Лучшие книги Адель Жера

Как найти и не потерять единственного человека, который предназначен тебе небесами? Как разглядеть любовь, которая сделает тебя счастливым? Как найти в себе силы изменить привычный ход жизни и доверить сердце действительно любимому человеку...

На все эти нелегкие вопросы предстоит ответить героям романа - Джосс и Грэхему, которые встретились слишком поздно, но не могут расстаться, захваченные чувством, не подвластным голосу рассудка.

Адель Жера, прежде чем профессионально посвятить себя литературному труду в 1976 году, была актрисой, певицей, преподавала французский язык. Автор популярных романов и множества книг для детей и юношества. Роман "" не отпускает внимания читателя до последней строчки, автор искусно и тонко описывает интригующие события, скрывающиеся за внешним лоском…

Many years have passed since the end of the Trojan War, and Penelope is still waiting for her husband, Odysseus, to return home. The city of Ithaka is overrun with uncouth suitors from the surrounding islands who are vying to win Penelope's hand in marriage, thereby gaining control of the land. When a naked, half-drowned man washes up on the beach, everything changes. . . .

Told through the eyes of Klymene, a young girl who is like a daughter to Penelope--and who longs for more than friendship from the young prince Telemachus--Ithaka captures the quiet strength and patience of a woman's enduring love for her husband and the ensuing chaos that threatens all as Penelope is pressured to remarry.

In a scene that echoes "Rapunzel," Megan looks down from her tower room at a cloistered all-girls boarding school in England and observes the arrival of the new laboratory assistant, Simon Findlay.

As soon as their eyes meet, their love blossoms--and Simon begins to scale the scaffolding into the tower room for clandestine trysts. But when Dorothy, the school's science teacher and Megan's guardian, discovers the young couple's affair, Megan's sheltered world is shattered forever.

At her christening, Alice was cursed by her thirteenth aunt to never grow old, but rather to be extinguished like a candle on her eighteenth birthday. Alice's relatives try to undo the curse while Alice grows up oblivious to the problem. At her eighteenth birthday ball, something horrible happens to Alice, causing her to stop talking to anyone. She does write in her diary, where she describes longing for the return of her true love, her fears about leaving school, descriptions of the roses growing in her father's garden, and finally the truth about what happened to her at her birthday party. This well-written book mixes fantasy and reality as it explores what happens to a young girl who has been raped.

This book is the last in a trilogy about British schoolgirls whose lives mimic those of characters we are all familiar with from childhood fairy tales. The main character, Bella, has an ongoing rivalry with her stepmother, Marjorie. Marjorie is jealous of her stepdaughter's great beauty and sends her off to boarding school. Bella escapes by joining a band of rock musicians. Marjorie finds Bella and tries to poison her. Her first attempt is unsuccessful, but Marjorie does not give up easily. The well-developed characters help to add great intrigue to this cleverly written novel for teens. In spite of the familiar plot, young adult readers will find very detailed images and characters add suspense to every page. The book is a sure-fire winner for mystery lovers.

A sumptuous retelling of the classic fairy tale SLEEPING BEAUTY with gorgeous full-color art that will bring this tale to life for a new generation of readers.

The classic tale of SLEEPING BEAUTY is retold by acclaimed author Adele Geras, and joined with detailed paintings that bring the story to life.

When the king and queen throw a banquet in honor of the birth of their daughter, they invite all of the fairies, but one, Skura, who attends the feast, seeking revenge. She curses the baby, but her evil intentions are undone by the good fairy who instead promises years of sleep.

The pages are trimmed with exquisite borders to give it a classic feel, and the lavish full-color art is highlighted with black and white sketches.

Ranging from folktales to contemporary stories, this anthology celebrates the richness of the Jewish heritage. The stellar list of contributors includes Isaac Bashevis Singer, Lynn Reid Banks, and Michael Rosen.