Eva Rice Ordine dei libri (cronologico)

From the author of 'modern vintage classic' The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets comes a feel-good nostalgic book-club novel about loss, hope and the powerful bond between sisters.

No one expected Marnie Fitzpatrick to be expelled from school . . . but the aftermath will haunt her forever. No one imagined she'd fall for the boy from the wrong side of town . . . until the day she saw him dancing alone. No one could know she had the one thing he needed to capture his dreams . . . the courage to chase them. From the author of the Richard and Judy classic THE LOST ART OF KEEPING SECRETS comes a story about how sometimes the cruelest beginnings can lead to the most unexpected of endings.

Downton Abbey trifft auf die Swinging Sixties – charmant, britisch, einfach zum Verlieben! Tara Jupp führt ein relativ normales Leben in der englischen Provinz, bis sich im Sommer 1962 plötzlich alles ändert: In ihrem Heimatdorf findet die Hochzeit des Jahres statt, halb London reist für die Trauung an und ist hingerissen von Tara, die in der Kirche das Solo singt. Um als Sängerin »Cherry Merrywell« groß rauszukommen, geht Tara nach London – und landet mitten in den Swinging Sixties! Zwischen heißen Klamotten, wilden Partys und den angesagtesten Künstlern des Jahrzehnts verliert sie ihre Unschuld und ihr Herz ...

Ambientato negli anni '50, in un'Inghilterra che si sta ancora riprendendo dalla Seconda Guerra Mondiale, "L'arte perduta di mantenere i segreti" racconta la storia incantevole di Penelope Wallace e della sua famiglia eccentrica all'inizio dell'era del rock'n'roll. Penelope desidera crescere e innamorarsi, ma vari imprevisti si frappongono tra lei e i suoi sogni. Tra questi ci sono sua madre, una bellezza straordinaria ma capricciosa, vedova a un'età tragicamente precoce; suo fratello minore Inigo, incapace di concentrarsi su qualsiasi cosa che non riguardi Elvis Presley; una vasta ma fatiscente casa ancestrale; una grave mancanza di denaro; e il cugino sardonic di sua migliore amica Charlotte, Harry. La narrazione esplora temi di crescita, amore e le sfide di una gioventù in un contesto storico complesso, offrendo uno sguardo affascinante su una famiglia che cerca di mantenere i propri segreti.

Lydia works in a museum, dragging kids round the Long Before Man tour. Felix has never worked anywhere and spends his days dragging on cigarettes and writing songs for Moja, his beloved rock group. When they meet, they realise that all you need in common is to be following the same dream. When Lydia offers to manage Moja, she finds four very different people: Justin, the bass player, is as aloof and stoned as the drummer Nicky is sweet and impish. Gorgeous, temperamental lead singer Amber is determined to make Lydia's life as hard as possible. And then there's Felix who, for all his beauty and charm, is as paranoid and insecure as every struggling musician before him. It's a wild journey from the beginning of a dream to making it happen in this stunning first novel that captures the aspirations and soul of a generation bonded by music.