Sarah Winman Ordine dei libri (cronologico)

"Tuscany, 1944: As Allied troops advance and bombs fall around deserted villages, a young English soldier, Ulysses Temper, finds himself in the wine cellar of a deserted villa. There, he has a chance encounter with Evelyn Skinner, a middle-aged art historian who has come to Italy to salvage paintings from the ruins and recall long-forgotten memories of her own youth. In each other, Ulysses and Evelyn find a kindred spirit amongst the rubble of war-torn Italy, and set off on a course of events that will shape Ulysses's life for the next four decades. As Ulysses returns home to London, reimmersing himself in his crew at The Stoat and Parrot - a motley mix of pub crawlers and eccentrics - he carries his time in Italy with him. And when an unexpected inheritance brings him back to where it all began, Ulysses knows better than to tempt fate, and returns to the Tuscan hills."--Publisher

From the author of STILL LIFE, WHEN GOD WAS A RABBIT and A YEAR OF MARVELLOUS WAYS This is almost a love story. But it's not as simple as that. It begins with two boys, Ellis and Michael, who are inseparable. And the boys become men, and then Annie walks into their lives, and it changes nothing and everything. 'Packs an enormous punch' Independent 'Exquisite. I haven't been so moved and so in love with a book and its characters for a very long time' Joanna Cannon 'This book is why I read' Nina Pottell, Prima 'Ephemeral yet powerful... Every fleeting moment is worth repeating, again and again' Stylist

Cornwall, 1947. Marvellous Ways is a ninety-year-old woman who's lived alone in a remote creek for nearly all her life. Recently she's taken to spending her days sitting on a mooring stone by the river with a telescope. She's waiting for something - she's not sure what, but she'll know it when she sees it. Drake is a young soldier left reeling by the war. He's agreed to fulfil a dying man's last wish and hand-deliver a letter to the man's father in Cornwall. But Drake's journey doesn't go to plan, and sees him literally wash up in Marvellous' creek, broken in body and spirit. When Marvellous comes to his aid, an unlikely friendship grows between the two. Can Drake give Marvellous what she needs to say goodbye to the world, and can she give him what he needs to go on?

When God Was a Rabbit Promo ed [Hardcover] Winman Sarah

Questa è la storia di Elly e della sua famiglia, ambientata all'inizio degli anni Settanta in Inghilterra. La piccola Eleanor inizia a esplorare un mondo ricco di bellezze, come l'amichetta Jenny Penny, e di ombre, come le attenzioni di un vicino anziano. La vita di Eleanor è arricchita dalla zia Nancy, un'attrice con amori non convenzionali, che porta glamour e relazioni tempestose. La situazione cambia drasticamente quando il padre vince una fortuna e trasferisce la famiglia in una casa di campagna in Cornovaglia, trasformandola in un Bed & Breakfast, ampliando così il loro cerchio di conoscenze. Con il passare degli anni, Eleanor cresce e il suo mondo evolve. Tuttavia, tutto si sgretola quando il fratello Joe scompare durante il crollo delle Twin Towers l'11 settembre. Dopo settimane, Joe riemerge senza memoria, e spetta a Eleanor ricostruire il delicato tessuto di ricordi, relazioni ed emozioni che ha segnato la vita dei due fratelli e della loro famiglia. Acclamato come un esordio promettente nella letteratura britannica, il racconto è una storia agrodolce di trent'anni di esperienze, fallimenti e incontri straordinari, spaziando dalla Londra degli anni Settanta all'orrore dell'11 settembre a New York.