Anna Airoldi Boeken

This captivating bestseller tells the true story of a miraculous encounter between a teenaged girl and a baby whale off the coast of California. It was the dark of early morning; Lynne was swimming her last half mile back to the pier after a long workout when she became aware that something was swimming with her. The ocean was charged with energy as if a squall was moving in; whatever it was felt large enough to be a white shark coursing beneath her body. In fact, it was a baby gray whale following alongside her. Lynne quickly realized that if she swam back to the pier, the young calf would follow her onto shore and die from collapsed lungs. On the other hand, if Lynne didn't find the mother whale, the baby would suffer from dehydration and starve to death. Something so enormous--the mother whale would be at least fifty feet long--suddenly seemed very small in the vast Pacific Ocean. How could Lynne possibly find her? This is the story--part mystery, part magical tale--of what happened.

ONE MURDER. Piet Hoffmann is the Swedish police force's best undercover operative. Not even his family know of his double identity. Yet when a drug deal with the Polish mafia goes fatally wrong, his secret life begins to crumble around him. TWO MEN. Detective Inspector Ewert Grens is charged with investigating the drug-related killing. Unaware of Hoffmann's true identity, he believes himself to be on the trail of a dangerous psychopath. THREE SECONDS. Hoffmann must desperately maintain his cover; else he is a dead man walking. But, in the doggedly-perceptive Ewert Grens, he has just made the most relentless of enemies.

Elsa is zeven jaar en een beetje apart. Haar oma is zevenenzeventig jaar en gek. Zo schiet ze vanaf haar balkon met een paintballgeweer op mensen die het woord van God komen verkondigen. Oma is bovendien de beste en enige vriend van Elsa. Ze vertelt Elsa de prachtigste sprookjes en verhalen. Elsa vlucht in die verhalen waar iedereen anders is en waar niemand gewoon hoeft te zijn. Dan overlijdt oma. Ze laat een stapel brieven achter waarin ze iedereen die ze heeft gekwetst haar verontschuldigingen aanbiedt. Gewapend met die brieven begint Elsa aan haar grootste avontuur. En leert ze de waarheid over sprookjes, koninkrijken en een oma zoals er maar één was.

Svezia, anni Settanta. In un villaggio solitario vicino alla costa, nasce una bambina che non corrisponde all'immagine dorata che la madre aveva sognato. Si chiama Angela Rafaela Lo Mård, ma per tutti è Lo. Cresce spensierata, immersa nella natura e nei giochi con gli zii, fino a quando un'estate un incendio lungo la ferrovia segna un cambiamento irreversibile. In quel giorno incontra Lukas, un ragazzo ungherese il cui padre vive in modo selvaggio e parla una lingua sconosciuta. Tra loro si sviluppa un legame profondo, costruito su gesti e comprensioni silenziose. Nella "capanna del pescatore", Lo e Lukas affrontano le loro paure, tra cui il monito della madre di Lo: «Sta' attenta all'amore», un sentimento che può essere un veleno inarrestabile. Con l'adolescenza, la loro connessione si logora a causa di abbandoni e tradimenti. Lo decide di lasciare tutto, dalla famiglia a Lukas, intraprendendo un viaggio frenetico da Stoccolma a Budapest, da Cracovia a New York, ma Lukas rimane sempre nel suo cuore. La storia racconta un amore non convenzionale, un legame che sa di essere eterno eppure impossibile. Con grazia, l'autrice ci guida attraverso il viaggio di Lo e Lukas, mentre cercano di ritrovare il filo che li unisce, esplorando il potere segreto del loro amore.