Verlag: Black Swan 2008 Paperback, 2008
ISBN 10: 0552999768 ISBN 13: 9780552999762
Anbieter: Book Haven, Wellington, WLG, Neuseeland
Zustand: Good. Spring 1915. On a sprawling country estate not far from London a young woman mourns her husband, fallen on a distant battlefield. The isolated and eerie stillness in which she grieves is shattered as her home is transformed into a bustling military hospital. Disturbed by the intrusion of the suffering soldiers, the increasingly fragile widow finds unexpected solace in the company of a wounded officer whose mutilateded face, concealed by bandages, she cannot see. Their affair takes an unexpected turn when fate presents her with an opportunity: to remake her lover u with the unwitting help of a visionary surgeon and a woman artist u in the image of her lost husband. Inspired by the little-known but extraordinary collaboration between artists and surgeons in the treatment and rehabilitation of wounded men during the First World War, The Crimson Portrait illuminates the abiding mysteries of identity and desire. 384 pages.
Verlag: Black Swan (UK) 2008 Paperback, 2003
ISBN 10: 0552770876 ISBN 13: 9780552770873
Anbieter: Book Haven, Wellington, WLG, Neuseeland
Zustand: Good. Gillon red-haired, intelligent, vulnerable - comes to London to escape from the demands of her wealthy, conventional, socially superior family in Charleston, South Carolina. An art historian, she has a chance meeting with Tilly, whose longterm boyfriend Henry is a wildlife photographer who is finding it hard to commit. Before long Gillon has moved into their flat, replacing Henrys old mate William, Williams on-off-girlfriend Susie, and a lots of mess and disorganisation. Things are changing, and Tilly finds it difficult to accept that her dreams of settling down with Henry are receding further into the distance, especially when Henry announces that he is going to South Carolina to photograph the abundant wildlife of the area.There, Henry is wholly seduced by the charms of Charleston, by Gillons family, and by the old patrician way of life which presents itself. The rules seem to be changing, the time passing by, and the future is becoming less and less certain 352 pages.
Verlag: Black Swan 2008 Paperback, 2008
ISBN 10: 0552773158 ISBN 13: 9780552773157
Anbieter: Book Haven, Wellington, WLG, Neuseeland
Zustand: Fair. 'Who died?' I said. 'Or is it a secret?''My mother, Vianne Rocher.'Seeking refuge and anonymity in the cobbled streets of Montmartre, Yanne and her daughters, Rosette and Annie, live peacefully, if not happily, above their little chocolate shop. Nothing unusual marks them out; no red sachets hang by the door. The wind has stopped ? at least for a while. Then into their lives blows Zozie de l?Alba, the lady with the lollipop shoes, and everything begins to change?.But this new friendship is not what it seems. Ruthless, devious and seductive, Zozie de l?Alba has plans of her own ? plans that will shake their world to pieces. And with everything she loves at stake, Yanne must face a difficult choice; to flee, as she has done so many times before, or to confront her most dangerous enemy?.Herself. 496 pages.
Verlag: Black Swan 2008 Paperback, 2008
ISBN 10: 1869419979 ISBN 13: 9781869419974
Anbieter: Book Haven, Wellington, WLG, Neuseeland
Zustand: Good. Rotten things happen in threes in Florence's family, so when she's fired by her best friend and left by her husband in the space of a single afternoon, she knows there is yet more trouble brewing. And when her son Monty returns from his gap year Down Under it's only too clear what, or who, that trouble is. Then the plan to turn her crumbling home into a tea room hits a snag, the macram at her sister's house starts to seriously unravel, and why is her doctor leaving so many messages? Enter Will, a mysterious handyman with a secret stash of chocolate truffles, and soon life ? with all its hiccups ? is just her cup of tea. - 288 pages.
Verlag: Black Swan (UK) 2008 Paperback, 2003
ISBN 10: 0552770876 ISBN 13: 9780552770873
Anbieter: Book Haven, Wellington, WLG, Neuseeland
Zustand: Very Good. Gillon red-haired, intelligent, vulnerable - comes to London to escape from the demands of her wealthy, conventional, socially superior family in Charleston, South Carolina. An art historian, she has a chance meeting with Tilly, whose longterm boyfriend Henry is a wildlife photographer who is finding it hard to commit. Before long Gillon has moved into their flat, replacing Henrys old mate William, Williams on-off-girlfriend Susie, and a lots of mess and disorganisation. Things are changing, and Tilly finds it difficult to accept that her dreams of settling down with Henry are receding further into the distance, especially when Henry announces that he is going to South Carolina to photograph the abundant wildlife of the area.There, Henry is wholly seduced by the charms of Charleston, by Gillons family, and by the old patrician way of life which presents itself. The rules seem to be changing, the time passing by, and the future is becoming less and less certain 352 pages.
Verlag: Black Swan 2008 Paperback, 2008
ISBN 10: 0552775045 ISBN 13: 9780552775045
Anbieter: Book Haven, Wellington, WLG, Neuseeland
Zustand: Good. Something inside me remembers and will not forget. When Alice Farrell is drawn to Grantchester churchyard and reads the strange inscription on Rosemary Virginia Ashley's gravestone, she feels oddly disturbed. And when former boyfriend Joe returns to Cambridge with his new girlfriend Ginny, Alice is repelled by the etheral, lavender-eyed beauty - and is certain of her evil. Then Alice finds an old diary in Ginny's room and reads the story of Daniel Holmes, who lived in Cambridge forty years earlier, and fell under the fatal spell of Rosemary Ashley. As the two stories intertwine, Alice's suspicions about Ginny increase - until the past meets present in a terrifying climax. 368 pages.