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Carolyn Brown

    Tato autorka se ponořila do světa psaní románů, protože ji fascinuje hloubka lidských emocí a složitost vztahů. Její tvorba zkoumá nadčasovou podstatu lásky a mezilidských vazeb, která se navzdory měnícím se kulisám a dobám nemění. S příběhy, které se zaměřují na zářivé emoce, od smíchu po slzy, autorka usiluje o hluboké spojení s čtenářem. Její inspirace pramení z bohatého zdroje rodinného života a pulzujícího světa kolem ní, což zajišťuje, že její příběhy jsou plné života a rezonují s univerzálními lidskými zkušenostmi.

    Carolyn Brown
    Shakespeare and Psychoanalytic Theory
    The Sandcastle Hurricane
    The Sunshine Club
    Long, Tall Cowboy Christmas
    Miss Janie's Girls
    Domek u vodopádu
    • Family, wounded hearts, and a Texas bed-and-breakfast are in need of repair in New York Times bestselling author Carolyn Brown's inviting novel about down-home comfort and second chances. Cousins Tabby and Ellie Mae are due for a change. Running their aunt's beachfront bed-and-breakfast in Sandcastle, Texas, is just the thing to shake things up...though their lives spin out of control in more ways than one when a hurricane barrels into the coastline. It's a miracle it didn't carry them off to Kansas. Not so lucky are the assisted-living center and a small eclectic group of local folks who take shelter with the cousins. Two estranged sisters, rowdy as a circus, need a referee for a battle that goes back decades. And a pair of veterans, best friends for years, hash out bittersweet old times. There's also handyman Alex LaSalle and his business partner, Ricky, experts at repairing the hurricane's damage--and at making Tabby's and Ellie Mae's hearts beat a little faster. As unpredictable, crowded, and stormy as it gets, the Sandcastle B and B is still the perfect harbor for healing past wounds, finding romance, and making up for lost time. Add in Tabby's homemade pecan pie, and the Texas shore feels like a little slice of paradise.

      The Sandcastle Hurricane2022
      4,1
    • The Sunshine Club

      • 302 stránek
      • 11 hodin čtení

      Sisters of the heart play Cupid in New York Times bestselling author Carolyn Brown's funny and heartwarming novel about friendship, family, and finding love. Gussie, Ina Mae, and Blanche have been best friends for more than sixty years. From their humble beginnings of founding the Sunshine Club when they were girls to becoming the matchmaking queens of Newton, Texas, these three were inseparable. When Blanche passes away, Gussie and Ina Mae feel the best way to honor their dearly departed is with a shot of whiskey, some good music, and making a match for Blanche's niece, Sissy. Never mind that Sissy's in town for only six weeks. Is there a better reason for her to stay? And is there a better prospect than handsome, charming, blue-eyed local preacher Luke Beauchamp? No and no. The attraction is already there. Now it's up to Gussie and Ina Mae to make sure the sparks really get to crackling by Christmas. The Sunshine Club is back in business. Don't underestimate two feisty women who have their hearts set on a happy ending.

      The Sunshine Club2021
      4,1
    • Patchwork života je ušitý nejen ze vzpomínek, ale taky z nadějí Flynn a jeho sestřenice Nessa a April se znovu setkávají po mnoha letech v babiččině domku v texaském městečku, kde v dětství společně trávili letní prázdniny. Jsou odhodlaní vyplnit podivné přání zesnulé babičky Lucy, jež obnáší ruční dokončení patchworkové pokrývky. Jen hotové dílo jim totiž podle závěti umožňuje odemknout babiččinu starou truhlu, která možná ukrývá skutečné dědictví. Steh za stehem obnovují dávné rodinné pouto, o němž ani nevěděli, že ho hledají.

      Domek u vodopádu2021
      3,9
    • Miss Janie's Girls

      • 303 stránek
      • 11 hodin čtení

      A bittersweet reunion becomes a time for looking back and starting over in a heartwarming new novel from New York Times bestselling author Carolyn Brown. Miss Janie is at the end of a long and full life, but she has no intention of crossing that finish line until she's found her girls... It's been ten years since Teresa and Kayla shook off the dust of Birthright, Texas, went their separate ways, and never looked back. Apart from their foster mom, Miss Janie, they don't have many fond memories of their hometown. Or of each other. Still, neither can forget the kind woman who opened her home and heart to two teenagers in need. When a private investigator--who just happens to be Miss Janie's handsome nephew--tracks them both down and tells them Miss Janie is dying, Teresa and Kayla know deep down that they've got to be there for her as she had been there for them. With Teresa and Kayla together again under the same roof, old tensions may flare, but with Miss Janie's help, they might rediscover that home is the perfect place for new beginnings.

      Miss Janie's Girls2020
      4,2
    • Segreti e speranze

      • 235 stránek
      • 9 hodin čtení

      Secrets told in the church ladies' room are supposed to stay in the ladies' room. But that doesn't mean that what Trudy overhears there during her great-aunt Gertrude's funeral won't change the rest of her life. Trudy has a daughter in the middle of a major rebellion; a two-timing husband who has been cheating for their entire married life; and a mother with Alzheimer's residing in the local nursing home. She doesn't really need a crumbling old house about to fall into nothing but a pile of memories and broken knickknacks. Billy Lee Tucker, resident oddball in Tishomingo, Oklahoma, lived next door to Gert, and in her will she leaves him the funds to help Trudy remodel the old house. That's fine with Billy Lee, because he's been in love with Trudy since before they started school. And just spending time with her is something he'd never ever allowed himself to dream about. A beautiful home rises up from the old house on Broadway, and right along with it rises up a relationship. But is Trudy too scarred from what she heard in the ladies' room to see a lovely future with Billy Lee?

      Segreti e speranze2017
      4,4
    • Long, Tall Cowboy Christmas

      • 400 stránek
      • 14 hodin čtení

      New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Carolyn Brown's second book in the Happy, Texas series.

      Long, Tall Cowboy Christmas2017
      4,2
    • Shakespeare and Psychoanalytic Theory

      • 240 stránek
      • 9 hodin čtení

      Although psychoanalytic criticism of Shakespeare is a prominent and prolific field of scholarship, the analytic methods and tools, theories, and critics who apply the theories have not been adequately assessed. This book fills that gap. It surveys the psychoanalytic theorists who have had the most impact on studies of Shakespeare, clearly explaining the fundamental developments and concepts of their theories, providing concise definitions of key terminology, describing the inception and evolution of different schools of psychoanalysis, and discussing the relationship of psychoanalytic theory (especially in Shakespeare) to other critical theories. It chronologically surveys the major critics who have applied psychoanalysis to their readings of Shakespeare, clarifying the theories they are enlisting; charting the inception, evolution, and interaction of their approaches; and highlighting new meanings that have resulted from such readings. It assesses the applicability of psychoanalytic theory to Shakespeare studies and the significance and value of the resulting readings.

      Shakespeare and Psychoanalytic Theory2015
      3,0
    • Long, Hot Texas Summer

      • 248 stránek
      • 9 hodin čtení

      A sassy redhead with an axe to grind…After catching her husband kissing another woman in the barn, Loretta Sullivan Bailey left Lonesome Canyon Ranch and swore she’d never come back. But when her daughter threatens to drop out of college to become a rancher’s wife, Loretta refuses to let her baby make the same mistake she did. She returns to the ranch, determined to get her daughter back in school by the summer’s end…and resolute on ignoring her feelings for her ex-husband.A bullheaded but oh so sexy cowboy…A cowboy from his hat to his boots, ruggedly handsome rancher Jackson Bailey is none too pleased that his feisty—and gorgeous—ex-wife has suddenly shown up seventeen years after their divorce. But despite all their fighting and fussing, the two stubborn former lovers soon discover that old flames burn the hottest. Can they finally put aside their differences and find happiness together…forever?

      Long, Hot Texas Summer2014
      3,9
    • Dallas. World-Class Texas

      • 271 stránek
      • 10 hodin čtení

      In memory of Alice Judd given by her Classmates of 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, and 1958.

      Dallas. World-Class Texas1997