Résultats pour "Silence" dans Sagas

On an orange-tinted evening in September 1905, Scheherazade is born to an opium-dazed mother in the ancient city of Smyrna. At the very same moment, a dashing Indian spy arrives in the harbour with a secret mission from the British Empire. He sails in to golden-hued spires and minarets, scents of fig and sycamore and the cries of street hawkers selling their wares. When he leaves, 17 years later, it will be to the heavy smell of kerosene and smoke as the city, and its people, are engulfed in flames.

París, 1952. Tras mudarse a la capital francesa desde Beirut, los hermanos Pelletier se enfrentan a los retos que les plantea su ciudad de adopción. Cuando Hélène llega a Chevrigny, un pueblo de la Francia profunda, para realizar un reportaje por encargo del Journal du Soir, es testigo de los dramas humanos de quienes se verán expulsados para siempre de sus hogares y, en ese contexto, su vida dará un vuelco inesperado.

When Sarah, struggling to get over tragedy, stumbles across her grandparents' ruined farm, it feels as if the house has been waiting for her. She is drawn to their apparently idyllic way of life and starts to look into her family history - only to learn that her grandfather, Jack, was murdered. Why has nobody told her? Sarah becomes obsessed with finding out what happened to Gwen and Jack. But are there some family stories that should never be told?

Lily Larsen is given no choice but to leave her beloved home in Cades Cove, Tennessee. She is sent to St. Louis to live with her uppity aunt, who is determined to turn Lily into a proper young woman. Brokenhearted, Lily succumbs to her aunt and uncle's odd ways, though she can't understand why her estranged relatives suddenly care about her. She is schooled in etiquette and groomed for the purpose of marrying into wealth. However, she remains guarded, fearing that her secrets will be discovered and ruin any chance for happiness.

Aquesta és la història de diverses dones i dalgun home. De dones valentes i sensibles, dones apassionades, dones que estimen els homes però que sobretot estimen la música. Aquesta és la història dun violí que passa de mà en mà, dun director dorquestra exiliat que viu entre notes musicals i entre faldilles, de mares absents, de desamors i de venjances, de guerres que separen, de minyones que mengen xocolata desfeta. Aquesta és la història de La casa del silenci, on la música no deixa mai de sonar.

A powerful saga of family imperfections and the struggle for love and survival. Listeners will enjoy this lovingly rendered story of cruelty, loss, and, ultimately, tenacity. Anyone who has experienced family fractures will be deeply moved by Emily's grandmother's spirit and strength, abusive, mentally ill mother, and the complicated relationships with her aunts.

Growing up, Cat Friessen didn’t always know who she was. In fact, her earliest memory is of being alone in a silent world, terrified and misunderstood, left like garbage in a Mexican orphanage. The memory haunts her, and it’s one she’s never shared with her parents Neil and Candy Friessen, who have given her their name, their love, and a surgery that changed her life for the better. Now 19, Cat struggles with her sheltered existence and the fact that she doesn’t really fit in.