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The daughter of Cambodian refugees, Ai grew up in the small Australian town of Whitlam populated by Asian immigrants who once fled war-torn countries to rebuild their shattered lives. It is now the late '90s and despite their parents' harrowing past, Ai and her tightknit group of school friends lead seemingly ordinary lives, far removed from the unimaginable horrors suffered by their parents. But that carefree innocence is shattered in their last year of school when an incident involving Ai and her friends spirals into senseless violence, leaving behind a trail of unresolved trauma.

Den lange sommer er en selvstændig fortsættelse af romanen Lille Jonna. De to romaner fortæller en kvindes udviklingshistorie fra barn til voksen, men også en skildring af en familie og dens medlemmer i 50'ernes og 60'ernes Danmark.

A coming-of-age story...Lane was raised by absurdly strict and conservative parents. Without the slightest awareness of her naivety, she suddenly finds herself cast alone and penniless into the surreal world of the '80s. A time before the modern advances of the technology revolution. Cellphones hadn't been invented. The internet, GPS and social media didn't yet exist. It was common to lose track of one's friends and family for weeks or even months at a time.

A poignant tale of humans and robots and the meaning of life.

Leopold Portman, a young IT manager a few years out of college, dreams of settling down in Philly's bucolic suburbs with his fiancé, Nora. A talented singer in mourning for her mother, Nora has abandoned a promising opera career and wonders what her destiny holds. Her best friend, Stephen, Leopold's brother, dithers in his seventh year of graduate school and privately questions Leo and Nora's relationship. On June 16, 2004, the three are brought together - first for a funeral, then for an annual Bloomsday party. As the long-simmering tensions between them come to a head, they are forced to confront the choices of their pasts and their hopes for the future.

Für Marnie, Laverne und Rita ist das Leben nicht gerade so gelaufen, wie sie es sich erträumt hätten. Jede der Frauen wartet die Zeit ab und hofft auf etwas Besseres, etwas, das sie aus ihrem Stillstand befreit. Ganz anders Jazzy: sprudelnd vor Energie, immer positiv und fröhlich - obwohl sie die Stimmen von Verstorbenen hört. Der Zufall bringt die vier Frauen zusammen und führt sie auf einen gemeinsamen Road Trip nach Las Vegas, wo Marnie endlich ihren Ziehsohn Troy wiedersehen soll.

An acclaimed novelist, short story writer and critic, Leslie Poles Hartley is best known for his 1953 novel The Go-Between, which won the W. H. Heinemann Award and was adapted as a BAFTA-winning film starring Julie Christie and Alan Bates. Included here is a radio dramatisation of that classic tale, alongside adaptations of three further novels and five short stories.

Virginia träumt von einem Leben in Berlin, doch aus Rücksicht auf ihre alleinerziehende Mutter – süchtig nach Schlaftabletten und der Liebe ihrer Tochter – beginnt sie ein Studium in deren Nähe. Beim Besuch einer feministischen Hochschulgruppe trifft sie auf Gleichgesinnte, junge Menschen, die sich für eine diverse Gesellschaft einsetzen. Obwohl sie alle mit eigenen Herausforderungen kämpfen, entsteht schnell eine tiefe Freundschaft. Und dann wäre da noch der Jurastudent Benedict, der seine Selbstzweifel durch überehrgeizige Leistung kompensiert.

The Late Bloomer is harrowing, grim, and poignant in the way of Cormac McCarthy’s The Road. Told in Kevin March’s singular and unforgettable voice, delivering a gripping narrative with an unsparing climax as moving as it is terrifying, The Late Bloomer defies expectations of the genre and will haunt those who listen to it.

På kollegieværelset i Haderslev hjemsøges den 17-årige Erling af familien i Gram og fortidens trængsler. Da hans gymnasieårgang får til opgave at lave skolekomedien i 3.g, melder han sig til forfatterholdet i håb om at få afledt tankerne og komme på hold med Randi fra klassen, som han har et godt øje til. Erling bliver som besat af ideen om at skrive et dramatisk mesterværk og finder uventet en muse i sin dansklærerinde, fru Sonnenberg. I en rus af søvnløshed, skrivemani og psykofarmaka begynder han langsomt at miste grebet om, hvad der er fakta, og hvad der er fiktion.