One more year today we celebrate Mother's Day and how is it day 6 there are 6 titles for mothers of all conditions, fur and tastes. Because there is only one mother, but each one has her own and they all do everything, but also read. These are some stories that they star in or simply for them to enjoy, remember or get excited. You have to congratulate them all and also remember those who left.
For current narrative mothers
A mother - Alejandro Palomas
The new novel by Alejandro Palomas it's in the bookstores from April 15. Palomas has a BA in English Philology and a Master in Poetics from the New College of San Francisco. His forays into the journalism have gone hand in hand with the translation of important authors. And in his role as an author he has published The time of the heart, So much life o The Hoffman Secret.
A mother It is the portrait of a Family of Barcelona, a family united by ties of need but also of love and the unique look of a woman. Amalia, 65, is finally going to achieve his dream which is gather the whole family to dine in New Years Eve . It will be the ideal time to uncover many things accumulated over time as well as share other hopes.
For mothers with a sense of humor
How not to be a drama mom. Amaya ascunce
With the subtitle of The 101 phrases of your mother that you swore not to repeat, This book is an ironic and funny story that was born from the blog of the author Amaya Ascunce. It is a relationship of all those «Good advices» that mothers often repeat, those phrases like "Take the juice quickly, the vitamins are gone", "I'm going to wash your mouth with soap" or "Do you think I am the owner of the Bank of Spain?" A very funny proposal for mothers who know how to laugh at themselves. Or for your children.
For very black mothers
The red angel - Franck Thilliez
For those sugar-minded mothers and lovers of crime fiction, this beginning of the hit black series of the phenomenon of the Gallic polar that is Franck thilliez is a good recommendation. You have to meet the commissioner Franck Sharko in his creepy first case. To pass fear and horror in equal parts.
Sharko tells us in the first person the investigation that he carries out after the appearance of a decapitated corpse, artistically sliced and scattered with in various corners of Paris. Sharko sees with relief that it is not her body. wife, which has been six months missing without anyone asking for ransom and without the slightest clue as to his whereabouts. But this is just the tip of the iceberg of crimes that will come next, each one more atrocious.
The inquiries will lead Sharko to the more sordid and depraved environments imaginable and the craziest contacts in the more hidden virtual networks. And behind it all, a murderer with a degree of manipulation and perversity that Thilliez manages to create and express with a very special skill and style.
For nostalgic mothers
Santa Clara - All courses - Enyd Blyton
What to say about twins O'Sullivan and all her companions of the Santa Clara boarding school that created the British Enyd Blyton. For mothers of my generation they are primordial referent of our childhood. It is true that everything about Blyton is a reference for mothers, fathers and children. His reissues and new versions of his works continue non-stop. For me, along with Malory Towers and of course the famous Five, these are my favorite collections.
This compilation, with the classic illustrations, collects all the titles of the series written in the 40s:
- The twins change schools
- The O'Sullivan twins
- The twins in Santa Clara
- Second year in Santa Clara
- Claudina in Santa Clara
- Fifth grade in Santa Clara
For Victorian mothers
Far from the madding crowd - Thomas Hardy
Un classic of the most romantic Victorian novel is this title of this XNUMXth century English poet and novelist. He posted it on 1874 and went his first big hit and also possibly the kindest of his works. Other titles by this writer are Tess from Uberville o Blue eyes.
It is a very accomplished portrait of a Victorian heroine, Bathsheva Everdene. Strong and independent in character, this young proprietary of the largest farm in your town, you are faced with the possibility and choose between the three suitors that haunt her. They are a soldier hustler, a simple and humble Pastor and a rich widower. His choice, but above all his attitude to the corseted environment and how difficult it is to handle in a world made by and for men, it will bring consequences that you did not expect.
In 2015 a new and very correct film adaptation What did the English star in? Carey Mulligan and Michael Sheen and the Belgian Matthias Schoenaerts among others.
For historical mothers
The village of fabrics - Anne Jacobs
Finally, for those devoted mothers of television series like Downton Abbey or the novels of Kate morton This novel has been published for a few months, and in Germany it has been a phenomenon. Jacobs already had one trajectory in the genre, but this title has been the author's confirmation bestseller.
We are in Augsburg in 1913. The young woman Marie goes to work in the kitchen of the fabulous villa of the Melzer, a rich family dedicated to the textile industry. Marie, who was raised in an orphanage, struggles to make her way through the servants and the Melzers eagerly await the start of the new winter dance season. That will be the moment to present the beautiful to society Catherine. But Paul, the heir, remains out from his family's busy social life and prefers his student life in Munich. That is until one day he meets Marie.
We have a luxurious Mansiona powerful family or with a dark secretPlus troubled times or with a love that conquers everything. So who gives more?