In Laura Z. Hobson's debut novel, a well-to-do Austrian family, exiled in Switzerland in the early years of World War II, struggles to survive on the charity of an American socialite As World War II rips through Europe, the Vederles have found themselves in an impossible situation. In temporary exile in Switzerland, the Vederles are caught in a bureaucratic limbo, unable to return home and unable to move on to their dreamed-of life in America. Their sponsor in the United States, Vera Marriner, is embroiled in her own sort of conflict: an affair with Jasper Crown, a radio magnate and egotist of the highest order. Herself the child of Russian socialists who found asylum in the United States, Laura Z. Hobson paints a stark contrast between the sheltered comfort of Vera's life in New York and the tense, distant uncertainty of the complete strangers she hopes to rescue. Views: 18
She's hip. She's smart. She's faster than a speeding bullet. Views: 18
Harry thinks he's too old for his bucketful of dinosaurs but they think he's wrong! He looked after them when he was little and now they want to stick by him - forever . . .When a mysterious set of plastic dinosaur cards appear on his key-ring, Harry discovers he can call on an army of Back-Up Dinosaurs. Just a rub with his finger calls up some MONSTER-sized muscle!In this adventure, Harry and his friends are kayaking when they discover someone is stealing rare birds' eggs. But there's a SURPRISE in store for the thief! Views: 18
SynopsisIn a small village in the West Country a child is born: a baby girl, the fifth child of an impoverished labourer whose aspirations to be a painter are rapidly fading. For little Blanche the future would appear bleak- survival, possibly; marriage, possibly; drudgery certainly. It is by a stroke of good- and ill- fortune that Blanche's mother is requested at the 'big house', to suckle Marianne, the motherless daughter of John Savill whose wife has died in childbirth. And it is by good and ill fortune that the two babies, so different in their hopes, are brought up together caring for each other as sisters. But sisters they are not- as the outside world is keen to point out. Blanche is torn between her love for her real mother and her desire for a life of wealth and ease; and when her eyes alight on Gentry, Marianne's intended husband, her struggle against selfishness is compounded. In this original and vivid saga, Jess Foley weaves a tale of passion and pain against a background of unsentimentalized rural England. Views: 18
In his second bibliomystery, bookhound Henry Sullivan has a new girlfriend, a new apartment, and a shelfload of troubles. Views: 18
Laura Logan dreams of a glorious Cape Cod day when all the dark secrets are swept away....
For Laura Logan, life on Cape Cod has been nearly perfect, full of
magical days spent enjoying the sea with her beloved twin brother, Cary.
But then, like the creeping of the tides, the vicious rumors at school
begin — cruel voices saying unspeakable things about the Logans. Laura
tries to ignore them, but not until handsome, gentle Robert Royce moves
to their town does she feel truly carefree and happy again.
While Robert's smile drives the shadows from Laura's heart, she
still worries about Cary, whose gloomy moods drift in like the coastal
fog. And then Grandma Olivia issues a chilling threat, forbidding Laura
to see Robert ever again. Alone to suffer because of dark secrets no one
will explain, Laura obeys...until the miracle of a glorious summer
leads her back into Robert's arms. But dark thunderclouds have been
gathering on the horizon, and when they suddenly burst with tragedy,
they howl a name from the Logans' shameful past that plunges Laura into a
silent, terrible agony. Now Laura can only dream of the warm,
sun-filled life she so desperately desires... Views: 18
Michael Arditti's passionate and passionate and provocative new novel combines tender romance with a unique and richly observed setting. A woman wakes in a Lourdes hotel room beside her lover of just two days. She has brought her brain-damaged husband on a pilgrimage to seek a miracle cure; her lover is making a TV documentary to mark the shrine's 150th anniversary year. Setting aside personal doubts, family ties and spiritual differences, they embark on a turbulent affair from which neither they nor those around them will emerge unchanged.'Carries you through with humour, warmth and, above all, the urgency of a great romance.' - The Guardian'Combines a moving story of love against the odds with a moral debate on the nature of faith. Despite its serious theme Jubilate is a highly readable novel, full of humour and warmth.' - Sunday Express'Closing this novel after reading the last page, one briefly believes in miracles, at least of the human redemptive kind.'... Views: 18
