Victoria Bradshaw fell in love with London playwright Oliver Dobbs when she was just eighteen. But he left her and disappeared from her life. Now, years later, he is a widower standing on her doorstep with his two-year-old son in his arms. And Victoria is foolish enough to want to take him back. [...]

For Judith Dunbar, her first glimpse of Nancherrow, her friend Loveday's beautiful family estate on the Cornish coast, is love at first sight - after the rigours of boarding school it spells luxury. She falls in love, too, with all Loveday's family. They treat Judith as one of them. With their ge[...]

Through thick mist and a cold east wind, Lavinia returns to Scotland. Up at the big house Mrs Farquhar is dying. Seeing Lachlan again,. Lavinia remembers her childhood holidays there: swimming in the loch, the picnics, bottle-feeding the lambs down at the farm and the evenings when they danced re[...]

Livet i England i årene 1935-1945, med Judith i centrum, fra hun som 14-årig kostskolepige optages i en Cornwall-godsejerfamilie mens hendes familie bor i Singapore, til voksenlivet under og efter krigsafslutningen[...]

»6 bogorme ud af 6, til denne roman der uden tvivl er min yndlingsbog. Det er naturnødvendigt at genlæse romanen en gang om året - den er så vidunderligt skrevet, man lever sig helt ind i historien, glæderne og sorgerne og bliver næsten en del af handlingen.«

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Eri teitä elämän käännekohtaan kulkeneet ihmiset viettävät yhdessä epätavallisen joulun. Tarina, joka lämmittää kuin toti takkatulen ääressä.[...]