity, and love.
“Memoir gold: a profound and exquisitely rendered exploration...
“Memoir gold: a profound and exquisitely rendered exploration...
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English
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The New York Times bestselling author of Inheritance delivers her most intimate and powerful work: a piercing, life-affirming memoir about marriage and memory, sorrow and love. • "A beautiful book by a writer of rare talent.”—Cheryl Strayed, bestselling author of WILD
Hourglass is an inquiry into how marriage is transformed by time—abraded, strengthened, shaped in miraculous and...
Hourglass is an inquiry into how marriage is transformed by time—abraded, strengthened, shaped in miraculous and...
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English
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"I was immensely moved by this elegant book, which reminded me . . . that all of us...must face down the big spiritual questions of life." —Elizabeth Gilbert, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Eat, Pray, Love
Dani Shapiro, the acclaimed author of the novel Black and White and the New York Times bestselling memoir Inheritance has written a searching and timeless new memoir that examines the...
Dani Shapiro, the acclaimed author of the novel Black and White and the New York Times bestselling memoir Inheritance has written a searching and timeless new memoir that examines the...
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Random House Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
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From one of the most gifted writers of her generation comes the harrowing and exquisitely written true story of how a family tragedy saved her life.
Dani Shapiro was a young girl from a deeply religious home who became the girlfriend of a famous and flamboyant married attorney—her best friend's stepfather. The moment Lenny Klein entered her life, everything changed: she dropped out of college, began to drink heavily, and became estranged...
Dani Shapiro was a young girl from a deeply religious home who became the girlfriend of a famous and flamboyant married attorney—her best friend's stepfather. The moment Lenny Klein entered her life, everything changed: she dropped out of college, began to drink heavily, and became estranged...
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Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
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From the New York Times bestselling author of Inheritance and host of the hit podcast Family Secrets—“a bona fide page turner” (The New York Times Book Review) about the mysteries of teenage pain and family crisis.
Rachel Jensen is perfectly happy: in love with her husband, devoted to their daughter Kate, gratified by her work restoring art. And finally, she’s pregnant again. But...
Rachel Jensen is perfectly happy: in love with her husband, devoted to their daughter Kate, gratified by her work restoring art. And finally, she’s pregnant again. But...
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Grove Atlantic
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
"Everything I know about life, I learned from the daily practice of sitting down to write. "From the best-selling author of Devotion and Slow Motion comes a witty, heartfelt, and practical look at the exhilarating and challenging process of storytelling. At once a memoir, meditation on the artistic process, and advice on craft, Still Writing is an intimate and eloquent companion to living a creative life. Through a blend of deeply personal stories...
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English
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From the author of Family History and the bestselling memoir Slow Motion comes a spellbinding novel about art, fame, ambition, and family that explores a provocative question: Is it possible for a mother to be true to herself and true to her children at the same time?Clara Brodeur has spent her entire adult life pulling herself away from her famous mother, the renowned and controversial photographer Ruth Dunne, whose towering reputation rests on the...
10) Leuchtfeuer
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Deutsch
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Eine Sommernacht 1985: In einem Vorort von New York steigen drei betrunkene Teenager in ein Auto-und nichts ist mehr wie zuvor. Die Geschwister Sarah und Theo zerbrechen fast an der Last des Geheimnisses, das sie seitdem teilen, und selbst 20 Jahre später bestimmt es ihr Leben. Auch ihr Vater Ben, ein pensionierter Arzt, hadert mit seiner Rolle in jener denkwürdigen Nacht. Doch als Bens Begegnung mit dem zehnjährigen Nachbarsjungen Waldo eine Kette...