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Joanna TrollopeSeries

This series delves into the complexities of relationships and power dynamics within family life, often focusing on generational clashes and unexpected life turns. It follows characters navigating personal crises, professional ambitions, and the pursuit of happiness, frequently exploring the impact of significant age gaps in partnerships. The author sensitively portrays emotions, examining the balance between the desire for stability and the need for personal fulfillment.

A Passionate Man
Second Honeymoon
The Other Family
Other People's Children
Muži a dívky
Marrying the Mistress

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  1. 1

    Muži a dívky

    • 253 pages
    • 9 hours of reading
    3.7(10)Add rating

    Jaké jsou osudy dvou odlišných žen, jež spojuje jediný prvek - obě jsou podstatně mladší než jejich partneři? Julia Hunterová a Kate Bainová našly, jak se zdá, skutečné štěstí s muži, kteří by mohli být jejich otcové. Bezchybná Julie organizuje svého muže Hugha, televizní celebritu, stejně zdatně jako jejich milovanou domácnost a andělská dvojčata. Kate žije už osm let s Jamesem Mallowem, učitelem v důchodu a ačkoliv si ho odmítá vzít, je zřejmě, že ho zbožňuje. Hugh a James jsou celoživotními přáteli a nyní po šedesátce se cítí jako v nebi. Ale věkové rozdíly nemohou být ignorovány navždy. James srazí z kola při své roztržité večerní jízdě deštivým Oxfordem slečnu Beatrici Bachelorovou. Ve chvíli, kdy tato excentrická a velmi nezávislá stará panna vstoupí do jejich života, spustí se řetězec událostí, během kterých vyjde najevo nespokojenost a mnoho frustrací. Kate začne vyhledávat přátele v jejím věku, zatímco Julia najde rozkvět své kariéry přesně v době, kdy její manžel začíná přirozeně upadat. Poklidné životy těchto mužů a dívek jsou silně narušeny novými vztahy a starými pocity úzkosti, které vyplývají na povrch. Cítí, že to už nikdy nebude stejně poklidné jako dřív.

    Muži a dívky
  2. 2

    A Passionate Man

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    The Logans were an enchanting and admirable couple. Archie had snatched Liza from her own engagement party to someone else, wooed her, swept her off to his father in Scotland, and finally married her. Now bedded firmly into country life-three children, Archie the village doctor, Liza a teacher, everything comfortable, funny, affectionate, --they awaited the arrival of Archie's father, the brilliant Sir Andrew Logan, a widower for over thirty years. When his city-clean Rover stopped in the drive, Sir Andrew was not alone. Beside him was a golden lady in caramel suede, a warm, witty, desirable widow whom everyone--except Archie--adored at once. Archie saw his father's mistress as the worm in the bud of his perfect life--a life that was to be wrenched apart before he and Liza could re-create their world.

    A Passionate Man
  3. 3

    Marrying the Mistress

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    Simon Stockdale spells it out for his son Jack; your grandfather is proposing to leave your grandmother to whom he has been married for forty years and marry a woman with whom he has been having an affair for seven years. What can this mean to Jack in the throes of his first love affair? Or to Simon's wife, Carrie: And what of the mistress - a barrister who has fallen in love with a judge twice her age?

    Marrying the Mistress
  4. 4

    Other People's Children

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    This novel explores the myths, the realities and the difficulties of trying to deal simultaneously with present relationships, past relationships and, above all, with other people's children.

    Other People's Children
  5. 5

    Second Honeymoon

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    Ben Is, At Last, Leaving Home. At Twenty-Two, He'S The Youngest Of The Family. His Mother, Edie, An Actress, Is Distraught. His Father, Russell, A Theatrical Agent, Is Rather Hoping To Get His Wife Back. His Brother, Matthew, Is Struggling In A Relationship In Which He Achieves And Earns Less Than His Girlfriend. And His Sister, Rosa, Is Wrestling With Debt And The End Of A Turbulent Love Affair.Meet The Boyd Family And The Empty Nest, Twentieth-Century Style.

    Second Honeymoon
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    The Other Family

    • 448 pages
    • 16 hours of reading
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    Chrissie, in the twenty-three years she'd been together with Richie, had always believed that he loved her. Then suddenly Richie is no longer there, and without him Chrissie's carefully constructed life is in jeopardy.The one big fact she had always tried to keep from her daughters threatens to overwhelm them all.

    The Other Family