Estamos en 1935. Debido a las circunstancias, Judith Dunbar, una chica de 14 años, es acogida por los Carey-Lewis, una familia muy especial que marcará significativamente su adolescencia. La suntuosa casa de campo que los Carey-Lewis poseen en Cornualles, idilica region del sudoeste de Inglaterra, se convierte en su segundo hogar. Sin embargo, turbada por el despertar de su propia sexualidad y tras una frustrante relacion amorosa con Edward, el hijo mayor de la familia, Judith decide hacerse dueña de su propio destino. Lejos de alli, los vientos de guerra que se ciernen sobre Europa se desatan repentinamente. Judith esta dispuesta a colaborar en la lucha contra el nazismo, lucha que le toca muy de cerca: su padre cae prisionero de los japoneses, su madre desaparece, Edward es arrastrado por los acontecimientos... La vida de Judith parece hundirse en un infierno de locura y barbarie. Pero en medio del caos surgira alguien que siempre ha estado a su lado, aunque ella no lo supiera
Jane lebt bei ihrem Vater, einem exzentrischen Schriftsteller, in Kalifornien. Eines Tages taucht der junge Anwalt Davis Stewart auf, der sie im Auftrag ihrer Großmutter nach Schottland einlädt. Die Erinnerungen an ihre Kindheit, an das unbeschwerte Leben auf dem Landgut Elvie in den schottischen Highlands, lassen Jane nicht lange zögern. Schon bald nach ihrer Rückkehr steht sie vor einer schweren Entscheidung. Ihr gutaussehender Cousin Sinclair, für den sie immer geschwärmt hat, zeigt reges Interesse an ihr. Doch fühlt sie sich auch zu David hingezogen ...
Whenever Selina asked about her late father, the grandmother who raised her changed the subject. The chance discovery of a photograph gave Selina hope that he was still alive and sent her searching for him on a small Spanish island. In this lush paradise, Selina found George Dyer, a writer who would help her solve the mystery of her past...and might hold the key to her future.When you read a novel like Sleeping Tiger by Rosamunde Pilcher you enter a special world where emotions sing from the heart. A world that lovingly captures the ties that bind us to one another-the joys and sorrows, heartbreaks and misunderstandings, and glad, perfect moments when we are in true harmony. A world filled with evocative, engrossing, and above all, enjoyable portraits of people''s lives and loves, tenderly laid open for us...
A place you will never forget Rosemunde Pilcher''s Scotland...where the fields flourish with greenery, the bills bloom with purple, and the lochs glitter with the bright blue of the sky. A time you will never forget September...when the heather is in full flower, the first chill of autumn cools the air, and the countryside stirs with the hunt b alls, dinner parties, and dance. A novel you will never forget Rosamunde Pilcher''s September...a story of homecomings and heartbreaks, friendships, betrayls, forgiveness, and love. From the author of the classic multimillion-copy bestseller The Shell Seeker, it is a book you will fall in love with... A main selection of the Literary Guild and the Doubleday Book Club The author of The Shell Seekers brings characters from all over the world to the little town of Strathcroy, Scotland, for an extraordinary birthday party. A heartwarming story of family joys and sorrows. Six months on the New York Times bestseller list.
When you read a novel by Rosamunde Pilcher you enter a special world where emotions sing from the heart. A world that lovingly captures the ties that bind us to one another-the joys and sorrows, heartbreaks and misunderstandings, and glad, perfect moments when we are in true harmony. A world filled with evocative, engrossing, and above all, enjoyable portraits of people''s lives and loves, tenderly laid open for us...Oliver Dobbs was a writer first, and a man second. To him other people were tools. Even though he had broken Victoria Bradshaw''s heart once, when he arrived on her doorstep with a two-year-old son, she found she could not refuse him, and the three of them set out for a castle in Scotland. There, Victoria meets the new laird and finds her crushed spirit awakening.
At twenty-seven, Virginia Keile had been through the most intense experiences life had to offer--a magical first love ending in heartbreak, a suitable marriage, motherhood, and widowhood. All she wanted now was to take her daughter and son to a seaside cottage in Cornwall and help them recover. But Virginia''s true love was there, waiting, hoping, praying that this time she would be strong enough to seize happiness, in The Empty House.When you read a novel by Rosamunde Pilcher you enter a special world where emotions sing from the heart. A world that lovingly captures the ties that bind us to one another-the joys and sorrows, heartbreaks and misunderstandings, and glad, perfect moments when we are in true harmony. A world filled with evocative, engrossing, and above all, enjoyable portraits of people''s lives and loves, tenderly laid open for us...
Hoping to contact the brother she has not seen in years, Caroline travels to Scotland, finds herself trapped in an isolated house during a snowstorm, and develops feelings for a man who is suffering
