Questa autrice crea avvincenti romanzi storici per giovani adulti, che spesso approfondiscono temi complessi come la perdita e la resilienza. La sua narrazione magistrale penetra a fondo nella psiche umana, esplorando l'impatto degli eventi storici sugli individui. Con uno stile distintivo caratterizzato da una prosa coinvolgente e personaggi meticolosamente sviluppati, trasporta i lettori in tempi e luoghi diversi. Attraverso le sue opere, l'autrice non solo racconta storie, ma stimola anche la riflessione sul passato e sui suoi echi nel presente.
My name is Hanna. I am 15. I am Latvian. I live with my mother and grandmother. My father is missing, taken by the Russians. I have a boyfriend and I'm training to be a dancer. But none of that is important any more. Because the Nazis have arrived, and I am a Jew. And as far as they are concerned, that is all that matters. This is my story.
A humorous and insightful story about a girl's journey to cope with her grief.
This is the first biography to concentrate exclusively on Woolf's close and inspirational friendships with the key women in her life, including the caregivers of her Victorian childhood who instilled in her a lifelong battle between creativity and convention: her taciturn sister, Vanessa Bell; enigmatic artist Dora Carrington; complex writer Katherine Mansfield; aristocratic novelist Vita Sackville-West; and riotous, militant composer Ethel Smyth.