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London's East End, 1940: a frightened young woman gives birth to a tiny baby. Clearly alone, she refuses to hold the child: she can’t let herself bond with the baby she must give up. But sometime in the night, a terrifying air raid forces the maternity unit to evacuate, and in the chaos, mother and baby are separated…

STERNENTOCHTER: Deutschland, Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts: Als Tochter aus gutem Hause ist es die Pflicht der jungen Caroline Caspari, eine vorteilhafte Ehe zu schließen. Daher willigt sie in die Verlobung mit einem Mann ein, der ihr zutiefst zuwider ist. Doch dann verliebt Caroline sich Hals über Kopf in Georg, den neuen Postillion der Stadt …. DIE LIEBE DER STERNENTOCHTER: Verzweifelt und mit einem Kind unter dem Herzen kehrt die junge Caroline nach einem tragischen Ereignis in das Heimatdorf ihrer Familie zurück.

Frances is finally about to see her dreams realized as Marcus finally returns from the war. But the threat of her father-in-law and a much-changed Marcus, leave Frances in a perilous situation. Emily’s lie has trapped her in a new future. She lives in a big house and has a job she loves. But it could all come tumbling down around her if her shocking secret is ever revealed? Alice believes Daniel will return home to her, but if he does, will he be the same man he was if he does survive?

1911, Bath, England – Passionate suffrage campaigner Esther Stanbury has been banished from her home for her views. So ever since, she’s worked as a window dresser in Pennington's Department Store, where she’s proud to have a job and to earn her own money. She has hopes and dreams of helping secure women the vote, and not just by seeking to convince her friends at Pennington’s, Elizabeth, Cornelia and Amelia to join her cause.

في هذه الرواية، يستعيد الراوي حياة قرية عراقية، تقع على نهر الفرات، خلال أكثر من نصف قرن. حكاياتها، وأساطيرها، وشخصياتها وبيئتها، ومآسيها. هذه الاستعادة البانورامية جاءت في ذهن الراوي بعد أن تم تهجير القرية كلها إثر الاستيلاء عليها من قبل الوحوش. الوحوش هم المقاتلون الذين تحولوا إلى آلة دمار لتنفيذ أوهام تتكئ على العنف، والتكفير، والتخلف، وتمزيق النسيج الاجتماعي.

Born into poverty in pre-war London, and growing up fast during the Blitz, Betty grabs the chance at a bigger life by migrating to Australia. On board the SS Asturias she meets three people who will influence the course of her life—Pearl, a good-hearted party girl; Athena, a Greek woman on her way to marry a man she has never met; and Leo, a German Jew who lost his family in the war.

Australie-Occidentale, 1876. À dix-huit ans, Cathie aspire à une vie plus palpitante que celle qu'elle mène dans le bush. Aussi saisit-elle sa chance quand un de ses oncles lui suggère de partir pour le Lancashire, la terre natale de sa mère Liza. Cathie s'enfuit de chez elle, ignorant que son oncle la manipule pour se venger de Liza... Agressée dès son arrivée sur les quais de Liverpool, Cathie ne doit son salut qu'à l'intervention d'un homme, Magnus, chez qui elle va trouver refuge. Mais elle a perdu la mémoire.

When Pearl Aster takes a receptionist job at Wolf Motor’s, all she is hoping for is enough money to get out of her parents’ smoothing hold, and away from their rule dominated life. Her upper-class status and its expectations are nothing that she wants now that she’s seen the ugliness it conceals. Yet these rough and rowdy men aren’t like anything she’s ever experienced. Brash, bold, dirty, and completely honest, but still more respectful than the man that she’s expected to marry.

Deutschland, 1938: Nachdem ihre Freundin Luise Deutschland bereits verlassen hat und auch Maria weg will, stützt Anni Graf sich mehr und mehr auf ihren Verlobten Siegfried. Doch je strenger der Würgegriff der Nazis wird, umso weniger kann Anni die Augen vor der Wahrheit verschließen. Ein schrecklicher Betrug führt schließlich dazu, dass auch sie Hals über Kopf flüchten muss ... Tansania 2024: Das Testament ihrer Großmutter Luise hat June und Sandra nach Tansania geführt.

If single dad Billy Stonecreek doesn’t find himself a wife who is mother material, his horrible in-laws will gain custody of his little twin daughters. Billy loves his girls more than anything, but who will love him enough to live with all of them?

William Sydney Porter was born on 11th September 1862 in Greensboro, North Carolina. At age 3 his mother died from tuberculosis. From an early age it was clear Porter had a large appetite for reading as he absorbed the world around him. He was a member of several singing and dramatic groups when he met 17 year old Athol Estes, daughter of a wealthy Austin family. Despite her mother’s objection owing to Athol’s tuberculosis, they began courting and in July 1887, they eloped and soon married.

When nine-year-old Henry, son of King John, is hastily crowned, the Jewish community is hopeful. But life isn’t always kind… Against a backdrop of rising persecution, Mirabelle, a fiery Jewish woman, is determined to succeed with the help of her son Bonanfaunt. Slowly, Mirabelle and her family climb the ranks and replace the old family as leaders of their community.

பிரிவினையால் பாழ்பட்டுக் கிடக்கிறது அயோத்யா. யுத்தத்தின் கொடூரம் அதன் உயிர்ச்சக்தியை உறிஞ்சியெடுத்துவிட்டது. ஆழமா ஊடுருவியுள்ளது, இச்சிதைவு. தோற்றோர் மீது ஆட்சியைச் சுமத்தவில்லை அரக்க மன்னன், இலங்கை மன்னன் இராவணன். இல்லை; வர்த்தகத்தைச் சுமத்துகிறான். சாம்ராஜ்யத்தினின்று செல்வம் வாரியெடுத்துச் செல்லப்படுகிறது; ஏழ்மை, ஊழல், மனச்சோர்வு எனத் துன்புறுகின்றனர், சப்தசிந்து மக்கள்.

הדס, מתמחה בבית המשפט המחוזי בתל אביב, מבקשת כבדרך אגב מסבתה רחל לספר לה על אהבה נושנה מימי עלומיה. סיפור שמתחיל באורח תמים לכאורה הופך במהרה למסע מדהים לתוך חייה המרתקים של אישה צעירה, גאה וסוערת.

இது ஒரு மனிதனின் கதை. காலம், தெய்வமாய் மாற்றிய ஒரு மனிதனின் கதை.

Tasmania, 1874. Growing up in the impoverished tenements along the Hobart Rivulet, Harriet Brown is used to doing whatever it takes to survive. Including, at just twelve years old, shearing off her hair and pretending to be a boy to secure a job as label-paster at the George Peacock and Sons jam factory. Four years later, the deceit becomes too much to bear and Harriet risks everything on the chance at a future with her ambitious friend and workmate Henry Jones. But this decision forces her into a new deception: play the role of expert jam maker, or else be cast out onto the streets.

Apesar disso, o clima na Vila dos Tecidos é de otimismo. Paul Melzer voltou do front e, após a morte do patriarca da família, assume a administração da fábrica, determinado a fazer com que ela volte aos dias de glória. Marie também pode finalmente realizar um sonho antigo: ter o próprio ateliê de moda. Até Elisabeth parece ter deixado o ressentimento de lado e estar mais animada com a vida – e com um novo amor.

Frankreich, 1688: Lianne Cartier träumt von einem Leben an der Seite ihres geliebten Luc in den prächtigen Straßen von Paris. Bevor sie jedoch ihr Studium der Malerei beginnt, möchte sie in die Karibik reisen, um endgültig ihr ehemaliges Dasein als Dienstmagd hinter sich zu lassen und ihre langersehnte Freiheit zu genießen. Doch ihr Abenteuer nimmt eine abrupte Wendung, als Piraten das Schiff überfallen und es anschließend zum Kentern bringen.

Constance Macken, in her ninth decade, is looking back on a life filled with laughter and loss, tragedy and triumph, but knows it is time to right the wrongs from her past that have always haunted her. Heather Banks arrives on the island to bury her mother. Already adrift with her business sold and her divorce finalised, time on the island may be the perfect opportunity to change the course of her future.

America is at the brink of the precipice. Competing ideologies divide the citizens, setting neighbor against neighbor, brother against brother. In a time when facts are what anyone wants them to be, disinformation and mistrust of each other are the only truth being broadcast.