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Hauled in a cart to a field hospital in northern France in March 1916, an American woman wakes from unconsciousness to the smell of gas gangrene, the sounds of men in pain, and an almost complete loss of memory: she knows only that she can drive an ambulance, she can draw, and her name is Stella Bain. A stateless woman in a lawless country, Stella embarks on a journey to reconstruct her life. Suffering an agonising and inexplicable array of symptoms, she finds her way to London. There, Dr August Bridge, a cranial surgeon turned psychologist, is drawn to tracking her amnesia to its source. What brutality was she fleeing when she left the tranquil seclusion of a New England college campus to serve on the Front; for what crime did she need to atone - and whom did she leave behind? Vivid, intense and gripping, packed with secrets and revelations, The Lives of Stella Bain is at once a ravishing love story and an intense psychological mystery.

1947. Fires are racing along the coast of Maine after a summer-long drought, ravaging thousands of acres, causing unprecedented confusion and fear.Five months pregnant, Grace Holland is left alone to protect her two toddlers when her difficult and unpredictable husband Gene joins the volunteers fighting to bring the fire under control. Along with her best friend, Rosie, and Rosie''s two young children, the women watch in horror as their houses go up in flames, then walk into the ocean as a last resort. They spend the night frantically trying to save their children. When dawn comes, they have miraculously survived, but their lives are forever changed: homeless, penniless, and left to face an uncertain future.As Grace awaits news of her husband''s fate, she is thrust into a new world in which she must make a life on her own, beginning with absolutely nothing; she must find work, a home, a way to provide for her children. In the midst of devastating loss, Grace discovers glorious new freedoms - joys and triumphs she could never have expected her narrow life with Gene could contain - and her spirit soars. And then the unthinkable happens, and Grace''s bravery is

Mientras caminan por un bosque nevado, Robert Dillon y su hija Nicky tropiezan con un bebé abandonado. El suceso conmueve a la niña, que en días posteriores conocerá aspectos del mundo de los adultos que jamas habia imaginado... Reflejos sobre la nieve es una novela que nos sumerge en el poderoso mundo de los secretos: en las razones que nos llevan a preservar unos y a desenterrar otros.

The bestselling author of A WEDDING IN DECEMBER returns with a scintillating new novel about a young widow torn between two brothers during one long New England summerLa autora del bestseller "A Wedding in December" regresa con una brillante nueva novela sobre una joven viuda desgarrada entre dos hermanos durante un largo verano en Nueva Inglaterra.

Lo que prometía ser un verano tranquilo se convierte en una encrucijada llena de desengaños, traiciones, amor y cómo no, mucho bodysurf. Sydney se ha divorciado una vez y es además viuda a la temprana edad de 29 años. Para rehacer su vida decide dar clases particulares durante un verano a la hija adolescente pero con mucho retraso de aprendizaje de la familia Edwards en la casa veraniega de estos frente a las costas de New Hampshire. Pero su tranquila, aunque a veces compleja, estancia con la familia, se ve interrumpida por la visita de Ben y Jeff, los dos hijos mayores de los Edwards. Lo que prometia ser un verano tranquilo se convierte en una encrucijada llena de desengaños, traiciones, amor y como no, mucho bodysurf.

Siete antiguos compañeros de instituto se reúnen un fin de semana en el hotelito de montaña que regenta una de ellos, Nora, para celebrar una boda. Separados durante años por un trágico incidente que tuvo lugar justo antes de su graduación, el reencuentro despierta en todos ellos sentimientos escondidos y provoca la confesión de secretos que han permanecido ocultos desde entonces. El paso del tiempo se convierte en un elemento fundamental con el que se nos descubren los miedos y fantasías de cada uno de ellos. La excepcional ternura que nos ofrece la autora demuestra una vez más que posee una sensibilidad muy poco habitual.

A man escaping from a hotel fire sees a woman standing beneath a tree. He approaches her and sets in motion a series of events that will change his life forever. Years later, travelling from New England to Florida by train, he reflects back on his obsession with this unknown and ultimately unknowable woman - his courtship of her, his marriage to her, and the unforgivable act that ripped their family apart. Spanning three decades from 1899 to 1933,All He Ever Wanted gives us a tale of marriage, betrayal and the search for redemption. It has the unmatched attention to details of character, place and emotion that have made Anita Shreve one of the world's best-loved and bestselling novelists.

In 1929 New England, Sexton and Honora Beecher arrange to buy the house they are renting, but when the Depression strikes their small town their hopes are dashed. Sexton goes to work at the mill and becomes involved with the plan to form a union--and events conspire to undermine the Beechers' marriage as well as their financial picture. This is the third volume in Anita Shreve's informal trilogy of novels that take place in a house on the coast of New Hampshire.

Una gran novela de sentimientos que ha vendido más de dos millones de ejemplares en Estados Unidos. Sinopsis: ¿Cómo se puede seguir adelante cuando toda tu vida se rompe en pedazos? Las esposas de los pilotos aprenden a estar preparadas para que en cua

Jean debe realizar un reportaje fotográfico sobre unos crímenes pasionales ocurridos en el siglo XIX, sumergiéndose en una crisis emocional tras leer el diario de la única superviviente.