Mary Beth Keane Knihy

Irská kuchařka je dramatický příběh inspirovaný skutečným životním osudem Mary Mallonové, která si jako mnozí jiní přijela do Ameriky splnit svůj sen. Díky talentu a tvrdohlavosti se jí podaří vydobýt si vysněnou pozici kuchařky v bohatých domácnostech, její sen ale skončí, když ji úřady jako prvního člověka v Americe označí za bezpříznakového přenašeče břišního tyfu, kterým údajně nakazila desítky lidí, z nichž několik zemřelo. Mary Mallonová, také známá jako Tyfová Mary, nikdy nepřijala, že by měla být zdrojem infekce a dál pod změněnými jmény vařila, ačkoli tyfové epidemie propukaly téměř všude, kde byla zaměstnána. Nakonec musela strávit několik desítek let v karanténě, ve které i zemřela. Irská kuchařka ovšem není pouze tragickou výpovědí o jednom životě, ale i obrazem dobového New Yorku, kde se na pozadí prvních vyrůstajících mrakodrapů mísí sny s trpkou realitou.

Francis Gleeson and Brian Stanhope, rookie NYPD cops, are neighbors in the suburbs. What happens behind closed doors in both houses—the loneliness of Francis’s wife, Lena, and the instability of Brian’s wife, Anne, sets the stage for the explosive events to come. In Mary Beth Keane's extraordinary novel, a lifelong friendship and love blossoms between Kate Gleeson and Peter Stanhope, born six months apart. One shocking night their loyalties are divided, and their bond will be tested again and again over the next thirty years. Heartbreaking and redemptive, Ask Again, Yes is a gorgeous and generous portrait of the daily intimacies of marriage and the power of forgiveness.

Greta Cahill never believed she would leave her village in west Ireland, until she found herself on a ship bound for New York. Despite her family's cynicism, Greta discovers that in America she can fall in love, earn a living, and build a life. She longs to return to show her family what she has made of herself, but at risk of revealing a secret about her past to her children, decides to keep her new life separate, torn from the people she is closest to. Decades later, she discovers that her children, with the best of intentions, have conspired to unite the worlds she has kept apart. And though the Ireland of her memory may bear little resemblance to that of present day, she fears it is still possible to lose it all . . .

Malcolm Gephardt, gregarious bartender at the Half Moon in Upstate New York, has always dreamed of owning a bar. When his boss retires, Malcolm seizes his chance. His wife, Jess, has devoted herself to her law career, but after years of unsuccessfully trying for a baby finds herself slipping away from her work and her marriage. When a blizzard hits their town, on the same day that Malcolm learns some shocking news about Jess and a key patron of the bar disappears, everyone is trapped. Malcolm and Jess must suddenly look at what it means to be a family, and whether their futures lie elsewhere...

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