Zum ersten Mal berücksichtigt ein Ratgeber, dass Hämophilie-Betroffene auch an Bluthochdruck erkranken können. Was die Unterschiede und Möglichkeiten sind und in welchen Fällen das Hämophiliezentrum kontaktiert werden sollte, wird hier erläutert. Neben der medikamentösen und nicht-medikamentösen Therapie stehen Ursachen, Anzeichen, Vorbeugung, Folgen sowie die Diagnose von Bluthochdruck im Mittelpunkt. Sie erhalten somit erstmals wertvolle Richtlinien, um mit ihren erhöhten Werten richtig umzugehen.
Isabel vient de fêter ses quarante ans. Ce n'est pas le désastre annoncé par son amie Carlotta. À peine une ponctuation dans la douce fuite des jours. Un mari, une fille, un atelier de confection de masques : la vie continue. Toutefois, Dan, le mari, lassé de son métier, ne vit plus que pour le théâtre. Il a connu un premier succès à Oxford et n'aime pas voir ses manuscrits refusés. Sylvie, la fille, a beau porter un regard affectueux sur le couple que forment ses parents, elle n'en est pas moins une adolescente en conflit ouvert avec sa mère et n'en fait qu'à sa tête. Quant à Bert, l'ami de jeunesse de Dan, de retour après avoir travaillé à New York, il n'est ni aveugle, ni sourd, ni muet vis-à-vis des femmes qui l'entourent. Et Carlotta, la bonne copine célibataire, qui cumule les aventures, éprouve un gros faible pour Dan. Des êtres fragiles et ambigus, les troubles du désir, une valse des sentiments, des épilogues amoureux inattendus... Un roman fort et tendre sur la vie contemporaine.
»Tu, was du für richtig hältst« diesen Ratschlag erhält George vor dem Tod seines Vaters. Also beschließt er, die Anwaltskarriere an den Nagel zu hängen unddie Farm weiterzuführen, auf der er aufgewachsen ist. Mit Hilfe seiner Nachbarn läuft der landwirtschaftliche Betrieb erstaunlich gut. Ganz überraschend taucht eines Tages Lily auf, eine alte Studienfreundin von George. Mit ihrer unbefangenen Art gelingt es ihr, sein Herz zu erobern. Doch dann verschwindet sie und läßt nur einen langen Brief und ihren geliebten Garten zurück Angela Huth erzählt die bewegende Geschichte von einer großen Liebe und der Suche nach dem unvergänglichen Glück.»Wunderschön erzählt, mit Eleganz und einer gewissen ironischen Gelassenheit.«Country Life
Die Ehe von Grace und William Hendel ist auf stille Vertrautheit gegründet. Beide lassen sich von fast nichts stören, bis ein weibliches Mitglied in seinem Streichquartett aufgenommen wird und Williams Gemüt in unvorhergesehene Wallungen versetzt.
The Jewels of Tessa Kent / A Kept Woman / Wives of the Fisherman
The Jewels of Tessa Kent: This is a tale of a mother and her illegitimate daughter's relationship gone wrong and a story of love and loss set against the backdrop of the international auction houses. A Kept Woman: Tells the story of Serena Carmichael, she had knowledge; knowledge of herself - who she was, what she had, where she was going, her most precious possessions was her family. The police thought she knew everything, a woman in so much control of her life must know her husbands whereabouts. Her friends can't believe she didn't know. Which leaves Serena very alone, the only thing she knows for certain is that her husband loves her - or does he? Wives of the Fishermen: From the critically acclaimed author of "Land Girls" (soon to be a major motion picture from Gramercy Pictures) comes a new novel that explores the intricate mechanism of women's friendship with tenderness, intelligence, and understanding.
William and Grace share what seems to them an ideal marriage. William enjoys a successful career in a relatively famous string quartet, and Grace is a children's book illustrator. Both in their 50s, neither have any reason to believe that their relationship could be threatened. But when Andrew, the quartet's viola player, retires with arthritis, he is replaced by the beautiful Bonnie, and the remaining male trio find the internal relations of the quartet have changed dramatically. Soon William can't think of anyone or anything else, and begins to work out stratagems for inviting Bonnie to lunch or to prevent her from spending too much time with Grant, the cello player, who is his main rival for her attention. It is not long before William has even begun to think the unthinkable: that his faithful, loving wife Grace Has Got To Go... Angela Huth has been compared to Jane Austen and Mrs Gaskell, and her novels gleam with beautiful observations and utterly convincing characters. In this, her ninth novel, she is at her superlative best, casting a wise and witty eye on mid-life crises and modern marriage.
Ravishing, extravagant, flirtatious Annie Macleoud and kind, plain, virtuous Myrtle Duns cannot remember a time when they were not the most loving, rivalrous and unlikely of friends, unflinchingly loyal to each other in the harsh climate of the Scottish fishing village which is their home. Their extraordinary friendship has been tested many times, most of all when, against all expectations, it is Myrtle who embarks upon the great and passionate love affair of her life, while the beautiful Annie finds only disappointment. Yet Myrtle and Annie approach middle age together, making their slow and uncertain progress towards happiness, fishermen's wives forever gazing out to the unforgiving sea, until a horrifying accident destroys their equilibrium. Instead of finding strength from each other, however, a deep and terrible rift opens up between them, exposing all the secret sadness, the jealousy and betrayal each has carefully hidden over the years. .
Stella arrives at Hallows Farm after bidding farewell to her love, naval officer Philip. Agatha, a recent Cambridge graduate, will experience a new kind of education on the farm, while Prue, a Manchester hairdresser, is unaccustomed to manual labor after her lively city life.
SOUTH OF THE LIGHTS weaves the story of Evans and Brenda, lovers in a Midlands village, whose happiest hours are spent in the hayloft of the chicken farm on which she works. They have no other roof under which they can be alone together - until the mysterious, romantic Augusta comes to their aid. Evans' desire to possess Brenda results sometimes in passion, sometimes in violence, but Brenda finds sympathy in the company of the fragile and sweet-natured Lark with whom she shares a flat in the local town. Excelling in the illumination of the surprising facets of people's daily lives, Angela Huth reveals their private hopes, rages, fantasies and despair, with an original and moving blend of humour, imagination and pathos.
