Barbara Trapido: 11 books

Book cover of Sex and Stravinsky
by Barbara Trapido
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2016

Brilliant Australian Caroline can command everyone except her own ghoulish mother, which means that things aren't easy for Josh and Zoe, her husband with Stravinsky-glasses and twelve-year-old daughter. Zoe reads girls' ballet books and longs for lessons; a thing denied her until a chance encounter...
Book cover of Noah's Ark

Noah's Ark

A Novel

by Barbara Trapido
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2017

Ali Bobrow is an otherworldly single parent with an overwrought nine-year-old daughter, a malevolent ex and his grabby new wife, and an underused artistic talent. A pushover when it comes to needy neighbors and uninvited children, she allows her house to be the local drop-in center, until she collides...
Book cover of Temples of Delight
by Barbara Trapido
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2015

Jem McCrail is a fantastical godsend to the timid young Alice Pilling. “Like a dropped acorn,” she appears halfway through the week, halfway through the term, and halfway through Miss Aldridge's Silent Reading Hour. Through the doorway she barely clears, wearing clothes like the urchin she encountered...
Book cover of Juggling

Juggling

A Novel

by Barbara Trapido
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2015

Sparky Christina and her saintly adopted sister Pam couldn't be more different. Raised in New York, they are sent to boarding school in England where they meet the similarly mismatched friends Jago and Peter. The four embark on a dazzling series of pairings and partings, outrageous coincidences, and...
Book cover of Jonglieren
by Barbara Trapido
Language: German
Release Date: August 24, 2014

Eine Familiengeschichte von Shakespearescher Leichtig­keit: Christina ist kein liebes Mädchen, auch wenn sie es gerne wäre. Ständig muss sie ihre Stachel ausfahren. Vor allem der Vater mit seinen ­extravaganten Ideen geht ihr gegen den Strich. Ihre Mutter hingegen hat zu wenig Biss, und die Großmutter,...
Book cover of Brother of the More Famous Jack
by Barbara Trapido
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2014

Back in print, the debut novel that redefined the coming-of-age genre, now with an introduction by New York Times bestselling author Maria Semple. Ask today's favorite novelists what books influenced their writing and you'll hear Brother of the More Famous Jack again and again*.*Worn dog-eared...
Book cover of The Travelling Hornplayer
by Barbara Trapido
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2016

Stunning and difficult, Stella Goldman is programmed for maximum nuisance capacity, but when she discovers both her father's affair and her boyfriend's infidelity on the same day, she flees into the arms of kindly Pen, who speaks as though he's stepped out of Brief Encounter. Meanwhile, her...
Book cover of Frankie & Stankie
by Barbara Trapido
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2017

Dinah and her sister Lisa are growing up in 1950s South Africa, where racial laws are tightening. They are two little girls from a dissenting liberal family. Big sister Lisa is strong and sensible, while Dinah is weedy and arty. At school, the sadistic Mrs Vaughan-Jones is providing instruction in...
Book cover of Tempel des Entzückens
by Barbara Trapido
Language: German
Release Date: August 1, 2017

Als Jem wie aus dem Nichts in der kleinen Welt der behüteten Alice auftaucht, hat sie etwas von einem Geschenk des Himmels. Jem und Alice tauchen ein in einen Kosmos, in dem die Grenzen zwischen Realität und Fantasie aufgehoben scheinen. Die beiden ungleichen Mädchen genießen Literatur, Musik,...
Book cover of Fliegender Wechsel
by Barbara Trapido
Language: German
Release Date: July 3, 2017

Die stylische Vorstadtschönheit Katherine ist achtzehn, als sie Professor Jacob Goldmann kennenlernt. Zusammen mit seiner Frau Jane führt er ein exzentrisches, kinderreiches Lotterleben. Als Katherine diese überschwängliche und unordentliche Welt betritt, verliebt sie sich erst in seinen Sohn...
Book cover of Der reisende Waldhornist
by Barbara Trapido
Language: German
Release Date: October 9, 2010

Als Lydia von einem Auto angefahren wird und noch am Unfallort stirbt, versucht ihre trauernde Schwester herauszufinden, was sie dort wollte. Denn auch, wenn Lydia nicht mehr unter ihnen weilt, so berührt sie doch noch immer das Leben derer, die um sie trauern: Da ist Jonathan Goldmann, aus dessen Wohnung...
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