Alyson Richman Boeken

Een jonge Japanner probeert zich aan het eind van de 19e eeuw te ontworstelen aan de traditie die verwacht dat hij zijn vader zal opvolgen als maker van maskers voor het No-theater.

Italië, 1943. De jonge, celliste Elodie komt doodsbang aan in de prachtige kustplaats Portofino. Ze is op de vlucht voor het fascistische regime van Mussolini en wordt daarbij geholpen door een mysterieuze dokter, Angelo Rosseli. Verscheurd door pijnlijke herinneringen en bittere verliezen, bloeit tussen beiden een warme verwantschap op in een kille, donkere oorlogstijd.

A rapturous novel of star-crossed love in a time of war—from the international bestselling author of The Secret of Clouds. During the last moments of calm in prewar Prague, Lenka, a young art student, and Josef, who is studying medicine, fall in love. With the promise of a better future, they marry—only to have their dreams shattered by the imminent Nazi invasion. Like so many others, they are torn apart by the currents of war. Now a successful obstetrician in America, Josef has never forgotten the wife he believes died in the war. But in the Nazi ghetto of Terezín, Lenka survived, relying on her skills as an artist and the memories of a husband she would never see again. Then, decades later and thousands of miles away, an unexpected encounter in New York leads to an inescapable glance of recognition, and the realization that providence has given Lenka and Josef one more chance. From the glamorous ease of life in Prague before the occupation to the horrors of Nazi Europe, The Lost Wife explores the power of first love, the resilience of the human spirit, and our capacity to remember.

Summer, 1890. Van Gogh arrives at Auvers-sur-Oise, a bucolic French village that lures city artists to the country. It is here that twenty-year-old Maurguerite Gachet has grown up, attending to her father and brother ever since her mother's death. And it is here that Vincent Van Gogh will spend his last summer, under the care of Doctor Gachet - homeopathic doctor, dilettante painter, and collector. In these last days of his life, Van Gogh will create over 70 paintings, two of them portraits of Marguerite Gachet. But little does he know that, while capturing Marguerite and her garden on canvas, he will also capture her heart. Both a love story and historical novel, The Last Van Gogh recreates the final months of Vincent's life - and the tragic relationship between a young girl brimming with hope and an artist teetering on despair.

Cuando los nazis amenazan con tomar París, una joven cierra para siempre el departamento de su abuela, dejando tras sus puertas tesoros inimaginables. Marthe de Florian, una famosa cortesana, buscó llenar su vida con arte y lujo, evadiendo recuerdos de una infancia marcada por la pobreza en Montmartre. Con la guerra a punto de estallar en Europa, utiliza sus preciadas posesiones para compartir su historia y secretos con su nieta Solange, quien aspira a ser escritora. Entre los tesoros, destacan un deslumbrante collar de perlas y un magnífico retrato de Marthe pintado por Giovanni Boldini. A medida que se desarrolla la historia de Marthe, Solange busca su propio camino para enfrentar los secretos familiares. La autora, Alyson Richman, se inspira en la verdadera historia de un departamento oculto en París durante más de medio siglo, dando vida a Solange, quien, obligada por la guerra, debe abandonar el legado de su abuela para salvar lo que ama.