Therese Fowler Libros

What if the only person who could help was the one whose heart you'd broken? A captivating and heartrending novel of lost love, family secrets and betrayal from a major new talent. 'Memories are like spinning blades; dangerous at close range.' Meg Powell and Carson McKay were soulmates. Until Meg inexplicably walked away and straight into the arms of another man. While Meg set about building a career and a family - and trying her best to forget Carson - he poured his soul into the music that was to make him an international superstar. Now, twenty years later, Meg is forced to confront the past and hidden truths in the pages of her late mother's diaries - little knowing that her teenaged daughter Savannah is playing with fire, creating a secret life on the internet that sucks her into a dangerous world. Then Carson arrives back in town - just as Meg finds out startling news which will change her life for ever.

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'A glittering depiction of a woman ahead of her time who absolutely refused to be second best' Red Alva Smith, her Southern family destitute after the Civil War, marries into one of America's great Gilded Age dynasties: the newly wealthy but socially shunned Vanderbilts. Ignored by New York's old-money circles and determined to win respect, she designs and builds nine mansions, hosts grand balls, and arranges for her daughter to marry a duke. But Alva also defies convention for women of the time, asserting power within her marriage and becoming a leader in the women's suffrage movement. With a nod to Jane Austen and Edith Wharton, bestselling author Therese Anne Fowler paints a glittering world of enormous wealth contrasted with desperate poverty, of social ambition and social scorn, of friendship and betrayal, and an unforgettable story of a remarkable woman. 'A very lively read' Independent 'A pacy, elegant novel' Mail on Sunday 'Wholly absorbing' Stylist 'Like Gossip Girl minus more than a century' The Skimm 'Enthralling' Good Housekeeping ----------------------------------- *PRAISE FOR Z: A NOVEL OF ZELDA FITZGERALD, A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER* 'Brilliant. Read it, read it, read it' Daily Mail 'Superb' Independent on Sunday 'Utterly compulsive reading' Stylist 'A treat' Sunday Times

This provocative, powerful novel explores class, race and star-crossed love in modern, small-town America - in the vein of Celeste Ng's Little Fires Everywhere.

I wish I could tell everyone who thinks we’re ruined, Look closer…and you’ll see something extraordinary, mystifying, something real and true. We have never been what we seemed. When beautiful, reckless Southern belle Zelda Sayre meets F. Scott Fitzgerald at a country club dance in 1918, she is seventeen and he is a young army lieutenant in Alabama. Despite his unsuitability—Scott isn’t wealthy or prominent—Zelda falls for him, drawn by his absurd belief that his writing will bring him fortune and fame. Her father is unimpressed, but after Scott sells his first novel, Zelda boards a train north to marry him in St. Patrick’s Cathedral. At the dawn of the Jazz Age, they find unimagined success and celebrity, becoming legends of their time. Everyone wants to meet the dashing author of the scandalous novel and his witty, perhaps even more scandalous wife. Zelda embraces the wild new world, bobbing her hair and adopting daring fashions as they traverse glamorous locations like New York City, Long Island, Hollywood, Paris, and the French Riviera, mingling with the Lost Generation. Yet, as troubles arise, Zelda grapples with her identity beyond being Scott’s wife, seeking to forge her own path while battling personal demons. With brilliant insight, Therese Anne Fowler presents Zelda’s irresistible story as she might have told it.

Therese Anne Fowler's novel is a warm, perceptive exploration of sisterhood, heartbreak, and the journey of remaking life at its halfway point. The story centers on the Geller sisters—Beck, Claire, and Sophie—who face the impending loss of their pragmatic, widowed mother, Marti, who takes her secrets to the grave. Marti has arranged for her modest estate to be easily divided, including a stipulation that their summer cottage in Maine must be sold, with the proceeds shared among the sisters. Beck, the eldest, is a freelance journalist whose marriage feels more like a sibling bond, with her husband Paul hiding troubling truths about his love life. The cottage represents Beck's secret desire to write a novel and redefine her relationship. Claire, the middle daughter and a pediatric cardiologist, feels like an outsider in her own family. Recently divorced, her unrequited love for the wrong man is taking a toll on her well-being. The youngest sister, Sophie, appears to lead a glamorous life filled with travel and celebrity encounters, but her reality is a precarious financial struggle. The arrival of C.J. Reynolds, an enigmatic ex-con with a hidden past, adds complexity to their lives. As the sisters confront their truths, everything is poised for change.

Alva Smithová a její sestry přicházejí na konci 19. století do New Yorku s jediným majetkem – dobrým jménem. Seznámí se s Williamem Vanderbiltem, z jehož rodiny pochází velké jmění, avšak newyorská smetánka je mezi zbohatlíky nepřijímá. Alva se za něj provdá s cílem zajistit rodině prestiž. Svůj cíl splní, když dostane Vanderbiltovy mezi „horních 400“ a dokonce překoná paní Astorovou, královnu společnosti. S pomocí rodinného jmění se zasazuje o výstavbu významných budov v New Yorku a Newportu, a zakládá Metropolitní operu poté, co jí je upřeno pronajmout si lóži v Akademii umění. Rodinný život Alvy a Williama však není tak zářivý. Po zjištění manželovy nevěry s její nejlepší přítelkyní se rozhodne pro radikální krok a požádá o rozvod, což je v té době šokující a riskantní rozhodnutí. Alva nakonec vychází z této bitvy vítězně a znovu se vdává za Olivera Belmonta, přítele svého bývalého manžela. Její inteligence a odhodlání ji vedou k aktivnímu zapojení do hnutí sufražetek, kde se zasazuje o volební právo žen. Příběh zachycuje nejen výjimečnou ženu, ale i energii New Yorku a Paříže během Pozlaceného věku, ukazuje, jak se Alva nenechala utlačovat dobou, ale raději ji měnila.

Mecenáška, vizionářka, bojovnice za ženská práva, a především sebevědomá žena, která se nenechala svázat konvencemi. To byla Alva, žena, která založila mimo jiné Metropolitní operu a požádala o rozvod, když odhalila manželovu nevěru. To vše na pozadí bouřlivě se rozvíjejícího New Yorku během tzv. Pozlaceného věku přelomu 19. a 20. století.

Elle a 17 ans, c'est une belle du Sud, petite dernière d'une famille bourgeoise de Montgomery, exubérante et fantasque. Quand elle le rencontre lors d'un bal, il a 21 ans, porte l'uniforme et veut vivre de sa plume. Bravant les conventions, elle part l'épouser à New York, quelques jours après la sortie de son premier roman, L'Envers du Paradis. Le livre est un immense succès, et les deux amoureux deviennent instantanément célèbres, propulsés dans un tourbillon de fêtes effrénées entre Long Island, Paris et la Riviera française. Elle, c'est Zelda ; lui, c'est Scott : ils viennent d'entrer dans la légende. Mais l'insouciance de la vie mondaine, les dépenses folles et les flots de champagne détruisent l'harmonie du couple. Tandis que Scott sombre dans l'alcoolisme, la délaisse et l'accuse de tous les maux, Zelda lutte corps et âme pour exister. Ecriture, peinture, danse, elle cherchera éperdument son identité jusqu'à en perdre la raison et disparaîtra de façon tragique dans l'incendie de son dernier asile. Toute sa vie, elle sera restée dans l'ombre de l'homme qu'elle a aimé à la folie. Ce roman lui rend enfin sa voix.