Noor Koch Book order (chronological)

Charles Redfern is in a coma. As he lies motionless in hospital, his wife Anne and daughter Charlotte are forced to come together to confront their relationships with him - and with each other. Anne, once regarded as beautiful and clever, has felt herself disappearing for years, paling beside her husband's harsh brilliance. Anxious to fit in with the expectations of the people around her, she keeps her disillusionment buried inside, mechanically attending the endless round of drinks parties and dinners in her keenly social neighbourhood, and trying to ignore the guilt that trails behind her like a shadow. Charlotte, battling an inner darkness that threatens to overwhelm her, is desperate to prevent her relationship with not-yet-divorced Gabriel from disintegrating through her own self-sabotage. As the full truth of Charles's hold over them emerges into the light, both women must come to terms with the choices they have made, and the uncertainty of a future without the figure that has dominated them for so long. Elizabeth Day's debut novel speaks beautifully and frankly about the banal horror of fractured relationships and the uncomfortable truths behind smiling family photographs. Poetic, absorbing and deeply moving, Scissors, Paper, Stone is a story of damage, survival and restoration, and of the powerful ties that bind us together.

The Rain Watcher is a powerful family drama set in Paris as the Malegarde family gathers to celebrate the father's 70th birthday. Their hidden fears and secrets are slowly unraveled as the City of Light undergoes a stunning natural disaster. Seen through the eyes of charismatic photographer Linden Malegarde, the youngest son, all members of the family will have to fight to keep their unity against tragic circumstances. In this profound and intense novel of love and redemption, De Rosnay demonstrates all of her writer's skills both as an incredible storyteller but also as a soul seeker.

Un mari souvent absent. Un métier qui ne l'épanouit guère. Un quotidien banal. Colombe Barou est une femme sans histoires. Comment imaginer ce qui l'attend dans le charmant appartement où elle vient d'emménager ? À l'étage supérieur, un inconnu lui a déclaré la guerre. Seule l'épaisseur d'un plancher la sépare désormais de son pire ennemi... Quel prix est-elle prète à payer pour retrouver sommeil et sérénité ? Grâce à un scénario implacable, Tatiana de Rosnay installe une tension psychologique extrème. Situant le danger à notre porte, elle réveille nos terreurs intimes. Rien ne se passe comme le lecteur habitué aux films d'horreur ou aux comédies romantiques pourrait s'y attendre: entre thriller domestique, conflit intime et roman initiatique, l'auteure brouille les cartes et conduit son histoire vers une issue aussi subtile qu'inattendue. Karine Papillaud, Le Point.

One day at a suburban barbecue, a man slaps a child who is not his own.

Maggie O’Farrell takes readers on a journey to the darker places of the human heart, where desires struggle with the imposition of social mores. This haunting story explores the seedy past of Victorian asylums, the oppression of family secrets, and the way truth can change everything. In the middle of tending to the everyday business at her vintage clothing shop and sidestepping her married boyfriend’s attempts at commitment, Iris Lockhart receives a stunning phone call: Her great-aunt Esme, whom she never knew existed, is being released from Cauldstone Hospital - where she has been locked away for over sixty years. Iris’s grandmother Kitty always claimed to be an only child. But Esme’s papers prove she is Kitty’s sister, and Iris can see the shadow of her dead father in Esme’s face. Esme has been labeled harmless - sane enough to coexist with the rest of the world. But Esme’s still basically a stranger, a family member never mentioned by the family, and one who is sure to bring life-altering secrets with her when she leaves the ward. If Iris takes her in, what dangerous truths might she inherit? Maggie O’Farrell’s intricate tale of family secrets, lost lives, and the freedom brought by truth will haunt readers long past its final page.

It's Jake's birthday. He has lost his wife, his son is in prison and he is about to lose his past.As the disease takes hold of him, the key events of his life shift, and what until recently seemed solid fact melts into surreal imaginings. And why exactly is his son in prison?From the first sentence to the last, The Wilderness holds us in its grip.

From the bestselling, critically acclaimed author of HAMNET and I AM, I AM, I AM, comes an intense, breathtakingly accomplished story of a woman's life stolen, and reclaimed. 'Unputdownable' Ali Smith Edinburgh in the 1930s. The Lennox family is having trouble with its youngest daughter. Esme is outspoken, unconventional, and repeatedly embarrasses them in polite society. Something will have to be done. Years later, a young woman named Iris Lockhart receives a letter informing her that she has a great-aunt in a psychiatric unit who is about to be released. Iris has never heard of Esme Lennox and the one person who should know more, her grandmother Kitty, seems unable to answer Iris's questions. What could Esme have done to warrant a lifetime in an institution? And how is it possible for a person to be so completely erased from a family's history?

Een uit Sénégal afkomstige intelligente jonge vrouw vestigt zich in Frankrijk; voor haar familie is ze een rijke vrouw, maar in Frankrijk heeft ze geen enkel aanzien.

La vie est-elle plus belle lorsqu'on la contemple de l'autre côté du lit ? C'est ce qu'imaginent Ariane et Hugo, quand ils demandent à l'huissier venu constater le retard des travaux de leur maison de les aider à échanger leurs vies - et accessoirement leurs métiers, chéquiers, voitures... En se mettant à la place de l'autre, pensent-ils, ils vaincront cette routine qui, après dix ans de mariage, leur donne le sentiment d'être des hamsters pédalant dans une roue. Mais s'improvise-t-on vendeur de bijoux à domicile lorsqu'on a dirigé une entreprise de location de matériel de chantier ? Se fait-on respecter d'employés larges comme des frigidaires quand on pèse cinquante-deux kilos et qu'on a les cheveux blonds yorkshire ? Résiste-t-on à la tentation lorsque 98 % de vos clientes vous ouvrent la porte en déshabillé parme ? Supporte-t-on longtemps de ne plus être celle que les enfants réclament pour les câlins du soir ? Et comment tient-on le cap face aux regards désapprobateurs d'une belle-mère trop parfaite pour être honnête et d'amis goguenards ? A la surprise de tous, cette expérience, sans doute la plus folle depuis l'invention du mariage, portera ses fruits. Peut-être pas ceux que l'on attendait...

De dochter van de ambitieuze gouverneur van Louisiana verdenkt haar vader van de moord op haar depressieve moeder.