Noëlle Harrison Pořadí knih (chronologicky)

Bold, intimate and joyful. This glorious novel tells an unforgettable story of love's true gravity.

"Broken-hearted by his wife's infidelity, Nicholas leaves the comfortable life he has known in Dublin for a ramshackle house in rural Cavan. There, the house seems to speak to him, and he catches glimpses of a presence - a fragile lady in blue, a woman trapped in the memory of one regret." "June Fanning came to Cavan from England in 1941 with her Irish husband, the solid but unimaginative Robert. She knows she should be grateful for a release from her previous existence in wartime London but June is a stranger in a foreign land, an outsider. And then Robert leaves to fight in the war. Outside the house lies the orchard, trees ripe with blood red hearts, and on the other side of it is temptation." --Book Jacket.

Ein kleiner Ort im Südosten von Irland: Barbara ist gerade achtzehn Jahre alt, und es ist ihre größte Sehnsucht, der kleinbürgerlichen Enge der Dorfgemeinschaft zu entfliehen. Als sie von einer Au-pair-Stelle in London hört, packt sie deshalb sofort ihren Koffer und begibt sich auf die Reise. Von nun an ist sie das Kindermädchen von Matilda, der sechsjährigen Tochter von Olivia und John Finch. Vom ersten Zusammentreffen an wirkt Olivia auf Barbara kalt und lieblos. Außerdem entgeht selbst der unerfahrenen Achtzehnjährigen nicht, dass Olivia ein Verhältnis mit Gareth hat, einem Jugendfreund ihres Mannes. John Finch hingegen ist Barbara sofort sympathisch, nicht zuletzt, weil er sich liebevoll um Matilda kümmert, die immer wieder von unerklärlichen Krampfanfällen geplagt wird.Zunächst ist das kleine Mädchen misstrauisch und abweisend. Doch Barbara gelingt es, das Vertrauen von Matilda zu gewinnen. Immer stärker verspürt sie das Bedürfnis, das Kind zu beschützen, denn es beschleicht sie die dunkle Ahnung, dass in der Familie vieles nicht so ist, wie es scheint. Doch Barbara hat die Situation auf gefährliche Weise völlig falsch eingeschätzt ...

A beautiful novel of the relationship between a mother, a daughter and her sonChristina's mother, Greta, walked out on her when she was just six years old. Now in her thirties, she has reached a desperate crossroads and goes on the run with her youngest child in a bid to find her mother and sanctuary from her husband and family.

Eine bewegende Familiengeschichte aus Irland über Schuld und Vergebung Eine Hommage an das Leben und die Liebe.

Eithne is the keeper of secrets in her family. When her sister Beatrice disappeared from her home in the dark woods of Co. Meath, it was thirteen-year-old Eithne who uncovered the forlorn evidence of her life: a string of pearls, a pink beret, a compact and her beloved sketchbook. Their mother, Sarah, was so grief-stricken that she did not speak for five years, and her father Joe, sank further into drink-filled rage. Now, as an adult, Eithne is an artist, and tries to remember her sister in her sketches of the dark wooded bogs behind her house. For there was something else about Beatrice that was rarely spoken of in the household, a dark, guilty secret that her disappearance only made worse. And now, almost twenty years later, all could be revealed when a stranger appears. Framed by Eithnes journey to discover the truth about her sister, with the magic and beauty of art running through it, this is a richly compelling, haunting story of family secrets, passion and ultimately redemption.