Showing results for "Frank" in Friendship

Frank is a miserable old curmudgeon. An agoraphobic recluse and widower whose only company is the 'ghost' of his wife, Marcie. He is estranged from friends and family and is entirely cut off from the rest of the world. That is until he meets Red. Red is six years old. He's a funny, imaginative, and kind little boy who - following the separation of his parents - moves in next door. Red is fascinated by his new neighbour and seemingly oblivious to Frank's grumpy demeanour and strange ways.

After a difficult five years, at age forty-three, Nina Morgan Clarke’s time has finally arrived. With an ex-husband relocated across the country, her father bouncing back after the loss of his beloved wife, and her daughter, Xandra, thriving at boarding school, Nina is stepping into her dream job as a trifecta: a first-generation, Black female head of the storied Royal-Hawkins School. To mark the moment, Nina and her best friend, Marisol, take a long-overdue girls’ trip to celebrate the second half of Nina’s life—which is shaping up to be the best part of her life.

When tragedy strikes Marjette’s street, and an unexpected child shows up on the first day of school with an uncle who has all the class moms aflutter, Marjette is forced to contend with both her neighbor and her own heartache over losing the life she once thought was guaranteed.

His mother called him a worthless halfwit while his fellow drunks at the local bar ensure he's the butt of all their jokes. He spends his days whittling wood and counting pigeons. So how could Germain possibly understand what a casual encounter on a park bench with eighty-five year old Margueritte could mean? In this touchingly comic tale of an unusual friendship, that first conversation opens a door into a world Germain could never have imagined - the world of books - and gives both him and Margueritte a chance at a happiness they thought had passed them by.

Wie weit würde man für seinen besten Freund gehen? Diese Frage muss sich Anthony Sosinski stellen, als er bemerkt, dass sein Freund und Kollege, John Aldrige, sich nicht mehr auf dem gemeinsamen Boot befindet. Aldrige ist über Bord gegangen und kämpft gegen die Wellen, sich selbst und um das blanke Überleben. Eine Geschichte über Freundschaft, Hoffnung und den Willen zu Leben.

Zu Beginn des fünften Teils des Romanzyklus betrachtet der Erzähler Nick Jenkins die zerstörten Überreste seiner einstigen Stammkneipe "Mortimer". Er erinnert sich an hellere Tage. An Tage, die er mit Künstlerfreunden in diesem Lokal, in Casonavas chinesischem Restaurant oder im Theater verbrachte. An die Zeit, in der seine Frau Isobel ihr erstes Kind erwartete und an den Abschied von Erridge, Isobels Bruder, der in den Spanischen Bürgerkrieg zog. Durch die vielen Partys, Dinners und Theaterabende schimmern bereits die ersten Vorboten des kommenden Kriegs.

Mike O'Shea and Andy Cotto knew each other their entire lives. Born days apart on the same block, baptized in the same water, the two friends were inseparable growing up and into adulthood. After celebrating their 40th birthdays together, Mike falls ill and dies shortly after. The impact on Andy is enormous, and he spirals into a depression that threatens everything he holds dear.