Kristin Harmel Boeken

Nadat haar man Patrick tien jaar geleden omkwam bij een verkeersongeluk, was Kate zo diep in de rouw dat ze niet dacht ooit nog een nieuwe liefde te zullen vinden. Toch bleek de tijd inderdaad haar wonden te helen, en nu heeft ze het aanzoek van haar nieuwe vriend Dan geaccepteerd. Met een bruiloft in het vooruitzicht zou ze dus blij en vol verwachting moeten zijn. Waarom is ze dat dan niet echt? Als ze steeds vaker droomt over Patrick – dromen waarin hij nog leeft en ze samen een dochter hebben – brengt de haast beangstigende echtheid van die dromen haar aan het twijfelen of ze wel op de goede weg is. Ze besluit dat ze eens iets heel nieuws moet proberen en geeft zich op voor een cursus gebarentaal. Het inspirerende contact met de dove kinderen, en hun enthousiaste begeleider Andrew, is een eyeopener: ze ervaart een veel grotere voldoening en verbinding dan ooit tevoren. Maar vindt ze ook de moed om haar leven drastisch om te gooien?

An American newlywed, an eleven-year-old Jewish girl, and a British Royal Air Force soldier are brought together by fate and loss in Nazi-occupied Paris, where together they find the courage to survive

In this beautifully complex classic, a woman embarks on a journey from Cape Cod to Paris to uncover a family secret for her ailing grandmother that could change everything. At thirty-six, Hope McKenna-Smith faces numerous challenges: the loss of her mother to cancer, a divorce, and a struggling bakery while raising a troubled preteen. As her beloved French grandmother, Mamie, succumbs to Alzheimer's, she has a rare moment of clarity and reveals tantalizing snippets of a tragic history from WWII Paris. With a scrawled list of names, Hope travels to France to unravel a seventy-year-old mystery. The story unfolds as an immersive tale of generations fighting to survive, with Hope piecing together her grandmother's past. She uncovers horrific stories of the Holocaust, revealing her grandmother's extraordinary resilience in a chaotic world. To reunite two lovers separated by terror, Hope will need a dash of courage and the belief that God exists everywhere, even in cake. This 10th anniversary edition includes a new author's note and recipes, enriching the experience of this evocative narrative.

Champagne, 1940: Ines has just married Michel, the owner of storied champagne house Maison Chauveau, when the Germans invade. With war on their doorstep, danger and tension mount and it isn't long until Michel turns his back on his marriage and begins secretly hiding munitions for the Resistance. Ines is terrified they'll be exposed, but for Celine, the half-Jewish wife of Chauveau's chef de cave, the risk is even greater, for rumours abound of Jewis being shipped east to an unspeakable fate. When, in a desperate big to find some meaning in the ruin, Celine makes a dangerous decision to follow her heart, it leads to Ines' reckless involvement with a Nazi collaborator, and soon they risk the lives of those they love and the champagne house that holds them together. New York, 2019: Liv Kent has just lost everything when her eccentric French grandmother shows up unannounced, insisting on a trip to France. But the older woman has an ulterior motive and a tragic, decades-old story to share. When past and present finally collide, Liv finds herself on a road to salvation that leads straight to the Maison Chauveau. The Winemaker's Wife is a story of love and loss, grief and redemption, and how hope can come from the places we least expect