Resultados para "Sofia Lundberg" en Narrativa femenina

Doris, de 96 años, ha tenido la misma agenda desde 1928. Ese librito rojo, que su padre le regaló de niña, contiene su propio collar de perlas, las personas a las que ha conocido y querido a lo largo de su vida. Ahora Doris vive sola en un apartamento del centro de Estocolmo y muchos de los nombres de su agenda aparecen tachados, y las únicas visitas que recibe son las del servicio de atención a la tercera edad. Su principal fuente de alegría son las llamadas vía Skype de su único familiar, su sobrina nieta Jenny, que vive en California, al otro lado del Atlántico.

Por la autora de Los amantes de Praga, Alyson Richman Principios del siglo XX. El mundo está dominado por hombres y el ámbito artístico en Estocolmo no es una excepción. Hilma af Klint, cansada de no encontrar un espacio para desarrollarse, convoca cada viernes por la noche a un enigmático...

Within the pages of 96-year-old Doris’s red address book are the names of all those she has loved and lost, telling the story of a colourful life. Living alone in Stockholm, she is comforted by the weekly calls of her grand-niece Jenny, who is haunted by a painful childhood. Finally, Doris decides to put pen to paper, using her address book to recall the memories of a life well-lived – from 1930s Paris runways to narrow New York escapes during World War Two – and what she and Jenny discover may well change their lives forever....

How deeply can you love when your heart is full of secrets? A sweeping, propulsive family story about a woman learning to love, from the bustle of New York’s fashion scene to a remote, windswept Swedish island, by the acclaimed author of The Red Address Book—“a love letter to the human...

When Elin receives a letter from her childhood friend Fredrik on the Swedish island of Gotland, memories come flooding back: of a past she has tried to forget and a terrible secret she has shared with nobody—a secret that made her flee the island and never return. Torn between past and present and afraid the truth will destroy her family, Elin sets out on a journey to another continent, but also to another time and another life. 

Jeden zweiten Samstag sitzt die frisch geschiedene Schwedin Esther auf einer Bank unter einer alten Eiche und schaut hinaus aufs Meer. Die Wochenenden, die ihr Sohn bei seinem Vater verbringt, sind besonders schwer, und nur hier kann die junge Frau ihren Gefühlen freien Lauf lassen. Eines Tages trifft sie dort auf Rut – eine ältere Dame mit der wunderbaren Fähigkeit, all die schönen Dinge des Lebens zu sehen. Esther fasst Vertrauen zu der warmherzigen Frau, und zwischen den beiden entwickelt sich eine unerwartete Freundschaft. Doch Rut hat ein Geheimnis, das sie vor Esther verborgen hält.

The global fiction sensation - published in 32 countries around the world: Meet Doris, a 96-year-old woman living alone in her Stockholm apartment. She has few visitors, but her weekly Skype calls with Jenny - her American grandniece, and her only relative - give her great joy and remind her of her own youth. In writing down the stories of her colorful past - working as a maid in Sweden, modelling in Paris during the '30s, fleeing to Manhattan at the dawn of the Second World War - she may help Jenny, haunted by a difficult childhood, unlock the secrets of their family....