Laura Moriarty delves into the complexities of human relationships and the impact of societal forces on individual lives. Her writing style is characterized by an empathetic lens on her characters and a keen portrayal of everyday situations that often conceal deeper emotional truths. Through her works, she seeks to illuminate the subtle nuances of human experience and the significance of solidarity in the modern world.
On a summer's day in 1922 Cora Carlisle boards a train from Wichita, Kansas, to New York City, leaving behind a marriage that's not as perfect as it seems and a past that she buried long ago. She is charged with the care of a stunning young girl with a jet-black fringe and eyes wild and wise beyond her fifteen years.
Engrossed in a new relationship to the point that her studies begin to suffer, college junior Veronica is devastated when a plea for help goes unheeded, but a surprising request from her mother teaches her about family, love, and independence.
In The Rest of Her Life, Laura Moriarty delivers a luminous, compassionate, and provocative look at how mothers and daughters with the best intentions can be blind to the harm they do to one another.Leigh is the mother of high-achieving, popular high school senior Kara. Their relationship is already strained for reasons Leigh does not fully understand when, in a moment of carelessness, Kara makes a mistake that ends in tragedy -- the effects of which not only divide Leigh's family, but polarize the entire community. We see the story from Leigh's perspective, as she grapples with the hard reality of what her daughter has done and the devastating consequences her actions have on the family of another teenage girl in town, all while struggling to protect Kara in the face of rising public outcry.Like the best works of Jane Hamilton, Jodi Picoult, and Alice Sebold, Laura Moriarty's The Rest of Her Life is a novel of complex moral dilemma, filled with nuanced characters and a page-turning plot that makes readers ask themselves, "What would I do"
Das Leben ist unberechenbar mit einer Mutter, die nie eines ihrer Versprechen hält - das musste Evelyn früh lernen. Doch an wen kann sich eine hochbegabte Zehnjährige aus der Provinz wenden, die ihren Vater nie kennengelernt hat und deren Mutter jeden Tag zu einer neuen Herausforderung werden lässt? Laura Moriarty erzählt uns in mitreißender Weise von einer ungewöhnlichen Mutter-Tochter-Beziehung - und sie zeigt uns, wie wichtig es ist, den eigenen Weg im Leben zu finden.
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Tutte le civiltà, dall'antica Mesopotamia all'Estremo Oriente, dal mondo classico al medioevo cristiano, dalle culture tribali dell'Africa e dell'Oceania ai popoli dell'America precolombiana, si sono nutrite di simboli. E simboli antichissimi riaffiorano nelle metafore quotidiane e nei nostri sogni. In questo doppio dizionario vengono presentate 1600 voci, compilate da un gruppo internazionale di ricercatori, con ricerche sulla storia delle religioni, sulla mitologia, sulla psicologia e sull'antropologia per fornirci un elenco di simboli il più completo possibile.