Douglas Kennedy

EN BUSCA DE LA FELICIDAD es un libro del autor KENNEDY, DOUGLAS editado por ARPA. EN BUSCA DE LA FELICIDAD tiene un código de ISBN 978-84-16601-62-2, de la colección ARPA.

Una tarde tranquila y soleada en la ciudad de Los Ángeles, un edificio aparentemente anónimo y, de repente, una explosión se produce en su interior. El edificio devastado albergaba una de las pocas clinicas que realizan abortos. Hubo una victima y entre los testigos indefensos se encontraban Brendan, un conductor de Uber de unos cincuenta años, y su cliente, Elise, una antigua profesora universitaria que ayuda a las mujeres que estan a punto de abortar. En el lugar equivocado y en el momento mas imprevisible, ambos se ven envueltos en una peligrosa carrera contrarreloj. Al principio, todo parece demostrar que se trata de un atentado perpetrado por un pequeño grupo de fundamentalistas religiosos, pero la realidad es mucho mas turbia y alarmante... A medio camino entre la novela negra y la cronica social de una America en crisis, Los hombres tienen miedo a la luz es sobre todo un poderoso retrato de un hombre y una mujer atrapados por la violencia y los extremismos de nuestro tiempo.

Aged thirteen, Jane makes a vow to herself and to her feuding parents - she will never marry, have children and lead the resentful life they chose. Years later, now a Harvard professor and living with Theo, a filmmaker, Jane falls unexpectedly pregnant. She begins to warm to the idea of motherhood, but a devastating turn of events takes the decision out of her hands in a way she could never have predicted. Her familiar world torn apart, Jane feels forced to leave her old life behind, and piece by piece begins to destroy the little that is left. She resigns from her job, cuts all ties with friends and family and moves to a place where no one will find her. Isolated, she feels she has finally succeeded in leaving her world. Yet when a young girl disappears, prompting a high-profile police investigation, Jane is drawn in. Convinced that the person at the heart of the case is much closer to her new community than anyone realises, she has to make a decision - stay hidden or bring to light a shocking truth.

Douglas KennedyLe soir de son treizième anniversaire, lors d'une énième dispute entre ses parents, Jane Howard annonce qu'elle ne se mariera jamais et n'aura jamais d'enfants. Mais sommes-nous maître

America in the Sixties is an era of radical upheaval - of civil rights protests and anti-war marches; of sexual liberation and hallucinogenic drugs. More tellingly, it was a time when you weren''t supposed to trust anyone over the age of thirty; when, if you were young, you rebelled against your parents and their conservative values. But not Hannah Buchan. Hannah is a great disappointment to her famous radical father and painter mother. Because instead of mounting the barricades and embracing this age of profound social change, she wants nothing more than to marry her doctor boyfriend and raise a family in a small town. Hannah gets her wish. But once installed as the doctor''s wife in a nowhere corner of Maine, boredom sets in ...until an unforeseen moment of personal rebellion changes everything. Especially as Hannah is forced into breaking the law. For decades, this one transgression in an otherwise faultless life remains buried. But then, in the charged atmosphere of America after 9/11, her secret comes out and her life goes into freefall.

From the bestselling author of The Woman in the Fifth and The Pursuit of Happiness comes a devastating new novel. Years after vowing to herself and her parents to never marry, have children and lead the resentful life they chose, Jane, now a Harvard professor, falls unexpectedly pregnant. Resolved as she's been to childlessness, she begins to warm to the idea of motherhood, even with a partner who is increasingly absent. But a devastating turn of events takes the decision out of her hands in a way she could never have predicted. Her familiar world torn apart, Jane feels forced to leave her old life behind. She resigns from her job, cuts all ties with friends and family and moves to a place where no one will find her. Isolated, she feels she has finally succeeded in leaving her world. Yet when a young girl disappears, prompting a high-profile police investigation, Jane is drawn in. Convinced that the person at the heart of the case is much closer to her new community than anyone realises, she has to make a decision to either stay hidden or bring to light a shocking truth.

La nueva novela del maestro del family noir. Un thriller asfixiante y conmovedor con un profundo trasfondo de crítica social.Una tarde tranquila y soleada en la ciudad de Los Ángeles, un edificio aparentemente anonimo y, de repente, una explosion se produce en su interior. El edificio devastado albergaba una de las pocas clinicas que realizan abortos. Hubo una victima y entre los testigos indefensos se encontraban Brendan, un conductor de Uber de unos cincuenta años, y su cliente, Elise, una antigua profesora universitaria que ayuda a las mujeres que estan a punto de abortar.En el lugar equivocado y en el momento mas imprevisible, ambos se ven envueltos en una peligrosa carrera contrarreloj. Al principio, todo parece demostrar que se trata de un atentado perpetrado por un pequeño grupo de fundamentalistas religiosos, pero la realidad es mucho mas turbia y alarmante...A medio camino entre la novela negra y la cronica social de una America en crisis, Los hombres tienen miedo a la luz es sobre todo un poderoso retrato de un hombre y una mujer atrapados por la violencia y los extremismos de nuestro tiempo.

*A fiendishly clever, yet serious tale of middle-class frustration that will touch anyone who has ever wanted to escape their life. The Thriller goes into a new domain - The Real World.

A touching exploration of passion untested by domesticity Mail on SundayBefore Isabelle I knew nothing of sex.Before Isabelle I knew nothing of freedom.Before Isabelle I knew nothing of life.Paris in the early Seventies. Sam, an American student, meets a woman in a bookshop. Isabelle is enigmatic, beautiful, older and, unlike Sam, experienced in loves many contradictions. Sam is instantly smitten - but wary of the wedding ring on her finger. What begins as a regular arrangement in Isabelleas tiny Parisian apartment transforms into a true affair of the heart, and one which lasts for decades to come.Isabelle in the Afternoon is a novel that questions what we seek, what we find, what we settle for - and shows how love, when not lived day in, day out, can become the passion of a lifetime.Praise for Douglas KennedyaThe absolute master of love stories with heart-stopping twistsa THE TIMESaKennedy is skilled at zigzag plotting, blending domestic twists with turns created by globalaffairsa OBSERVER

On the night of her thirteenth birthday, Jane Howard made a vow to her warring parents - she would never get married and she would never have children.

When Harry Ricks arrives in Paris on a bleak January morning, he is a broken man. He is running away from a failed marriage and a darkscandal that ruined his career as a film lecturer in a small American university. A chance meeting with a mysterious woman, Margit Kadar,with whom Harry falls in love is his only hope of a brighter future. Now a film starring Kristen Scott Thomas and Ethan Hawke.

L’Aurora a Nova York es el tercer títol de la saga escrita per Douglas Kennedy: Les fabuloses aventures de l’Aurora, tot i que els tres títols de la serie són autoconclusius. Es tracta de la primera

Is it ever too late to find the life you always wanted? A modern day Brief Encounter or The Bridges of Madison County, this is a novel which poses the ultimate romantic dilemma, from the bestselling author of The Pursuit of Happiness, A Special Relationship, and The Moment. Is it ever too late to have the life you wanted? Or do we owe it to ourselves to pursue the promise of happiness? For twenty years, Laura has been a good wife and mother. She's supported her husband through redundancy, she's worried about her son, she's encouraged her daughter. She has been constant, caring and selfless. She's stopped thinking about her own dreams, the places she'd like to go and the books she'd like to talk about. But a chance meeting with a man in a hotel lobby - and the five days that follow - remind Laura of the young woman she used to be, and the woman she could have become. How long does it take to fall in love and leave your life behind?