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Set in Scotland during World War I, this story revolves around Kirsty Robertson, a young school teacher. She falls in love with the local landowner's son, Hugh Granville-Baker, but is left alone and pregnant when he is killed in the trenches.

'When I'm the farmer,' began Mairi, and then she stopped, for she would never be the farmer. Since she was nine Mairi McGloughlin has known she wants to be a farmer, but by the law of the land it's her scholarly brother Ian who will someday inherit.

Set in Dumfries, this book spans the years from 1910 to 1945 and centres on the character of Kate Kennedy. She is just 13 when her mother dies and thereafter Kate takes over the running of the household and acts as a mother to her younger siblings. When Kate grows up, she decides to marry Charlie.

When her beloved father is killed in the Blitz, trainee nurse April Harvey is all alone in the world. I.s arrive, April finds her life turned upside down as she discovers that some people are not to be trusted.

For fans of Catherine Cookson comes Eileen Ramsay's tale of heartbreak, hope and family - the perfect read to curl up with this Christmas. 'He saw the intelligence in her eyes and the beauty and strength of character in her face .

Juliet ist verliebt. Verliebt in das Leben, die Musik und ihr Idol, den Star-Dirigenten Karel, der sie nach Kräften fördert - bis er sich plötzlich von ihr abwendet. Verzweifelt stürzt die junge Schottin sich in die Arbeit, entschlossen, es trotz Intrigen auch allein zu schaffen. Doch die letzte Bewährungsprobe muss sie ausgerechnet vor Karel bestehen. Juliet wünschte, sie wäre dem Maestro nie begegnet ... Ein Roman voller zauberhafter Klänge - eine große Schicksalssinfonie, vielstimmig und voller dramatischer Wendungen.

But then she meets a young man who sweeps her off her feet. After a brief and disastrous marriage, Ferelith swears she is done with love, and buries herself in her studies, working hard to become the first female senior advocate in Scottish history. But when she falls in love a second time, she finds herself torn between love and her career.

1888-1923, Dundee Upper-class Lucy Graham has always been highly intelligent and fiercely independent. When she tells her parents of her plans to follow her dream of becoming a doctor instead of marrying and having children, her mother refuses to acknowledge her wishes, seeing her decision as an embarrassment to the family. Meanwhile, in a poorer district of Dundee, Rosie Nesbitt lives a difficult life with her mother and siblings in a house that is too small for all of of them. Equally intelligent, Rosie decides that she wants to become a doctor and create a life for herself that is better than the one she has had growing up. She, too, faces issues - albeit different ones from those of Lucy - and she and her family must fight and make sacrifices for her to receive the education she needs. As the two girls' paths cross, their chosen career isn't the only thing they have in common. They first meet at a party hosted by Kier Anderson-Howard, a potential husband for Lucy, but an eligible man who has his sights set on Rosie. As war approaches, Lucy's and Rosie's lives become complicated by love and loss, and the paths leading to their goals testing their resolves to the limit.

„Ich liebe dich, Kate. Und das schon seit unserem ersten Semester auf der Schauspielschule, und ich werde dich lieben bis in den Tod.“ Kate hätte nichts lieber getan als ihn für immer in die Arme zu schließen. Doch sie wich zurück. "Wie geht's Rose, deiner Frau?" Als Kate nach einem schweren Schicksalsschlag zurückblickt, weiß sie, dass man die Liebe seines Lebens niemals verleugnen darf ... Mit zarten Tönen und zauberhaften Bildern erzählt Eileen Ramsay von der Macht der Wünsche und dem Trost der Erinnerung. Ein Buch, das auch am helllichten Tag Sternstunden bereithält.