Anita Shreve Libri

New England, dicembre 1983: Nicky Dillon vive con il padre in una fattoria isolata, cercando di superare l'evento che ha stravolto la loro esistenza due anni prima. "Mio padre e io formalmente siamo una famiglia, ma nessuno dei due utilizzerebbe mai quel termine. Sì, siamo padre e figlia, ma solo perché un tempo siamo stati membri di una famiglia che è stata distrutta". Il ritrovamento di una neonata abbandonata nella neve farà da catalizzatore alle tensioni che tormentano i due. Nei giorni convulsi che seguono il salvataggio della piccola, Nicky si confronterà con gli aspetti più oscuri dell'animo umano, quelli che spingono una madre ad abbandonare una figlia neonata, e riuscirà a venire a patti con il suo dolore e con quello del padre. Una storia che tocca le corde più profonde del cuore, raccontata in maniera superba dalla voce narrante di una Nicky ormai trentenne che riesce a restituirci perfettamente i toni di una preadolescente, le sue tenerezze, le sue bizzarrie, la sua invincibile voglia di vivere.

Honora e suo marito adorano la loro nuova casa: così, quando il proprietario offre loro di acquistarla, non ci pensano due volte. Ma siamo nel 1929 e il crollo della Borsa sconvolge l'economia di tutti gli Stati Uniti e la stabilità economica di tutte le famiglie. Il marito di Honora, costretto a lavorare come operaio in una fabbrica vicina, partecipa attivamente alle lotte sindacali e la vita della coppia finisce per intrecciarsi sempre più con le storie di altri personaggi. Al punto da mettere in discussione persino il loro matrimonio.

Una vita perfetta, quella di Kathryn Lynos: un matrimonio riuscito, un marito pilota che l'adora, una figlia deliziosa, una casa da cartolina sull'oceano. Ma una notte una visita inattesa le porta una terribile notizia che trasforma, nel giro di pochi istanti, quell'esistenza felice nel peggiore degli incubi: l'aereo pilotato dal marito Jack è precipitato al largo della costa irlandese e lui ha perso la vita. Travolta dalla disperazione, Kathryn dovrà trovare la forza, assieme alla figlia, per superare il devastante dolore che l'attanaglia, per affrontare la paura della solitudine ma, soprattutto, per vincere il profondo stordimento di fronte alle sconvolgenti rivelazioni sul conto di Jack che affiorano dalle indagini.

Thomas e Linda si incontrano dopo tanti anni. Ma per loro incontrarsi non significa solo fare i conti con i ricordi, ma con il tempo stesso, con la vita, con quel filo che in ventiquattro anni invece di spezzarsi si è teso sempre di più e che ora riavvolgendosi, li costringe a rivivere con l'intensità del presente il loro amore passato. I punti di vista si intrecciano, in un crescendo di tensione, in una storia che procede veritiginosamente a ritroso, verso quel gesto, quella parola che ha determinato tutto, quel giorno, in quell'istante.

Ai tempi del liceo hanno diviso tutto, dai primi amori alle prime sbronze, poi la vita li ha separati. La sfolgorante carriera di Jerry letta sul giornale, il successo musicale di Rob, qualche biglietto di auguri per le varie ricorrenze. Adesso si sono ritrovati, nella cornice incantata del New England sotto la prima neve, per festeggiare il matrimonio di Bill e Bridget, già fidanzati a scuola, entrambi reduci da un divorzio, sulla cui fragile felicità incombe lo spettro della malattia di lei. Li ospita Nora, da poco rimasta vedova di un famoso poeta, nel suo Bed & Breakfast appena rinnovato. C'è Agnes, che riversa nella scrittura passioni e interessi, ma soprattutto l'ansia per la deludente vita sentimentale. C'è Harrison, un matrimonio incanalato nei tranquilli binari della quotidianità, che si scopre ancora capace di amare con l'intensità dei diciassette anni. Su di loro aleggia il fantasma di Stephen, il ragazzo più amato del liceo, il campione di baseball scomparso molti anni prima in un misterioso incidente in mare. I rimpianti, la nostalgia, gli amori impossibili e quelli perduti reggono il filo dell'esistenza di ciascuno. Sarà per tutti un weekend speciale, fatto di scoperte e conferme inaspettate, di rivelazioni sorprendenti e silenzi vibranti.

New England, 1899. Nicholas Van Tassel è un uomo ambizioso e ipocrita. Quando incontra Edna, bella e misteriosa, sposarla diviene il suo unico obiettivo, costi quel che costi, e ben sapendo che lei non lo ama. È con queste premesse che nasce la storia del loro matrimonio, una storia drammatica che Anita Shreve racconta rendendo i ritmi e i silenzi della vita famigliare, la forza sconvolgente del desiderio, il potere distruttivo del tradimento.

The Weight of Water On Smuttynose Island, off the coast of New Hampshire, more than a century ago, two Norwegian immigrant women were brutally murdered. A third woman survived by hiding in a cave. In 1995, Jean, a photographer, is sent on an assignment to shoot a photo essay about the legendary crime where unearths letters written by Maren, the sole survivor of the murder spree. Soon her interest becomes an obsession with the ancient story - leading to unrecoverable consequences. Resistance As the wife of a Resistance member in German-occupied Belgium, Claire Daussois has grown used to hiding strange men in her attic. But when the B-17 bomber that crash-lands outside Claire's village it contains the man who will be both the last and the most significant of the attic's residents: US Air Force pilot Ted Brice. He is found by ten-year-old Jean Benoit who realises that Claire is the pilot's only hope of survival.

STRANGE FITS OF PASSION A successful journalist, Maureen English appears to have the perfect life. But her husband has a tendency towards alcohol and abuse and so Maureen takes her daughter and flees. In a Maine fishing town she assumes a new identity and spends six weeks battling sub-zero temperatures, intrusive townsfolk and fear of discovery. She soon settles into the rhythms of a new life. But this calming respite is about to come crashing to an end . . . WHERE OR WHEN When Charles Callahan sees on a newspaper photograph of Sian Richards, a woman he loved when they were both only thirteen, he is in no position to do anything about it. He has been faithfully married for years, but Charles cannot bear his curiosity, and decides to get in touch. The two meet and are forced to come to terms with the nature of erotic love and betrayal in an age of shifting values.

On a beach in New Hampshire at the turn of the last century, a young woman is drawn into a rocky, disastrous passage to adulthood. Olympia Biddeford is the only child of a prominent Boston couple—a precocious and well-educated daughter, alive with ideas and flush with the first stirrings of maturity. Her summer at the family's vacation home in Fortune's Rocks is transformed by the arrival of a doctor, a friend of her father's, whose new book about mill-town labourers has caused a sensation. Olympia is captivated by his thinking, his stature, and his drive to do right—even as she is overwhelmed for the first time by irresistible sexual desire. She and the doctor—a married man, a father, and nearly three times her age—come together in an unthinkable, torturous, hopelessly passionate affair. Throwing aside propriety and self-preservation, Olympia plunges forward with cataclysmic results that are the price of straying in an unforgiving era. Olympia is cast out of the world she knows, and Fortune's Rocks is the story of her determination to reinvent her broken life—and claim the one thing she finds she cannot live without. A meditation on the erotic life of women, an exploration of class prejudices, and most of all a portrayal of the throughts and actions of an unforgettable young woman, Fortune's Rocks is a masterpiece of narrative drama, beautifully written by one of the most accomplished novelists of our time.

Long before Liane Moriarty captivated readers with her tales, Shreve was already enhancing domestic dramas, and she continues to do so with remarkable skill. In this gripping new novel from the best-selling author of The Pilot's Wife, the story unfolds in 1947, amidst raging fires along the coast of Maine after a summer drought. Grace Holland, five months pregnant, is left to protect her two toddlers when her unpredictable husband, Gene, joins the volunteers battling the flames. Alongside her best friend Rosie and Rosie's children, Grace watches in horror as their homes are consumed by fire, ultimately seeking refuge in the ocean. As dawn breaks, they miraculously survive but face a new reality: homeless and penniless, they must navigate an uncertain future. With Gene's fate unknown, Grace is thrust into a world where she must rebuild her life from scratch, finding work and a home to support her children. Amidst profound loss, she discovers unexpected joys and freedoms that her previous life with Gene never allowed. Just as she begins to embrace her new independence, an unthinkable event tests her bravery like never before.

Reissue, with a stunning new cover, of Anita Shreve's compelling fourth novel -- set in German-occupied Belgium in 1943-44.

A compelling tale of edgy, small-town emotions, lingering obsession, and romantic salvation from acclaimed novelist Anita Shreve.Andrew, after many years, returns to his hometown to attend his mother's funeral. Planning to remain only a few days, he is drawn into the tragic legacy of his childhood friend and beautiful girl next door, Eden Close. An adopted child, Eden had learned to avoid the mother who did not want her and to please the father who did. She also aimed to please Andrew and his friends, first by being one of the boys and later by seducing them. Then one hot night, Andrew was awakened by gunshots and piercing screams from the next Mr. Close had been killed and Eden blinded.Now, seventeen years later, Andrew begins to uncover the grisly story––to unravel the layers of thwarted love between the husband, wife, and tormented girl. And as the truth about Eden's past comes to light, so too does Andrew's strange and binding attachment to her reveal itself.

On Smuttynose Island, off the coast of New Hampshire, more than a century ago, two Norwegian immigrant women were brutally murdered. A third woman survived by hiding in a cave until dawn. In 1995, Jean, a photographer, is sent on an assignment to shoot a photo essay about the legendary crime. Taking her extended family with her, Jean stays in a sailboat anchored off the coast, and finds herself gradually becoming more and more engrossed in the bay's mysterious and gruesome past. Wandering into a library one day, she unearths letters written by Maren, the sole survivor of the murder spree. Jean's fear of losing all that she cares about is reflected in Maren's poignant tale of love and loss, and her obsession with the ancient story drives her to wild impulsive action -- with unrecoverable consequences.

Reissue - with a stunning new cover - of Anita Shreve's outstanding second novel - 'a superbly crafted, intelligent exploration of the complications of an abusive relationship' BOOKLIST

At a New England boarding school, a sex scandal is about to break. Even more shocking than the sexual acts themselves is the fact that they were caught on videotape. A Pandora's box of revelations, the tape triggers a chorus of voice -- those of the men, women, teenagers, and parents involved in the scandal -- that details the ways in which lives can be derailed or destroyed in one foolish moment. A gripping emotional drama with the pace of a thriller, Anita Shreve's Testimony explores the dark impulses that sway the lives of seeming innocents, and the ways in which our best intentions can lead to our worst transgressions.

"An epic story, set against the backdrop of World War I, from bestselling author Anita Shreve. When an American woman, Stella Bain, is found suffering from severe shell shock in an exclusive garden in London, surgeon August Bridge and his wife selflessly agree to take her in. A gesture of goodwill turns into something more as Bridge quickly develops a clinical interest in his houseguest. Stella had been working as a nurse's aide near the front, but she can't remember anything prior to four months earlier when she was found wounded on a French battlefield. In a narrative that takes us from London to America and back again, Shreve has created an engrossing and wrenching tale about love and the meaning of memory, set against the haunting backdrop of a war that destroyed an entire generation."

Is love always worth saving - no matter what the cost? The car crash should have killed her. But rookie paramedic Peter Webster takes the emergency call, and helps the young woman, Sheila Arsenault, to survive. After the accident, she haunts his thoughts, despite his misgivings about getting involved with a patient. Soon he is embroiled in an intense love affair and in Sheila's troubled life. Eighteen years later, Sheila is long gone and Peter is raising their daughter, Rowan, alone. But Rowan is veering dangerously off course and for the first time in their quiet life together Peter fears for her future. He seeks out the only person who may be able to help Rowan, although Sheila's return is sure to unleash all the questions Peter has been carefully keeping at bay: Why would a mother leave her family? How did the marriage of two people in love unravel?

At the age of twenty-nine, Sydney has already been once divorced and once widowed. Trying to find her footing again, she has answered an advertisement to tutor the teenage daughter of a well-to-do couple as they spend a sultry summer in their oceanfront New Hampshire cottage. But when the Edwards' two grown sons, Ben and Jeff, arrive at the beach house, Sydney finds herself caught up in a destructive web of old tensions and bitter divisions. As the brothers vie for her affections, the fragile existence Sydney has rebuilt is threatened. With the subtle wit, lyrical language, and brilliant insight into real emotion that has led her to be called 'a supremely elegant anatomist of the human heart' (The Times), Shreve weaves a story about risk, family, and the supreme courage that it takes to love.

When Charles Callahan chances on a newspaper photograph of Sian Richards, a woman he loved when they were both only thirteen, he is hardly in a position to do anything about it. He has been faithfully married for years and his Rhode Island real estate business has been hit hard by the recession. He is scrambling to stave off bankruptcy and save his house. But Charles cannot resist the hand of fate. He writes to Sian, now a poet living with a family of her own on a farm in upstate New York. Three decades after they last saw each other, the two lovers meet. Powerfully drawn together once again, Charles and Sian are forced to come to terms with the nature of erotic love and betrayal, moral quandaries in an age of shifting values, and the elusive nature of time. Struggling to reclaim what once they lost, they set in motion a passionate and tumultuous series of events that moves to a shocking conclusion.

Struggling to maintain her sense of self while spending the first year of her marriage in Kenya, Margaret participates in a climbing expedition to Mt. Kenya and is challenged to come to terms with a devastating accident.

The thoughts of seven women on how their lives have changed since they joined the women's movement in the early seventies, each of whose lives is a fascinating paradigm for 20 years of social change.

Amerikanische Autorin, geb. 1946. Gefesselt in Seide: In panischer Angst vor ihrem Mann flieht Maureen mit ihrem Baby aus New York in ein entlegenes Fischerdorf. Hier endlich findet sie Wärme und Liebe. Doch schon bald spürt ihr Mann sie auf, und die Tragödoe nimmt ihren Lauf Eine gefangene Liebe: Nach vielen Jahren begegnen sich Charles und Sian - sie blieb die große Sehnsucht seines Lebens seit den Ferien in einem Sommercamp. Schon das erste Wiedersehn löst die magische Anziehungskraft erneut aus

"Lo que prometía ser un verano tranquilo se convierte en una encrucijada llena de desengaños, traiciones, amor y, por supuesto, mucho bodysurf"--Cubierta.

/ 9044303317 / Literature translated into Dutch / Nederlands / Dutch / Néerlandais / Niederländisch / soft cover / 14 x 21 cm / 288 .pp /

Dans la Nouvelle-Angleterre du début du XXe siècle, l'histoire d'une passion amoureuse ravagée par la jalousie. Un roman intense et violent sur le désir, le mensonge et la trahison, porté par l'écriture élégante et subtile d'Anita Shreve. Lors du voyage en train qui l'emmène en Virginie, Nicholas Van Tassel, austère professeur d'université, retrace l'histoire de son mariage avec Etna Bliss et son amour pour elle, insensé et absolu. Trente ans plus tôt, Nicholas aperçoit Etna pour la première fois. À cet instant, il n'a plus qu'une obsession : conquérir cette femme mystérieuse et singulière, l'épouser pour ne jamais la perdre. Des années durant, la passion brûlante de Nicholas se heurte à la froideur implacable de son épouse. Retranchée derrière un mur de silence et de secrets, incapable de lui rendre son amour, Etna poussera son mari au désespoir, jusqu'au drame...

Eine junge Frau flieht mit ihrem Baby vor ihrem brutalen Ehemann in ein kleines Fischerdorf. Eines Tages holt die Vergangenheit sie ein. - Thriller.