Kim Edwards Poradie kníh (chronologicky)

In this debut novel and series starter, the last member of a murdered House searches for a missing nobleman, and uncovers clues about his own tortured past. Rune Saint John, last child of the fallen Sun Court, is hired to search for Lady Judgment's missing son, Addam, on New Atlantis, the island city where the Atlanteans moved after ordinary humans destroyed their original home. With his companion and bodyguard, Brand, he questions Addam's relatives and business contacts through the highest ranks of the nobles of New Atlantis. But as they investigate, they uncover more than a missing man: a legendary creature connected to the secret of the massacre of Rune's Court. In looking for Addam, can Rune find the truth behind his family's death and the torments of his past?

Exploring the intricacies of family secrets, this novel delves into the hidden past that shapes the lives of its characters. The narrative unfolds around a family's concealed history, revealing how these secrets influence relationships and personal identities. With a blend of emotional depth and compelling storytelling, the author invites readers to reflect on the impact of the past on the present, making for a poignant and thought-provoking read.

Lucy Jarrett is at a crossroads in her life, still haunted by her father's unresolved death a decade earlier. She returns to her hometown in Upstate New York, The Lake of Dreams, and, late one night, she cracks the lock of a window seat and discovers a collection of objects. They appear to be idle curiosities, but soon Lucy realizes that she has stumbled across a dark secret from her family's past, one that will radically change her—and the future of her family—forever.

Kim Edwards Buch liest sich wie das Werk eines klugen, unerschrockenen Reisenden, der bei der Rückkehr nach Hause wertvolle Andenken aus anderen Ländern bei sich trägt. So bestaunen wir exotische Schauplätze und ganz und gar ungewöhnliche Schicksale. Wir lernen einen Feuerschlucker kennen, der in Liebe entflammt, einen Kriegsheimkehrer und seine vietnamesische Braut und eine sterbende Frau, deren Leben mit dem von Marie Curie verwoben ist. Ein jeder von ihnen stößt an die Grenzen von Zeit, Ort und Lebenslage, auf der Suche nach dem größte Mysterium der Menschheit - dem unfassbaren Wunder der Liebe.

Príbeh lekára, ktorý pri narodení svojich dvojčiat sa v zlomku sekundy rozhodne, že poškodené dievčatko dá do ústavu... Tento ohromujúci román, ktorý si po celom svete získal uznanie a stal sa medzinárodným bestsellerom, sa začína počas zimnej noci roku 1964, keď snehová víchrica prinúti doktora Davida Henryho pomôcť na svet svojim vlastným dvojčatám. Jeho syn, ktorý sa narodí ako prvý, je dokonale zdravý, no doktor hneď spozná, že jeho dcéra má Downov syndróm. Z motívov, o ktorých sám sebe nahovára, že sú správne, urobí v zlomku sekundy rozhodnutie, ktoré ho bude navždy prenasledovať a ovplyvní život celej rodiny. Požiada zdravotnú sestru Caroline, aby odniesla bábätko do ústavu. Tá však namiesto toho odíde do iného mesta a vychováva dieťa ako svoje vlastné. Strhujúci a hlboko dojemný príbeh sleduje paralelné životy, rodinné tajomstvá a hovorí o vykupiteľskej sile lásky.

Explores the obstacles of time, place and circumstance in our quest for love, happiness and acceptance.

Families have secrets they hide even from themselves... It should have been an ordinary birth, the start of an ordinary happy family. But the night Dr David Henry delivers his wife's twins is a night that will haunt five lives for ever. For though David's son is a healthy boy, his daughter has Down's syndrome. And, in a shocking act of betrayal whose consequences only time will reveal, he tells his wife their daughter died while secretly entrusting her care to a nurse. As grief quietly tears apart David's family, so a little girl must make her own way in the world as best she can. This also includes the first chapter of Kim Edwards' new novel The Lake of Dreams (Viking 2011).