The Similars
- 400 stránok
- 14 hodin čítania
"When six clones join Emmaline's prestigious boarding school, she must confront the heartbreak of seeing her dead best friend's face each day in class"--
Rebecca Hanover Knihy
Rebecca Hanover je kriticky uznávaná autorka, ktorej tvorba skúma zložitosť ľudských vzťahov a spoločenských očakávaní. Jej próza je známa svojou lyrickou kvalitou a prenikavými postrehmi, ktoré čitateľov vtiahnu do bohato vykreslených svetov. Prostredníctvom svojich pútavých príbehov sa ponára do tém identity, spolupatričnosti a hľadania zmyslu v súčasnom živote. Jej dielo rezonuje jedinečnou zmesou emocionálnej hĺbky a intelektuálnej rigoróznosti a ponúka svieži pohľad na moderné zážitky.
The Pretenders
- 416 stránok
- 15 hodin čítania
In this conclusion to The Similars duology, Emma must figure out who she really is, decide between two boys with the same face, and stop a dangerous plan based on revenge.Emma is still reeling from the events of her junior year at Darkwood. Not only is her best friend, Oliver, shockingly alive, but the boy she loves—his Similar, Levi—is still on the island where he grew up, stranded with his deranged creator.More importantly, she is grappling with who she really is. Emma can't accept the hard truths she learned last year and refuses to share her secrets with anyone, isolating herself from her friends and Ollie.But when more of the Similars' creator's plot is revealed, Emma and her friends will have to try to stop him from putting a plan into motion that could destroy everyone she loves.
From award-winning author Rebecca Hanover comes an emotional thrill ride about two women whose lives take a dangerous turn in the high-stakes arena of private school admissions.Audrey Singer revels in her position as the admissions director of an exclusive Manhattan private school. Parents cater to her whims and desires, desperate to give their children an edge. Audrey’s power is undeniable; privilege comes with the territory. Her perfect marriage completes the glossy picture of her life.Until the arrival of the neurotic, vulnerable Sarah Price. Determined to get her son into the city’s most coveted kindergarten class, Sarah inserts herself into Audrey’s world, testing boundaries at every turn. For Sarah, everything Audrey has is a potential target: her job, her friends…even her marriage.But what seems to be another ploy by an overachieving mother takes a dark and ominous turn. Sarah seems to be hiding secrets of her own. Are her designs on Audrey’s life purely about getting what she wants for her son?Or is there something more sinister at play in this cutthroat game?