Not The Whole Story
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- 12 hodin čtení
Angela Huth is one of our best-loved English authors: a writer of great elegance, compassion and nuanced observation. Not the Whole Story is her long- awaited memoir . . .






Angela Huth is one of our best-loved English authors: a writer of great elegance, compassion and nuanced observation. Not the Whole Story is her long- awaited memoir . . .
The story revolves around a dinner party that brings together four ex-lovers after twenty years, igniting old flames and unresolved tensions. Alice, after a wedding, invites her former lover Edward and his partner Laura, who has her own history with Tom, Alice's husband. The unexpected arrival of Mary, Tom's passionate past affair, complicates the evening, leading to questions about loyalty and desire. As the night unfolds, the stability of Tom and Alice's marriage is put to the test against the seductive allure of the past.
First published in 1996, this collection of stories tells of the ghost of a doomed romance haunting an Oxford undergraduate's idyllic summer affair; a tragedy of hopeless love and murderous frustration is played out against the backdrop of a provincial repertory company; passion and hatred flower side by side in suburban back gardens. Angela Huth peoples her stories with elderly ladies living out extraordinary fantasy lives and betrayed wives wreaking subtle revenge, drawing out their secret disappointments and their dreams of glamour; she brings to this exquisite collection all the wry delicacy, subversive wit and keen eye for the drama of the quietest lives that characterise her acclaimed novels.
Zum ersten Mal berücksichtigt ein Ratgeber, dass Hämophilie-Betroffene auch an Bluthochdruck erkranken können. Was die Unterschiede und Möglichkeiten sind und in welchen Fällen das Hämophiliezentrum kontaktiert werden sollte, wird hier erläutert. Neben der medikamentösen und nicht-medikamentösen Therapie stehen Ursachen, Anzeichen, Vorbeugung, Folgen sowie die Diagnose von Bluthochdruck im Mittelpunkt. Sie erhalten somit erstmals wertvolle Richtlinien, um mit ihren erhöhten Werten richtig umzugehen.
The brilliant and moving sequel to Land Girls
Isabel vient de fêter ses quarante ans. Ce n'est pas le désastre annoncé par son amie Carlotta. À peine une ponctuation dans la douce fuite des jours. Un mari, une fille, un atelier de confection de masques : la vie continue. Toutefois, Dan, le mari, lassé de son métier, ne vit plus que pour le théâtre. Il a connu un premier succès à Oxford et n'aime pas voir ses manuscrits refusés. Sylvie, la fille, a beau porter un regard affectueux sur le couple que forment ses parents, elle n'en est pas moins une adolescente en conflit ouvert avec sa mère et n'en fait qu'à sa tête. Quant à Bert, l'ami de jeunesse de Dan, de retour après avoir travaillé à New York, il n'est ni aveugle, ni sourd, ni muet vis-à-vis des femmes qui l'entourent. Et Carlotta, la bonne copine célibataire, qui cumule les aventures, éprouve un gros faible pour Dan. Des êtres fragiles et ambigus, les troubles du désir, une valse des sentiments, des épilogues amoureux inattendus... Un roman fort et tendre sur la vie contemporaine.
»Tu, was du für richtig hältst« diesen Ratschlag erhält George vor dem Tod seines Vaters. Also beschließt er, die Anwaltskarriere an den Nagel zu hängen unddie Farm weiterzuführen, auf der er aufgewachsen ist. Mit Hilfe seiner Nachbarn läuft der landwirtschaftliche Betrieb erstaunlich gut. Ganz überraschend taucht eines Tages Lily auf, eine alte Studienfreundin von George. Mit ihrer unbefangenen Art gelingt es ihr, sein Herz zu erobern. Doch dann verschwindet sie und läßt nur einen langen Brief und ihren geliebten Garten zurück Angela Huth erzählt die bewegende Geschichte von einer großen Liebe und der Suche nach dem unvergänglichen Glück.»Wunderschön erzählt, mit Eleganz und einer gewissen ironischen Gelassenheit.«Country Life
Die Ehe von Grace und William Hendel ist auf stille Vertrautheit gegründet. Beide lassen sich von fast nichts stören, bis ein weibliches Mitglied in seinem Streichquartett aufgenommen wird und Williams Gemüt in unvorhergesehene Wallungen versetzt.
The Jewels of Tessa Kent / A Kept Woman / Wives of the Fisherman
The Jewels of Tessa Kent: This is a tale of a mother and her illegitimate daughter's relationship gone wrong and a story of love and loss set against the backdrop of the international auction houses. A Kept Woman: Tells the story of Serena Carmichael, she had knowledge; knowledge of herself - who she was, what she had, where she was going, her most precious possessions was her family. The police thought she knew everything, a woman in so much control of her life must know her husbands whereabouts. Her friends can't believe she didn't know. Which leaves Serena very alone, the only thing she knows for certain is that her husband loves her - or does he? Wives of the Fishermen: From the critically acclaimed author of "Land Girls" (soon to be a major motion picture from Gramercy Pictures) comes a new novel that explores the intricate mechanism of women's friendship with tenderness, intelligence, and understanding.
William and Grace share what seems to them an ideal marriage. William enjoys a successful career in a relatively famous string quartet, and Grace is a children's book illustrator. Both in their 50s, neither have any reason to believe that their relationship could be threatened. But when Andrew, the quartet's viola player, retires with arthritis, he is replaced by the beautiful Bonnie, and the remaining male trio find the internal relations of the quartet have changed dramatically. Soon William can't think of anyone or anything else, and begins to work out stratagems for inviting Bonnie to lunch or to prevent her from spending too much time with Grant, the cello player, who is his main rival for her attention. It is not long before William has even begun to think the unthinkable: that his faithful, loving wife Grace Has Got To Go... Angela Huth has been compared to Jane Austen and Mrs Gaskell, and her novels gleam with beautiful observations and utterly convincing characters. In this, her ninth novel, she is at her superlative best, casting a wise and witty eye on mid-life crises and modern marriage.