Helen Dunmore Libri

Nel 1941, Anna Levin, ventitreenne assistente in un asilo e appassionata di pittura, si occupa della sua famiglia dopo la morte della madre. Ha cresciuto il fratello Koljia mentre il padre Michail, scrittore disprezzato dal regime, vive in passività. Con l'accerchiamento di Leningrado da parte dei carri armati tedeschi, inizia l'assedio più cruento della storia. Anna lotta per la sopravvivenza dei suoi cari, mentre due nuovi ospiti trovano rifugio nella sua casa: Marina Petrovna, ex amante del padre, e Andrej, un giovane medico innamorato di lei. Le loro storie d'amore si intrecciano, mettendo a confronto mondi e generazioni diverse, mentre l'inverno avanza e la città affronta una drammatica scarsità di cibo. Gli assediati sono costretti a sacrifici estremi, bruciando mobili e libri per scaldarsi e masticando cuoio per combattere la fame. La diffidenza tra di loro cresce, e la sfida di superare l'inverno mantenendo la propria umanità diventa centrale. Questo grande romanzo storico offre una toccante esplorazione dei sentimenti, con Anna che emerge come una vera eroina, animata da coraggio e tenerezza, in un dramma familiare che tocca l'animo umano in modo universale.

The third spellbinding story about Sapphy and Conor's adventures in the powerful and dangerous underwater world of Ingo. A devastating flood has torn through the worlds of Air and Ingo, and now, deep in the ocean, a monster is stirring. Mer legend says that only those with dual blood -- half Mer, half human -- can overcome the Kraken. Sapphy must return to the Deep, with the help of her friend the whale, and face this terrifying creature -- and her brother Conor and Mer friend Faro will not let her go alone!

This text is a collection of stories from Helen Dunmore, ranging from Victorian tragedy to the tale of a dinner-lady's love, from the death of a lighthouse keeper's wife to the birth of babies from the Superstock catalogue.

Leningrad in 1952: a city recovering from war, where Andrei, a young hospital doctor and Anna, a nursery school teacher, are forging a life together. Summers at the dacha, preparations for the hospital ball, work and the care of sixteen year old Kolya fill their minds. They try hard to avoid coming to the attention of the authorities, but even so their private happiness is precarious. Stalin is still in power, and the Ministry for State Security has new targets in its sights. When Andrei has to treat the seriously ill child of a senior secret police officer, Volkov, he finds himself and his family caught in an impossible game of life and death - for in a land ruled by whispers and watchfulness, betrayal can come from those closest to you. A gripping and deeply moving portrait of life in post-war Soviet Russia, The Betrayal brilliantly shows the epic struggle of ordinary people to survive in a time of violence and terror.

The breathtaking conclusion to the critically-acclaimed Ingo series, by prize-winning novelist Helen Dunmore. Sapphire, Conor and their Mer friends Faro and Elvira are ready to make the Crossing of Ingo - a long and dangerous journey that only the strongest young Mer are called upon to make. No human being has ever attempted this thrilling voyage to the bottom of the world. Ervys, his followers and new recruits, the sharks, are determined that Sapphire and Conor must be stopped - dead or alive...

As they search for their missing father near their Cornwall home, Sapphy and her brother Conor learn about their family's connection to the domains of air and of water.

The dramatic and spellbinding sequel to Helen Dunmore's critically acclaimed 'Ingo'.

This title presents 'Sunlight on the Grass' for the AQA GCSE Short Story Anthology.

An atmospheric and beautifully written adventure, from the award-winning author of the Ingo series.

'A deceptively simple masterpiece' Independent on Sunday 'Will haunt you for months, if not years' Guardian 'Outstanding ... if you only buy one book, make it this one' Good Housekeeping London, November, 1960: the Cold War is at its height. Spy fever fills the newspapers, and the political establishment knows how and where to bury its secrets. When a highly sensitive file goes missing, Simon Callington is accused of passing information to the Soviets, and arrested. His wife, Lily, suspects that his imprisonment is part of a cover-up, and that more powerful men than Simon will do anything to prevent their own downfall. She knows that she too is in danger, and must fight to protect her children. But what she does not realise is that Simon has hidden vital truths about his past, and may be found guilty of another crime that carries with it an even greater penalty.