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From internationally bestselling author Tracy Chevalier, a riveting drama of a pioneer family on the American frontier 1838: James and Sadie Goodenough have settled where their wagon got stuck in the muddy, stagnant swamps of northwest Ohio. They and their five children work relentlessly to tame their patch of land, buying saplings from a local tree man known as John Appleseed so they can cultivate the fifty apple trees required to stake their claim on the property. But the orchard they plant sows the seeds of a long battle. James loves the apples, reminders of an easier life back in Connecticut; while Sadie prefers the applejack they make, an alcoholic refuge from brutal frontier life. 1853: Their youngest child Robert is wandering through Gold Rush California. Restless and haunted by the broken family he left behind, he has made his way alone across the country. In the redwood and giant sequoia groves he finds some solace, collecting seeds for a naturalist who sells plants from the new world to the gardeners of England. But you can run only so far, even in America, and when Roberts past makes an unexpected appearance he must decide whether to strike out again or stake his own claim to a home at last. Chevalier tells a fierce, beautifully crafted story in At the Edge of the Orchard, her most graceful and richly imagined work yet.

En 1838, dans l’Ohio, les fièvres ne font pas de cadeau. À chaque début d’hiver, James Goodenough creuse de petites tombes en prévision des mauvais jours. Et à chaque fin d’hiver, une nouvelle croix

The sweeping and compelling new novel from the bestselling author of Girl with a Pearl Earring.In 1830s Ohio, the Goodenough family barely scratch out a living in the inhospitable Black Swamp. Robert and his sister Martha must watch as their parents' marriage is torn apart by disputes over whether to grow sweet apples to eat or sour apples for cider and applejack. One particularly vicious fight sends Robert out alone across America, far from his sister, into a life dominated not by apple trees but by the mighty redwoods and sequoias of California.

It is 1932, and the losses of the First World War are still keenly felt. Violet Speedwell, mourning for both her fiancé and her brother and regarded by society as a ‘surplus woman' unlikely to

A wonderful book; rich, evocative, original. I loved it' Joanne HarrisOne in ten trees comes up sweetIn the inhospitable Black Swamp of Ohio, the Goodenough family are barely scratching out a living. Life there is harsh, tempered only by the apples they grow for eating and for the cider that dulls their pain. Hot-headed Sadie and buttoned-up James are a poor match, and Robert and his sister Martha can only watch helplessly as their parents tear each other apart. One particularly vicious fight sends Robert out alone across America, far from his sister, to seek his fortune among the mighty redwoods and sequoias of Gold Rush California. But even across a continent, he can feel the pull of family loyalties

Tracy Chevalier brings Shakespeares harrowing drama of jealousy and revenge to a 1970s era elementary school playground. Arriving at his fifth school in as many years, diplomats son Osei Kokote knows he needs an ally if he is to survive his first day so hes lucky to hit it off with Dee, the most popular girl in school. But one student cant stand to witness this budding relationship: Ian decides to destroy the friendship between the black boy and the golden girl. By the end of the day, the school and its key players teachers and pupils alike will never be the same again.The tragedy of Othello is transposed to a 1970s suburban Washington schoolyard, where kids fall in and out of love with each other before lunchtime, and practice a casual racism picked up from their parents and teachers. Peeking over the shoulders of four 11 year olds Osei, Dee, Ian, and his reluctant girlfriend Mimi Tracy Chevaliers powerful drama of friends torn apart by jealousy, bullying and betrayal will leave you reeling.

Arriving at his fourth school in six years, diplomat's son Osei knows he needs an ally if he is to survive his first day - so he's lucky to hit it off with Dee, the most popular girl in school. But one student can't stand to witness this budding relationship: Ian decides to destroy the friendship between the black boy and the golden girl. By the end of the day, the school and its key players - teachers and pupils alike - will never be the same again.The tragedy of Othello is transposed to a 1970s suburban Washington schoolyard in Tracy Chevalier's powerful drama of friends torn apart by jealousy, bullying and betrayal.

Il destino di Violet sembra proprio segnato visto che a trentotto anni non ha ancora un marito, ma unarte antica laiutera a cambiare la sua vita. La ricamatrice di Winchester di Tracy Chevalier e un romanzo che rammenta le avventurose e placide eroine di Jane Auster. Violet Speedwell ha perso il fidanzato Laurence in guerra e, nellInghilterra del 1932, non avere marito vuol dire occuparsi di servire i genitori. Per Violet quel destino suona pero come una terribile congiura e cosi la ragazza lascia Southampton per andare a Winchester, pronta a trovarsi un lavoro e a contare solo sulle proprie forze. In questa grande citta, la donna trova lavoro come dattilografa e riesce ad avere accesso ad una grande associazione: quella delle ricamatrici della cattedrale. Seguendo unantica tradizione medievale, lassociazione si adopera per costruire i cuscini per i fedeli e a farli diventare vere e proprie opere darte. Nei tanti pomeriggi e nelle tante serate dedicate al ricamo, Violet conosce lesuberante Gilda che le apre gli occhi su un nuovo mondo a cui appartiene anche Arthur, il campanaro della chiesa con gli occhi trasparenti e azzurrissimi. Come nel ricamo anche nella vita, basta cambiare un solo dettaglio della trama per far evolvere tutto in modo differente. A ventanni di distanza dalla pubblicazione di La ragazza con lorecchino di Perla, Tracy Chevalier, con La ricamatrice di Winchester, torna con un romanzo che ci mostra un lato oscuro della storia, ma lo fa attraverso uneroina senza tempo.

« Dee le repéra avant tout le monde. Elle en fut très heureuse et fit durer l'instant. » En six ans, c'est la quatrième fois qu'Osei, fiIs d'un diplomate ghanéen, arrive dans une n

Washington D.C., dans les années 1970. En six ans, c est la quatrième fois qu Osei, fils d un diplomate ghanéen, découvre une nouvelle école. Tout heureux de rencontrer Dee, la fille la plus populaire de sa classe, il ne s inquiète pas des manigances et de la jalousie de ceux qui voient d un mauvais il l amitié entre un garçon noir et une jolie blonde. Sémillante réécriture d Othello dans une cour d école de banlieue aux États-Unis, ce neuvième roman de l auteure de La jeune fille a la perle dit a hauteur d enfant la tragédie universelle du racisme et du harcèlement. Vertigineux et actuel.

A collection of short stories celebrating Charlotte Bronte, published in the year of her bicentenary and stemming from the now immortal words from her great work Jane Eyre. The twenty-one stories in Reader, I Married Him - one of the most celebrated lines in fiction - are inspired by Jane Eyre and shaped by its perennially fascinating themes of love, compromise and self-determination. A bohemian wedding party takes an unexpected turn for the bride and her daughter; a family trip to a Texan waterpark prompts a life-changing decision; Grace Poole defends Bertha Mason and calls the general opinion of Jane Eyre into question. Mr Rochester reveals a long-kept secret in "Reader, She Married Me", and "The Mirror" boldly imagines Jane's married life after the novel ends. A new mother encounters an old lover after her daily swim and inexplicably lies to him, and a fitness instructor teaches teenage boys how to handle a pit bull terrier by telling them Jane Eyre's story. Edited by Tracy Chevalier, this collection brings together some of the finest and most creative voices in fiction today, to celebrate and salute the strength and lasting relevance of Charlotte Bronte's game-changing novel and its beloved narrator.

Désireux d'orner les murs de sa nouvelle demeure parisienne, le noble Jean Le Viste commande une série de six tapisseries à Nicolas des Innocents, miniaturiste renommé à la cour du roi de France, Charles VIII. Surpris d'avoir été choisi pour un travail si éloigné de sa spécialité, l'artiste accepte néanmoins après avoir entrevu la fille de Jean Le Viste dont il s'éprend. La passion entrâinera Nicolas dans le labyrinthe de relations délicates entre maris et femmes, parents et enfants, amants et servantes. En élucidant le mystère d'un chef-d'œuvre magique, Tracy Chevalier ressuscite un univers de passion et de désirs dans une France où le Moyen Âge s'apprête à épouser la Renaissance.

En la segunda mitad del siglo XVII, el pintor holandés Johannes Vermeer inmortalizó en una tela a una bella muchacha adornada con un turbante y un pendiente de perla. Sus labios parecen esbozar una sonrisa sensual, pero sus ojos irradian la tristeza mas profunda. Conocido como la Mona Lisa holandesa, detras de ese enigmatico rostro se esconde Griet, una joven de origen humilde que a los dieciseis años entra a trabajar como doncella en casa del artista a cambio de un misero salario. Su extraordinaria sensibilidad y el cuidado que pone en todo lo que toca atraen al maestro, quien poco a poco la introduce en su mundo, un paraiso inundado por una luz magica y poblado por criaturas femeninas de singular belleza.La joven de la perla es la historia de una fascinacion, de como surge un sentimiento que se mueve entre la admiracion y el amor. Una hermosa novela sobre el despertar a la vida y al arte.

Burning Bright follows the Kellaway family as they leave behind tragedy in rural Dorset and come to late 18th-century London. As they move in next door to the radical painter/poet William Blake, and take up work for a near-by circus impresario, the youngest family member gets to know a girl his age. Embodying opposite characteristics—Maggie Butterfield is a dark-haired, streetwise extrovert, Jem Kellaway a quiet blond introvert—the children form a strong bond while getting to know their unusual neighbor and his wife. Set against the backdrop of a city nervous of the revolution gone sour across the Channel in France, Burning Bright explores the states of innocence and experience just as Blake takes on similar themes in his best-known poems, Songs of Innocence and of Experience.

En la segunda mitad del siglo XVII, el pintor holandés Johannes Vermeer inmortalizó en una tela a una bella muchacha adornada con un turbante y un pendiente de perla. Sus labios parecen esbozar una sonrisa sensual, pero sus ojos irradian la tristeza mas profunda. Conocido como la Mona Lisa holandesa, detras de ese enigmatico rostro se esconde Griet, una joven de origen humilde que a los dieciseis años entra a trabajar como doncella en casa del artista a cambio de un misero salario. Su extraordinaria sensibilidad y el cuidado que pone en todo lo que toca atraen al maestro, quien poco a poco la introduce en su mundo, un paraiso inundado por una luz magica y poblado por criaturas femeninas de singular belleza.La joven de la perla es la historia de una fascinacion, de como surge un sentimiento que se mueve entre la admiracion y el amor. Una hermosa novela sobre el despertar a la vida y al arte.Una novela absorbente, que trasciende el tiempo y el espacio.

Una distinguida mujer y un unicornio ocupan el centro de un islote de hierba rodeado de flores. Ese es el motivo recurrente de cada uno de los tapices de La dama y el unicornio, cuyo misterio ha fascinado a expertos y aficionados durante siglos... Tracy Chevalier viaja en el tiempo y retrata el momento de la creacion de la obra de arte a traves de la historia de un amor imposible por la que desfilan los hombres que dieron vida a los tapices y las mujeres que les influyeron.

Este pack incluye las obras:-La joven de la Perla-El azul de la Virgen-La dama y el unicornio