Allegra Goodman Bücher

Durch Hochzeiten, Todesfälle, Feiertagsessen und Träume entfaltet sich die Geschichte von drei Generationen der Familie Markowitz.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • „Ein reichhaltiges Porträt . . . ein intimer Blick auf eine geschlossene orthodoxe Gemeinschaft.“ Es ist 1976. Die kleine Stadt Kaaterskill Falls im Bundesstaat New York ist voller Sommerbesucher in dunklen Mänteln, Fedoras und langen, bescheidenen Kleidern. Sie leben Seite an Seite mit den ganzjährigen Bewohnern und sind die Anhänger von Rav Elijah Kirshner. Elizabeth Shulman ist eine unruhige Ehefrau und Mutter von fünf Töchtern; ihre Vorstellungskraft übersteigt ihre abgeschottete Gemeinschaft. Auf der anderen Straßenseite wird Andras Melish von seinen bewundernden älteren Schwestern nach Kaaterskill gezogen. Getröstet, aber durch die Liebe seiner Schwestern behindert, kann er die Ambivalenz, die er gegenüber seinen eigenen Kindern und seiner jungen Frau empfindet, nicht überwinden. Oben auf dem Hügel steht Rav Kirshner am Ende seines Lebens. Während er kämpft, zu entscheiden, welcher seiner Söhne ihn nachfolgen soll – der fromme, aber sture Isaiah oder der brillante, aber rebellische Jeremy – ringen seine Anhänger mit ihrer Zukunft und ihrer Vergangenheit. In dieser Gemeinschaft webt Allegra Goodman Magie.

REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • “A shocking story, made all the more stunning by the fact that it has its roots in true history.”—Jodi Picoult, author of By Any Other Name “A new generation of survival story . . . an extraordinary book that reads like a thriller, written with the care of the most delicate psychological and historical fiction.”—Vogue (Best of 2025 Preview) A young woman and her lover are marooned on an island in this “lushly painted” (People) historical epic of love, faith, and defiance from the bestselling author of Sam. LONGLISTED FOR THE AMERICAN LIBRARY IN PARIS BOOK AWARD Heir to a fortune, Marguerite is destined for a life of prosperity and gentility. Then she is orphaned, and her guardian—an enigmatic and volatile man—spends her inheritance and insists she accompany him on an expedition to New France. That journey takes a unexpected turn when Marguerite, accused of betrayal, is brutally punished and abandoned on a small island. Once a child of privilege who dressed in gowns and laced pearls in her hair, Marguerite finds herself at the mercy of nature. As the weather turns, blanketing the island in ice, she discovers a faith she’d never before needed. Inspired by the real life of a sixteenth-century heroine, Isola is the timeless story of a woman fighting for survival.

In a seemingly perfect world on Island 365, young Honour and her family defy societal norms, ignoring curfews and traditions. While Honour struggles to fit in at school, she meets Helix, who reveals a dark secret: those who don't conform mysteriously vanish, never to return.

"There is a girl, and her name is Sam. She adores her father, though he isn't around much. Her mother, Courtney, struggles to make ends meet, and never fails to remind her daughter that her life should be different. Sam doesn't fit in at school, where the other girls have the right shade of blue jeans and don't question the rules. Sam doesn't care about jeans or rules. She just loves to climb--trees, fences, walls, the side of a building. When she's climbing, she discovers a place she belongs: she can turn off her brain, pain has a purpose, and it's okay if you want to win. As Sam grows into her teens, she grapples with self-doubt and insecurity for the first time. She yearns for her climbing coach to notice her, but his attention crosses boundaries she doesn't know how to resist. She wishes her father would leave for good, instead of always coming and going, but once he's gone, she realizes how much she's lost. She rages against her mother's constant pressure to plan for a more secure future, but also sees how hard she works and how much she sacrifices. Wrestling with who she wants to be in the face of what she's expected to do, Sam comes to understand that she alone can make her dreams come true"-- Provided by publisher

From New York Times bestselling novelist Allegra Goodman comes an inventive, big-hearted and big-brained modern-day romance.

A charismatic doctor and a rigorous scientist are co-directors of a cancer research lab. They demand nothing less than complete dedication and obedience from their young protégés. In this high-pressure setting, one young man's experiments begin to show exciting results. At first the entire lab is giddy with expectation. But his colleagues become suspicious, and soon an all-too-public controversy engulfs the lab and everyone in it… Intuition is a rich and compelling human drama about the quest for 'truth', that asks: who can you trust when you aren't even sure you can trust yourself?

Allegra Goodman has delighted readers with her critically acclaimed collections Total Immersion and The Family Markowitz, and her celebrated first novel, Kaaterskill Falls, which was a national bestseller and a National Book Award finalist. Abandoned by her folk-dancing partner, Gary, in a Honolulu hotel room, Sharon realizes she could return to Boston—and her estranged family—or listen to that little voice inside herself. The voice that asks: “How come Gary got to pursue his causes, while all I got to pursue was him?” Thus, with an open heart, a soul on fire, and her meager possessions (a guitar, two Indian gauze skirts, a macramé bikini, and her grandfather’s silver watch) Sharon begins her own spiritual quest. Ever the optimist, she is sure at each stage that she has struck it rich “spiritually speaking”—until she comes up empty. Then, in a karmic convergence of events, Sharon starts on the path home to Judaism. Still, even as she embraces her tradition, Sharon’s irrepressible self tugs at her sleeve. Especially when she meets Mikhail, falls truly in love at last, and discovers what even she could not imagine—her destiny. From the Trade Paperback edition.

Emily e Jessamine Bach sono due sorelle molto diverse tra loro. Emily ha ventotto anni ed è già a capo di un’azienda informatica, mentre Jess, fresca di laurea in filosofia, è una grande sognatrice e lavora part-time in una piccola libreria indipendente. Razionale e ambiziosa l’una, romantica e ingenua l’altra, Emily e Jess sono molto diverse anche in amore: Emily ha un fidanzato in carriera e Jess si perde tra mille storie inconcludenti, sotto gli occhi gelosi del suo capo George. Sarà proprio lui, con l’aiuto di un’antichissima collezione di libri di ricette, a guidarla passo dopo passo, ingrediente dopo ingrediente, alla scoperta del vero amore. Ma anche per la solida Emily il destino ha in serbo sorprese e rivelazioni che potrebbero cambiarle per sempre la vita…