Beautiful nights a novel
"A respected professor begins a secret affair with her son's girlfriend one summer on the Brittany coast in this intense, poetic novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Little Paris Bookshop"-- Provided by publisher.
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English German |
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New York :
Ballantine Books,
2025.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | "A respected professor begins a secret affair with her son's girlfriend one summer on the Brittany coast in this intense, poetic novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Little Paris Bookshop"-- Provided by publisher. Claire is one of Paris's most esteemed behavioral biologists, with an enviable career and family, but she has become increasingly frustrated by the stasis of her marriage, including her husband's unremarked-upon affairs, and feels caged by the obligations she took on too early in life. As she and her family prepare for their annual holiday to the Brittany coast, her son Nico comes to her with a can his new girlfriend Julie join them for the summer? Nico feels certain this is the next step in merging their lives together, but Julie wonders if this man is really her path or if her passions¬ -- for performance, for intimacy, for a bigger life -- will mean there's not a real future for them. What Julie and Claire don't realize is that they share a secret -- they've met before, in a compromising moment whose implications will color their relationship from the moment it's revealed. Both Julie and Claire are at a crossroads, each waiting for something that will set her on fire inside -- the rush of life, colors, courage. Under the blazing Brittany sun, by the silence of the sea and in the raging of a nighttime thunderstorm, they will ignite and never be the same again. |
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| Item Description: | "Originally published in Germany as Die Schönheit der Nacht"--Title page verso. |
| Physical Description: | 276 pages ; 25 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9780593157855 0593157850 |
| Author Notes: | Nina George was born on August 30, 1973 in Bielefeld Germany. Shs is a German writer, best known as the author of The Little Paris Bookshop. She has published 26 books (novels, mysteries and non-fiction) as well as over hundred short stories and more than 600 columns. George has worked as a cop reporter, columnist and managing editor for a wide range of publications, including Hamburger Abendblatt, Die Welt, Der Hamburger, as well as TV Movie and Federwelt. In 2012 and 2013 she won the DeLiA and the Glauser-Prize. In 2014, she delivered the keynote address in Berlin at the German Writer¿s Conference to 140 attending writers. She made the New York Tmes Best Seller List in 2015 with her title The Little Paris Bookshop. (Bowker Author Biography) |
