Secret Legacy, Alexander Sara

Автор: Alexander, Sara
Название: Unt Novel #3
ISBN: 1496715500 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781496715500
Издательство: Random House (USA)
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Описание: From the acclaimed author of Four Hundred and Forty Steps to the Sea and Under a Sardinian Sky comes a lyrical new novel set against a stunning Italian backdrop.

Famed for its natural beauty and rich history, Sardinia in 1968 is notorious, too, for the bandits who kidnap wealthy landowners for ransom. Eleven-year-old Alba Petretto's brother, and her father, Nino, are abducted by criminals who mistake Nino for a rich man. After a grueling journey through the countryside, the two are eventually released--but the experience leaves Alba shaken and unable to readjust to normal life, or to give voice to her inner turmoil.

Accompanying her mother to cleaning jobs, Alba visits the villa of an eccentric Signora and touches the keys of a piano for the first time. The instrument's spell is immediate. During secret lessons, forbidden by her mother, Alba is at last able to express emotions too powerful for words alone. Ignoring her parents' insistence that she work in the family's car dealership and marry a local boy, Alba accepts a scholarship to the Rome conservatoire. There she immerses herself in a vibrant world of art--and a passionate affair. But her path will lead her to a crossroads, and Alba will have to decide how to reconcile her talent with her longing for love and family, and convey the music of her heart ...

Praise for Sara Alexander's Under a Sardinian Sky

"Alexander paints a loving and breathtaking picture of the Mediterranean island, especially glorious descriptions of food. For readers who enjoy women's fiction set against a background of momentous events and clashing cultures."
--Library Journal

"Will leave readers riveted until the explosive conclusion."
--Publishers Weekly

Автор: Alexander Sara
Название: Four Hundred and Forty Steps to the Sea
ISBN: 1496715489 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781496715487
Издательство: Random House (USA)
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Цена: 12260.00 T
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Описание: In a richly romantic novel set in stunning Positano, Italy, Sara Alexander weaves a story of love, family loyalty, and sacrifice spanning five decades . . .

Nestled into the cliffs in southern Italy's Amalfi coast, Positano is an artist's vision, with rows of brightly hued houses perched above the sea and picturesque staircases meandering up and down the hillside. Santina, still a striking woman despite old age and the illness that saps her last strength, is spending her final days at her home, Villa San Vito. The magnificent eighteenth-century palazzo is very different from the tiny house in which she grew up. And as she decides its fate, she must confront the choices that led her here so long ago . . .

In 1949, Positano is as yet undiscovered by tourists, a beautiful, secluded village shaking off the dust of war. Hoping to escape poverty, young Santina takes domestic work in London, ultimately becoming a housekeeper to a distinguished British major and his creative, impulsive wife, Adeline. When they move to Positano, Santina returns with them, raising their daughter as Adeline's mental health declines. With each passing year, Santina becomes more deeply enmeshed within the family, trying to navigate her complicated feelings for a man who is much more than an employer--while hiding secrets that could shatter the only home she knows . . .

Praise for Sara Alexander's Under a Sardinian Sky

"Alexander paints a loving and breathtaking picture of the Mediterranean island, especially glorious descriptions of food. For readers who enjoy women's fiction set against a background of momentous events and clashing cultures." --Library Journal

"Will leave readers riveted until the explosive conclusion."
--Publishers Weekly

Автор: Alexander Sara
Название: Under a Sardinian Sky
ISBN: 0008217262 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780008217266
Издательство: HarperCollins UK
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Цена: 11430.00 T
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Описание: Sometimes a family`s deepest silences hide the most powerful secrets.