Jessica Shattuck
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Three women, haunted by the past and the secrets they hold. Set at the end of World War II, in a crumbling Bavarian castle that once played host to all of German high society, a powerful and propulsive story of three widows whose lives and fates become intertwined--an affecting, shocking, and ultimately redemptive novel from the author of the New York Times Notable Book The Hazards of Good Breeding. Amid the ashes of Nazi Germany's defeat, Marianne...
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This debut novel tells the story of a WASPy, old-Boston family coming face to face with an America much larger than the one it was born in. Caroline Dunlap has written off the insular world of the Boston deb parties, golf club luaus, and WASP weddings that she grew up with. But when she reluctantly returns home after her college graduation, she finds that not everything is quite as predictable, or protected, as she had imagined. Her father, the eccentric,...
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HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2017
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Italiano
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TRE DONNE. IL CONFLITTO PIÙ DEVASTANTE DELLA STORIA. IL CORAGGIO DI RICOMINCIARE. Dopo la disfatta della Germania nazista, Marianne von Lingenfels torna con i figli nell'antico castello che appartiene da sempre alla famiglia del marito, un'imponente fortezza su cui la guerra ha lasciato il segno. Vedova di un membro della resistenza ucciso durante il fallito attentato alla vita di Hitler, è decisa a mantenere la promessa che ha fatto agli altri...
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Un retrato de la guerra y sus repercusiones. Una novela desgarradora sobre lo que significa perdonar para poder seguir viviendo.
Cuando la Segunda Guerra Mundial llega a su fin, entre las cenizas de la derrota nazi, Marianne von Lingenfels regresa al castillo bávaro de los antepasados de su esposo, una imponente fortaleza ahora en ruinas. Viuda de un resistente asesinado tras el fallido complot para matar a Hitler, Marianne decide mantener la promesa...
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Three women, haunted by the past and the secrets they hold Set at the end of World War II, in a crumbling Bavarian castle that once played host to all of German high society, a powerful and propulsive story of three widows whose lives and fates become intertwined-an affecting, shocking, and ultimately redemptive novel from the author of the New York Times Notable Book The Hazards of Good Breeding. Amid the ashes of Nazi Germany's defeat, Marianne...
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William Morrow
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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"From the New York Times bestselling author of The Women in the Castle comes a sweeping story of a nation on the rise, and one family's deeply complicated relationship to the resource that built their fortune and fueled their greatest tragedy, perfect for fans of The Dutch House and The Great Circle"--
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W.W. Norton & Co
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c2009
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English
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Neil Banks provided the biological material needed for his former college girlfriend, Jenny Callahan to conceive a child. But at that time becoming a father was not part of the deal, and he signed away all paternity rights. Two years later he turns up unexpected and unauthorized for the baby's christening.
8) Last House
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It's 1953, and for Nick Taylor, WWII veteran turned company lawyer, oil is the key to the future. He takes the train into the city for work and returns to the peaceful streets of the suburbs and to his wife, Bet, former codebreaker now housewife, and their two children, Katherine and Harry. Nick comes from humble origins but thanks to his work for American Oil, he can provide every comfort for his family, including Last House, a secluded country escape....
