Kathryn Hughes Książki

BESTSELLER, KTÓRY PODBIŁ TYSIĄCE SERC NA CAŁYM ŚWIECIE. IDEALNY DLA FANÓW PAMIĘTNIKA NICHOLASA SPARKSA. Jeden list. Dwie kobiety, które wiele łączy, choć dzieli je czas. Lata 70. XX wieku. Tina Craig pragnie uciec od brutalnego męża, ciężko pracując, by zaoszczędzić na odejście. Jako wolontariuszka w sklepie charytatywnym przegląda kieszenie używanego garnituru i znajduje stary list. Jego treść na zawsze zmienia bieg jej życia. 4 września 1939 roku Billy Stirling, chcąc naprawić swoje błędy, pisze list, nie zdając sobie sprawy z jego wpływu na przyszłość. Niewysłany list, który złamał życie, staje się początkiem czegoś dobrego. Powieść to ekscytująca podróż w czasie, w poszukiwaniu korzeni, z pytaniem, czy w gąszczu nieporozumień można znaleźć szczęście. Z dwóch perspektyw czasowych, historia o miłości, stracie i nadziei na nowy początek. Kartka papieru z kilkoma zdaniami może wpłynąć na losy pokoleń. To opowieść o magii, smutku, radości, miłości i nienawiści. Książka jest jak gorąca herbata w chłodny wieczór, rozgrzewająca serce. Niezwykle wciągająca, poruszająca historia dwóch kobiet, których życie zmienia jeden nieprzeczytany list. Miłość nie zna granic i potrafi pokonać wszystko. Sprawdźcie, czy znajdzie miejsce w waszym sercu!

Jenny Tanner opens the box she has cherished for decades. Contained within are her most precious mementoes, amongst them a pebble, a carving and a newspaper cutting she can hardly bear to read. But Jenny knows the time is finally here. After the war, in a mountainside village in Italy, she left behind a piece of her heart. However painful, she must return to Cinque Alberi. And lay the past to rest. After a troubled upbringing, Candice Barnes dreams of a future with the love of her life - but is he the man she believes him to be? When Candice is given the opportunity to travel to Italy with Jenny, she is unaware the trip will open her eyes to the truth she's been too afraid to face. Could a place of goodbyes help her make a brave new beginning?

"Storytelling at its finest with characters that come alive and a plot that dances with intrigue. An absolutely first-class read that does not disappoint" --Prima "A gripping summer read" --Woman & Home Tara Richards was just a girl when she lost her mother. Years later, when Tara receives a letter from a London solicitor its contents shake her to the core. Someone has left her a key to a safe deposit box. In the box lies an object that will change everything Tara thought she knew and lead her on a journey to deepest Spain in search of the answers that have haunted her for forty years. Violet Skye regrets her decision to travel abroad leaving her young daughter behind. As the sun dips below the mountains, she reminds herself she is doing this for their future. Tonight, 4th June 1978, will be the start of a new life for them. This night will indeed change Violet's destiny, in the most unexpected of ways... Fall in love this summer with Her Last Promise, a page-turning, heart-wrenching story of how hope can blossom in the ruins of tragedy and of the redeeming power of love from No. 1 bestselling author of The Letter, Kathryn Hughes.

This highly praised biography is the first to explore fully the way in which her painful early life and rejection by her brother Isaac in particular, shaped the insight and art which made her both Victorian England's last great visionary and the first modern.

1956. It's Ellen Crosby's first day as a student nurse at Ambergate County Lunatic Asylum. When she meets a young woman committed by her father, and a pioneering physician keen to try out the various 'cures' for mental illness, little does Ellen know that a choice she will make is to change all their lives forever ... 2006. Sarah is drawn to the abandoned Ambergate Asylum. Whilst exploring the old corridors she discovers a suitcase belonging to a female patient who was admitted fifty years earlier. The shocking contents lead Sarah to unravel a forgotten story of tragedy, lost love and an old wrong that only she may have the power to put right

'Remarkable' Literary Review 'Startlingly original' Amanda Foreman Some called it a craze. To others it was a cult. Join prize-winning historian Kathryn Hughes to discover how Britain fell in love with cats and ushered in a new era.

"A groundbreaking account of what it was like to live in a Victorian body from one of our best historians ... brings the Victorians back to life and helps us understand how they lived their lives"--Publisher's description.

V minulosti jednej ženy je kľúč v budúcnosti druhej ... Zdravotná sestra Ellen Crosbyová nastúpi do zamestnania v Ambergatskej nemocnici pre duševne chorých. Nevie, čo ju tam čaká, no je plná elánu, lebo im chce pomáhať. Keď spozná mladú ženu, ktorú do ústavu privezie otec, netuší, že čoskoro urobí rozhodnutie, ktoré navždy zmení ich životy. Sarah priťahuje opustený Ambergate. Pri jednom prieskume objaví kufor pacientky, ktorá tam prišla pred päťdesiatimi rokmi. Šokujúci obsah kufra, ktorého sa pol storočia nikto nedotkol, jej pomôže rozmotať zabudnutý príbeh o tragédii, stratenej láske a príležitosti napraviť dávnu krivdu.

Een busongeluk na een uitje verandert de levens van alle betrokkenen voorgoed en blijkt veertig jaar later nog steeds van invloed.

Inspired by the extraordinary true events of the Kindertransport, which rescued Jewish children from Nazi Germany, a heartrending novel about two mothers and the little girl whose life they save.

In questo nuovo volume, gli autori della pagina Facebook “Se i social network fossero sempre esistiti” raccontano venti storie di disagio, facendo luce sulle biografie di altrettanti personaggi che hanno spaccato il mondo nonostante il mondo si sia accanito su di loro. Se nessuno si stupirà di trovare Giacomino “Mainagioia” Leopardi in questo elenco di celebri sfigati, altri illustri protagonisti del libro vi lasceranno a bocca aperta. Passerete insieme a Frida Kahlo attraverso gli “incidenti” della vita, scoprendo che a volte un bel bicchiere di tequila è il rimedio miracoloso a ogni male. Scenderete negli abissi tormentati di Poe, il poeta dell’orrore che preferiva una gita al cimitero alla compagnia dei suoi simili ancora in vita. E quando andrete a passeggio con Van Gogh vi assicuriamo zero noia, qualche gita in manicomio e più di qualche malattia venerea! Di certo c’è – e i nostri sfigati lo confermano – che, quando incontra il genio, nemmeno la sfiga resiste. D’altronde, come cantava Il Faber, dai diamanti non nasce niente, dal letame nascono i fior.