Na úpätí mohutných hôr Colorada preteká okolo mestečka Iola rieka Gunnison. V 40. rokoch 20. storočia tu ľudia žijú v izolácii pred okolitým svetom. Sedemnásťročná Victoria vedie po smrti matky domácnosť na rodinnej broskyňovej farme. Ale v deň, keď jej cestu skríži záhadný cudzinec, už nič nebude také ako predtým. Victoria sa čoskoro musí vzdať…
At Home Place, the windows are blacked out and food is becoming scarce as a new generation of Cazalets takes up the story. Louise dreams of being a great actress, Clary is an aspiring writer, while Polly, is burdened with knowledge and the need to share it. This is the sequel to The Light Years .
Polly has always been the high-flier of the family, with the glamorous lifestyle to match. Clare is a single mum with two children, struggling to make ends meet in a ramshackle cottage. The two sisters are poles apart and can’t stand each other. But then Polly’s fortunes unexpectedly change and her world comes crashing down. With no money and nowhere to go, she’s forced back to the village where she and Clare grew up, and the sisters find themselves living together for the first time in years. With an old flame reappearing for Polly, a blossoming new career for Clare and a long-buried family secret in the mix, sparks are sure to fly. Unless the two women have more in common than they first thought?
Brundage's brilliant new novel is as terrifyingly unsettling-and as beautiful- as cracking ice over a raging river. Part murder mystery, part ghost story, it's also a profound look at how past guilt informs the present, how what we yearn for is not always what we get, and how it's not only houses that can be haunted, but people as well. One of the most ambitious, original and gorgeously written novels that I've ever read-and been unable to forget. Caroline Leavitt
V roku 1558 sa kamene kingsbridgeskej katedrály pozerajú na mesto rozdelené náboženským sporom. Moc v Anglicku sa neustále presúva medzi katolíkmi a protestantmi, čo vedie k napätiu medzi vznešenými a prostými, ktorí skúšajú priateľstvo, oddanosť a lásku. Ned Willard túži oženiť sa s Margery Fitzgeraldovou, no keď sa ich cesty rozdelia kvôli náboženskému konfliktu, Ned odchádza pracovať pre princeznú Elizabeth. Po jej nástupe na trón sa celá Európa obracia proti Anglicku. Elizabeth, bystrá a odhodlaná, zakladá prvú tajnú službu, aby sa chránila pred sprisahaním a vzburami. Počas búrlivého polstoročia sa zdá, že láska Neda a Margery je odsúdená na neúspech, keďže extrémisti vyvolávajú násilie od Edinburghu po Ženevu. Elizabeth sa snaží udržať trón aj svoje zásady, chránená oddanými špiónmi a odvážnymi agentmi. Skutočnými nepriateľmi nie sú len znepriatelené náboženstvá, ale aj tyrani, ktorí sa snažia vnucovať svoje myšlienky bez ohľadu na dôsledky. Román sa odohráva v jednom z najrevolučnejších období dejín a je ambicióznym dielom, ktoré poteší dlhoročných fanúšikov aj nových čitateľov.
It's been eight months since Mickey Bolitar witnessed the tragic death of his father. Eight months of lies, dark secrets and unanswered questions. While he desperately wants answers, Mickey's sophomore year of high school brings on a whole new set of troubles. Spoon is in hospital, Rachel won't tell him where he stands, his basketball teammates hate him . . . and then there's Ema's surprise announcement: she has an online boyfriend and he's vanished. As he's searching for Ema's missing boyfriend (who may not even exist!), Mickey also gets roped into helping his nemesis, Troy Taylor, with a big problem. All the while, Mickey and his friends are pulled deeper into the mysteries surrounding the Abeona Shelter, risking their lives to find the answers - until the shocking climax, where Mickey finally comes face-to-face with the truth about his father.
Lush, green, fragrant: the Indian hills of Assam are full of promise. But eighteen-year-old Clarissa Belhaven is full of worry. The family tea plantation is suffering, and so is her father, still grieving over the untimely death of his wife, while Clarissa's fragile sister, Olive, needs love and resourceful care. Beautiful and headstrong, Clarissa soon attracts the attention of young, brash Wesley Robson, a rival tea planter. Yet before his intentions become fully clear, tragedy befalls the Belhavens and the sisters are wrenched from their beloved tea garden to the industrial streets of Tyneside. A world away from the only home she has ever known, Clarissa must start again. Using all her means, she must endure not only poverty but jealousy and betrayal too. Will the reappearance of Wesley give her the link to her old life that she so desperately craves? Or will a fast-changing world and the advent of war extinguish hope forever? Revised edition: This edition of The Tea Planter's Daughter includes editorial revisions.
