Iva Bartíková Ordine dei libri (cronologico)

"Since Coco Pinchard found first husband Daniel in bed with another woman, she hasn't just picked up the pieces: she's now a best-selling author married to her hunky soul-mate Adam. She feels stronger and wiser and surely the second time round she'll have learnt from her mistakes? But things aren't going quite according to plan... Adam has lost his job, Coco's grown-up son Rosencrantz seems to have derailed his life in spectacular fashion, and ex-mother-in-law Ethel keeps letting herself into the house thanks to an endless supply of spare keys. When literary agent Angie takes on Coco's arch rival, the indomitable Regina Battenberg, it looks as though things can't get any worse. And then Coco discovers she's pregnant; at 44. Can she really go through it all again? Sleepless nights, stretch marks on top of stretch marks, and poo as a normal topic of conversation?"--Page 4 of cover

Jenny slaví sté narozeniny a při této příležitosti rozjímá nad minulostí. Myšlenky se jí vrací k dávným událostem, které doposud skrývala, protože na ně není hrdá. Otevře krabičku, v níž si schovává vzpomínky na turbulentní časy, a rozhodne se podniknout cestu, která jí pomůže vyrovnat se s minulostí. Chce se vrátit do malebné vesničky v Itálii, která se stala svědkem tragických událostí. Mladá ošetřovatelka Candice, která si plánuje zářivou budoucnost s láskou svého života, si stoletou stařenku oblíbí a navzdory generačním rozdílům se stanou přítelkyněmi. Candice se zájmem naslouchá Jennyinu vyprávění a moudrým radám – s jednou výjimkou. Nechce slyšet pravdu o svém vztahu. Když se domlouvají, že bude Jenny na její cestě do Itálie doprovázet, ani jedna z nich netuší, jak moc si vzájemně ovlivní život a že stoletá moudrá žena může ještě zažít velké překvapení...

"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.

Een busongeluk na een uitje verandert de levens van alle betrokkenen voorgoed en blijkt veertig jaar later nog steeds van invloed.

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