Three Mothers, Three Daughters: Palestinian Women\'s Stories (Literature of the Middle East) (Bog)

Constance af Rosie Thomas (bog)

An extended family gathers in late August to celebrate the seventy-fifth birthday of its formidable matriarch, Leonora. She is the daughter of the famous Edwardian painter Ethan Walsh, whose paintings are kept at the family home, Willow Court in Wiltshire. At Leonora's house party will be her daughters, Gwen and Rilla, whom she raised alone after she was widowed in her late twenties; Rilla's stepdaughter Beth; and Gwen's husband and three children with their spouses and lovers. One outsider joins the group: Sean Everard, a television director who's making a documentary about the life and work of Ethan Walsh. All families have their dark side and Leonora's is no exception. By the time the marquee is dismantled and all the guests have gone their separate ways, two shocking past events have come to light, to rock complacency and change for ever the lives of Leonora and her daughters. Forfat

A sweeping story of divided family, buried secrets and a love that will never die from the number one bestselling author of Songs of Love and War. Ellen Trawton has run away from London to the sweeping landscape of Connemara, hoping to find a place she can cut off all contact with the past. But beneath the wild beauty of the Irish landscape lie secrets which have been hidden for years… Conor Macausland cuts a dark, lonely figure. His young wife, Caitlin, died tragically at the old lighthouse, and her loss has devastated him. But when he and Ellen meet, a connection sparks between them. Ellen soon realizes that Conor’s past is not all it seems, and there’s more to her family history than she knew too. As the secrets are finally revealed, the truth must be told… Forfatter: Santa Montefiore Forlag: Simon and Schuster Udgivelsesår: 2014 Sider: 479 Sprog: Engelsk

Rosamunde Pilcher's phenomenal, heart-warming bestseller. Forlag: Coronet Udgivelsesår: 1988 Sider: 671 Sprog: Engelsk

Dee Rawlings is the agony aunt with answers for everything and everybody, but nothing has prepared her for unmarried teenage mother Kayleigh Roth. Cuckoo-in-the-nest Kayleigh starts disrupting Dee's family home in all sorts of unexpected ways. By the author of Too Rich, Too Thin. Titel: Happy Ever After Forfatter: Rose Shepherd Forlag: Arrow Books Udgivelsesår: 1994 Sprog: Engelsk

Ben Litton er en genial maler, men en dårlig far. Datteren Emma sendes om 14-årig uden videre på kostskole i Schweiz, hvorefter faderen fuldstændig glemmer hendes eksistens. Emma tvinges til at blive en selvstændig kvinde for tiden, men hun er følelsesmæssigt dybt frustreret. Da faderen slår sig ned i Cornwall, beslutter Emma derfor at slutte sig til ham og forsøge at få det familieliv, hun altid har savnet. Type: Pocket

Kærlighedsroman hvor en kvinde og et ungt par står i centrum for en følelsesladet historie om stærke bånd, svære valg og skjulte følelser. Handlingen foregår i et naturskønt miljø med sø og efterårsskov som bagtæppe. De tre hovedpersoner har en fælles fortid, og der opstår spændinger, da gamle følelser, venskaber og familieforhold kolliderer. Romanen fokuserer på relationer, jalousi, tilgivelse og håbet om at kunne berøre eller "røre" himlen gennem kærligheden og et nyt livsmod. Type: Hardcover Romanen "Rør himlen" af Susan Madison er en følelsesladet kærligheds- og familiefortælling. Forsiden viser et ungt, forelsket par i glade farver med efterårstræer i baggrunden, mens en yngre kvinde ses i baggrunden med et mere alvorligt udtryk, hvilket antyder konflikter, trekantsdrama eller skjulte hemmeligheder. Historien udspiller sig i et amerikansk, naturpræget miljø ved sø eller skov og kred

Fire forældreløse, der som børn svor hinanden udrydelig troskab, mødes påny på højden af deres karrierer ved et filmparty i London Forfatter: Barbara Taylor Bradford Forlag: HarperCollins Udgivelsesår: 1993 Sider: 495 Sprog: Engelsk