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  1. The juniper tree
    Author: Comyns, Barbara
    Published: 2018
    Publisher:  New York Review Books, New York

    "Bella Winter is homeless and jobless. The mother of a toddler by a man whose name she didn't quite catch, her once pretty face is now marred by a scar from a car accident. She's recently disentangled herself from a selfish and indifferent boyfriend... more

    Location:
    Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Fakultät für Philologie, Englisches Seminar, Bibliothek
    Signature:
    20C COM2 14001
    Inter-library loan:
    No inter-library loan

     

    "Bella Winter is homeless and jobless. The mother of a toddler by a man whose name she didn't quite catch, her once pretty face is now marred by a scar from a car accident. She's recently disentangled herself from a selfish and indifferent boyfriend and a cruel and indifferent mother. But she shares a quality common to Barbara Comyns's heroines: a bracingly unsentimental ability to carry on. It's not long before Bella has found not only a job but a vocation; not only a place to live but a home and a makeshift family. As Comyns's novel progresses, the story echoes and inverts the Brothers Grimm fairy-tale The Juniper Tree. Will Bella's hard-won restoration to life and love come at the cost of others' happiness?"--

     
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Contributor: Stein, Sadie (Verfasser einer Einleitung)
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    ISBN: 9781681371313
    Series: NYRB classics
    Other subjects: Single mothers / Fiction; Domestic fiction
    Scope: ix, 177 Seiten, 21 cm
  2. Improvement
    a novel
    Author: Silber, Joan
    Published: [2017]; © 2017
    Publisher:  Counterpoint, Berkeley, California

    "One of our most gifted writers of fiction returns with a bold and piercing novel about a young single mother living in Harlem, her eccentric aunt, and the decisions they make that have unexpected implications for the world around them. Reyna knows... more

    Location:
    Universitätsbibliothek Bamberg
    Inter-library loan:
    Unlimited inter-library loan, copies and loan

    Location:
    Universitätsbibliothek Würzburg
    Inter-library loan:
    Unlimited inter-library loan, copies and loan

     

    "One of our most gifted writers of fiction returns with a bold and piercing novel about a young single mother living in Harlem, her eccentric aunt, and the decisions they make that have unexpected implications for the world around them. Reyna knows her relationship with Boyd isn't perfect, yet she sees him through a three-month stint at Riker's Island, their bond growing tighter. Kiki, now settled in the East Village after a youth that took her to Turkey and other far- off places--and loves--around the world, admires her niece's spirit but worries that motherhood to four-year-old Oliver might complicate a difficult situation. Little does she know that Boyd is pulling Reyna into a smuggling scheme, across state lines, violating his probation. When Reyna takes a step back, her small act of resistance sets into motion a tapestry of events that affect the lives of loved ones and strangers around them. A novel that examines conviction, connection, repayment, and the possibility of generosity in the face of loss, Improvement is as intricately woven together as Kiki's beloved Turkish rugs, as colorful as the tattoos decorating Reyna's body, with narrative twists and turns as surprising and unexpected as the lives all around us. The Boston Globe said "No other writer can make a few small decisions ripple across the globe, and across time, with more subtlety and power," and Improvement is Silber's most shining achievement"--

     
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    ISBN: 9781619029606; 9781640091139; 161902960X
    Other identifier:
    9781619029606
    RVK Categories: HU 9800
    Other subjects: Single mothers / Fiction; Aunts / Fiction; Man-woman relationships / Fiction; Single mothers / Fiction; Prisoners / Fiction; Aunts / Fiction; Aunts; Single mothers; Prisoners / Fiction; New York (N.Y) / Fiction
    Scope: 227 Seiten
  3. More
    a novel
    Author: Clarke, Austin
    Published: 2008
    Publisher:  Thomas Allen Publ., Toronto, Ont.

    Location:
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
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  4. Improvement
    a novel
    Author: Silber, Joan
    Published: [2017]; © 2017
    Publisher:  Counterpoint, Berkeley, California

    "One of our most gifted writers of fiction returns with a bold and piercing novel about a young single mother living in Harlem, her eccentric aunt, and the decisions they make that have unexpected implications for the world around them. Reyna knows... more

    Location:
    Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Universitätsbibliothek, Jacob-und-Wilhelm-Grimm-Zentrum
    Inter-library loan:
    Unlimited inter-library loan, copies and loan

    Location:
    Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Haus Unter den Linden
    Inter-library loan:
    Unlimited inter-library loan, copies and loan

     

    "One of our most gifted writers of fiction returns with a bold and piercing novel about a young single mother living in Harlem, her eccentric aunt, and the decisions they make that have unexpected implications for the world around them. Reyna knows her relationship with Boyd isn't perfect, yet she sees him through a three-month stint at Riker's Island, their bond growing tighter. Kiki, now settled in the East Village after a youth that took her to Turkey and other far- off places--and loves--around the world, admires her niece's spirit but worries that motherhood to four-year-old Oliver might complicate a difficult situation. Little does she know that Boyd is pulling Reyna into a smuggling scheme, across state lines, violating his probation. When Reyna takes a step back, her small act of resistance sets into motion a tapestry of events that affect the lives of loved ones and strangers around them. A novel that examines conviction, connection, repayment, and the possibility of generosity in the face of loss, Improvement is as intricately woven together as Kiki's beloved Turkish rugs, as colorful as the tattoos decorating Reyna's body, with narrative twists and turns as surprising and unexpected as the lives all around us. The Boston Globe said "No other writer can make a few small decisions ripple across the globe, and across time, with more subtlety and power," and Improvement is Silber's most shining achievement"--

     
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    Source: Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    ISBN: 9781619029606; 9781640091139; 161902960X
    Other identifier:
    9781619029606
    RVK Categories: HU 9800
    Other subjects: Single mothers / Fiction; Aunts / Fiction; Man-woman relationships / Fiction; Single mothers / Fiction; Prisoners / Fiction; Aunts / Fiction; Aunts; Single mothers; Prisoners / Fiction; New York (N.Y) / Fiction
    Scope: 227 Seiten
  5. <<The>> juniper tree
    Author: Comyns, Barbara
    Published: 2018
    Publisher:  New York Review Books, New York

    "Bella Winter is homeless and jobless. The mother of a toddler by a man whose name she didn't quite catch, her once pretty face is now marred by a scar from a car accident. She's recently disentangled herself from a selfish and indifferent boyfriend... more

    Location:
    Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Universitätsbibliothek
    Inter-library loan:
    Unlimited inter-library loan, copies and loan

     

    "Bella Winter is homeless and jobless. The mother of a toddler by a man whose name she didn't quite catch, her once pretty face is now marred by a scar from a car accident. She's recently disentangled herself from a selfish and indifferent boyfriend and a cruel and indifferent mother. But she shares a quality common to Barbara Comyns's heroines: a bracingly unsentimental ability to carry on. It's not long before Bella has found not only a job but a vocation; not only a place to live but a home and a makeshift family. As Comyns's novel progresses, the story echoes and inverts the Brothers Grimm fairy-tale The Juniper Tree. Will Bella's hard-won restoration to life and love come at the cost of others' happiness?"--

     
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Contributor: Stein, Sadie (Verfasser einer Einleitung)
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 9781681371313
    Series: NYRB classics
    Subjects: Single mothers / Fiction
    Scope: ix, 177 Seiten, 21 cm