Richard Roper
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Andrew's day-to-day is a little grim, searching for next of kin for those who die alone. Thankfully, he has a loving family waiting for him when he gets home, to help wash the day's cares away. At least, that's what his coworkers believe. Andrew didn't mean for the misunderstanding to happen, yet he's become trapped in his own white lie. The fantasy of his wife and two kids has become a pleasant escape from his lonely one bedroom with only his Ella...
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Una novela de estreno muy divertida y que puede resonar a los lectores de Eleanor Oliphant buenísima: la historia de un hombre al que se le ofrece una segunda oportunidad de vida y amor cuando desarrolla una amistad inesperada: si es capaz de contar la mentira blanca que dijo hace años y que ya se ha convertido algo mucho más complejo.
El día a día de Andrew es un poco sombrío, su trabajo consiste en buscar familiares
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Es ist nie zu spät für einen Neuanfang - und für die große Liebe
Andrews Beruf ist der Tod. Seine Arbeit als Nachlassverwalter ist nichts für Zartbesaitete, aber zum Glück wartet zuhause eine liebevolle Familie auf ihn, die ihn aufheitert - glauben zumindest seine Kollegen. Aber das ist nur eine Notlüge, die irgendwann ein Eigenleben entwickelt hat. In Wahrheit wohnt Andrew allein in einem Londoner Ein-Zimmer-Apartment und führt ein genauso...
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2019
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Unabridged
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English
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Previously published as How Not to Die Alone
Smart, darkly funny, and life-affirming, for fans of Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine, Something to Live For is the bighearted debut novel we all need, a story about love, loneliness, and the importance of taking a chance when we feel we have the most to lose.
"Off-beat and winning...Gives resiliency and the triumph of the human spirit a good name."...
Smart, darkly funny, and life-affirming, for fans of Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine, Something to Live For is the bighearted debut novel we all need, a story about love, loneliness, and the importance of taking a chance when we feel we have the most to lose.
"Off-beat and winning...Gives resiliency and the triumph of the human spirit a good name."...
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Zwei Freunde: Einer von ihnen hat ein Geheimnis, der andere lebt eine Lüge. So beginnen sie ihre Reise auf dem Weg zurück zu sich selbst und zueinander - 184 Meilen entlang der Themse. Eine Reise, die die bittersüßen Höhen und Tiefen des Lebens widerspiegelt und die man nicht so schnell vergisst.
Theo lebt im Gartenschuppen seiner Eltern, wo er ein gebrochenes Herz und ein verletztes Ego pflegt, überzeugt, das Leben könne nicht noch schlimmer...
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2024.
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English
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"From the author of Something to Live For, a poignant and funny story about a man whose wife disappeared seven years ago and his journey to find her or find out what happened, interwoven with the story of their relationship, revealing how sometimes the biggest secrets are the ones we keep from ourselves"--
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[2020]
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English
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"Kenneth Allen Gibson, the first African American mayor of Newark, New Jersey, was born in 1931 in the town of Enterprise, Alabama. He graduated from high school in Enterprise in 1950 and joined the U.S. Army as a civil engineer. He remained in the Army until 1958. After his discharge, he took a job as a New Jersey State Highway Patrol trooper while simultaneously attending Newark College. Gibson graduated with a B.S. in Civil Engineering in 1963....
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