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In this haunting tale from the bestselling author of The Storyteller of Casablanca , Beatrice kept a wartime secret to protect the innocent. Now, could telling it set her free? Tuscany, 1943. Stranded in war-ravaged Italy, Beatrice’s dream of an escapist year teaching English is shattered. Granted shelter at the Villa delle Colombe, she seeks refuge in Francesca and Edoardo’s beautiful walled garden, hidden from the outside world, with an elaborate cypress maze at its heart. But Beatrice is not the only one seeking an escape here. Francesca has brought children to the safety of the house, as well as other adults, all of them seeking sanctuary on the estate with its mysterious maze. As the war closes in, the residents are forced to witness―and do―unthinkable things… 2015. Tess arrives at the villa raw from the agonising loss of her husband. Beatrice, now custodian, guides her to the solace of its gardens, where Tess begins to heal. But all hope of peace is shattered by the arrival of Marco, the estate’s absent owner, who wants nothing more than to hand it over to developers. Distraught, Beatrice realises she must finally reveal the villa’s painful past if she wants to save it. As the extraordinary story unfolds, Tess realises that Villa delle Colombe is not just a refuge, but a beacon of hope in the darkest of times. Can she convince Marco to give it a new lease of life―and find a way back to happiness herself?

Paryż, 1940 rok. Trzy krawcowe próbują prowadzić możliwie normalne życie w okupowanym przez nazistów mieście. Każda z nich ma pewien sekret. Poraniona przez wojnę Mireille działa w ruchu oporu; Claire została uwiedziona przez niemieckiego oficera; Vivienne zaangażowała się w coś, o czym nikomu nie może opowiedzieć Wojna zmusza trzy młode kobiety do podejmowania niełatwych decyzji, a skrywane tajemnice narażają je na ogromne niebezpieczeństwa. Przyjaciółki wspierają się, wierzą, że są wobec siebie lojalne, lecz czy nie grozi im zdrada? Czy przetrwają ten okrutny czas, a więzi między nimi pozostaną nienaruszone? Dwa pokolenia później Harriet, angielska wnuczka Claire, przybywa do Paryża w poszukiwaniu rodzinnych korzeni. Mieszka w tym samym budynku przy Rue Cardinale, w którym żyła jej babcia. I tam odkrywa historię, mroczniejszą i bardziej bolesną, niż mogła się spodziewać To znakomita powieść, napisana doskonałym językiem, ukazująca poszukiwanie własnej tożsamości przez pryzmat trudnych doświadczeń oraz odkrywająca, jak bardzo wojenne traumy wpłynęły na powojenne losy rodzin. W ciągu miesiąca książka została sprzedana w ponad 100 tysiącach egzemplarzy, zdobywając tytuł najlepiej sprzedającej się książki miesiąca platformy Amazon.

Loch Ewe, 1940. When gamekeeper's daughter Flora's remote highland village finds itself the base for the Royal Navy's Arctic convoys, life in her close-knit community changes forever. In defiance of his disapproving father, the laird's son falls in love with Flora, and as tensions build in their disrupted home, any chance of their happiness seems doomed. Decades later, Flora's daughter, singer Lexie Gordon, is forced to return to the village and to the tiny cottage where she grew up. Having long ago escaped to the bright lights of the West End, London still never truly felt like home. Now back, with a daughter of her own, Lexie learns that her mother--and the hostile-seeming village itself--have long been hiding secrets that make her question everything she thought she knew. As she pieces together the fragments of her parents' story, Lexie discovers the courageous, devastating sacrifices made in her name. It's too late to rekindle her relationship with her mother, but can Lexie find it in her heart to forgive the past, to grieve for all that's lost, and finally find her place in the world?

From the bestselling author of The Beekeeper's Promise comes a gripping story of three young women faced with impossible choices. How will history - and their families - judge them?

1938. Eliane Martin tends beehives in the garden of the beautiful Chateau Bellevue. She meets Mathieu Dubosq and falls in love for the first time, daring to hope that a happy future awaits. But France's eastern border is darkening under the clouds of war, and Eliane is separated from Mathieu in the chaos of German occupation. She makes the decision to join the Resistance and fight for France's liberty. In 2017, when Abi Howes takes a summer job at the Chateau Bellevue, she finds herself drawn to the woman's story. -- adapted from back cover