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Leigh Verrill-Rhys

    Táto autorka sa vo svojich dielach zameriava na témy ženských životných príbehov, často zasadených do historického kontextu, ako je druhá svetová vojna. Jej práce sa vyznačujú hlbokým vhľadom do autobiografického písania a skúmajú životy žien vo Walese. Ako skúsená redaktorka sa venuje vydávaniu ženských autobiografických diel a obohacuje tak literárnu krajinu o menej počuté hlasy. Jej prístup k písaniu je odvážny a nekonvenčný, čo čitateľom sľubuje originálne a pútavé čítanie.

    Pavane for Miss Marcher
    • Pavane for Miss Marcher

      • 310 stránok
      • 11 hodin čítania

      1871. The war has been over for six years but Rupe Smith still fights his demons. Ten years have passed since he left his Maine village. His Wyoming ranch is the one place he wants to be and the last place he can be. There is no escape from the guilt of his parents' grief or his longing for the girl whose one letter kept him alive, without knowing she is beyond his reach, married and raising a family.Cathryn Marcher is not the giddy, giggling girl with high ideals she was before the war. The woman who waited for Rupert Smith's safe return has no doubt she isn't the reason he has finally come home. The haunted expression on his handsome face reminds her of the outcome, the horror and suffering of war she saw close at hand, all those years ago, in the faces of soldiers she nursed in Boston. Captain Smith and Miss Marcher share a love of music but Cathryn must hide her disappointment when Rupert chooses to sing in harmony with the widow, Mrs. Miller, whom the residents of Oslo Hill believe will be his bride. Susan Miller's disdain for her voice teacher, her rival for Rupert's love, is matched by Colonel Jericho Colson's loathing for his fellow Union Army officer, his rival for Cathryn's heart.

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