KRISTIN BECK

¿A qué se debe la indefinida sensación de malestar que invade a muchas mujeres a medida que se acerca su trigésimo cumpleaños? En este pertinente manual las autoras, también en torno a la treintena, trascienden las respuestas faciles para ocuparse de las grandes cuestiones que preocupan a las treintañeras: que profesion elegir, casarse o no casarse, la decision de tener o no un hijo, el temor a los primeros signos de decadencia fisica. A partir de abundantes entrevistas con mujeres entre los veinticinco y los treinta y cinco años, analizan las razones y los temores que se ocultan tras los sentimientos de inquietud que desasosiegan a las jovenes treintañeras de todos los origenes geograficos y sociales. Tambien registran los testimonios de mujeres mas mayores, que años despues de pasar el Rubicon aseguran sentirse mas seguras de si mismas, felices e incluso mas atractivas que en su primera juventud. Las autoras logran asi desmitificar el hito de los treinta, mostrando como a casi cualquier edad, una puede reinventarse a si misma, reorientar su rumbo profesional y reevaluar opciones vitales. En un tono decididamente optimista, pero tambien realista, teniendo en cuenta las circunstancias de la sociedad actual, reclaman el derecho de cada mujer a tener su propio ritmo vital, ajeno a la tirania del calendario. Encuadernacion: Rustica con solapas.

Esa difícil edad, en donde las mujeres empiezan a advertir los primeros signos de arrugas, en donde se plantean las decisiones de futuro sobre la maternidad, el matrimonio y la profesión. Un tiempo crucial visto con ironia y humor, a traves de cientos de entrevistas a muchachas que todavia no saben que lo mejor llega despues de los treinta.

A poignant and ultimately triumphant novel based on the incredible true story of children who braved the formidable danger of guarded, wintry mountain passes in France to escape the Nazis, from the acclaimed author of Courage, My Love.Southern France, 1942 In a remote corner of France, Jewish refugee Ella Rosenthal has finally found a safe haven. It has been three years since she and her little sister, Hanni, left their parents to flee Nazi Germany, and they have been pursued and adrift in the chaos of war ever since. Now, they shelter among one hundred other young refugees in a derelict castle overseen by the Swiss Red Cross. Swiss volunteers Rosli Naf and Anne-Marie Piguet uphold a common mission: to protect children in peril. Rosli, a stubborn and resourceful nurse, directs the colony of Chateau de la Hille, and has created a thriving community against all odds. Anne-Marie, raised by Swiss foresters, becomes both caretaker and friend to the children, and she vows to do whatever is necessary to keep them safe. However, when Germany invades southern France, safeguarding Jewish refugees becomes impossible. Chateau de la Hille faces unrelenting danger, and Rosli and Anne-Marie realize that the only way to protect the eldest of their charges is to smuggle them out of France. Relying on Roslis fierce will and Anne-Maries knowledge of secret mountain paths, they plot escape routes through vast Nazi-occupied territory to the distant border. Amid staggering risk, Ella and Hanni embark on a journey that, if successful, could change the course of their lives and grant them a future.

When the Nazi occupation of Rome begins, two courageous young women are plunged deep into the Italian Resistance to fight for their freedom in this captivating debut novel.Rome, 1943 Lucia Colombo has had her doubts about fascism for years, but as a single mother in an increasingly unstable country, politics are for other people--she needs to focus on keeping herself and her son alive. Then the Italian government falls and the German occupation begins, and suddenly, Lucia finds that complacency is no longer an option. Francesca Gallo has always been aware of injustice and suffering. A polio survivor who lost her father when he was arrested for his anti-fascist politics, she came to Rome with her fiance to start a new life. But when the Germans invade and her fiance is taken by the Nazis, Francesca decides she has only one option: to fight back. As Lucia and Francesca are pulled deeper into the struggle against the Nazi occupation, both women learn to resist alongside the partisans to drive the Germans from Rome. But as winter sets in, the occupation tightens its grip on the city, and the resistance is in constant danger. In the darkest days, Francesca and Lucia face their pasts, find the courage to love, and maintain hope for a future that is finally free.