Vaggeryds bibliotek

An elderly, aristocratic woman lives lavishly in a mansion with her beloved granddaughter. One morning her granddaughter reads her an article from the morning paper about several c ...

Our young narrator sits comfortably in front of a crackling fire, accompanied by an elderly woman. Their peace is shattered when a rebellious log leaps out of the fire and rolls to ...

Bekännelser är en intensiv och fängslande roman om kärlekens irrvägar och rädslans mekanismer.Den 33-åriga gymnasieläraren Pietro har ett passionerat men stormigt förhållande med d ...

Den unga Rebecka är i ett av de mest definierande vägskälen av sitt liv. Hon behöver hitta ett arbete i 1950-talets norrländska landsbygd för att kunna försörja sig själv. Efter et ...

Adams hjärta är krossat. Han älskade Amanda, verkligen älskade, och hade trott att hon skulle bli hans för evigt. Men hon valde Thomas och Adam kunde inte göra annat än att accepte ...

Första klivet in på arbetsmarknaden är för många förknippat med osäkerhet och nervositet. Det gäller åtminstone för den nittonårige busskonduktören som precis fått anställning på F ...

Sommaren börjar nå sitt slut på Sardinön och det har gått en vecka sedan Andreas gick ner på knä och friade till Emelie. Men trots den spirande kärleken mellan de två, tycks det kn ...

Julglädjen i Malmö är plötsligt som bortblåst. Kajsa hade sett fram emot att äntligen få med sig pojkvännen Mårten hem till föräldrarna, men nu måste han såklart jobba istället. Va ...

London, 1940. Tyskarnas bomber regnar skoningslöst över staden. Ruby och Stevie, två sextonåringar förenade av krigets fasor, blir förälskade och finner tröst i varandra bland de u ...

De är varandras raka motsatser, men i kärlek är allt möjligt ... Bianca kämpar för miljön och Adam slänger skräp omkring sig, hon är kattallergisk och han har katt, hon har en univ ...

Jack London infamously wrote books about fantastic dogs and ‘Jerry of the Islands’ is no exception. Jerry is an English Terrier who lives a life coloured by the rough and racist vi ...

There could only ever be three reasons as to why you find yourself reading this text. 1: You finished and liked part 1 and want to continue the story.2: The hummus on your finger b ...

Originally serialised in a magazine under the title ‘The Randolphs of Redwood: A Romance’, Gertrude Atherton’s ‘A Daughter of the Vine’ was published as a full-length book in 1899. ...

A group of aging, aristocratic English ladies have decided to take a trip to America. They plan to travel across it and see the beauty of America’s varied landscapes for themselves ...

First published in 1923 ‘Black Oxen’ is one of feminist author Gertrude Atherton’s most famous and most controversial novels. Set in New York during the 1920s, it tells the story o ...

‘Rezanov’ is an historical romance by the popular feminist author Gertrude Atherton. Nikolai Rezanov, a Russian privy councillor and grand chamberlain to Alexander the First of Rus ...

Independent and beautiful, when young Betty Madison encounters politicians including the rising star Senator North, she makes quite an impression. Despite her restless nature, Bett ...

Set in the high-society of 1860s San Francisco, ‘Sleeping Fires’ by famous feminist author Gertrude Atherton is a tale of love and resentment and an exploration of the moral and so ...

Young Molly Gibson is the daughter of the widowed Dr Gibson. She has been brought up by her father, but as Molly approaches adulthood Dr Gibson foresees trouble ahead, and Molly’s ...

'Doesn't one always think of the past, in a garden with men and women lying under the trees? Aren't they one's past, all that remains of it, those men and women, those ghosts lying ...

Esmeralda Rogers is a simple farm girl in North Carolina in love with her neighbour David. But when the discovery of iron ore on their farm suddenly makes the family wealthy, Esmer ...

American heiress Octavia Bassett arrives in a sleepy English town to visit her aunt Belinda. She’s extremely wealthy, privileged and independent, which doesn’t go over well with th ...

Emily Fox-Seton is a well-bred but penniless lady who works for the selfish Lady Maria Bayne. At 34, she knows she is unlikely to marry, and her prospects are bleak. Despite that, ...

First published in 1914, ‘A People’s Man’ by popular author E. Phillips Oppenheim follows the story of a revolutionary politician named Maraton. Having had great success in America ...

Rich, pampered and obnoxious Ernest Bliss is making himself ill through his hard partying lifestyle. When a doctor refuses to treat him Bliss’s vanity is offended, and he makes a w ...