Ta kategoria dedykowana jest współczesnym czytelniczkom literatury kobiecej. Bardzo szeroki wybór romansów, kryminałów, powieści obyczajowe, poruszająca literatura kobieca, erotyki, harlequiny polskich i zagranicznych autorów. Każda lubiąca czytać kobieta znajdzie coś szczególnego dla siebie.
Polecamy literaturę Sergiusza Piaseckiego, Stanisława Srokowskiego, Diany Palmer czy w końcu Blanki Lipińskiej.
State Street Chicago, 1999. One summer that changes everything.
An unlikely trio: Felicia 'Fe Fe' Stevens, daughter of fiercely protective mother; Precious Brown, daughter of a prominent church Elder; and Stacia Buchanan, daughter of a Gangster Disciple Queen-Pin.
They have a simple friendship, whiling away sunny days with games of Double Dutch. But when Fe Fe invites mysterious Tonya into their fold, life as they know it will never be the same again.
Last Summer on State Street is a profound coming-of-age story about the restorative power of community, the claiming of one's own past, and the defining friendships which form the heartbeat of our lives.
Sitting alone, overlooking the still and blue lagoon, Ana Magdalena Bach surveys the men of the hotel bar. She is happily married and has no reason to escape the world she has made with her husband and children. And yet, every August, she travels here to the island where her mother is buried, and for one night takes a new lover.
Amid sultry days and tropical downpours, lotharios and conmen, Ana journeys further each year into the hinterland of her desire, and the fear that sits quietly at her heart.
Constantly surprising and wonderfully sensual, Until August is a profound meditation on freedom, regret, and the mysteries of love, from one of the greatest writers the world has ever known.
Iris is happy: decent job, good friends, her own flat. Everything but her own family. She and her husband Tom were trying for a baby when he left her for his life coach, Maddy, four years ago.
One day Iris' best friend Fay sends her an Instagram video of Maddy, now a successful family influencer with a huge following, posting wholesome videos with her husband Lee and their three-year-old twins. Tom is nowhere in sight.
So what did Iris end her marriage for? Needing answers, she delves into Maddy's life. Just how much can you hide behind an online persona?
Evelyn Waugh's hilarious debut novel, with an introduction by Barbara Cooke
Sent down from Oxford in outrageous circumstances, Paul Pennyfeather is oddly unsurprised to find himself qualifying for the position of schoolmaster at Llanabba Castle. His colleagues are an assortment of misfits, rascals and fools, including Prendy (plagued by doubts) and Captain Grimes, who is always in the soup (or just plain drunk). Then Sports Day arrives, and with it the delectable Margot Beste-Chetwynde, floating on a scented breeze. As the farce unfolds and the young run riot, no one is safe, least of all Paul.
'His first, most perfect novel ... ruthlessly comic' John Mortimer, Guardian
Meghna has tried everything to find her jaan: blind dates, the dreaded apps, even attempting conversations with strangers. Everything except arranged marriage.
Then Seth, her best friend and the-one-who-got-away, asks her to be his "best man" and suddenly her parent's taste doesn't seem so bad. Which is how she meets the cranky but handsome Karthik, who knows marriage is not for him.
They’re the perfect match – if not the one their parents think they are making – and a deal is struck. They’ll announce their engagement: Karthik will be excused from his mother’s set-ups and Meghna will have a date for the wedding from her nightmares.
But how can you fake it and get away with it, when you’re not faking it at all?
Love is more than just a game for two.
It’s 1857, and anxious debutante Beth has just one season to snag a wealthy husband, or she and her mother will be out on the street.
Gwen, on the other hand, is on her fourth season and counting, with absolutely no intention of finding a husband, possibly ever. She has plenty of security as the only daughter of a rakish earl, from whom she’s inherited her penchant for drinking too much and dancing ‘til dawn.
Beth and Gwen are enchanted with each other on sight. And it doesn’t take long for Gwen to hatch her latest scheme: rather than join the husband hunt, they should set up Gwen’s father and Beth’s newly-widowed mother.
They had a fling years ago, after all…
Can Beth and Gwen find a way to defy convention and be together? And will their parents find love along the way too?
CZY MONIKA ULEGNIE NACISKOM SWOJEGO APODYKTYCZNEGO MĘŻA I ZOSTANIE PRZYKŁADNĄ ŻONĄ I MATKĄ, CZY POSTAWI NA SWOIM, SPEŁNIAJĄC SIĘ W MĘSKIM ZAWODZIE?Monika na samą myśl o powiększeniu rodziny oblewa się zimnym potem. Zmieniające się ciało, płacz dziecka i wieczne poczucie obowiązku wcale nie przekonują jej do zostania matką, na co tak liczy jej mąż, Paweł. Mobbingująca przełożona również nie ułatwia jej życia. W przypływie emocji Monika decyduje się otworzyć swój własny warsztat samochodowy, czym kupuje sobie trochę czasu. Wciąż próbuje wymyślić sposób, jak obrzydzić mężowi rodzicielstwo, a pojawienie się w warsztacie jej byłej miłości, Kamila, jeszcze bardziej komplikuje sprawy.
'The most charming, life-enhancing novel I've read in ages' Sunday Times
'Thought-provoking and stylish' Guardian
Your ability to change everything - including yourself - starts here
Chemist Elizabeth Zott is not your average woman. In fact, she would be the first to point out that there is no such thing.
But it's the early 1960s and her all-male team at Hastings Research Institute take a very unscientific view of equality.
Forced to leave her job at the institute, she soon finds herself the reluctant star of America's most beloved cooking show, Supper at Six.
But as her following grows, not everyone is happy. Because as it turns out, Elizabeth Zott isn't just teaching women to cook.
She's daring them to change the status quo. One molecule at a time.
A BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR:
Guardian, Times, Sunday Times, New York Times, Good Housekeeping, Woman & Home, Stylist, TLS, Oprah Daily, Newsweek, Mail on Sunday, Entertainment Weekly, NPR, India Knight, Hay Festival, Waterstones, Amazon and many more!
Winner of the Goodreads Choice Best Debut Novel Award
Author of the Year at the British Book Awards
As read on BBC Radio Four
A BBC TV 'Between the Covers' pick
Hay Festival Book of the Year
Winner of the Books are My Bag Reader's Choice Award
Winner of the Books are My Bag Breakthrough Author Award
Shortlisted for the HWA Crown Award
'I loved Lessons in Chemistry and am devastated to have finished it!' Nigella Lawson
'Laugh-out-loud funny and brimming with life, generosity and courage' Rachel Joyce
'A novel that sparks joy with every page' Elizabeth Day
'Witty and sometimes hilarious … the Catch-22 of early feminism' Stephen King
'Biting and cheering in equal measure' Jojo Moyes
‘A beautiful, sharp, funny and dark modern classic. I adored it' Chris Whitaker
Anna Walsh had a dream life - according to everybody else.
She lived in New York, had a long-term boyfriend, and had The Best Job In The World working as a highly successful beauty PR.
So why did she decide to take a flamethrower to the lot?
Because now she's back Dublin, living with her parents. She's undeniably forty-eight, with no partner, no job, and no direction.
Anna's lost her purpose. She needs a new challenge to help her fall back in love with life again.
When an opportunity arises to solve a PR crisis in the tiny town of Maumtully, Anna leaps at the chance.
But will the appearance of an old love interest derail her plans?
Clover Brooks has forgotten how to live.
It might be because she spends her time caring for people in their final days, working as a death doula in New York City.
Or it might be because she has a regret of her own - one she can't bring herself to let go of.
But then she meets Claudia: a feisty old woman who has one last wish . . .
As Clover begins a new adventure, will she remember how to live her own big, beautiful life?
Stanisław Srokowski, ceniony za takie prozatorskie utwory jak „Ukraiński kochanek”, „Strach”, czy „Nienawiść” ( ekranizacja - „Wołyń” W. Smarzowskiego), a także za nowatorskie i piękne wiersze, w powieści „Dwie miłości licealisty” pogłębia swoje zainteresowanie odkrywczymi formami twórczej ekspresji. To oryginalna, a zarazem uniwersalna książka dla młodzieży licealnej i studentów, a także dla starszego pokolenia, które ceni sobie ironię, dowcip i satyryczne spojrzenie na rzeczywistość.
Pierwsza wersja tej powieści została nagrodzona w konkursie literackim w latach 80-tych XX w. Kilku wydawców chciało ją opublikować, lecz cenzura nie pozwoliła. Dopiero po przemianach politycznych jedno z wydawnictw wypuściło na rynek kilkadziesiąt egzemplarzy, jednak oficyna szybko wycofała się z działalności edytorskiej i autor nadal nad nią pracował, zmieniając tytuł, strukturę i wyostrzając wymowę. Pisarz z wielką demaskatorską siłą atakuje obłudę, banał i kiczowatość socrealistycznej kultury. I pokazuje ją w świetle karykatury i groteski, nie oszczędzając w bezkompromisowej narracji żadnej z dworskich, ceremonialnych polskich elit. A zarazem ujawnia hart ducha i moralną determinację młodzieży szkolnej w obronie własnej godności. Ostre, ironiczne pióro pisarza nie oszczędza nikogo.
Szesnastoletnia Magda nie ma lekkiego życia. Wychowuje się z rodzicami, którzy jej nie kochają, stosują kary cielesne i nie przejmują się jej losem. Gdy zachodzi w ciążę z kolegą ze szkoły, zostaje wyrzucona z domu. Schronienie znajduje u rodziny swojego partnera. Nie spodziewa się jednak, że to dopiero początek jej problemów…
Magda zaczyna podróż, która zmieni jej życie na zawsze. Kiedy stawia czoła kolejnym wyzwaniom, odkrywa coraz więcej zagadek dotyczących jej pochodzenia. A im więcej wie, tym trudniejsze wybory musi podejmować.
Zagubiona Doroty Rodzim to poruszająca historia o walce z przeciwnościami losu i szukaniu własnej tożsamości. To opowieść pełna barwnych postaci, tajemnic i lekcji o życiu. Czy Magda wreszcie odnajdzie swoje miejsce w świecie?
"Elena Ferrante jest jedną z najlepszych powieściopisarek naszych czasów. Jej głos jest żarliwy, poglądy szerokie, a spojrzenie zabójcze".New York Times "Ta wciągająca opowieść o dwóch przyjaciółkach Lili i Elenie, o Neapolu, o walkach rodzin, o politycznych rozgrywkach przełomu lat 60. i 70., o rewolucji seksualnej - jest przede wszystkim historią budzenia się kobiecej świadomości".Justyna Sobolewska, PolitykaElena i Lila, przyjaciółki znane czytelnikom z Genialnej przyjaciółki i Historii nowego nazwiska, to młode kobiety. Bardzo szybko musiały dorosnąć. Lila wyszła za mąż w wieku szesnastu lat, ma małego synka, porzuciła męża i dostatnie życie, pracuje w fabryce w bardzo ciężkich warunkach. Elena opuściła Neapol, ukończyła studia w Pizie i wydała dobrze sprzedającą się książkę, która otworzyła jej drzwi do świata ludzi zamożnych i wykształconych. Obie przez lata usiłowały pokonać bariery biedy, ignorancji i zależności, w jakich chciał je zamknąć los. Teraz ich życie biegnie w zawrotnym tempie przez lata siedemdziesiąte, przeplatając ze sobą chwile nadziei i niepewności, napięcia i rywalizacji. Nadal łączy je silna choć burzliwa przyjaźń, która to przygasa, to wybucha, prowadząc do nieoczekiwanych spotkań i zwrotów akcji.
"Spośród wielu sposobów, do których uciekają się pisarze, by opowiedzieć świat, preferuję posługiwanie się narracją precyzyjną, jasną i uczciwą, która opisuje fakty z życia codziennego w sposób fascynujący."(z wywiadu z autorką) "Ferrante udało się to, co poza Umbertowi Eco nie udało się we Włoszech po wojnie żadnemu z wielkich pisarzy mężczyzn - ani Primowi Leviemu, ani Italowi Calvinowi, ani włoskim noblistom poetom, Salvatoremu Quasimodo i Eugeniowi Montalemu, oraz dramaturgowi Dario Fo. Zyskała wielką popularność wśród światowej publiczności".Juliusz Kurkiewicz, Gazeta WyborczaSześćdziesięcioletnia Elena Greco dowiaduje się, że Lila, jej przyjaciółka z czasów dzieciństwa, zniknęła bez śladu. Elena przypuszcza, że przyjaciółka wprowadziła w życie swoje odwieczne pragnienie zniknięcia ze świata, w którym żyła, usunąwszy przedtem wszelkie ślady swego istnienia. Chcąc znaleźć wytłumaczenie dla tego gestu, Elena postanawia opowiedzieć niezwykłą historię ich przyjaźni. I tu rozpoczyna się podróż w przeszłość, która przeniesie czytelnika w lata pięćdziesiąte ubiegłego wieku, na przedmieścia Neapolu.Niezwykła opowieść o przyjaźni i dążeniu do wyrwania się z rzeczywistości zdominowanej przez biedę, ciemnotę i przemoc.
The first novel in the beloved Tales of the City series, Armistead Maupin’s best-selling San Francisco saga, is an uproariously moving novel and an indelible portrait of cultural change from the seventies.
Named as one of the BBC’s 100 Most Inspiring Novels, a PBS Great American Read Top 100 Pick and Britain’s favourite gay/lesbian novel from The Big Gay Read
Originally serialised in the San Francisco Chronicle in the 1970s, Armistead Maupin’s Tales of the City afforded a mainstream audience of millions its first exposure to straight and gay characters experiencing on equal terms the follies of urban life.
Among the cast of this ground-breaking saga are the lovelorn residents of 28 Barbary Lane: the bewildered but aspiring Mary Ann Singleton, the libidinous Brian Hawkins; Mona Ramsey, still in a sixties trance, Michael 'Mouse' Tolliver, forever in bright-eyed pursuit of Mr. Right; and their marijuana-growing landlady, the indefatigable Mrs. Madrigal.
Hurdling barriers both social and sexual, Maupin leads them through heartbreak and triumph, through nail-biting terrors and gleeful coincidences. The result is a glittering and addictive comedy of manners that continues to beguile new generations of readers.
The second novel in the beloved Tales of the City series, Armistead Maupin’s best-selling San Francisco saga.
‘Entertains, illuminates… A cultural touchstone that has enlarged our understanding of the varieties of human behavior’ Washington Post
The tenants of 28 Barbary Lane have fled their cosy nest for adventures far afield. Mary Ann Singleton finds love at sea with a forgetful stranger, Mona Ramsey discovers her doppelgänger in a desert whorehouse, and Michael Tolliver bumps into his favourite gynaecologist in a Mexican bar. Meanwhile, their venerable landlady takes the biggest journey of all—without ever leaving home.
Hurdling barriers both social and sexual, Maupin leads the eccentric tenants of Barbary Lane through heartbreak and triumph, through nail-biting terrors and gleeful coincidences in 1970s San Francisco. The result is a glittering and addictive comedy of manners that continues to beguile new generations of readers.
The third novel in the beloved Tales of the City series, Armistead Maupin’s best-selling San Francisco saga.
‘An enormously talented writer… By writing about what's seemingly different Armistead Maupin always manages to capture what's so hilariously painfully true for all of us’ Amy Tan
The calamity-prone residents of 28 Barbary Lane are at it again in this deliciously dark novel of romance and betrayal. While Anna Madrigal imprisons an anchor-woman in her basement, Michael Tolliver looks for love at the National Gay Rodeo, DeDe Halcyon Day and Mary Ann Singleton track a charismatic psychopath across Alaska, and society columnist Prue Giroux loses her heart to a derelict living in a San Francisco park.
Hurdling barriers both social and sexual, Maupin leads the eccentric tenants of Barbary Lane through heartbreak and triumph, through nail-biting terrors and gleeful coincidences in 1970s San Francisco. The result is a glittering and addictive comedy of manners that continues to beguile new generations of readers.
The fourth novel in the beloved Tales of the City series, Armistead Maupin’s best-selling San Francisco saga.
‘A consummate entertainer who has made a generation laugh.... It is Maupin's Dickensian gift to be able to render love convincingly’ Edmund White, Times Literary Supplement
When an ordinary househusband and his ambitious wife decide to start a family, they discover there’s more to making a baby than meets the eye. Help arrives in the form of a grieving gay neighbour, a visiting monarch, and the dashing young lieutenant who defects from her yacht. Bittersweet and profoundly affecting, Babycakes was the first piece of fiction to acknowledge the arrival of AIDS.
Hurdling barriers both social and sexual, Maupin leads the eccentric tenants of Barbary Lane through heartbreak and triumph, through nail-biting terrors and gleeful coincidences in 1970s San Francisco. The result is a glittering and addictive comedy of manners that continues to beguile new generations of readers.
The bookworm and the basketball player are about to meet their match.
Kendall Holiday spends her Fridays exactly where she wants to be: ensconced in a romance novel in an empty college library working the graveyard shift. The quiet of the library is dependable, and gives Kendall an excellent excuse for skipping out on the loud, raucous start to the weekend. Lost in the pages of her favorite love stories, Kendall blocks out the world--until Vincent Knight, the school's star basketball player, turns up.Handsome, tall, and extremely popular, Vincent's a standout on the court, but he's out of his depth in the stacks: he's got an urgent assignment due and doesn't have a clue where to start. When his meet-cute with Kendall turns into a steamy make-out session, neither are quite prepared for what comes next.Opposites might attract in romance novels . . . but it takes a lot more truth than tropes to make it work in real life.
‘It was always going to be difficult to follow Lowborn, but Kerry Hudson is Kerry Hudson and she has done it – cleverly, honestly, brilliantly’ RODDY DOYLE
'Filled with colour: food, Prague, illness, love, the challenges of having a baby in a foreign country and making your own story' AMY LIPTROT
In Newborn, prizewinning writer Kerry Hudson navigates trying to build a nourishing, safe and loving family - without a blueprint to work from
Kerry Hudson is celebrated for her emotionally and politically powerful writing about growing up in poverty. Her books and journalism have changed the conversation and touched countless lives.
In this new book she asks: what next, after a childhood like hers? What hope is there of creating a different life for herself, let alone future generations? We see how Kerry found love, what it took to decide to start a family of her own and how fragile every step of the journey towards parenthood was. All along the way, she faces obstacles that would test the strongest foundations, from struggles with fertility to being locked down in a Prague maternity hospital to a marriage in crisis. But over and over again, her love, hope, fight -- and determination to break patterns and give her son a different life -- win through and light her path.
Newborn is a beautiful, empowering memoir about creating a family in the midst of chaos, and learning new ways to find happiness. It continues the journey Kerry started in her bestselling memoir Lowborn, illuminating her experiences of becoming a mother, reshaping her future and reclaiming her identity.
PRAISE FOR KERRY HUDSON:
‘It’s not just Kerry Hudson’s writing that is vibrant, authentic and true, it’s the person herself, it’s where the writing comes from; a wise and generous heart’ KIT DE WAAL
'Hudson’s resilience, grace and humility are staggering. She’s an absolute inspiration’ DOUGLAS STUART
‘Kerry Hudson blew me away, opened my eyes’ PHILIPPA PERRY
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