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 .
Przypadkowe spotkanie, miłość bez uprzedzeń, decyzja, która zmieni życie wielu ludzi Siedemnastoletnia Victoria Nash prowadzi gospodarstwo na rodzinnej farmie brzoskwiń w Kolorado i jest jedyną kobietą w rodzinie. Wilson Moon to młody włóczęga z tajemniczą przeszłością, wysiedlony z plemiennej ziemi i zdeterminowany, by żyć po swojemu. Ich przypadkowe spotkanie w chłodny jesienny dzień 1948 roku odwraca bieg ich życia. Victoria ucieka w okoliczne góry, gdzie walczy o przetrwanie, nie wiedząc, co przyniesie jej przyszłość. Wraz ze zmianą pór roku zauważa zmiany także w sobie, odnajdując w pięknym, ale surowym krajobrazie siłę, aby żyć dalej i odbudować wszystko, co utraciła, nawet gdy rzeka Gunnison zatapia jej farmę i ukochany sad brzoskwiniowy. Popłynę przed siebie jak rzeka to porywająca opowieść o dorastaniu i głęboko zakorzenionej miłości naznaczonej utratą, a także o wytrwałości i pamięci, zainspirowana zniszczeniem miasta Iola w latach sześćdziesiątych XX wieku. Shelley Read subtelnie i bez patosu pokazuje, że życie płynie jak rzeka – wzbiera i wędruje naprzód nawet wtedy, gdy natrafia na tamę.
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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.
The National Book Award-winning author chronicles the ordinary life of a woman named Marie, from her childhood to old age, as she experiences the changing world of her Irish-American enclave in Brooklyn, in this novel that speaks of life as it is daily lived.
Część trzecia trylogii z Mickeyem Bolitarem, bratankiem Myrona Bolitara.Są rzeczy, o których lepiej nie wiedziećMORDERSTWO, TAJEMNICA, INTRYGIMinęło osiem miesięcy od tragicznej śmierci ojca Mickeya. Osiem miesięcy kłamstw, przemilczeń i pytań bez odpowiedzi. Chłopak wciąż wierzy, że wypadek samochodowy, w którym ojciec podobno zginął, był jedną wielką mistyfikacją. Ekshumacja zwłok tylko utwierdza go w tym przekonaniu.Mickey próbuje dociec prawdy o ojcu, ale prowadzi jeszcze dwa niezależne śledztwa. Jedno dotyczy afery dopingowej w szkolnej drużynie koszykówki. Drugie – zaginięcia chłopaka jego przyjaciółki Emy. Chłopaka, który być może w ogóle nie istnieje.
It is the 1950s and as the Duchy, the Cazalets' beloved matriarch, dies, she takes with her the last remnants of a disappearing world - of houses with servants, of class and tradition - in which the Cazalets have thrived. Louise, now divorced, becomes entangled in a painful affair; while Polly and Clary must balance marriage and motherhood with their own ideas and ambitions. Hugh and Edward, now in their sixties, are feeling ill-equipped for this modern world; while Villy, long abandoned by her husband, must at last learn to live independently. But it is Rachel, who has always lived for others, who will face her greatest challenges yet ...Events converge at Christmas; as a new generation of Cazalets descend on Home Place. Only one thing is certain: nothing will ever be the same again. 'Elizabeth Jane Howard is one of those novelists who shows, through her work, what the novel is for ...She helps us to do the necessary thing - open our eyes and our hearts' Hilary MantelAll Change is the fifth novel in The Cazalet Chronicles. Read from the beginning of the series: The Light Years, Marking Time, Casting Off and Confusion.
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?
Two women, Grace in London, Bid in Dublin, and one man - the wealthy head of a Dutch development company. No apparent connection between them, yet their lives are destroyed by one searing incident, resolutely buried.
Sex. There's a lot of it about. But Stella isnt getting her fair share. On the wrong side of 30 and as a single mum who divides her time between London's most PC playgroup and lessons on pulling from her mate, she wonders if she'll have sex again.
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
A swim team is on their way home after a meet, but the bus breaks down by a mysterious house. To pass the time as they wait repairs, the kids start a game of hide-and-seek. But some of them really do get lost...
