Bøker av Emily Giffin

Thirty years old, successful and stunning, Darcy Rhone used to think that 'being down and out' meant not finding a size four at the Barney's Warehouse Sale. Preparing for motherhood and settling into a new career, she builds herself a new life from scratch, finally finding romance - in the most unexpected place ...

From the bestselling author of Something Borrowed comes a novel that shows how someone with a "perfect life" can lose it all-and then find everything.

Han er den amerikanske drømmemannen og født med sølvskje i munnen. Hun kommer fra en vanskelig bakgrunn og må kjempe for alt i livet. Er deres kjærlighetshistorie forutbestemt?Ingen som har forventet noe som helst av Cate Cooper. Hun har vokst opp med moren og en voldelig stefar. Etter å ha blitt oppdaget av en modellspeider som 16-åring, forstår Cate at utseendet hennes kan være hennes eneste vei til et bedre liv. Og snart stråler Cates vakre ansikt fra magasiner og reklameplakater. Likevel føler hun seg som en posør, en som ikke har noe å gjøre i en verden hun egentlig aldri har tilhørt.Da hun en dag helt tilfeldig treffer den kjekke og berømte Joe Kingsley er forbindelsen mellom dem umiddelbar og intens. Det føles som om at skjebnen har ført dem sammen. Men kan forholdet deres overleve et liv i rampelyset og den såkalte Kingsley-forbannelsen der mennene i familien lider tragiske skjebner?«... gyllen, hjerteskjærende, episk kjærlighetshistorie ...» Sophie Kinsella, bestselgende forfatter«... strålende, tilfredsstillende ... fra en mester i historiefortelling. Umulig å legge fra seg.» Adriana Trigiani, bestselgende forfatter«Jeg slukte den.» Toronto Star om Ment for hverandre

Ellen og Andy har et perfekt ekteskap. Men en ettermiddag løper Ellen rett inn i eks-kjæresten Leo på gaten. Leo som forhekset henne fullstendig og som hun ikke har sett på åtte år, og som forlot henne uten noen forklaring. Møtet med Leo får Ellen til å spørre seg selv om hun har det livet hun ønsker seg.

Livet til den vanligvis så fornuftige Rachel tar en dramatisk vending når hun har et sidesprang med forloveden til sin beste venninne. Plutselig er det ikke så lett å se grensen mellom hva som er rett og galt. Dette er første bok i en trilogi.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER *;In this riveting novel from the #1 bestselling author of Something Borrowed and First Comes Love, three very different people must choose between their families and their most deeply held values. . . . ';An unpredictable page-turner that unfolds in the voices of three superbly distinct characters.'The Atlanta Journal-Constitution*;';A gripping, thought-provoking journey.'Jodi PicoultNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THESKIMM Nina Browning is living the good life after marrying into Nashville's elite. More recently, her husband made a fortune selling his tech business, and their adored son has been accepted to Princeton.Yet sometimes the middle-class small-town girl in Nina wonders if she's strayed from the person she once was. Tom Volpe is a single dad working multiple jobs while struggling to raise his headstrong daughter, Lyla. His road has been lonely, long, and hard, but he finally starts to relax after Lyla earns a scholarship to Windsor Academy, Nashville's most prestigious private school. Amid so much wealth and privilege, Lyla doesn't always fit inand her overprotective father doesn't helpbut in most ways, she's a typical teenaged girl, happy and thriving. Then, one photograph, snapped in a drunken moment at a party, changes everything. As the image spreads like wildfire, the Windsor community is instantly polarized, buzzing with controversy and assigning blame. At the heart of the lies and scandal, Tom, Nina, and Lyla are forced togetherall questioning their closest relationships, asking themselves who they really are, and searching for the courage to live a life of true meaning.Praise for All We Ever Wanted';Page-turning . . . Timely and thought-provoking, it's Giffin's best yet.'People ';Giffin's novel has style and substance . . . . Truly excellent."e;The Washington Post ';If you're looking for a book club selection, All We Ever Wanted is bound to spark meaningful and meaty discussions.'The Augusta Chronicle';A page-turning exploration of wealth and privilege.'Entertainment Weekly

A beautifully repackaged bind-up of two of Emily Giffin's beloved New York Times bestselling novelsSomething Borrowed: A novel for every woman who has ever had a complicated love-hate friendship. A hard-working attorney at a large Manhattan firm and a diligent maid of honor to her best friend Darcy, Rachel White has always played by all the rules, quietly accepting the sidekick role to Darcy in their lopsided friendship. But that changes the night that Rachel confesses her feelings to Darcy's fiance, and is both horrified and thrilled to discover that he feels the same way. As the wedding date draws near, events spiral out of control, and Rachel knows she must make a choice between her heart and conscience. In so doing, she discovers that the lines between right and wrong can be blurry, endings aren't always neat, and sometimes you have to risk everything to be true to yourself.Something Blue: A story of betrayal, redemption, and forgiveness. Darcy Rhone has always been able to rely on a few things: Her beauty and charm. Her fiance, Dex. Her best friend, Rachel. She never needed anything else. Or so she thinks until Dex calls off their dream wedding and she uncovers the ultimate betrayal. Blaming everyone but herself, Darcy flees to London and attempts to re-create her glamorous life on a new continent. But to her dismay, she discovers that her tried-and-true tricks no longer apply--and that her luck has finally expired. It is only then that she can begin her journey toward redemption, forgiveness, and true love.

The smash-hit New York Times bestselling novel that explores the question: Is there ever a deal breaker when it comes to true love?

**The #1 New York Times bestselling novel.** Perfect for fans of Marian Keyes, Liane Moriarty and The Devil Wears Prada.What happens when love, marriage and children don't come in the expected order?Fifteen years after the tragic death of their older brother splintered Josie and Meredith's already fragile relationship, the two sisters are following very different paths. Hardworking, reserved Meredith thought she'd done it all the right way round - married the perfect man, had the perfect daughter - but now she's wondering if she got the love part wrong. Impulsive and spirited Josie has been single for years. She wants a child so much that she's preparing to head straight for the baby carriage all on her own. As the anniversary of their tragedy looms and secrets from the past surface, Josie and Meredith must come to terms with their own choices. Perhaps they'll find that they need each other more than they know...

The Number One New York Times bestseller. Ask yourself: what would you do if the one for you was the only person you couldn't have?Shea Rigsby is content enough with her life in the small town of Walker, Texas. She has her dream fangirl job working for Walker's football team, a mostly satisfactory relationship with her boyfriend, and even if she's got the sneaking feeling life is passing her by, she doesn't quite have the confidence to do anything about it.But everything changes when the mother of Lucy, Shea's best friend, dies suddenly. Lucy's father, now a widower, is the town's charismatic football coach, and Shea's hero since she was a young girl. Coach Carr is now alone as he and Shea grow closer than ever, Shea realises she can't help how she feels . . . for the father of her best friend, who's grieving for his wife.THE ONE & ONLY is a thoughtful, luminous and brilliantly observed novel about believing in something amazing for yourself.

They are the perfect couple - until he wants a child, and she doesn't ...

Rachel Miller and Darcy Rhone have been best friends since childhood. They've shared birthdays, the horrors of high school and even boyfriends, but while Darcy is the sort of woman who breezes through life getting what she wants when she wants it, Rachel has always played by the rules and watched her stunning best friend steal all the limelight.