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Elizabeth Buchan

    21. máj 1948

    Elizabeth Buchan vo svojich dielach skúma zložité vzťahy a ženské životy s citom pre detail a psychologickú hĺbku. Jej písanie sa vyznačuje vytvoreným štýlom, ktorý dokáže s eleganciou zachytiť humor aj smútok, a často sa ponára do tém odporu a odolnosti tvárou v tvár nepriazni osudu. Čitatelia oceňujú jej schopnosť vytvárať živé postavy a pútavé príbehy, ktoré rezonujú dlho po dočítaní. Jej romány a poviedky sú svedectvom jej literárneho majstrovstva a prenikavého pohľadu na ľudskú povahu.

    Elizabeth Buchan
    Consider the Lily
    Ice Dancer
    Light of the Moon
    The museum of broken promises
    Druhá manželka
    Pomsta ženy v zrelom veku
    • Bonjour, Sophie

      • 448 stránok
      • 16 hodin čítania

      A gorgeous novel of family secrets and self-discovery from the bestselling author of Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman and Two Women in Rome.

      Bonjour, Sophie2024
      3,9
    • Daughters of the Storm

      • 304 stránok
      • 11 hodin čítania

      Paris, 1789. As the shadow of the guillotine falls over a nation at war with itself, three very different women find themselves caught up in the storm of revolution... In France under the last Bourbon king, the extravagance grows more outrageous and the unrest of the poor more dangerous. Into this ferment are swept the innocent English Sophie Luttrell, visiting France for the first time, the French aristocrat Héloise de Guinot, who hates the man her parents have arranged for her to marry, and Marie-Victoire , the loyal maid, who finds herself immersed in revolutionary politics. They are the daughters of the storm which is sweeping France - and over the world. Three women whose lives will be forever marked by this turning point in history and whose passionate struggle for love, liberty - and for life - will have unexpected consequences.

      Daughters of the Storm2023
    • Light of the Moon

      • 304 stránok
      • 11 hodin čítania

      In wartime France an English SOE and a German Abwehr officer fall in love - with consequences neither could have foreseen... I thought loving someone was simple. It isn't. Glorious, yes. Painful, yes. Unforgettable, yes. Simple, no. It took me the war to find out... Evelyn St. John has been parachuted into France to link up with the Resistance and to work undercover. Paul von Hoch's brief, as a member of German Intelligence, is to track down enemy spies. When Evelyn and Paul meet and fall in love, their feelings for one another are fierce, but can never be uncomplicated. And when the battle lines shift, and patriotism gives way to deeper truths, they will both face the gravest of challenges.

      Light of the Moon2022
      4,0
    • Two Women in Rome

      • 336 stránok
      • 12 hodin čítania

      A beautifully atmospheric story of two women who can never meet, set in a city full of secrets ancient and modern...

      Two Women in Rome2021
      3,4
    • The museum of broken promises

      Enter its doors, and the past will find you

      • 416 stránok
      • 15 hodin čítania

      The stunning new novel from bestselling Elizabeth Buchan. The Museum of Broken Promises is a beautiful, evocative love story and heart-breaking journey in to a long-buried past.

      The museum of broken promises2019
      3,3
    • I Can't Begin To Tell You

      • 497 stránok
      • 18 hodin čítania

      Settle down with the stunning wartime story of a family trying to survive, from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The New Mrs Clifton When the Nazis invade Denmark, British-born Kay Eberstern is sickened when Bror - her husband of twenty-five years - collaborates with the enemy to save his family home. Lured by British Intelligence into a covert world of resistance, her life in the hands of London's code breakers, Kay's betrayal of her husband is complete as she risks her home and children to protect an SOE agent who won't even tell her his name. As her family - especially her headstrong daughter - is drawn further into danger, Kay is faced with a wrenching moral dilemma. Who will be sacrificed next for the cause? Can she and Bror ever find their way back to one another? I Can't Begin to Tell You is a beautiful story of bravery, broken loyalties, lies and how the power of love can bring redemption even to the darkest of places. Praise for I Can't Begin to Tell You: 'Impressive . . . Buchan brings the period vividly to life' Sunday Times 'Such a good novel, full of incident and history' Daily Express 'A gripping story of courage and conscience. Highly recommended' Sunday Mirror 'Gripping, fascinating' Daily Mail

      I Can't Begin To Tell You2014
      3,9
    • Daughters

      • 432 stránok
      • 16 hodin čítania

      It is a truth universally acknowledged that all mothers want to see their daughters happily settled.But for Lara, mother to Maudie and stepmother to Jasmine and Eve, realizing this ambition has not been easy.With an ex-husband embarking on a new marriage, and the surprising and late blooming developments in her own love life to contend with, Lara has enough to worry about, especially with Eve's upcoming wedding.And when she begins to fear that Eve is marrying a man who will only make her unhappy, and Maudie reveals something that shocks the entire family, Lara faces the ultimate dilemma. Does she step in and risk the wrath of her daughters? Or does she stand by and watch them both make what she fears will be the biggest mistakes of their lives?

      Daughters2012
      3,4
    • Separate beds

      • 439 stránok
      • 16 hodin čítania

      Tom and Annie's kids have grown up, the mortgage is do-able, and they're about to get a gorgeous new, state-of-the-art French stove. Life is good- or so it seems. Beneath the veneer of professional success and domestic security, their marriage is crumbling, eaten away by years of resentment, loneliness, and the fall out from the estrangement of their daughter, and they've settled into simply being two strangers living under the same roof.Until the economy falls apart.Suddenly the dull but oddly comfortable predictability of their lives is upended by financial calamity-Tom loses his job, their son returns home, and Tom's mother moves in with them. As their world shrinks, Tom and Annie are forced closer together, and the chaos around them threatens to sweep away their bitterness and frustration, refreshing and possibly restoring the love that had been lying beneath all along.

      Separate beds2010
      3,3
    • Good Housekeeping: Great Escapes

      A Short Story Collection

      • 308 stránok
      • 11 hodin čítania

      These stories are aimed at readers of 'Good Housekeeping' magazine - primarily women aged 25 to 55 - and deal with the myriad issues facing women today. Each story is a generous bite size of well-written, self-contained fiction perfectly suited to holiday reading.

      Good Housekeeping: Great Escapes2008
      3,4
    • Kobiety w pewnym wieku

      Nowa, niezwykła powieść autorki Zemsty kobiety w średnim wieku

      • 336 stránok
      • 12 hodin čítania
      Kobiety w pewnym wieku2008
    • Judge Guy Stockdale was unprepared for the upheaval in his life that followed his announcement that he intended to marry his mistressna_

      Marrying the mistress2007
      3,5
    • Druhá manželka

      • 280 stránok
      • 10 hodin čítania

      Pravidlá, ktoré momentálne ovládajú môj život: Pravidlo č. 1: Spravodlivosť neexistuje. Pravidlo č. 2: Na rozdiel od manželových túžob druhá manželka nenosí v kabelke Kámasútru. Skôr sa v nej nájde aspirín. Pravidlo č. 3: Nikdy sa nesťažuj, najmä ak dôsledne uplatňuješ pravidlo číslo jeden. A to ja veru uplatňujem. Takýchto pravidiel sa drží Minty Lloydová v snahe prežiť svoj život ako Nathanova druhá manželka. Matka šesťročných dvojičiek, vylúčená zo stretnutí s Nathanovou nepriateľskou rodinou a ignorovaná jeho priateľmi, žije v tieni skvelej a úspešnej Rose – manželovej prvej ženy. „Problém je v tom,“ ako sama hovorí, „že všetko, čo robím, robím ako druhá v poradí...“ Voľné pokračovanie Pomsty ženy v zrelom veku je neodolateľným príbehom lásky, znovuzrodenia starého priateľstva a obnovenia pút, ktoré zmocnejú, hoci sa kedysi pretrhli.

      Druhá manželka2007
      3,1
    • Against her Nature. Perfect Love

      • 437 stránok
      • 16 hodin čítania

      Unlike the Frants living their quiet ordered lives in the village of Appleford, Tess and Becky are of the generation that reckons it can have everything. High flyers in the high-octane world of London's high-finance, they move through the opportunists, the short-termists, the sharks, the bullies and the very, very rich to face many choices, not least the one presented by children. How they and an older generation balance the texture of their lives is offered in a story with universal themes. Brilliantly and beautifully combined with a tender and unexpected love story and a journey to maturity, it is the work of a fine and courageous writer. A modern day Vanity Fair ...brilliantly done' Mail on Sunday With her customary understanding and compassion, Buchan nudges [Tess and Becky] towards the recognition of what really matters when the chips are down. A satisfyingly easy but never facile read' Daily Telegraph She refreshes the parts other writers don't know about' Daily Mail

      Against her Nature. Perfect Love2006
      2,4
    • Zwei Frauen, wie sie unterschiedlicher nicht sein könnten – und dennoch beste Freundinnen. Scharfzüngig und clever die eine, träumerisch und zurückhaltend die andere. Als Becky und Tess in das Berufsleben starten, scheinen ihnen alle Möglichkeiten offen zu stehen. Wer sollte sie auf ihrem Weg nach oben aufhalten? Doch schon bald kollidiert ihr Karriereziel mit ihren eigenen Wünschen nach Liebe, Ehe und Kindern. Tess und Becky müssen sich entscheiden – oder doch nicht?

      Klatschmohn und Schmetterlinge2006
      4,0
    • Im Zwiespalt des Lebens

      • 350 stránok
      • 13 hodin čítania

      Agnes Campion ist Erbin des stattlichen Flagge House im ländlichen England, doch das Anwesen entpuppt sich als verfallende Schönheit, die viel Geld kostet. Insbesondere da ihre Tanten, die das Haus okkupieren, immer neue Ansprüche stellen. Soll Agnes das geliebte Haus verkaufen? Der attraktive Immobilienmakler Julian zeigt sich nicht nur an Flagge House interessiert, und dann ist da noch der störrische Biobauer Andrew, der womöglich viel besser zu Agnes paßt … Mit viel Humor erzählt Erfolgsautorin Elizabeth Buchan von einer 'Ménage à trois' – voller Gefühle und Verwicklungen.

      Im Zwiespalt des Lebens2005
    • It's 1960 and Barbara is happily married to Ryder, an airline pilot, her husband of 24 years. Her life revolves around running her home and keeping Ryder happy and she thinks she ought to be happy too. Then she meets the young and charming Alexander who reawakens a desire within her that she thought had long been buried.

      That certain age2004
      3,0
    • Rosenzeit

      • 638 stránok
      • 23 hodin čítania

      Als Christopher Dysart die unscheinbare Matilda heiratet, kann sie ihr Glück kaum fassen. Zwar weiß sie, dass er eine andere liebt und sie um ihres Vermögens willen geheiratet hat, aber sie glaubt fest daran, Christophers Herz doch noch für sich gewinnen zu können. Als die Zeit verstreicht und Matildas Hoffnung schwindet, findet sie Trost in dem verwilderten Garten, der das Herrenhaus der Dysarts umgibt und in dem schließlich auch das zarte Pflänzchen Liebe neue Wurzeln schlägt ...

      Rosenzeit2004
    • From the author of the bestselling phenomenon REVENGE OF THE MIDDLE-AGED WOMAN comes a compulsive novel about the fascinating tangle of marriage. Fanny Savage was once dutiful, clever, vulnerable and dreamy. Now married to Will, a successful politician with big ambitions, her life is a whirlwind of public engagements and loyalty to the party, a position that requires her to look good and remain silent. But she's no fool. She's well aware that the world outside her home is one that seethes with despair and danger, division and lack of faith, and how fragile happiness can be. She wonders if she's been happy coping with the transition from eager bride to politician's wife? Has she been the Good Wife? Does being good mean being truthful?

      The Good Wife2003
      3,2
    • Pomsta ženy v zrelom veku

      • 296 stránok
      • 11 hodin čítania

      Najlepšou pomstou je dobre si žiť. Kým však 47-ročná Rose Lloydová objaví čaro tohto španielskeho príslovia, preskáče si svoje. Chápavý a oddaný manžel, dve deti a post redaktorky v londýnskom týždenníku - Rose je šťastná a spokojná. Keď je presvedčená, že sa jej podarilo zlúčiť rodinný život s kariérou, v okamihu prichádza o všetko. Manžel Nathan jej oznámi, že ju opúšťa kvôli Minty - mladej žene, ktorá pracuje ako Rosina asistentka. Rose príde o prácu, opúšťa dom, milovanú záhradu a utápa sa v depresiách. Začne rozmýšľať nad osudovým rozhodnutím, ktoré urobila pred mnohými rokmi. To, čo pritom objaví, je skutočne sladká odveta... Vtipný, srdečný, no miestami aj smutný príbeh o láske sa dočkal televíznej adaptácie a získal si srdcia čitateliek nielen v zrelom veku.

      Pomsta ženy v zrelom veku2002
      3,4
    • Exploring the intertwining themes of love, financial struggles, and parenting, the narrative delves into the complexities of life and the inherent risks that come with it. Characters navigate their relationships and responsibilities, revealing how attempts to shield themselves from life's uncertainties often lead to unexpected challenges. The story highlights the emotional and practical dilemmas faced by individuals as they strive to balance their desires with the realities of their circumstances.

      Against Her Nature1997
      2,5
    • Prue hat Max geheiratet, der 20 Jahre älter ist als sie. Ihre Ehe wird durch das Erscheinen von Max' Tochter samt Ehemann auf eine harte Probe gestellt. Prue lässt sich auf eine Affäre mit Antonias Mann ein, der ebenso alt ist wie sie selbst.

      Und wenn sie nicht gestorben sind ...1997
    • The Snow Tree

      • 608 stránok
      • 22 hodin čítania

      Mary Cooper escapes to London, only to find - like her mother before her - that you can never run away from yourself.

      The Snow Tree1995
    • Domestic novel exploring the heart of a middle-class family as extraordinary interrelationships develop between its members.

      Perfect love1995
      2,8
    • Roman om en ung kvinde i efterkrigstidens England, som forsøger at restaurere en have samtidig med sit barnløse ægteskab

      Consider the Lily1993
      3,5
    • Ice Dancer

      • 304 stránok
      • 11 hodin čítania

      The Olympics are on the way and you, an exceptionally talented young skater, have a chance to compete for your country. But beware! The path to fame and success is not easy. There are unexpected dangers to face, enemies to outwit and, above all, a gold medal to win...

      Ice Dancer1985
      4,0