Daniëlle Stensen Książki

A sweeping love story told through letters, spanning two continents and two world wars. But as World War I engulfs Europe and Davey volunteers as an ambulance driver on the Western front, Elspeth can only wait on Skye, anxious for his return;

Het jaar is 1937 en de 17-jarige Betty verlaat Hudiksvall om als dienstmeisje te werken bij de doktersfamilie Molander op Östermalm in Stockholm. Ze worstelt met lange werkdagen en de neerbuigende houding van de doktersechtgenote. Betty is onschuldig en dorstig naar kennis en beseft al snel dat er in de grote stad andere mogelijkheden en een veel grotere vrijheid zijn dan op haar geboortegrond. Niet in de laatste plaats groeit er een sterke vriendschap met Viola, het dienstmeisje in het huis naast haar. Via de wereld van boeken komt Betty in contact met Martin, een universitair docent van Joodse afkomst, en begint met hem een onmogelijke liefdesrelatie. Räkna hjärtslag is een verhaal over de weg van een jonge vrouw naar het leven, in een historische tijd die lijkt op de onze. Het is een warme roman met tijdloos taalgebruik en kleurrijke details die de lezer snel naar de tijd net voor de Tweede Wereldoorlog brengt.

From the author of the international bestseller The Sweetness of Forgetting comes a captivating novel about the struggle to overcome the past when our memories refuse to be forgotten.

Before everything changed, young Hannah Rosenthal lived a charmed life. But in 1939, Berlin is transformed; her family's possessions are taken, and they are no longer welcome in their familiar surroundings. Hannah and her best friend, Leo Martin, make a pact to face whatever comes together. Hope arrives with the SS St. Louis, a ship offering Jews safe passage out of Germany. After a frantic visa search, the Rosenthals and Martins board the luxurious liner bound for Havana. Life aboard the St. Louis feels surreal, filled with masquerade balls and exquisite meals, but soon, ominous rumors from Cuba shatter their fragile sense of safety. As impossible choices arise and unthinkable sacrifices are made, the ship that once symbolized salvation threatens to become their doom. Decades later, in New York City, on her twelfth birthday, Anna Rosen receives a mysterious package from her great-aunt Hannah in Cuba. Its contents inspire Anna and her mother to journey to Havana to uncover their family's tragic past, a quest that will help Anna find her place and purpose in the world. The narrative spans from pre-war Berlin to revolutionary Cuba and post-9/11 New York, culminating in a deeply moving conclusion in present-day Havana.

When Chloe Davis was twelve, six teenage girls went missing in her small Louisiana town. By the end of the summer, her own father had confessed to the crimes and was put away for life, leaving Chloe and the rest of her family to grapple with the truth and try to move forward while dealing with the aftermath.Now twenty years later, Chloe is a psychologist in Baton Rouge and getting ready for her wedding. While she finally has a fragile grasp on the happiness she’s worked so hard to achieve, she sometimes feels as out of control of her own life as the troubled teens who are her patients. So when a local teenage girl goes missing, and then another, that terrifying summer comes crashing back. Is she paranoid, seeing parallels from her past that aren't actually there, or for the second time in her life, is Chloe about to unmask a killer?From debut author Stacy Willingham comes a masterfully done, lyrical thriller, certain to be the launch of an amazing career. A Flicker in the Dark is eerily compelling to the very last page.

Przygotowania do igrzysk olimpijskich, Londyn, rok 2012. Sir Denton Marshall, członek komitetu organizacyjnego, ginie z rąk mordercy podpisującego się pseudonimem Kronos. Niedługo potem dziennikarka działu sportowego dziennika „The Sun”, Karen Pope, otrzymuje list od zabójcy. Kronos twierdzi, że Marshall dopuścił się machinacji, poprzez które sprzeniewierzył się starożytnym ideałom. Wkrótce ofiarami szaleńca padają kolejne osoby... Śledztwo z ramienia Private International, agencji dbającej o ochronę igrzysk, prowadzi Peter Knight, owdowiały ojciec dwojga dzieci. Sprawa ma dla niego wymiar osobisty – sir Denton był narzeczonym jego matki. Wraz z innymi pracownikami agencji Peter rusza tropem mordercy. Jednak Kronos nie działa sam. Do pomocy zwerbował trzy Furie, pozbawione zahamowań kobiety o mrocznej przeszłości. Giną sportowcy, trenerzy i działacze –olimpiada jest zagrożona. Jedyną osobą, która może stanąć na drodze psychopatycznej grupy krzewicieli starożytnych ideałów jest Peter Knight i dlatego właśnie Furie biorą go na cel...

Four generations of women experience love, loss, war, and hope from the rise of Nazism to the Cuban Revolution and finally, the fall of the Berlin Wall... Berlin, 1931: Ally Keller, a talented young poet, is alone and scared when she gives birth to a mixed-race daughter she names Lilith. As the Nazis rise to power, Ally knows she must keep her baby in the shadows to protect her against Hitler's deadly ideology of Aryan purity. But as she grows, it becomes more and more difficult to keep Lilith hidden... Havana, 1958: Lilith has few memories of her mother or her childhood in Germany. But as the flames of revolution ignite, Lilith and her newborn daughter, Nadine, find themselves at a terrifying crossroads. Berlin, 1988: As a scientist in Berlin, Nadine is dedicated to ensuring the dignity of the remains of all those who were murdered by the Nazis. Yet she has spent her entire lifetime avoiding the truth about her own family's history. It will fall to her daughter Luna to come to terms with a shocking betrayal that changes everything she thought she knew about her family's past. Separated by time but united by sacrifice, four women embark on journeys of self-discovery and find themselves to be living testaments to the power of motherly love. Translated by Nick Caistor and Faye Williams. Additional translation by Cecilia Molinari.

There were four of us down there for the first thirty-two months and eleven days of our captivity. And then, very suddenly and without warning, there were three. Even though the fourth person hadn't made any noise at all in several months, the room got very quiet when she was gone. For a long time after that, we sat in silence, in the dark, each of us wondering what this meant for her and for us, and which of us would be the next in the box.

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Set in 1890s West Africa, the story follows twin sisters Hassana and Husseina, who are kidnapped and sold into slavery after a devastating raid. Despite their separation, they maintain a deep connection through shared dreams of water, symbolizing their hope and resilience. The narrative explores themes of survival, sisterhood, and the enduring bond between them, raising the question of whether their paths will ultimately converge again.

Wzruszająca powieść o kobietach, dla których miłość i honor były ważniejsze niż życie. Których losy odmieniła wojna i pewne niewysłane listy… Jest rok 1940. Na Londyn spadają bomby. We Franklin, nadmorskim miasteczku w Massachusetts, Iris James słucha wiadomości z Wielkiej Brytanii i czuje, że wkrótce wojna i dla niej stanie się brutalną codziennością. Jako sumienna naczelniczka poczty sprawuje pieczę nad ludzkimi sekretami. Relacje o dramacie wojny docierają również do pewnego młodego małżeństwa. Will jest lekarzem – załamany tragedią, w której uczestniczył, odpowiada na apele o pomoc i wyrusza do Londynu. Emma, zdruzgotana decyzją męża, czeka na listy od niego… (opis wydawcy)

A RICHARD & JUDY BESTSELLER 72 HOURS TO FIND HER... 'Hits the sweet spot between literary and crime fiction - Gripping' ERIN KELLY 'For those who love their crime fiction rich in psychology, beautifully written and laced with dark humour. Dive in' LUCIE WHITEHOUSE A MISSING GIRL Edith Hind is gone, leaving just her coat, a smear of blood and a half-open door. A DESPERATE FAMILY Each of her friends and relatives has a version of the truth. But none quite adds up. A DETECTIVE AT BREAKING POINT The press grows hungrier by the day. Can DS Manon Bradshaw fend them off, before a missing persons case becomes a murder investigation?