Résultats pour "Anna" dans XXe siècle

Fall, 1941. Agatha Stuart is 30 years old, well established in Old Maid territory with no prospects on the horizon. She wants to be content with her life as it is — job as postmistress and living at home with her parents, but she isn’t. She longs for more.

Wiltshire, December 1915. Widow Olivia Hanbury is persuaded by her cousin Donald to move in with his meek little wife while he is serving in France. When he's wounded and returns home to convalesce, tensions immediately rise between him and lively Olivia. But things begin to look up when Olivia becomes involved in starting the new Women's Institutes and is introduced to Alex, an antiques dealer. Meanwhile, Phoebe Latimer is holding the fort at Greyladies, an ancient manor house, while her husband is away at war. But someone is attempting to rid Greyladies of the German internees based there.

She thought she could trust him . . . Eva Kershaw thought she would never marry, and is happy living a quiet life with her dear friend Alice. But Alice is ill, and her nephew, Gus, has thrust himself into their household. Alice's dearest wish is that Eva should not make the same mistakes she did...

The second installment in the breathtaking Kershaw Sisters series. There is no love like a mother's for her child . . . Little Billy, Polly's son, is the light of her life. It's for his sake that she puts up with an unkind mother-in-law and life on an isolated farm. When Billy is knocked down by...

During World War I, the ancient manor house of Greyladies in rural Wiltshire is requisitioned for a hospital. Living in Swindon, Phoebe Sinclair is unaware of any connection to Greyladies and the Latimers. She loses her job when her German employers are interned because of the war. When Phoebe is posted to the hospital at Greyladies, she feels she's come home. But Frank is still pursuing her and Corin has his own problems. With obstacles at every turn, can Phoebe find happiness and embrace the role of mistress of Greyladies?

When their father dies, none of the three Harcourt girls are particularly upset. The loss of the family's income, however, is not something so easily overcome. When their mother Anna discovers that they have been left penniless, she decides to move them out of London and back to her hometown in Scotland.

Occupied Norway, 1944. While the war rages on, Anni is surviving as best she can, contributing to the resistance whenever possible and standing firm without her sailor husband Lars, who she hasn't heard from in three years. Her daughter Ingrid is the bright spot in her life and Anni is determined to keep her safe and happy. However, when a German official is billeted at their house, the situation for them both becomes far more dangerous, and Anni faces an impossible choice. London, 1952.

Annie Petit has finally earned her teaching certificate, but it took two years longer than expected. With the Great Depression in full swing, Annie knows she has little chance of finding a teaching position. She answers an advertisement for the position of governess and discovers five children in need of a mother. Every day she spends with them, she grows to love them more. Dr. Coren Winslow lost his wife in childbirth. Now he has become domineering and overprotective, refusing to chance losing anyone else.

Fall 1918. The Great War is raging in Europe. American soldier, Jack Collins, is burned when he drags a dying friend into a mustard gas-filled trench. He spends the next agonizing weeks in one army hospital after another. As day after painful day passes, he loses hope that he’ll ever lead a normal life. In New England, Meg longs to do her part to help in the war effort, but caring for her elderly grandmother takes up all her time. Then, her aunt and uncle make arrangements for her to volunteer in a nearby hospital where she meets Jack.

Timmendorfer Strand, 1951. Zusammen mit ihrer Tante Julia führt Gerda Grabens das Hotel Villa Sommerwind, obwohl sie viel lieber Ärztin werden würde. Die Nachkriegszeit stellt die Frauen immer wieder vor große Aufgaben, und Gerda leidet sehr darunter, dass das Schicksal ihrer Eltern nach wie vor ungewiss ist. Zwar könnte Henning Ahrens etwas über ihre Mutter wissen, immerhin hat er vor ein paar Jahren einen Brief von ihr überbracht. Allerdings macht das Hotel der Ahrens_ der Villa gehörig Konkurrenz. Hennings Familie ist strikt dagegen, dass die beiden jungen Leute sich miteinander abgeben.

In February 1946, Anna Klein and her boss Henry Cooper face major changes at the Monuments Men Collecting Point. With Cooper's dreaded re-deployment looming and their feelings for each other intensifying, Anna has to decide between him, her family, and her marriage. A future with Cooper means giving up everything she knows and running away from her own past, which isn't at all what it seemed.

Die Familiensaga am Timmendorfer Strand geht weiter: Nun müssen Henriettes Zwillinge in den unsicheren Zeiten der Vorkriegsjahre ihren Weg finden und die Gefahren des Kriegs überstehen. Timmendorfer Strand, 1924: Henriettes Zwillingstöchter, Julia und Christine - zwei Schwestern, die unterschiedlicher nicht sein könnten - wachsen trotz der Schatten des Ersten Weltkriegs behütet in der Villa Sommerwind ihrer Familie auf.

The first installment in the breathtaking Kershaw Sisters series. They say you only regret the things you don't do . . . Lizzie Kershaw is an independent spirit; ever since her father's death she has had to be a survivor. Home life is harsh, though, and desperate to escape it, she makes an...

Een prachtig, ontroerend verhaal over familie, vriendschap, liefde en hereniging. Lekker ontspannen om zelf te lezen met Kerst, of om cadeau te doen! Eigenlijk kan Anna Kerstmis niet uitstaan. Om haar broer een plezier te doen stapt ze dit jaar toch in de trein om het feest met haar familie te vieren. Maar door allerlei tegenslagen ontaardt de reis in een winterse roadtrip per sneeuwschuiver en pick-uptruck. Zo heeft Anna ruim de tijd om eindelijk eens goed over haar verleden en zichzelf na te denken. Misschien is het tijd voor verzoening?

Ein unerwartetes Erbe führt Henriette Hohnhold und ihre Familie 1903 nach Timmendorfer Strand: Die Villa Sommerwind, die nun den Hohnholds gehört, soll nach dem Willen von Vater Eberhart ein exquisites Hotel werden. Vom ersten Tag an ist Henriette die rechte Hand ihres Vaters und stürzt sich begeistert in die vielfältigen Aufgaben. Doch eines Morgens macht sie eine Beobachtung, die zu einem heftigen Streit zwischen Vater und Tochter führt. Aufgelöst läuft die junge Frau davon und findet sich schließlich in Niendorf wieder, wo sich Ole, der Sohn eines Fischers, rührend um sie kümmert.

The final installment in Anna Jacobs' beloved Irish Sisters series. Sometimes the worst has to happen . . . Recently widowed, Hannah Firth is still young - young enough to dream of a new life. When her spiteful daughter-in-law uses her as an unpaid servant, Hannah tries to leave, but she is...

Vier starke Frauen zwischen Wirtschaftswunder und Hippiezeit, zwischen Nylons und Emanzipation, zwischen Liebe und Freundschaft. Hamburg 1957: Auf der Suche nach einer Anstellung als Bürokraft bewirbt sich die 20-jährige Klara Paulsen bei der Frauenzeitschrift "Claire". Ihr Vater ist im Krieg gefallen, und Klara hält sich und ihre Mutter als Aushilfe in einem Fotoatelier über Wasser. Sie möchte endlich einen richtigen Beruf, doch in der Personalabteilung des Verlags winkt man ab. Da kommt ihr das Schicksal zur Hilfe: Niemand ist greifbar, um die Fotos für die nächste Ausgabe zu entwickeln.

The third book in beloved and bestselling Anna Jacobs' Lancashire-based Ellindale saga Lancashire, 1932 Widower Harry Makepeace lives in Manchester with his sickly daughter Cathie, scrimping and saving to get by. But after she suffers a violent asthma attack, the doctors say she must move to the...

The first book in Anna Jacobs' wonderful Backshaw Moss series. 1935. At thirty-six, Bella Porter is dependent on her abusive cousin, acting as an unpaid servant. When a kind relative leaves her a house in the village of Backshaw Moss, Thomas tries to take it from her, but she defies him and...

Petticoats, Wirtschaftswunder und die große Liebe – eine starke Frau auf der Suche nach dem Glück. Hamburg, Anfang der 60er Jahre: Die junge Klara Paulsen hat ihre Stelle als Bildredakteurin bei der Frauenzeitschrift "Claire" aufgegeben, um eine noch viel aufregendere Aufgabe zu übernehmen: Chefreporterin bei einer neu gegründeten Zeitschrift für Musik und Mode. Es ist die Zeit von Rock’n’Roll und Minirock, die ganze Stadt vibriert. Und niemand hat ein besseres Gespür für die prickelndsten Ereignisse als Klara und ihre Freundinnen.