'Remarkable' Literary Review 'Startlingly original' Amanda Foreman Some called it a craze. To others it was a cult. Join prize-winning historian Kathryn Hughes to discover how Britain fell in love with cats and ushered in a new era.
Inspired by the extraordinary true events of the Kindertransport, which rescued Jewish children from Nazi Germany, a heartrending novel about two mothers and the little girl whose life they save.
Een busongeluk na een uitje verandert de levens van alle betrokkenen voorgoed en blijkt veertig jaar later nog steeds van invloed.
"Storytelling at its finest with characters that come alive and a plot that dances with intrigue. An absolutely first-class read that does not disappoint" --Prima "A gripping summer read" --Woman & Home Tara Richards was just a girl when she lost her mother. Years later, when Tara receives a letter from a London solicitor its contents shake her to the core. Someone has left her a key to a safe deposit box. In the box lies an object that will change everything Tara thought she knew and lead her on a journey to deepest Spain in search of the answers that have haunted her for forty years. Violet Skye regrets her decision to travel abroad leaving her young daughter behind. As the sun dips below the mountains, she reminds herself she is doing this for their future. Tonight, 4th June 1978, will be the start of a new life for them. This night will indeed change Violet's destiny, in the most unexpected of ways... Fall in love this summer with Her Last Promise, a page-turning, heart-wrenching story of how hope can blossom in the ruins of tragedy and of the redeeming power of love from No. 1 bestselling author of The Letter, Kathryn Hughes.
V minulosti jednej ženy je kľúč v budúcnosti druhej ... Zdravotná sestra Ellen Crosbyová nastúpi do zamestnania v Ambergatskej nemocnici pre duševne chorých. Nevie, čo ju tam čaká, no je plná elánu, lebo im chce pomáhať. Keď spozná mladú ženu, ktorú do ústavu privezie otec, netuší, že čoskoro urobí rozhodnutie, ktoré navždy zmení ich životy. Sarah priťahuje opustený Ambergate. Pri jednom prieskume objaví kufor pacientky, ktorá tam prišla pred päťdesiatimi rokmi. Šokujúci obsah kufra, ktorého sa pol storočia nikto nedotkol, jej pomôže rozmotať zabudnutý príbeh o tragédii, stratenej láske a príležitosti napraviť dávnu krivdu.
1956. It's Ellen Crosby's first day as a student nurse at Ambergate County Lunatic Asylum. When she meets a young woman committed by her father, and a pioneering physician keen to try out the various 'cures' for mental illness, little does Ellen know that a choice she will make is to change all their lives forever ... 2006. Sarah is drawn to the abandoned Ambergate Asylum. Whilst exploring the old corridors she discovers a suitcase belonging to a female patient who was admitted fifty years earlier. The shocking contents lead Sarah to unravel a forgotten story of tragedy, lost love and an old wrong that only she may have the power to put right
"A groundbreaking account of what it was like to live in a Victorian body from one of our best historians ... brings the Victorians back to life and helps us understand how they lived their lives"--Publisher's description.
Als Beths Sohn Jake dringend eine Spenderniere braucht, bleibt als einziger möglicher Kandidat Beths unbekannter Vater. Die Suche führt in den englischen Küstenort Blackpool: An einem Wochenende im Sommer 1973 wurde durch einen tragischen Unfall ein unbeschreibliches Geheimnis verschleiert. Bis Beth im Nachlass ihrer Mutter auf einen wichtigen Hinweis stößt. All ihre Wünsche und Hoffnungen werden auf die Probe gestellt und das größte Rätsel um ihre Familie ändert ihr Leben für immer – kann Jake am Ende gerettet werden?
Quanto può durare un ricordo? Tina se lo chiede ogni sabato, davanti ai vestiti usati che lei vende per beneficenza. E se lo chiede quando, in una vecchia giacca, trova una lettera che risale agli anni '40. E che non è mai stata spedita. Chi saranno mai Chrissie, la destinataria, e Billy, l'uomo che nella lettera implora il suo perdono? Qual è la storia che li unisce? E che ne è stato di loro? Inseguire quel ricordo ingiallito diventa ben presto per Tina una ragione di vita, l'unico modo per sfuggire a un marito violento e a un'esistenza annegata in un oceano di rimpianti. Con una passione e un coraggio che non sapeva neppure di avere, Tina inizia quindi a scavare nel passato, intrecciando ricordi arrossati dal sangue della guerra e confusi dalle nebbie del tempo. Inizia a lottare per cambiare. Per vivere, finalmente. Perché sa che aggrapparsi a quel ricordo significa tenere accesa la speranza, sfidare il destino, scommettere sulla propria felicità. Che non è mai troppo tardi per perdonare. Soprattutto se stessi.
