Seis aciertos y un cadáver

At the center of this novel are two women—worlds apart, yet neighbors—who come together by chance in a neighborhood pharmacy. Janna, a middle-aged contemporary woman is the editor of a women's magazine. She is good at her work and her life seems to her a success. Then there is Maudie, skinny, rag-and-bone tattered and in her late eighties, she is a bundle of ferocity who has spent the last years sustaining herself on pride, and expressing that pride as a cat’s hissing anger. This strong and affecting novel traces the friendship of these wildly disparate women.

AVANT, ELLE CONTRÔLAIT SA VIE. AFTER, TOUT A CHAVIRÉ... Tessa est une jeune fille ambitieuse, volontaire, réservée. Elle contrôle sa vie. Son petit ami Noah est le gendre idéal. Celui que sa mère adore, celui qui ne fera pas de vagues. Son avenir est tout tracé : de belles études, un bon job à la clé, un mariage heureux... Mais ça, c'était avant qu'il ne ne la bouscule dans le dortoir. Lui, c'est Hardin, bad boy, sexy, tatoué, piercé, avec un " p... d'accent anglais ! " Il est grossier, provocateur et cruel, bref, il est le type le plus détestable que Tessa ait jamais croisé. ...

In the turbulent twelfth century, Leola, a young peasant girl, takes a dead warrior’s armor to hide behind the mask of a man. This is the beginning of the dramatic voyage into the story of her life. It is an extraordinary journey into the unknown side of the Middle Ages. It is a fable that will move us by its sheer epic greatness, one of those books that is not read but lived, breathed, and tasted. Montero’s novel is bursting with the power of a literary work on its way to becoming a classic.

«Un libro cuya inquietante imaginación atraviesa la página y no nos suelta hasta el final.» The New York Times «Una deslumbrante obra de ficción especulativa.» The Observer «Una brillante exploración sobre el apego y la imposibilidad de erradicarlo de los asuntos humanos.» The Guardian «Una novela apasionante y conmovedora.» The Spectator 26 de agosto, 7.14 de la mañana: Jane Pearson amanece ante un mundo radicalmente distinto, uno en el que todos los hombres han desaparecido, incluidos su hijo y su marido. Mientras los busca sin perder la esperanza de traerlos de vuelta, ante...