Het levensgeluk van een jong stel komt onder druk te staan wanneer beiden in de ban raken van een mysterieuze vrouw.
Joanna Briscoe Boeken
Joanna Briscoe creëert verontrustende en uitzonderlijke verhalen die zich verdiepen in de complexiteit van seksualiteit, herinnering en familiegeheimen. Haar romans worden gekenmerkt door een boeiende sfeer en een diepgaande verkenning van de menselijke psyche. De kenmerkende schrijfstijl van Briscoe trekt lezers naar verhalen die zowel verontrustend als diep inzichtelijk zijn. Ze staat bekend om haar vermogen om de nuances van relaties en de verborgen waarheden binnen families vast te leggen.
Teenager Eleanor studies hard at school,dreams of escape from a rural upbringingby going to university..then she falls in love,but with her mother's new female friend!This is set against the backdrop of the West Country.
Touched
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A chilling, deeply creepy Hammer novella by Joanna Briscoe, author of the acclaimed, bestselling novel, Sleep With Me. Rowena Crale and her family have moved from London. They now live in a small English village in a cottage which seems to be resisting all attempts at renovation. Walls ooze damp, stains come through layers of wallpaper, celings sag. And strange noises - voices - emanate from empty rooms. As Rowena struggles with the upheaval of builders while trying to be a dutiful wife and a good mother to her young children, her life starts to disintegrate. And then, one by one, her daughters go missing ...
You
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The new novel by Joanna Briscoe, the bestselling author of Sleep With Me.
An addictive new story of desire and obsession from the bestselling author of Sleep With Me 'A clever, nuanced, elegantly written exploration of obsession' SAGA'Her prose is beguilingly good' ELIZABETH DAY'Works in much the same way as an obsession ... you may wish to escape, but have already become addicted' ANITA SETHI, Daily TelegraphBeth lives by Camden Lock with her partner Sol and their daughter Fern. Life is peaceful, but Beth is troubled by increasing unease. It could be to do with her mother's disappearance years ago. It could be her sense that Fern is keeping secrets from her. So she goes to therapy. Dr Tamara Bywater is there to help her patients, and soon their sessions become the highlight of Beth's week. But Beth is in over her head before she realises that Tamara might not be all she seems... What if the person you trust the most turns out to be the greatest danger of all?
A captivating and thrilling novel, adapted for TV by Andrew Davies, featuring Adrian Lester and Jodhi May.
Vieni a letto con me
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