Bøger af Jamie Ford

Inspireret af en sand historie har Jamie Ford skrevet en vidunderlig bittersød roman om at finde kærligheden i en verden, hvor alt – også mennesker – er til salg.Seattle 1909. For den halvkinesiske børnehjemsdreng Ernest virker tilbuddet om at besøge den store verdensudstilling som noget af en gave, men midt i al hurlumhejet med eksotiske udstillinger, fyrværkeri og pariserhjul opdager han, at det i virkeligheden er ham, der er gaven. Dagens store begivenhed er bortlodningen af 'en sund og rask dreng til et godt hjem' – ham!Vinderloddet viser sig at tilhøre den flamboyante Madam Flora, der driver et bordel for byens bedre borgerskab og bryster sig af at tage sig godt af sine piger. Her får Ernest job som stikirenddreng og får for første gang nogensinde noget, der minder om et hjem og en familie.I 1962, godt halvtreds år senere, er der igen verdensudstilling i byen. Ernest er nu en ældre mand, og hans datter Juju, der er journalist på den lokale avis, stiller nysgerrige spørgsmål til den første verdensudstilling. Der er minder fra den tid, Ernest helst ikke vil genbesøge, og gamle hemmeligheder, der ikke må se dagens lys, men samtidig må Ernest måske åbne lidt op, hvis han også skal hjælpe sin syge kone med at få hukommelsen tilbage.”En stemningsfuld, inderlig og smuk fortælling … Det er Ford, når han er bedst.”– Kristin Hannah, forfatter til NattergalenPressen skriver:»Dette er en fremragende roman, bygget på en sand historie, og en af den slags bøger, der åbner døre til verdener, man ikke vidste, man havde brug for at kigge ind i.«***** – Femina»Romanen rammer lige i hjertekulen med sin dybt rørende kærlighedshistorie og sin beskrivelse af et miljø, der på overfladen ser flot ud, men som i virkeligheden er manipulerende og falskt, og som kommer til at koste hovedpersonerne dyrt og sætter dybe spor hele livet.«***** – Familie Journal»Historien fortælles i et mættet og sanseligt sprog, og man ser scenerne for sig, efterhånden som de ruller frem.«***** – Søndag»Historien er velfortalt, sproget er let og strømmende, fyldt med farver og liv, og det er en absolut læseværdig bog … en god og gribende historie, som vil blive hos dig længe.« – Skriv for livet

Famine. Death. War. Pestilence. These are the harbingers of the biblical apocalypse, of the End of the World. In science fiction, the end is triggered by less figurative means: nuclear holocaust, biological warfare/pandemic, ecological disaster, or cosmological cataclysm. But before any catastrophe, there are people who see it coming. During, there are heroes who fight against it. And after, there are the survivors who persevere and try to rebuild. THE APOCALYPSE TRIPTYCH will tell their stories. Edited by acclaimed anthologist John Joseph Adams and bestselling author Hugh Howey, The Apocalypse Triptych is a series of three anthologies of apocalyptic fiction. THE END IS NIGH focuses on life before the apocalypse. THE END IS NOW turns its attention to life during the apocalypse. And THE END HAS COME explores life after the apocalypse. THE END IS NIGH is about the match. THE END HAS COME is about what will rise from the ashes. THE END IS NOW is about the conflagration. - - - - THE END IS NOW table of contents: INTRODUCTION by John Joseph Adams - HERD IMMUNITY by Tananarive Due - THE SIXTH DAY OF DEER CAMP by Scott Sigler - GOODNIGHT STARS by Annie Bellet - ROCK MANNING CAN'T HEAR YOU by Charlie Jane Anders - FRUITING BODIES by Seanan McGuire - BLACK MONDAY by Sarah Langan - ANGELS OF THE APOCALYPSE by Nancy Kress - AGENT ISOLATED by David Wellington - THE GODS WILL NOT BE SLAIN by Ken Liu - YOU'VE NEVER SEEN EVERYTHING by Elizabeth Bear - BRING THEM DOWN by Ben H. Winters - TWILIGHT OF THE MUSIC MACHINES by Megan Arkenberg - SUNSET HOLLOW by Jonathan Maberry - PENANCE by Jake Kerr - AVTOMAT by Daniel H. Wilson - DANCING WITH BATGIRL IN THE LAND OF NOD by Will McIntosh - BY THE HAIR OF THE MOON by Jamie Ford - TO WRESTLE NOT AGAINST FLESH AND BLOOD by Desirina Boskovich - IN THE MOUNTAIN by Hugh Howey - DEAR JOHN by Robin Wasserman.

Who could be worse than Fred and Rosemary West, Robert Black or Ian Brady and Myra Hindley? Meet Brenda, Fat Alec and Gregor Zimmel, then decide. Follow Chief Superintendent Dan Kernick as he unravels a horrific child exploitation ring. When the shoes of a girl, abducted two years ago, are found at the scene of a horrific double murder, an international police investigation is launched. Chief Superintendent Dan Kernick is reluctant to take on the case but dispatches a team to review the original investigation, while he and his sergeant fly to Austria to unravel why the missing girl's shoes have been discovered there. As the twin strands of the investigation unfold, child exploitation rings in England and mainland Europe are linked to the abductions and deaths of missing children. Set in the North of England and the Austrian Tyrol, this is a hard hitting story, with explicit descriptions of the inhuman treatment of victims, uncovering a world where those victims and the perpetrators of horrific crimes are tied inexorably together, in a web of cruelty, suffering, and perverse sexual gratification.

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A Read With Jenna Today Show Book Club Pick The New York Times bestselling author of Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet returns with a powerful exploration of the love that binds a family across the generations in "one of the most beautiful books of motherhood and what we pass on to those that come after us" (Jenna Bush Hager, Today). Dorothy Moy breaks her own heart for a living. As Washington's former poet laureate, that's how she describes channeling her dissociative episodes and mental health struggles into her art. But when her five-year-old daughter exhibits similar behavior and begins remembering things from the lives of their ancestors, Dorothy believes the past has come to haunt her. Fearing that her child is predestined to endure the same debilitating depression that has marked her own life, Dorothy seeks radical help. Through an experimental treatment designed to mitigate inherited trauma, Dorothy intimately connects with past generations of women in her family: Faye Moy, a nurse in China serving with the Flying Tigers; Zoe Moy, a student in England at a famous school with no rules; Lai King Moy, a girl quarantined in San Francisco during a plague epidemic; Greta Moy, a tech executive with a unique dating app; and Afong Moy, the first Chinese woman to set foot in America. As the painful recollections affect her present life, Dorothy discovers that trauma isn't the only thing she's inherited. A stranger is searching for her in each time period--a stranger who's loved her through all of her genetic memories. Can Dorothy break the cycle of pain and abandonment to finally find peace for her daughter and love for herself? Or will she end up paying the ultimate price? "For Jamie Ford fans both old and new, The Many Daughters of Afong Moy is an unmitigated pleasure" (Christina Baker Kline, #1 New York Times bestselling author) and a lyrical love story unlike any other.

'You just gave me hope, Henry. And sometimes hope is enough to get you through anything'1986, The Panama HotelThe old Seattle landmark has been boarded up for decades, but now the new owner has made a startling discovery in the basement: personal belongings stored away by Japanese families sent to interment camps during the Second World War. Among the fascinated crowd gathering outside the hotel, stands Henry Lee, and, as the owner unfurls a distinctive parasol, he is flooded by memories of his childhood. He wonders if by some miracle, in amongst the boxes of dusty treasures, lies a link to the Okabe family, and the girl he lost his young heart to, so many years ago.With over a million copies sold worldwide, this captivating debut is a story of the sacrifices one boy makes for love and for his country.

Thirty-six of the most interesting writers in the Pacific Northwest came together for a week-long marathon of writing live on stage. The result? Hotel Angeline, a truly inventive novel that surprises at every turn of the page.Something is amiss at the Hotel Angeline, a rickety former mortuary perched atop Capitol Hill in rain-soaked Seattle. Fourteen-year-old Alexis Austin is fixing the plumbing, the tea, and all the problems of the world, it seems, in her landlady mother's absence.The quirky tenantsa hilarious mix of misfits and rabble-rousers from days gone byrely on Alexis all the more when they discover a plot to sell the Hotel. Can Alexis save their home? Find her real father? Deal with her surrogate dad's dicey past? Find true love? Perhaps only their feisty pet crow, Habib, truly knows.Provoking interesting questions about the creative process, this novel is by turns funny, scary, witty, suspenseful, beautiful, thrilling, and unexpected.

Inspireret af en sand historie har Jamie Ford skrevet en vidunderlig bittersød roman om at finde kærligheden i en verden, hvor alt – også mennesker – er til salg.Seattle 1909. For den halvkinesiske børnehjemsdreng Ernest virker tilbuddet om at besøge den store verdensudstilling som noget af en gave, men midt i al hurlumhejet med eksotiske udstillinger, fyrværkeri og pariserhjul opdager han, at det i virkeligheden er ham, der er gaven. Dagens store begivenhed er bortlodningen af 'en sund og rask dreng til et godt hjem' – ham!Vinderloddet viser sig at tilhøre den flamboyante Madam Flora, der driver et bordel for byens bedre borgerskab og bryster sig af at tage sig godt af sine piger. Her får Ernest job som stikirenddreng og får for første gang nogensinde noget, der minder om et hjem og en familie.I 1962, godt halvtreds år senere, er der igen verdensudstilling i byen. Ernest er nu en ældre mand, og hans datter Juju, der er journalist på den lokale avis, stiller nysgerrige spørgsmål til den første verdensudstilling. Der er minder fra den tid, Ernest helst ikke vil genbesøge, og gamle hemmeligheder, der ikke må se dagens lys, men samtidig må Ernest måske åbne lidt op, hvis han også skal hjælpe sin syge kone med at få hukommelsen tilbage.”En stemningsfuld, inderlig og smuk fortælling … Det er Ford, når han er bedst.”– Kristin Hannah, forfatter til Nattergalen

Jamie Fords stærke debutroman er en uforglemmelig kærlighedshistorie og en stærk fortælling om et ukendt hjørne af Anden Verdenskrig. Solgt i mere end en million eksemplarer på verdensplan og har ligget over to år på New York Times’ bestsellerliste.Seattle, 1986: Henry Lee slutter sig til en menneskemængde uden for Hotel Panama, der engang var den japanske bydels vartegn. Hotellet har været lukket i årtier, men nu har den nye ejer gjort et fund i kælderen: en række ejendele, der blev opmagasineret af japanske familier, kort før de blev sendt til interneringslejre under Anden Verdenskrig efter angrebet på Pearl Harbor.Ved synet af de efterladte genstande bringes Henry tilbage til sin egen barndom i Chinatown under krigen. Henrys kinesiske forældre var stærkt nationalistiske og imod alt japansk, men det til trods blev Henry venner med den japanske pige Keiko, og en spirende kærlighed voksede frem mellem dem, inden Keiko blev tvangsinterneret med sin familie. Sidste gang Henry så Keiko, var de adskilt af et pigtrådshegn, men han lovede at vente på hende, til de kunne leve et liv sammen i frihed.Nu, et menneskeliv senere og med brudte løfter bag sig, beslutter Henry at gå på opdagelse i Hotel Panamas kælder for at søge efter det, der har været gemt, men aldrig glemt.