1968. The year Paris takes to the streets. The year Martin Luther King loses his life for a dream. The year Eleanor Maud Portman is born.

Young Elly's world is shaped by those who inhabit it: her loving but maddeningly distractible parents; a best friend who smells of chips and knows exot[...]

Marvellous Ways is eighty-nine years old and has lived alone in a remote Cornish creek for nearly all her life. Lately she's taken to spending her days sitting on a mooring stone by the river with a telescope. She's waiting for something - she's not sure what, but she'll know it when she sees it. Dr[...]

A mesmerizing portrait of childhood, eccentricity, the darker side of love and sex, the pull and power of family ties, of loss and life.[...]

Denne prisbelønte bestselgerromanen forteller historien om kjærligheten mellom en bror og en søster, og om oppvekst i en ukonvensjonell familie der alle vokser seg sterkere i løpet av boken. Den handler også om et magisk vennskap og om å reise seg og starte på nytt, når vonde ting rammer.[...]

1968. Året för Parisrevolten. Året då Martin Luther King förlorar livet för en dröm. Året då Eleonor Maud Portman föds.

Den här prisbelönta och bästsäljande romanen berättar historien om en bror och en syster. Det är en bok om hemligheter, barndom och om att växa upp. En [...]