Patricia Wilson Orden de los libros

Sedmatřicetiletá Angie, která vyrůstala v Londýně, vždycky chtěla poznat tajemstvím opředenou minulost své matky. Krátce před vlastní svatbou se proto vydává do odlehlé krétské vesnice, kde navštíví svou umírající babičku. Stará žena se chce zbavit břemene v podobě pohnuté historie a tak začíná vyprávět. Před Angie ožívá srdcervoucí obraz nacisty okupované Kréty i příběh nekonečné lásky. Dokážou ženy tří generací společnými silami zacelit rány, které na dlouhé roky potrhaly jejich rodinné vztahy?

Daphne, a young Jewish Greek artist, finds her life under threat during the Nazi occupation of Athens. In 2023 Liverpool, fine art restorer Flora is planning her Granny Daphne's 100th birthday. Nearing the end of her life, Daphne tells Flora of a valuable piece of art from her youth.

Now, she's returned to their home, Olivia is determined to discover her history and find out what caused the rift that tore her family apart. As Olivia uncovers secrets dating back to WWII, will she discover some things are best left in the past?

As Summer learns more about her family's past, she begins to long for its future, and begins to track down the son she has not seen since his birth. 1916After a tragic mistake contributed to the sinking of the HMS Britannic, Gertie Smith is determined to leave the past behind.

'I am Sofia. I am searching for my daughter, born 1st November 1972. Can you help me?' On the beautiful beaches of Crete, an old woman is handing out scraps of paper. Sofia, eighty-five years old, unable to speak, is desperate to find a daughter she has never known. After a tragic childhood in Athens and a soaring career as a singer, the brutal treatment of the man she loved by a tyrannical regime forced her to give up her daughter mere days after her birth. Now she longs to be reunited with her child before it's too late. Meanwhile in London, Zoe is searching too. In the two years since the disappearance of her teenage daughter, Zoe's life has crumbled apart. Her husband has left her, her son feels forgotten, and every day is a struggle. But Zoe is desperate to track her daughter down, even if she doesn't want to be found . . .

"Sent away to convent school at the age of six, Irini McGuire has never really known her celebrated archaeologist mother, Bridget, who lives on the paradise island of Santorini. So, when Irini receives news that Bridget has been injured at a dig and is in coma she knows it is time to return to the island of her birth. Discovering her mother's notes, and driven by rumours that her mother's injury was no accident, Irini starts to reveal the dark secrets behind her family's separation. Can she unearth the truth about her parents and her past before it is too late?"--Publisher description

A thrilling, dramatic and completely engaging tale of love, hope, intrigue and revenge on the island of Crete, as grandmother, mother and daughter unlock the secrets of tragic events during the Nazi occupation. A luxurious and intelligent summer escape.

Štěstí pod vrcholky hor - Když Laura Hughesová zdědí neočekávaně ranč, okamžitě se svým mladším bratrem opustí Anglii a vydají se do neznáma. Otcovo dědictví však není takové, jaké si ho oba představovali. Lauřina nevinnost a přirozený šarm okouzlí jejího nového souseda Cala Wexforda . Ten jí nabídne práci, aby si mohla svůj pobyt v Kanadě prodloužit, a Laura s díky přijímá! Utajená dvojčata - Vicky Suttonová se po mnoha neúspěšných pokusech otěhotnět vzdala naděje, že by někdy mohla mít děti. Až neuvěřitelná shoda náhod a podvodné jednání ředitele kliniky pro umělé oplodnění jí sen vyplnilo a Vicky se stala matkou dvojčat. Ale mezi ní a dětmi stojí jejich otec, bohatý anglický aristokrat James Thayer.

Alex Thorne není blázen: ví, že žena, která přijela jako sekretářka jeho nevlastního otce, něco skrývá. Avšak odhalit její tajemství není tak jednoduché, jak se mu zpočátku zdálo!