"They say friends make life worth living... Once a spirited, independent woman with a rebellious streak, Masha's life was forever changed by a tragic event twelve years ago. Unable to let go of her grief, she finds comfort in her faithful canine companion Haizum, and peace in the quiet lanes of her town's swimming pool. Almost without her realizing it, her life has shuddered to a halt. It's only when Masha begins an unlikely friendship with the mysterious...

A thief makes off with a small case containing some useless relics belonging to an elderly homeless woman -- variously called Patricia, Lillian and Winifred, depending on the people who care for her. Patricia's search for the thief and her belongings becomes an excavation of her past, beginning with her prewar girlhood in the English town of Chapelfield; it's a haunting evocation of neglect, abuse and mental illness. Born with a head of spiky red...

Sienna has her idyllic life shattered when she helps Sweet Violet, a homeless woman whose past comes back to haunt her, with violent results.

Homeless, jobless, loverless and scandalous at thirty-two, Emily turns to her best friend, Cara, who thinks yoga, aromatherapy, and the perfect potion will turn Emily's karma around. Why not, Emily figures. It might even help attract the real Mr. Right.

"Facing homelessness after the death of her master, Cuban former slave Caridad becomes a freedom fighter at the side of rebellious gypsy Milagros Carmona, with whom she confronts increasingly hostile elements in mid-eighteenth-century Madrid." -- "Ildefonso Falcones nos propone un viaje a una época apasionante, teñida por los prejuicios y la intolerancia. Desde Sevilla hasta Madrid, desde el tumultuoso bullicio de la gitanería hasta los teatros...