Lucia Corradini Caspani Volgorde van de boeken (chronologisch)

Who would you be, if you hadn't turned out to be the person you are now? Dawn is a death doula, and spends her life helping people make the final transition peacefully. But when the plane she's on plummets, she finds herself thinking not of the perfect life she has, but the life she was forced to abandon fifteen years ago - when she left behind a career in Egyptology, and a man she loved. Against the odds, she survives, and the airline offers her a ticket to wherever she needs to get to - but the answer to that question suddenly seems uncertain. As the path of her life forks in two very different directions, Dawn must confront questions she's never truly asked: What does a well-lived life look like? What do we leave behind when we go? And do we make our choices, or do our choices make us? Two possible futures. One impossible choice.

Trees are one of humanity’s most constant and most varied companions. From India’s sacred banyan tree to the fragrant cedar of Lebanon, they offer us sanctuary and inspiration – not to mention the raw materials for everything from aspirin to maple syrup. In Around the World in 80 Trees, expert Jonathan Drori uses plant science to illuminate how trees play a role in every part of human life, from the romantic to the regrettable. Stops on the trip include the lime trees of Berlin’s Unter den Linden boulevard, which intoxicate amorous Germans and hungry bees alike, the swankiest streets in nineteenth-century London, which were paved with Australian eucalyptus wood, and the redwood forests of California, where the secret to the trees’ soaring heights can be found in the properties of the tiniest drops of water. Each of these strange and true tales – populated by self-mummifying monks, tree-climbing goats and ever-so-slightly radioactive nuts – is illustrated by Lucille Clerc, taking the reader on a journey that is as informative as it is beautiful.

Edith Eger was zestien jaar oud toen ze in 1944 naar Auschwitz werd gedeporteerd. Haar ouders werden direct naar de gaskamer gestuurd en Edith werd gedwongen om voor Mengele te dansen. Haar onverschrokkenheid hielp haar en haar zusje te overleven, al waren ze nog maar nauwelijks in leven toen het kamp eindelijk werd bevrijd. In De keuze deelt dr. Eger haar oorlogsherinneringen en de opmerkelijke verhalen van hen die zij sindsdien heeft geholpen. Ze doet uit de doeken hoe ze als psycholoog haar cliënten al jarenlang helpt om zich uit hun eigen gedachten te bevrijden, en hoe iedereen uiteindelijk voor vrijheid kan kiezen.

Zoe Baxter has spent ten years trying to get pregnant, and just when she's about to get her heart's desire, tragedy destroys her world. In the aftermath of loss and divorce, she throws herself into her career as a music therapist. Working with Vanessa, she finds their relationship moving from business, to friendship, and then - to Zoe's surprise - blossoming into love. When Zoe allows herself to start thinking of children again, she remembers that there are still frozen embryos that she and her husband never used. But Max, having sought peace at the bottom of a bottle, has found redemption in an evangelical church, and Zoe needs his permission to take his unborn child . . . SING YOU HOME is accompanied by a soundtrack of original songs created for the novel by Jodi Picoult and Ellen Wilber.

Jacob Hunt is a teenager. And Jacob has Asperger's. When his tutor is found dead, all the hallmark behaviours of Jacob's syndrome - not looking someone in the eye, and odd movements - start looking a lot like guilt to the police. And Jacob's mother must ask herself the hardest question in the world: is her child capable of murder?

Alla vigilia della stagione dei monsoni, in un remoto villaggio dell'India, Kavita dà alla luce una bambina. Ma in una società che considera le femmine solo un problema, l'unico modo per salvarle la vita è quello di affidarla a un orfanotrofio. Una decisione che graverà sul rapporto di Kavita con il marito per il resto dei loro giorni, nonostante l'arrivo di un figlio maschio di lì a poco. Dall'altra parte del mondo, a San Francisco, Somer, una pediatra, decide di adottare un figlio dopo essersi arresa all'idea che non potrà averne di propri. Quando lei e il marito, un medico di origine indiana, vedono la foto di una bambina dagli occhi dorati che proviene dall'orfanotrofio di Mumbai, pensano che l'amore che proveranno per la piccola supererà ogni ostacolo... La figlia segreta è un commovente romanzo d'esordio che esplora i sentimenti legati alla maternità, alla perdita e all'identità culturale, attraverso la storia di due famiglie, una indiana e l'altra americana, e attraverso la vita di una ragazza che le unisce indissolubilmente.

Als de moeder van een gehandicapt meisje een proces begint tegen de verloskundige, heeft dat ingrijpende gevolgen.

Lesley, diciassette anni, adora Mara, la sua bellissima e affascinante madre, che le racconta storie incredibili sulla vita in Germania e Ungheria prima e durante la guerra. Ma c'è una terribile verità sul proprio passato che Mara non può confessare, e che sta diventando una pericolosa ossessione. Lesley fa di tutto per cercare di comprendere i comportamenti sempre più strani della madre, così come suo padre cerca disperatamente di salvare la moglie dai ricordi. Ma a volte l'amore non sembra essere sufficiente per evitare la tragedia, e Lesley, di fronte a una vita famigliare distrutta, decide di partire, per andare lontano, nel paese dove Mara è stata felice, alla ricerca della verità...

Het ene moment ziet de toekomst van June Nealon en haar gezin er rooskleurig uit, het volgende moment wordt ze geconfronteerd met de moord op haar man en een van haar kinderen. De dader, Shay Bourne, wordt ter dood veroordeeld. De wereld heeft hem niets gegeven, en hij heeft de wereld niets te bieden. Dan gebeurt er iets wat alles verandert voor hem. Nu krijgt hij nog een laatste kans op verzoening. Junes elfjarige dochter Claire heeft een nieuw hart nodig en dat wil Shay haar geven. Maar zal June zijn aanbod kunnen accepteren?

In het stadje Sterling in New Hampshire gebeurt bijna nooit iets – tot een leerling de plaatselijke middelbare school binnengaat en begint te schieten. Het voorval verandert de levens van iedereen die er zowel binnen als buiten de school mee wordt geconfronteerd. De inwoners zoeken niet alleen recht omdat ze de dagelijkse routine weer willen hervatten, maar ze proberen ook in het reine te komen met hun eigen rol in de tragedie. Josie Cormier, de tienerdochter van de rechter die deze zaak moet beoordelen, is de hoofdgetuige, maar zij kan zich niet meer herinneren wat zich pal voor haar ogen heeft afgespeeld. Naarmate het proces vordert, beginnen er breuklijnen zichtbaar te worden tussen de leerlingen en de volwassenen, waardoor de intiemste vriendschappen en families dreigen te worden vernietigd.