Johannes Jonkers Books

Bundeling van twee romans waarin de communicatie tussen mensen en paarden en wolven een grote rol speelt.

Helen Ross is a 29-year-old biologist, sent into a hostile place to protect the wolves from those who seek to destroy them. She struggles for survival and for self-esteem, embarking on a love affair with the 18-year-old son of her most powerful oponent, brutal and charismatic rancher, Buck Calder

In this extraordinary coming-of-age odyssey, Wally Lamb invites us to hitch a wild ride on a journey of love, pain, and renewal with the most heartbreakingly comical heroine to come along in years. Meet Dolores Price. She's 13, wise-mouthed but wounded, having bid her childhood goodbye. Stranded in front of her bedroom TV, she spends the next few years nourishing herself with the Mallomars, potato chips, and Pepsi her anxious mother supplies. When she finally orbits into young womanhood at 257 pounds, Dolores is no stronger and life is no kinder. But this time she's determined to rise to the occasion and give herself one more chance before she really goes under.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Alexandra Fuller shares visceral memories of her childhood in Africa, focusing on her headstrong mother. This is a tale of terrible beauty that invites readers to get lost in its pages repeatedly. Full of mischief and heart, the narrative is hair-raising and thrilling. Though it chronicles an unruly life in a harsh environment, Fuller’s writing is infused with humor, even in the face of adversity. Her debut is captivating, unsentimental, and unflinching. In wry prose, she confronts disaster while reflecting on her extraordinary family during extraordinary times. From 1972 to 1990, Fuller—known as Bobo—grew up on various farms in southern and central Africa. Her father fought for the white government in the Rhodesian civil war, often away from home, while her mother embraced their rugged life with passion and energy. Though loving, she had little patience for neediness, teaching her daughters resilience, self-sufficiency, and the importance of strong opinions. Bobo developed a love for reading and storytelling, which became her salvation. Fuller poignantly depicts her journey from girlhood to womanhood and writer against a backdrop of unrest, creating a deeply felt portrait of her bond with the continent and its people.

When forty-seven-year-old high school teacher Caelum Quirk and his younger wife, Maureen, move to Littleton, Colorado, they both secure jobs at Columbine High School. In April 1999, Caelum travels back to Three Rivers, Connecticut, to care for his aunt after her stroke, leaving Maureen behind. She finds herself trapped in the school library, hiding from two vengeful students on a premeditated shooting spree. Miraculously, she survives, but the trauma leaves her unable to heal. The couple flees to the Quirk family farm in Three Rivers, seeking safety, but the chaos lingers, leading to further tragedy. As Maureen battles to reclaim her sanity, Caelum uncovers old diaries, letters, and newspaper clippings in his family's home. These documents reveal a rich history spanning five generations of Quirk ancestors, from the Civil War to Caelum's own troubled upbringing. As he pieces together their stories, long-buried emotions of fear, anger, guilt, and grief resurface. Caelum confronts unexpected revelations from the past while striving to build a future from the remnants of tragedy. His quest for meaning and faith transforms into a mythic journey that resonates with contemporary American themes.

Imagine becoming a bestselling novelist while still in college, and almost immediately famous and wealthy, then seeing your insufferable father reduced to a bag of ashes in a safety-deposit box, even as your celebrity drowns in a sea of vilification, booze and drugs.

"Truly mesmerizing." MILWAUKEE JOURNAL New England, 1887. The millionaire William Knight is brutally murdered and the only witness is his grandchild, Richard, who himself disappears, and is presumed dead. Eighteen years later, Richard is "recognized" in Switzerland in the person of Alexander von Reisden, and William Knight's only son, Gilbert, is convinced that this man is the long lost child. Reisden, himself, has no memory of any childhood, and his own growing obsession with finding the real Richard is leading him closer to a shattering thruth. And to a killer, still at large.... "A most satisfying tale." NEW YORK DAILY NEWS A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK

Judge Oliver Garland has just died in suspicious circumstances. Conservative and famously controversial, Garland has made many enemies. Many years ago, he'd earned a judge's highest prize: a Supreme Court nomination. This is a work of fiction, a crafted tapestry of ambition, family secrets, murder, and justice gone terribly wrong.

Een troep wolven waart in de bosrijke omgeving van het dorpje Hope in Montana, de streek waar ze een eeuw geleden volledig werden uitgeroeid. Nu worden ze beschermd door de wet en door de jonge biologe Helen Ross, die in het gebied is om deze prachtige wilde dieren te observeren. Ook moet ze zien te voorkomen dat de wolven opnieuw worden afgeschoten. Dit tot groot ongenoegen van de lokale schapenfokkers, die hun kuddes bedreigd zien.