THE MOST JOYFUL NOVEL OF THE YEAR – AN INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING FUR-NOMENONThe perfect gift for fans of Matt Haig, Fredrik Backman and Toshikazu Kawaguchi---Meet Frankie the cat. He’s a stray who belongs to no one, and that’s just how he likes it. Until one day, everything changes. He crosses paths with Richard. Richard isn’t doing so well. Grieving the loss of his partner, he’s turned his back on hope and is ready to end it all. But his plans are halted when Frankie the cat is injured on his doorstep. Frankie needs help. But then, so does Richard. What Richard doesn’t know is that Frankie is no ordinary cat. It’s an unlikely partnership. But it might be exactly what they both need . . . ---Sometimes in our darkest hour, a pet companion is just what the doctor ordered. Narrated by Frankie the cat, discover this heart-warming and laugh-out-loud tale of hope, unlikely friendship, and the redemptive power of having someone that needs you. PRAISE FOR FRANKIE'I laughed and had moments of clarity tears. I loved every part of this beautiful book' 5* Reader Review'What a little firecracker of a book. [...] I loved every second of this beautiful tale, it gave me hope' 5* Reader Review'[An] outstandingly hilarious, heartbreaking and surprisingly profound novel. I loved seeing the world through [Frankie's] eyes. It could so easily have been twee or sentimental - but I genuinely both laughed and cried. A unique and special book' 5* Reader Review

Frankie

Literature & Fiction

Leo, Maxim

Gutsch, J. M.

Genre Fiction

Michael Joseph, Ltd.

A Man Called Ove meets The Traveling Cat Chronicles in this utterly charming and brilliantly funny international fur-nomenon narrated by Frankie, a scrappy stray cat who knows a lot about life. Meet Frankie the cat. He's a scrappy stray who belongs to no one, and that's just how he likes it. Until one day, everything changes. He crosses paths with Richard. Richard isn't doing so well. Grieving the loss of his wife, he's turned his back on hope and is ready to end it all. But his plans are halted when Frankie turns up injured on his doorstep. Frankie needs help. But then, so does Richard. What Richard doesn't know is that Frankie is no ordinary cat. Sometimes in our darkest hour, a cat companion is just what the doctor ordered. Join Frankie and Richard in this heart-warming, laugh-out-loud, hopeful tale about the bond between humans and animals, and the redemptive power of friendship.

Humor & Satire

Doubleday, Canada

Red Love: The Story of an East German Family

Now, married with two children and the Wall a distant memory, Maxim decides to find the answers to the questions he couldn't ask. Why did his parents, once passionately in love, grow apart? Why did his father become so angry, and his mother quit her career in journalism? And why did his grandfather Gerhard, the Socialist war hero, turn into a stranger? The story he unearths is, like his country's past, one of hopes, lies, cruelties, betrayals but also love. In Red Love he captures, with warmth and unflinching honesty, why so many dreamed the GDR would be a new world and why, in the end, it fell apart. Growing up in East Berlin, Maxim Leo knew not to ask questions. All he knew was that his rebellious parents, Wolf and Anne, with their dyed hair, leather jackets and insistence he call them by their first names, were a bit embarrassing. That there were some places you couldn't play; certain things you didn't say.

Biographies & Memoirs

Historical

Pushkin Press

Là où nous sommes chez nous: L'histoire de ma famille éparpillée

Actes-sud

Der preisgekrönte Journalist erzählt kritisch, liebevoll und unsentimental\nDie Familie von Maxim Leo war wie eine kleine DDR. In ihr konzentriert sich vieles, was in diesem Land einmal wichtig war: die Hoffnung und der Glaube der Gründerväter. Die Enttäuschung und das Lavieren ihrer Kinder, die den Traum vom Sozialismus nicht einfach so teilen wollten. Und die Erleichterung der Enkel, als es endlich vorbei war. In dieser Familie wurden im Kleinen die Kämpfe ausgetragen, die im Großen nicht stattfinden durften.

Haltet euer herz bereit (German Edition)

History

Europe

RANDOM HOUSE DE

Die wahre Geschichte einer jüdischen Familie, die auf der Flucht vor den Nazis in alle Winde zerstreut wurde, und deren Kinder und Enkel zurückfinden nach Berlin, in die Heimat ihrer Vorfahren.\nNach Israel gingen Irmgard und Hans, zwei Berliner Jura-Studenten, die 1934 ins gelobte Land auswanderten und in einem Kibbuz unweit der Golan-Höhen ihre Kinder großzogen. 
In England trifft Maxim Leo die Familie von Hilde, die als Schauspielerin in kleinen Theatern arbeitete und in jungen Jahren Fritz Fränkel heiratete, Gründer der KPD, Freund Walter Benjamins, mit dem sie nach Frankreich emigrierte. Später floh Hilde mit ihrem Sohn nach London, wo sie es bis zur Millionärin brachte.\nIn Frankreich wohnt Leos Tante Susi, deren Mutter Ilse im Internierungslager Gurs ihre große Liebe kennenlernte und bis zum Kriegsende im Untergrund lebte. Auf der Suche nach der Vergangenheit seiner Familie entdeckt Maxim Leo eine Zusammengehörigkeit, die keine Grenzen kennt. Und auch seine Cousins und Cousinen, die Enkel von Irmgard, Hilde und Ilse, spüren eine seltsame Verbindung zu ihrer verlorenen Heimat. Es zieht sie zurück nach Berlin, in die Stadt ihrer Vorfahren, die sie neu entdecken und erfahren. 
Nach „Haltet euer Herz bereit“ legt Bestseller-Autor Maxim Leo erneut eine packende Familiengeschichte vor, spannend und herzergreifend.

Wo wir zu Hause sind: Die Geschichte meiner verschwundenen Familie

Kiepenheuer & Witsch GmbH

Es ist nur eine Phase, Hase: Ein Trostbuch für Alterspubertierende

Gutsch, Jochen

Ullstein extra

Rode liefde (Dutch Edition)

Uitgeverij Cossee

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