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V živote nevychádza všetko vždy podľa plánu. Pat Peoples stratil všetko – dom, zamestnanie aj manželku. Po dlhom čase strávenom v psychiatrickom ústave teraz žije v rodičovskom dome, ale je pevne rozhodnutý znovu získať naspäť všetko, predovšetkým svoju manželku Nikki, a verí, že sa mu to podarí, hoci má súdne zakázané čo i len sa k nej priblížiť. Pat má zvláštnu teóriu: jeho život je film, ktorý režíruje Boh. A on má zvláštne poslanie – byť fyzicky zdatný a citovo vyspelý. Ak svoje poslanie splní, Boh mu vráti Nikky a postará sa, aby sa film jeho života skončil happyendom. Na večeri u svojho priateľa Ronnieho sa Pat zoznámi so svojou švagrinou Tiffany, ktorá nedávno ovdovela. Vznikne medzi nimi zvláštny vzťah a Tiffany sa po čase ponúkne, že mu sprostredkuje kontakt s Nikki. A tak Pat, v nádeji, že sa čoskoro stretne s manželkou, vytrvalo cvičí v domácej posilňovni, aby sa Nikki páčil, keď sa konečne stretnú. Nevyjde to však celkom podľa jeho predstáv, ale v konečnom dôsledku je dôležité hlavne to, že pochopil, čo je šťastie.

"... kľúčové je urobiť čosi, čo vás v mysliach normálnych ľudí navždy vyčlení z priemeru. Čosi, čo zaváži." Dnes má Leonard Peacock narodeniny. Dnes si vloží do školského batoha pištoľ P-38 - zbraň istého nacistického dôstojníka, ktorú zdedil po starom otcovi - a zastrelí svojho bývalého najlepšieho priateľa a potom seba. Už sa nevie dočkať. Ale najprv musí povedať zbohom štyrom priateľom, na ktorých mu záležalo: svojmu susedovi Waltovi posadnutému Humphreym Bogartom; spolužiakovi Babackovi, husľovému virtuózovi; veľkej kresťanke Lauren, do ktorej bol tak trochu zaľúbený; a herr Silvermanovi, ktorý ho na strednej škole učí o holokauste. Leonard sa s každým z nich porozpráva a postupne - ako hodiny tikajú a prichádza okamih pravdy - odhalí svoje tajomstvo.

Amber Appleton has a lot to be thankful for. OR Amber Appleton has never had it easy. Both are true. On the one hand, she's got the best friends a seventeen year old could ask for and a loyal dog, Bobby Big Boy. On the other, her mum frequently has too much to drink, Amber's never quite sure where her next meal will come from and ever since her mum's latest boyfriend kicked them out, Amber and her mum have been living in the back of a school bus. Amber has always found it easy to be upbeat, to find the light in the darkest of situations. Until, that is, an unimaginable tragedy occurs. Forced to rethink her way of life, can Amber remain a rock star of hope? This is the story of a very special teenager, whose faith and hope is tested to the limit.

The author of The Silver Linings Playbook delivers another engaging and screen-ready dramedy about an irascible misfit on a mission for closure. Atlanta Journal-Constitution

You can lose yourself in repetition--quiet your thoughts; I learned the value of this at a very young age. Basketball has always been an escape for Finley. He lives in broken-down Bellmont, a town ruled by the Irish mob, drugs, violence, and racially charged rivalries. At home, his dad works nights, and Finley is left to take care of his disabled grandfather alone. He's always dreamed of getting out someday, but until he can, putting on that number 21 jersey makes everything seem okay. Russ has just moved to the neighborhood, and the life of this teen basketball phenom has been turned upside down by tragedy. Cut off from everyone he knows, he won't pick up a basketball, but answers only to the name Boy21--taken from his former jersey number. As their final year of high school brings these two boys together, a unique friendship may turn out to be the answer they both need.

Amber Appleton has a lot to be thankful for. OR Amber Appleton has never had it easy. Both are true. On the one hand, she's got the best friends a seventeen year old could ask for and a loyal dog, Bobby Big Boy. On the other, her mum frequently has too much to drink, Amber's never quite sure where her next meal will come from and ever since her mum's latest boyfriend kicked them out, Amber and her mum have been living in the back of a school bus. Amber has always found it easy to be upbeat, to find the light in the darkest of situations. Until, that is, an unimaginable tragedy occurs. Forced to rethink her way of life, can Amber remain a rock star of hope? This is the story of a very special teenager, whose faith and hope is tested to the limit.

Basketball has always been an escape for Finley. He lives in grey, broken Bellmont, a town ruled by the Irish Mob, drugs, violence, and racially charged rivalries. At home, he takes care of his disabled grandfather, and at school he's called White Rabbit, the only white kid on the varsity basketball team. He's always dreamed of getting out somehow with his girlfriend, Erin. But until then, when he puts on his number 21, everything seems to make sense. Russ has just moved to the neighbourhood. A former teen basketball phenom from a privileged home, his life has been turned upside down by tragedy. Cut off from everyone he knows, he now answers only to the name Boy21 - his former jersey number. As their final year of high school brings these two boys together, Boy21 may turn out to be the answer they both need.

Although seventeen-year-old Amber Appleton is homeless, living in a school bus with her unfit mother, she is a relentless optimist who visits the elderly at a nursing home, teaches English to Korean Catholic women with the use of rhythm and blues music, and befriends a solitary Vietnam veteran and his dog, but eventually she experiences one burden more than she can bear and slips into a deep depression

The latest masterpiece from Matthew Quick, the New York Times bestselling author of The Silver Linings Playbook.

"Lucas Goodgame lives in Majestic, Pennsylvania, a quaint suburb that has been torn apart by a recent tragedy. Everyone in Majestic sees Lucas as a hero--everyone, that is, except Lucas himself. Insisting that his deceased wife, Darcy, visits him every night in the form of an angel, Lucas spends his time writing letters to his former Jungian analyst, Karl. It is only when Eli, an eighteen-year-old young man whom the community has ostracized, begins camping out in Lucas's backyard that an unlikely alliance takes shape and the two embark on a journey to heal their neighbors and, most importantly, themselves"--