Esther Freud Książki

It is 1914, and Thomas Maggs, the son of the local publican, lives with his parents and sister in a village on the Suffolk coast. Life is quiet - shaped by the seasons, fishing and farming, the summer visitors, and the girls who come down from the Highlands every year to gut and pack the herring. Then one day a mysterious Scotsman arrives. To Thomas he looks like a detective, in his black cape and hat of felted wool, and the way he puffs on his pipe as if he's Sherlock Holmes. Mac is what the locals call him when they whisper about him in the Inn. And whisper they do, for he sets off on his walks at unlikely hours, and stops to examine the humblest flowers. He is seen on the beach, staring out across the waves as if he's searching for clues. But Mac isn't a detective, he's the architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh

Tove Jansson, najbardziej znana jako autorka i ilustratorka niepowtarzalnej serii książek o Muminkach, napisała również wiele znakomitych utworów dla dorosłych. Jednym z nich jest „Lato” – nastrojowa, poruszająca, metaforyczna historia, w której w sposób prosty, z niespotykaną lekkością, ale i mądrością opowiada o sprawach trudnych i poważnych, zderza starość z młodością, porusza temat uczenia się życia. Sześcioletnia Sophia dopiero wchodzi w życie, a jej babcia, dojrzała artystka, jest u jego kresu. Razem spędzają lato na małej fińskiej wysepce. Budując łódź i spacerując po lesie, rozmawiają o sprawach ważnych dla młodych i starych: miłości, życiu i śmierci, naturze Boga... Poznają wzajemnie swoje lęki, kaprysy i tęsknoty. Autorka tworzy w powieści kompletny świat: pełen radości i smutków.

'This book ranks alongside PADDY CLARKE HA HA HA as one of the very few great contemporary novels about childhood' William Sutcliffe, Independent on Sunday 'Everything was going to be different this year' - Tess is nine years old and wants her new family to work out, even though her brother Jake is not so sure. THE WILD is a brilliant, clear-eyed evocation of the collision of families and step families, adult and childhood worlds.

Rosaleen, a young schoolgirl in the early Sixties, embarks on a secret affair with the renowned sculptor Felix Lehmann, a Jewish bohemian. As the rebellious daughter of Irish publicans, she finds herself swept away in a whirlwind of romance, art, and indulgence, modeling for Felix while they escape to France and Soho. However, their idyllic life shatters when Rosaleen discovers she is pregnant. Forced out of her home and job, she seeks refuge in a convent in Ireland, only to face a harsh reality that starkly contrasts her expectations. In present-day London, Kate struggles with her unfulfilled artistic aspirations and an unhappy marriage while raising her young daughter. She feels a stirring within her, prompting her to confront a mystery from her past linked to recurring visions of a tree that invade her dreams. On the brink of a breakthrough, she travels to Ireland, uncertain of what she seeks. Meanwhile, Aoife sits by her dying husband Cashell, recounting their life together, from their wartime courtship to their return from exile. Yet, a significant piece of their history remains unspoken. As time slips away, Aoife urgently needs Cashell to reveal the fate of Rosaleen. This beautifully written novel explores themes of love, motherhood, secrets, and the liberating power of truth.

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The architect Klaus Lehmann loves his wife, Elsa, with a passion that continues throughout their married life, despite long periods of separation. Almost half a century after Lehmann's death in the village of Steerborough, a young woman, Lily, arrives to research his life and work. Poring over Klaus's letters to Elsa, Lily pieces together the story of their lives. And alone in her rented cottage by the sea, she begins to sense an absence in her own life that may not be filled by simply going home.

This novel interweaves the story of Sarah, a pregnant, out-of-work actress, with that of her ancestors in Germany at the time of World War I. For it is only now, as long-since confiscated estate of Gaglow is about to be returned, that the generations can be brought together across the decades.

On a holiday with her father, Lara meets the Willoughby family, rife with illicit alliances and vendettas. The more embroiled Lara becomes with them, and with the beautiful Kip, the more consumed she is with doubt, curiosity and dread. And so begins her journey into self discovery and across the fine line between childhood and what lies beyond.