Rachel Urquhart schrijft met een scherp oog voor detail en een diepe gevoeligheid voor de menselijke psyche. Haar werk duikt in de complexiteit van relaties en zoekt naar de diepgaande waarheden binnen de menselijke ervaring. Met een uniek vermogen om de hedendaagse wereld vast te leggen, biedt Urquhart lezers meeslepende en tot nadenken stemmende verhalen. Haar proza is tegelijkertijd verfijnd en toegankelijk, en nodigt lezers uit om haar thema's verder te verkennen.
This work offers advice on how to achieve the perfectly co-ordinated wardrobe. With hints and advice from designers and fashion experts, and containing a directory of shops and sources, it is one of the large format titles in the Chic Simple series of guides to living in the 90s.
'It was years before a Visionist came to the City of Hope. How could I have fathomed that her presence in our small, remote sanctuary - as unforeseen to her as to anyone - would change everything?' Massachusetts, 1842. Fifteen-year-old Polly Kimball sets fire to her family farm, killing her abusive father. With his fiery ghost at her heels, Polly and her young brother seek refuge in a local Shaker community - the City of Hope. Polly has much to hide from this mysterious society of believers, with the local fire inspector on her trail and the ever-present daemons from her past. But when they hail her a 'Visionist', the first their community has known, she is subject to overwhelming scrutiny. Despite being fiercely protected by a young Shaker sister named Charity, a girl who has never known the outside world yet will stake her very soul on Polly's purity, Polly finds herself in danger from forces both sides of the City's walls. And in a world where faith and fear coexist, safety has a price… Rachel Urquhart conjures a cast of extraordinary characters and brings to life one of history's most fabled and mysterious religious movements.
La strega moderna e determinata, nel pieno dei suoi poteri, pronta a raccogliere tutte le sfide. Ma anche la maga più potente a volte ha bisogno di un momento di calma per riflettere, ricaricarsi e magari lanciare un paio di incantesimi. Questo diario guidato ti incoraggia a dedicare del tempo alla tua personale «ora delle streghe». Nelle sue pagine presenta magie, incantesimi e malie per evocare la sicurezza, attirare il successo, nutrire l'amicizia, bandire il pensiero negativo e avvolgere la magia nell'amore per se stessi. Ricco di illustrazioni mistiche e saggezza stregonesca, questo diario ha tutto il necessario per farti vivere una vita migliore (e più magica).