{"title":"Books by Daniela Krien","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"9781529421385","title":"The Fire","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn her perceptive and affecting new novel, Daniela Krien explores a marriage where everything hangs in the balance. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Quietly devastating\" HANNAH BECKERMANN, \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A stylish, subtle read\" \u003ci\u003eWoman \u0026amp; Home BOOK OF THE MONTH\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Perfectly paced, nuanced\"\u003ci\u003e Saga Magazine PICK OF THE MONTH\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Powerful . . . subtle and psychologically astute\" \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Beautifully written\"\u003ci\u003e Independent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHow can two lovers find a way back to each other, when the pain of the past stands between them?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith plans adrift after a fire burns down their rented holiday cabin, Rahel and Peter find themselves unexpectedly on an isolated farm where Rahel spent many a happy childhood summer. Suddenly, after years of navigating careers, demanding children and the monotony of the daily routine, they find themselves unable to escape each other's company. With three weeks stretching ahead, they must come to an understanding on whether they have a future together.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat happens when love grows older and passion has faded? When what divides us is greater than what brought us together? And how easy is it to ask the fundamental questions about our relationships?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Praise for LOVE IN FIVE ACTS:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Highly recommended\" \u003ci\u003eThe Times \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Exquisite . . . Utterly captivating\" \u003ci\u003eWoman and Home\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Unfailingly impressive\" \u003ci\u003eIrish Times \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Beautifully direct and lucid prose\"\u003ci\u003e Sydney Morning Herald\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A beautiful novel\" \u003ci\u003eNew European\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Sympathetic and clear-eyed\"\u003ci\u003e Financial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An intelligent study of female ambition and frailty\"\u003ci\u003e Observer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTranslated from the German by Jamie Bulloch\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":57685712830837,"sku":"9781529421408","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":43128639160498,"sku":"9781529421385","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781529421408.jpg?v=1792598873"},{"product_id":"9781529406405","title":"Love in Five Acts","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Highly recommended\" \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Utterly captivating\" \u003ci\u003eWoman and Home\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Sympathetic and clear-eyed\"\u003ci\u003e Financial Times \u003c\/i\u003eSummer Reads of 2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Unfailingly impressive\" \u003ci\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Sparse and precise\"\u003ci\u003e Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A beautiful novel of what it is to be a women in modern Europe\" \u003ci\u003eNew European\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003c\/i\u003eAn intelligent study of female desire, ambition and frailty\" \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBookseller \u003cb\u003ePaula\u003c\/b\u003e has lost a child, and a husband. Where will she find her happiness? Fiercely independent \u003cb\u003eJudith\u003c\/b\u003e thinks more of horses than men, but that doesn't stop her looking for love online. \u003cb\u003eBrida\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer with no time to write, until she faces a choice between her work and her family. Abandoned by the \"perfect\" man, \u003cb\u003eMalika\u003c\/b\u003e struggles for recognition from her parents. Her sister \u003cb\u003eJorinde\u003c\/b\u003e, an actor, is pregnant for a third time, but how can she provide for her family alone?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLove in Five Acts\u003c\/i\u003e explores what is left to five women when they have fulfilled their roles as wives, mothers, friends, lovers, sisters and daughters. As teenagers they experienced the fall of the Berlin Wall, but freedom brings with it another form of pressure: the pressure of choice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Punchy and entirely of the moment, \u003ci\u003eLove in Five Acts\u003c\/i\u003e engages head-on with what it is to be a woman in the twenty-first century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTranslated from the German by Jamie Bulloch\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43206190432434,"sku":"9781529406405","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781529406405_af329df6-1d10-4a22-ac12-88d257d1adaf.jpg?v=1786023266"},{"product_id":"my-third-life","title":"My Third Life","description":"\u003cp\u003eLinda is entering her third life after a period of resounding pain. Her last chapter ended with the tragic death of her seventeen-year-old daughter Sonja in a car accident, the breakdown of her marriage to her husband Richard and her long battle with thyroid cancer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe has left her family home in Leipzig, escaping to a rural farmhouse in the Saxon countryside. There, she commits to a period of solitude and isolation, to rest and recoup away from the city that houses haunted memories and past lives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Linda indulges in her sadness and the simplicity of her days, revolving around the upkeep of the house, feeding the chickens and tending the garden. All the while, flashbacks and memory pervade her thought.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut a chance encounter with her neighbour punctures Linda's routine. Natascha and her daughter Nine have a unique relationship with life. 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