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.

Quando Barbara decide di lasciare la natia Irlanda per fare la au pair a casa di una coppia di Londra, ha solo diciotto anni e una gran voglia di chiudere con il passato. Irrequieta e sensibile, la ragazza è infatti segnata dalla morte del fratellino in un incendio, incidente di cui lei si sente responsabile. Appena giunta a casa di Olivia e Gareth Finch, si rende conto che c'è qualcosa che non va. Mathilda, la loro bambina, è affetta da una malattia sconosciuta che le procura delle forti crisi di tipo epilettico, che a quanto pare nessuno è in grado di curare. Sua madre Olivia è una donna elegante e gelida che tratta Barbara in modo sprezzante, ma anche suo marito sembra nascondere qualcosa. Quando durante l'estate tutta la famiglia si trasferisce nel sud della Francia dai genitori di Olivia, Barbara si innamora perdutamente del fratello della sua padrona di casa, mentre piano piano si fa strada in lei il tragico sospetto che la povera Mathilda sia vittima dei suoi stessi genitori...

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.