Nick and her cousin Helena grew up in a world of sun bleached boat docks, tennis whites, and midnight gin parties at Tiger House, the family home on Martha's Vineyard. In the wake of the Second World War, the two women are on the cusp of starting their "real lives": Helena is off to Hollywood and a [...]

A dazzling novel set in the French Riviera based on the real-life inspirations for F. Scott Fitzgerald's "Tender is The Night."
When Sara Wiborg and Gerald Murphy met and married, they set forth to create a beautiful world together-one that they couldn't find within the confines of society life [...]

Liza Klaussmann's Tigers in Red Weather tells the story of Nick and her cousin Helena who have grown up together, sharing long hot summers at Tiger House. With husbands and children of their own, they keep returning. But against a background of parties, cocktails, moonlight and jazz, how long can pe[...]

Nick and her cousin, Helena, have grown up sharing sultry summers at Tiger House, the glorious old family estate on the island of Martha's Vineyard. As World War II ends they are on the cusp of adulthood, the world seeming to offer itself up to them. Helena is leaving for Hollywood and a new marriag[...]

Nick and her cousin Helena grew up in a world of sun bleached boat docks, tennis whites, and midnight gin parties at Tiger House, the family home on Martha's Vineyard. In the wake of the Second World War, the two women are on the cusp of starting their "real lives": Helena is off to Hollywood and a [...]

Her vi et ualmindeligt godt bud på årets kvinderoman. Tigers in Red Weatherhar alle ingredienserne: store - og små - menneskeskæbner fortalt over tredive år fra 1940´erne til 1960´erne, rørende, genkendelige og i allerhøjeste grad foruroligende! kvindebeskrivelser med et s[...]

Liza Klaussmanns debutroman Tigrar i rött väder utspelar sig på USA:s östkust under fyrtio-, femtio- och sextiotal. Nick och hennes kusin Helena har vuxit upp tillsammans på den gamla släktgården Tiger House  själva symbolen för östkustglamour där de levt ett liv i tryckande sommarvärm[...]

Under tiden efter andra världskrigets slut tycks världen stå öppen. Helena ger sig i väg till Hollywood för att söka äktenskaplig lycka, medan Nick är på väg att återförenas med sin unge make Hughes, som just ska återvända från kriget.

Men Helenas make är inte mannen han [...]