Helen Dunmore2.9 The inaugural winner of England's prestigious Orange Prize, A Spell of Winter is a compelling turn-of-the-century tale of innocence corrupted by secrecy, and the grace of second chances.Cathy and her brother, Rob, have forged a passionate refuge against the terror of loneliness and family secrets, but their sibling love becomes fraught with danger. As Catherine fights free of her dark present and haunting past, the spell of winter that has held her in its grasp begins to break.
Энн Тайлер3.7 По официальной версии, Делия - женщина 40 лет, мать троих детей, жена врача из небольшого респектабельного города, пропала. На самом деле она просто ушла куда глаза глядят от Сэма с их многолетним браком, от взрослых детей, которым уже не нужна, от привычки и рутины.
В пляжном костюме и с деньгами, отложенными на отпуск, Делия останавливается в первом попавшемся симпатичном городке и начинает новую жизнь. Неожиданное приглашение на свадьбу старшей дочери приводит Делию в смятение: сможет ли она вернуться в свой дом, в какой роли она там появится и что она скажет своим новым знакомым?
Блестящий, пронзительный, наполненный тонким юмором и неожиданными замечаниями роман о семье, браке и надежде.
Марианна Уиггинс0.0 The story of a passionate affair between journalist, Noah John and a brilliant new photographer, Lilith de Vinci. Set against the dramatic world events that followed the fall of communism, the novel becomes a thriller as Noah searches across Europe for Lilith after she disappears with a sinister Romanian official.
Пэган Кеннеди0.0 It?s 1968, and Frannie and Doris, sisters and spinsters, are finally freed from family ties and constraints when their father dies. Taking off in their Plymouth Valiant they hit the road on a journey through the changing cultural landscape of America - civil rights marches, the assasinations of Martin Luther King and Bobby Kennedy. Frannie longs to return to the safety of her former reclusive life, but Doris just wants to raise hell and get laid. A touching, lyrical, and superbly crafted mid-life coming-of-age tale that was short-listed for the 1996 Orange Prize.
Джулия Блэкберн0.0 In the late 19th century, an English missionary arrives on a remote island in the Indian Ocean, intent on wiping our fornication among the natives. Instead he incurs a curse that strikes first his dark-skinned wife, then his son and grandson. But is the curse supernatural--or a white man's guilty fascination with an alien new world? "A hypnotic, cryptic, haunting exploration of the power of memory."--Boston Globe.
Мэри Моррисси0.0 The story of one woman's search for home and family details the abduction of an infant and revelation of a middle-aged woman who begins to remember her shadow-life as the daughter of a different mother. 10,000 first printing.
Pat Barker3.9 1918, the closing months of the war. Army psychiatrist William Rivers is increasingly concerned for the men who have been in his care - particularly Billy Prior, who is about to return to combat in France with young poet Wilfred Owen. As Rivers tries to make sense of what, if anything, he has done to help these injured men, Prior and Owen await the final battles in a war that has decimated a generation ...
Lesley Glaister0.0 Inis has run away from her husband and children. Her new neighbour Trixie is eighty-four years old and a hymn-singing Salvation Army veteran. Trixie's life is one of apparent calm but beneath the surface lie not one but three different personalities. One of them is very private. And very dangerous.
Кэтлин Шайн0.0 Independent, irresistible Helen MacFarquhar is the owner of a bookstore in an idyllic seaside town in New England. A happily divorced mother who enjoys a playful relationship with her customers, Helen's life is turned upside down when an anonymous letter arrives, penned by an unknown lover.
Элспет Сэндис0.0 This novel portrays the lives of two women in New Zealand. Deidre Byrne’s fulfilling career as a nurse is cut short when she marries, while Sarah Dutton falls in love with a radical artist and has to face up to unresolved issues with her family.
