Family Humor

Gestatten, die vermurksteste Familie der Welt! Das bisher lustigste Abenteuer von David Walliams für Kinder ab 8 Jahren. Zur Familie von Murks gehören die Eltern Mannie und Mollie, ihre Kinder Minnie und Magnus und ihre Großmutter Lady von Murks. Zusammen mit ihrem Butler und ihrem Haustier, dem Vogel Strauß Cedric, leben sie auf dem heruntergekommenen Schloss Murks, das schon seit Jahrhunderten im Familienbesitz ist. Jetzt aber droht die Bank, Schloss Murks zu übernehmen. Um das zu verhindern, muss sich Familie von Murks etwas einfallen lassen.

Emily Glass knows she’s neurotic. But she’s got it under control. Sort of. She dons compression socks when she flies (because, you know, deep vein thrombosis) and responds to people routinely overestimating her age with more Lifespin classes and less gluten. Thankfully, she also has David, the wonderful man she’ll soon call husband - assuming they can survive wedding week with her wildly dysfunctional family. Emily’s therapist mother, Marla, who’s been diagnosing her children since they were in diapers, sees their homecoming as the perfect opportunity for long-overdue family therapy sessions. Less enthused are Emily and her two siblings.

Dino really fancies fit, sexy Jackie, but she just won’t give him what he wants. Jonathan likes Deborah, but she’s a bit fat - what will his mates say? Ben’s been secretly shagging his teacher for ages. He used to love it, but what if he wants it to stop? Three lads discovering sex for the first time. But do any of them really know what they’re doing?

Haylah Swinton is fairly confident she's brilliant at being a girl. She's an ace best friend, a loving daughter and an incredibly patient sister to her four-year-old total nutter of a brother, Noah. But she has a secret. She wants to be a stand-up comedian, but she's pretty sure girls like her - big girls, girls who don't get all the boys, girls who a lot of people don't see - don't belong onstage.

In this "bittersweet and utterly beguiling novel" (Publishers Weekly) each of the MacKenzie family tells their stories in nine, wildly opposed points of view. Starting at a family reunion, three generations of the MacKenzies face off against each other. They discover that terrorism is as intimate as one's own family. Selected as a New York Times "Notable Book of the Year", Duck and Cover is a "wicked black comedy" of a family who fights their wars "on the home front."

Freunde, eine alte Liebe, gute Laune und ganz viel Nordsee-Flair! In Regine Kölpins humorvollem Roman "Oma macht klar Schiff" sticht Oma Frauke zusammen mit ihren Freunden in See - und macht eine überraschende Entdeckung: Frauke Hansen staunt nicht schlecht, als sie von einem Freund dessen alten Kutter erbt. Nur was soll sie jetzt mit dem guten Stück anfangen? Ihre Freunde Barbara und Heinz haben die zündende Idee: Warum nicht ein schwimmendes Café eröffnen, um der Langeweile der Seniorenresidenz in Burhave an der Nordsee zu entkommen?

In this laugh-out-loud audiobook that’s purr-fect for fans of Adam Rubin and James Marshall, a girl tries to convince her parents that their cat is really an undercover spy. But when things don't quite go as planned, hilarious hijinks and plenty of feline fun ensue. My Cat is a Secret Agent...

Liz Millanova has stage four cancer, a grown daughter who doesn’t speak to her, and obsessive memories of a relationship that tore apart her marriage.

Regine Kölpins Familienroman Oma tanzt auf Wolke 7 bietet wunderbar-humorvolle Unterhaltung und jede Menge Nordsee-Feeling. Wie in Oma zeigt Flagge entführt die ostfriesische Autorin ihre Leserinnen und Leser nach Langeoog. Auf der Nordsee-Insel herrscht gewaltiges Chaos, denn die allseits beliebte Oma Jette soll unter die Haube, und dieses Vorhaben hält nicht nur Oma Jette und ihre Familie auf Trab: Oma Jette soll heiraten! Bei ihrem herbstlichen Besuch auf Langeoog werden Jettes quirlige Enkel von Omas Verehrer Günther ins Vertrauen gezogen: Der will Jette einen Antrag machen - und zwar einen spektakulären!

When Carey Browne decides it's time for a holiday and flies into New York City - one of her favourite shopping destinations - she knows she'll have a good time. What she doesn't know is that she's about to have the biggest adventure of her life. Within days she's met and married Ben Russell, and a week later they're heading back together to Dublin, where they both live, to share the happy news with family and friends. Except not everyone's thrilled. And not everyone's convinced this is really more than a holiday romance. Carey and Ben are about to discover whether they've found the kind of love that can survive a blast of reality....

Just because Mel lives in New Whitby, a city founded by vampires, doesn't mean she knows any of the blood-drinking undead personally. They stay in their part of town; she says in hers. Until the day a vampire shows up at her high school. Worse yet, her best friend, Cathy, seems to be falling in love with him. It's up to Mel to save Cathy from a mistake she might regret for all eternity! On top of trying to help Cathy (whether she wants it or not), Mel is investigating a mysterious disappearance for another friend and discovering the attractions of a certain vampire wannabe.

Emiliano, un joven sin perspectivas de futuro estancado en Miami, recibe una tentadora oferta económica por parte de un reality show alemán. El único detalle es que su padre, el poeta Alfonso Dubuc, debe acompañarlo. El anciano está convencido de ser el mejor escritor de América Latina y jura tener el vigor sexual de un adolescente. Para él, la próxima invitación debería venir de Suecia y anunciar un premio Nobel. En medio hay una madrastra que todo lo resuelve con unas pastillas anaranjadas. En el pasado, un momento fundacional del mito, y un lugar: La Habana de principios de los ochenta.

Ein Date, das höllisch schiefläuft, der nie vergessene Ex taucht auf, und dann mischt sich noch die lästige Familie ein … Dumm gelaufen! Meddelin Chan bringt versehentlich ihr Blind Date um, das ihre übergriffige Mutter für sie organisiert hat. Um die Leiche loszuwerden, bleibt Meddy nichts anderes, als ihre ebenso übergriffigen Tanten zu Hilfe zu rufen. Blöd nur, dass der Tote ausgerechnet bei einer Mega-Hochzeit landet, organisiert von der Hochzeitsagentur ihrer Familie. Als dann noch Nathan auftaucht, Meddys große (EX-)Liebe, wird das Chaos infernalisch.

With a dissolving marriage, strained finances, and her life in flux, Ally Anderson longs for normal. Her greatest concerns, though, are the health problems of her young daughter, Kylie. Symptoms point to a compromised immune system, but every doctor they’ve seen has a different theory. Then comes hope for some clarity. It’s possible that Kylie’s illness is genetic, but Ally is adopted. A DNA test opens up an entirely new path.

Fern Carlile has a lot on her plate. It's a good thing she loves her big, imperfectly perfect family, because she's the one who washes their pants, de-fleas the dog and runs her own business. A hearty meal is the one thing that brings the Carliles together - but over the course of a year, the various courses also pull them apart. Around the table sits an eight-year-old militant feminist, a pair of teenage accidental parents, and a cantankerous OAP. Fern's husband needs an extra seat for his spectacular midlife crisis.

Twenty-year-old Sibel thought she had concrete plans for the summer. She would care for her grandmother in Istanbul, visit her father's grave, and study for the MCAT. Instead, she finds herself watching Turkish soap operas and self-diagnosing her own possible chronic illness with the four humors theory of ancient medicine. Also on Sibel's mind: her blond American boyfriend who accompanies her to Turkey; her energetic but distraught younger sister; and her devoted grandmother, who, Sibel comes to learn, carries a harrowing secret.

Dürfen wir vorstellen? Grace Bernard – liebende Tochter, beste Freundin und teuflisch gute Serienmörderin. Grace ist eine Serienmörderin und sie mordet aus gutem Grund. Grace rächt sich bei ihrer Familie. Dafür dass sie beiseitegeschoben wurde, weil sie unehelich ist. Dafür dass sie nicht reingepasst hat in die feine, reiche Familie ihres Vaters. Aber noch mehr rächt Grace ihre Mutter, die es nie verkraftet hat, zuerst mit allen Mitteln verführt und dann schäbig vergessen worden zu sein.

A former prodigy who refuses to believe her best years are behind her and a young virtuoso searching for his passion both get an unlikely shot at their dreams in this sparkling debut about second chances, unexpected joys, and the miraculous power of music.

This is a satellite-dish-free zone of tall houses, standing shoulder to shoulder with big front doors, five floors apiece. You could almost be in Kensington. This is where the actors, writers and media types live, where small children wearing smart uniforms and shoes in the shape of lightbulbs get ferried every day to schools that are not local. Some people are luckier than others; fortune smiles on some and gobs on the rest. Jo Metcalf smokes and spies on the smug Cunninghams down the street as they play their bile-inducing game of happy families.

Câștigător National Book Award 2021 Satirică și ingenios construită, O carte dată naibii leagă firele unei narațiuni complexe despre identitate, dragoste și violență. Jason Mott cucerește printr-un stil amețitor și ludic, pe care îl folosește ca să echilibreze un nucleu tematic dur. El explorează continuu ce înseamnă să scrii, alternând voci eclatante care se întâlnesc pe teritoriul unui prezent nesigur. JASON MOTT este un romancier și poet de origine americană. S-a născut în Carolina de Nord și tot acolo și-a încheiat studiile.