Bücher von Beth Miller

Das Leben holt dich aus jedem Versteck Dieser warmherzige Roman ist eine Vater-Tochter-Geschichte über eine Entfremdung, zweite Chancen und eine späte Versöhnung. Die 52-jährige Pearl lebt mit ihrem fürsorglichen Mann Danny abgeschieden in den Wäldern Frankreichs. Ihr Tagesablauf ist sicher und vorhersehbar, bis eine Nachricht aus Großbritannien alles durcheinanderbringt: Pearls Vater Francis liegt im Sterben. Obwohl sie seit über 30 Jahren entfremdet sind, hinterlässt Francis seiner Tochter ein ungewöhnliches Vermächtnis: seine in Kurzschrift verfassten Tagebücher, die - zum Leid der anderen Familienmitglieder - nur Pearl lesen kann. Durch Francis' berührende Berichte lernt Pearl nicht nur ihren Vater besser zu verstehen. Sie wird auch mit ihrer eigenen Vergangenheit konfrontiert, vor der sie sich nicht länger verstecken kann. Wird sie es schaffen, sich ihrem Leben neu zu stellen? Eine gelungene Kombination aus Witz und Wärme für tiefgehende Fragen über Verlust, verpasste Gelegenheiten und zweite Chancen. Für Leserinnen von Dora Heldt, Kate Morton, Katherine Webb und Anja Jonuleit.

It's never too late for a second chance at happiness... Pearl Flowers has been hiding away for so long that she has forgotten what real life is like. Her quiet routine in a woodland cottage in France is a sanctuary, far away from her past life running a beauty salon. But even when she is sitting at the foot of a beech tree with her drawing pad, surrounded by birdsong, her mind is never still. If she keeps herself distracted and far away, her past can't hurt her... can it? But then an unexpected phone call throws her calm world into chaos. Back in the UK, her estranged father Francis is dying. She hasn't seen him for decades since he pushed her away and destroyed their family. And on his death-bed, Francis leaves her a gift - a diary, written in a code that only Pearl can understand.As she begins to read her father's diary, Pearl discovers that for forty years he had been thinking of her almost every day. And as she reads on, secrets begin to emerge from the pages causing her to question everything she thought she knew.Reeling from the diary's revelations, Pearl realises that the only way to heal and find true happiness is to face the past. But is she ready to confront her deepest secret, the one she's been running from all this time? This utterly tear-jerking and heartwarming novel is for anyone who knows it's never too late to find happiness. Fans of Matt Haig, Mike Gayle and Camille Pagán will fall in love with this beautiful, feel-good story. Readers are falling in love with Beth Miller: 'I couldn't stop once I started - with happy tears running down my face!... Beautiful... wonderful, heartwarming, life-affirming... Everyone should be reading this... Outstanding. Five stars do not do this book justice.' Bestselling author Renita D'Silva ¿¿¿¿¿ 'I was teary-eyed... A book to truly fall in love with! I couldn't seem to read this book fast enough. I stayed up way, way too late to finish it... I haven't read such a warm-your-heart type of book in a very, very long time. I totally recommend it.' Goodreads reviewer ¿¿¿¿¿

Waking up on the Couch is a journey of spiritual awakening. It is an intimate look at how we develop our personalities, identities, defenses, and the letting go of whatever keeps us small. Using her personal story, Beth Miller, invites the reader to take an inner journey, delving into your deepest being in discovery of abiding and embodied contentment.