The groundbreaking debut novel from the bestselling author of HAMNET and THE MARRIAGE PORTRAIT, featuring a review by Ali Smith'This devastatingly skilful love story will break your heart!
MISS JEWETT had just rung the bell and the children trooped into the schoolroom, taking their places as quietly as exuberant youthful spirits would permit, the smallest boys and girls in the front row, the older ones further back.
As the clock ticks down the final minute of World War II in Europe, Sixty Seconds tells the stories of nine people on both sides of the Atlantic- a legendary war correspondent, a madwoman and her unwitting accomplice in a deranged assassination attempt, a fifteen-year-old girl singing the Star-Spangled Banner in Times Square, her soldier brother still in Germany, a Nazi war criminal undergoing interrogation, a German foot soldier frantically dodging Russian patrols as he attempts to surrender to Americans, and a Polish couple who endured the seemingly unendurable only to be separated by an ocean as they are about to become parents.
'Remarkable' Charmaine Wilkerson'Heartbreaking' Ericka Waller'Moving and hopeful' Imogen Crimp'Beautifully crafted' Ania Card___A sweeping and emotional debut from a dazzling new voice - for fans of The Paper Palace, The Dutch House and Betty.
As the clock ticks down the final minute of World War II in Europe, Sixty Seconds tells the stories of nine people on both sides of the Atlantic- a legendary war correspondent, a madwoman and her unwitting accomplice in a deranged assassination attempt, a fifteen-year-old girl singing the Star-Spangled Banner in Times Square, her soldier brother still in Germany, a Nazi war criminal undergoing interrogation, a German foot soldier frantically dodging Russian patrols as he attempts to surrender to Americans, and a Polish couple who endured the seemingly unendurable only to be separated by an ocean as they are about to become parents.
Eine bewegende Geschichte über Familienbande, den Verlust der Liebe und die Macht der VergangenheitAls ihr Mann stirbt, ist Bea nach dreißig Jahren Ehe wieder allein.
Un padre, junto con su hijo de corta edad, emprenden juntos el Camino de Santiago, buscando empezar así una nueva vida lejos del lugar donde, tiempo atrás, comenzó su pesadilla.
WINNER OF THE IRISH BOOK OF THE YEARWINNER OF THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR FICTIONSHORTLISTED FOR THE NERO NOVEL OF THE YEARSHORTLISTED FOR THE KERRY GROUP IRISH NOVEL OF THE YEAR'Donal Ryan s writing has earned him a place among the greatest names in Irish literature and this lyrical novel speaks to the very heart of modern Irish society.
Die Autorin hat sich, in den 70er-Jahren ihres Lebens stehend, Gedanken gemacht über ihr bisheriges Leben wie auch über das ihrer wichtigsten Familienmitglieder.
A moving and uplifting tale set in 1920s London, for fans of Downton Abbey, Dilly Court, and Lesley Pearse November, 1929Sixteen-year-old Eugenie Winford is looking forward to Christmas in her family's elegant Russell Square mansion.
'Poetic and affecting' - Robert Antoni, The Washington PostMr Potter, a taxi driver from Antigua, makes his living along the winding roads that pass through the only towns he has ever known.
Um einen Mann Names Samuel der Die Liebe Sucht und viellicht auch findet mit vielen Höhen und Tiefen in seinem Liebesleben Sowie Berufsleben Betrügen uvm.
For fans of stranger than truth stories, Sandy Schnakenburg is uncovering rattling and unprecedented revelations in this powerful memoir of love, secrets, and survival.
Lucia se encuentra con la esposa de su amante el mismo dia de su entierro y, ante su ruego, accede a sumergirse en el mundo de sombras que el abandono al partir.
