Set during the 1980s civil war in Lebanon, ‘Dreams of Water’ is complusively readable, deceptively simple and overwhelmingly moving.'If you could tell me just one thing about yourself, what would it be?'She begins, 'I would say that I once lost a brother.'As a young man disappears, his family is left wondering, hoping, fearing for what may have become of him. It is only through his loss that they begin to truly understand the deep bond of love that ties their family together.Aneesa, his sister,...
A story of struggle and hardship and one girl’s battle for survival from the best-selling author of If You Were the Only Girl and Another Man’s Child.Angela McCluskey comes to Birmingham from Ireland with her family as a young girl to escape the terrible poverty in her homeland. But the dream of a better life is dashed as bad fortune dogs the family.When Angela marries her childhood sweetheart, she has hopes of a brighter future, which are dashed when her husband is called up to fight in the...
From the bestselling author of The Kashmir Shawl. Available on ebook for the first time.Jake, Clio and Julius Hirsh and their cousin Lady Grace Stretton formed a charmed circle in those lost innocent days before the Great War – united against the world.Old now, Clio recounts their story for her biographer: Jake's wartime experiences, which moved him to work as a doctor in the London slums; Clio and Grace, flappers flitting through bohemian Fitzrovia to emerge as literary lion and pioneering...
Opowieść oparta na faktach. Miłość młodego esesmana do żydowskiej więźniarki. I przerażające piekło Auschwitz. Słowacja, 1939. Wywodząca się z szanowanej żydowskiej rodziny prawniczej, niezwykle uzdolniona muzycznie Milena Zinger właśnie zostaje studentką konserwatorium. Jej beztroskie życie przerywa wybuch II wojny światowej. Zingerowie momentalnie stają się obywatelami drugiej kategorii, którzy każdego dnia muszą walczyć o przetrwanie. Austria, 1939. Franz Weimert ulega wpływom...
Stunning modern new cover reissue of one of Penelope Fitzgerald’s best-loved novelsInnocence is set in the 1950s, when Italy was picking up the pieces after the war. Chiara Ridolfi is the guileless daughter of a decrepit Italian family. Barney is her practical English girlfriend, who can sum up a man, she says, in one firm hand-grip. Salvatore is a penniless doctor from the south, who thinks he is proof against politics, social conscience and tenderness. Chiara’s cousin, Cesare, says very...
Quattro giovani di quattro nazionalità si incontrano in Germania prima della guerra. Il loro destino è di morire contemporaneamente in guerra in un isola dell'Egeo. l libro racconta le vite di quattro giovani uomini, tutti nati nel 1920, Godfrey (inglese), Rolf (tedesco), Marco (italiano) e Yiannis (greco) e delle loro famiglie. Marco eYiannis provengono dalla piccola isola di Leros, all'epoca parte delle isole del Dodecanneso governate dall'Italia. Si incontrano tutti nel 1936 al raduno della...
In Cry Heaven, Cry Hell, the author tries to open our eyes to show that even with good intentions roads can be paved to Hell. The story follows three men who lived evil ways and then repented. Two of the men die, but one remains to either be held accountable for what they all did or to have their repentant behavior be figured into the yardstick of their collective judgment. The three men are: 1) An Irishman who wipes out an entire family and flees Ireland, 2) A descendant of an Amer-Indian ally...
In 1914, Simon Dulac enrolls in a Canadian contingent of military police, a perfect cover for his real ambition—to comb the battlefields of Europe unhindered, searching for legendary Templar treasure. There, Dulac encounters Nell, affecting and skilled, who has come to the trenches to practice suturing wounds. Together, haunted by the jealousy of their commanding officer, they pursue their desires.
Author is a recognized standard-bearer for an era in Canadian literature when traditional forms and subjects were being challenged by radical social and cultural change A classic novel by the Governor General’s Award winner (1949) Author served in the First World War and used his experiences for the novel