Alice Delarbre Ordine dei libri (cronologico)

Strhujúci príbeh troch silných žien. 2019: Kate ujde pred násilníckym partnerom do spustnutého domčeka Weyward Cottage, ktorý zdedila po pratete. V Kate postupne rastie podozrenie, že jej prateta čosi tajila. To tajomstvo striehne v dome už od sedemnásteho storočia, keď prebiehali neslávne známe honby na čarodejnice. 1619: Altha čaká na súdny proces pre vraždu miestneho farmára, ktorého na smrť ušliapalo stádo kráv. Matka ju v detstve naučila kúzla, ktoré však nespočívajú v čarovaní, ale v hlbokom poznaní prírody. Odlišné ženy sa považovali za nebezpečné, a keď proti nej predložia dôkazy o čarodejníctve, Altha si uvedomí, že bude potrebovať všetku svoju silu, aby sa udržala na slobode. 1942: Vo svete zúri druhá svetová vojna a Violet je uväznená v rozpadajúcom sa rodinnom sídle. Túži po vzdelaní, aké sa dostáva jej bratovi, a po dávno zosnulej matke. Román Nezlomné ponúka strhujúci príbeh, svedčiaci o odolnosti žien a o schopnosti prírodného sveta meniť život ľudí.

Thessaloniki, 1917. As Dimitri Komninos is born, a devastating fire sweeps through the thriving Greek city where Christians, Jews and Muslims live side by side. Five years later, Katerina Sarafoglou's home in Asia Minor is destroyed by the Turkish army. Losing her mother in the chaos, she flees across the sea to an unknown destination in Greece. Soon her life will become entwined with Dimitri's, and with the story of the city itself, as war, fear and persecution begin to divide its people. Thessaloniki, 2007. A young Anglo-Greek hears his grandparents' life story for the first time and realises he has a decision to make. For many decades, they have looked after the memories and treasures of the people who were forced to leave. Should he become their next custodian and make this city his home?

Returning to her family's lake house years after a mortifying mistake, Taylor must confront her past, the boy she left behind, and her father's terminal cancer.

Lena Haloway is content in her safe, government-managed society. She feels (mostly) relaxed about the future in which her husband and career will be decided, and looks forward to turning 18, when she’ll be cured of deliria, a.k.a. love. She tries not to think about her mother’s suicide (her last words to Lena were a forbidden “I love you”) or the supposed “Invalid” community made up of the uncured just beyond her Portland, Maine, border. There’s no real point—she believes her government knows how to best protect its people, and should do so at any cost. But 95 days before her cure, Lena meets Alex, a confident and mysterious young man who makes her heart flutter and her skin turn red-hot. As their romance blossoms, Lena begins to doubt the intentions of those in power, and fears that her world will turn gray should she submit to the procedure. In this powerful and beautifully written novel, Lauren Oliver, the bestselling author of Before I Fall , throws readers into a tightly controlled society where options don’t exist, and shows not only the lengths one will go for a chance at freedom, but also the true meaning of sacrifice. -- Jessica Schein

Boston, 2003. Nina Revskaja, all'asta della sua preziosa collezione di gioielli, crede di aver chiuso con il passato. Ma una parure d'ambra riaccende in lei una marea di ricordi. Mosca, 1935. Da bambina, Nina scopre la passione per il balletto e, con determinazione, affronta i sacrifici della danza, diventando l'étoile del Bolscioi, acclamata in tutto il mondo. Si innamora di Viktor, un nobile decaduto, e accetta la sua proposta di matrimonio, sentendosi finalmente felice. Tuttavia, la vita a Mosca è dura: il regime staliniano crea un'atmosfera opprimente, e la polizia segreta è onnipresente. La paura e la diffidenza iniziano a insinuarsi in Nina, portandola a un odioso sospetto che culmina in una rocambolesca fuga in Occidente, interrompendo la sua carriera e chiudendo il suo cuore all'unico uomo che abbia mai amato. Tornata a Boston, Nina, ormai anziana, riflette su tutto ciò mentre Drew Brooks, la funzionaria dell'asta, le pone domande sulla parure, che sembra mancare della collana. Quando Grigorij Solodin, un professore di russo, consegna a Drew la collana d'ambra che completa il set, una serie di rivelazioni sconcertanti costringe Nina a confrontarsi con la verità del suo tormentato passato.