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Librarian Phoebe Cotton lives with misophonia. The sound of other people crunching an apple, slurping their tea or snapping chewing gum fills her with a rage that she buries deep within. Mortified by her 'Not Quite Right' brain, she hides away inside 6 Salmon Street, the family home that her formidable grandmother Dorothy has abandoned for a more convivial life at the Western Retreat Retirement Village. But when Phoebe begins receiving mysterious postcards in the mail, she slowly, but surely, finds herself being pulled back out into the world and towards Monty, the sweet postal clerk.

Cressida Tarbet loves her job at an animal rescue centre, even if it means she’s resigned herself to scrimping to make ends meet - a lifestyle far removed from her best friend Ivo’s, in his ancestral gatehouse stuffed with antiques and art. But although their upbringings were different, Ivo has held Cress’s heart ever since she clapped eyes on him at university. The trouble is – she has never told him. So, when a mystery and a baffling crime throw Cress and Ivo together, she can’t help but wonder if fate is telling her something.

Florence Saint Claire is a loner. Albert Flowers is a social butterfly. Good friends who think they know each other. But, somewhere between who they are and who people think they are, lies The Best Kind of Beautiful. Award-winning journalist and author Frances Whiting brings her renowned warmth and empathy to this witty and gentle story about bringing out the best in each other.

On Ichabod Island, a jagged strip of land 13 miles off the coast of Massachusetts, 10-year-old Sky becomes an orphan for the second time after a tragic accident claims the lives of her adoptive parents. Grieving the death of his best friends, Leo’s life is turned upside down when he finds himself the guardian of young Sky. Back on the island and struggling to balance his new responsibilities and his marriage to his husband, Leo is supported by a powerful community of neighbors, many of them harboring secrets of their own.

Kathi und Effi sind seit Ewigkeiten beste Freundinnen. Beide wollen Kinder. Doch mit Mitte 30 geht der Wunsch nicht mehr so leicht in Erfüllung: Kathi erfährt, dass sie unfruchtbar ist. Also Adoption: In den kommenden zwei Jahren ziehen Kathi und ihr Mann sich vor den Familienbehörden bis auf die Unterhosen aus, füllen Papierberge aus und erdulden VHS-Kurse - während Effi tatsächlich schwanger wird. Sie kämpft in der Folge gegen übergriffige Ratschläge, Übelkeitsattacken und die ständige Sorge um das Ungeborene. Und Kathi hingegen wartet immer noch auf den Anruf, der sie zur Mutter werden lässt.

Räumlich sind die Freundinnen aus Kindertagen, Elena und Lila, sich so nah wie viele Jahre nicht mehr. Denn Elena kehrt ihrem Jugendschwarm Nino zuliebe nach Neapel zurück. Außerdem verbindet beide, dass sie mit knapp 40 noch ein Kind bekommen. Doch das Verschwinden eines der Kinder stellt ihre Freundschaft vor eine Zerreißprobe. Katja Langenbach inszeniert mit der Musik von Ulrike Haage feinfühlig und vielstimmig den Bestseller von Elena Ferrante.