Mariana Stříbrná Boeken

"Prime du Maurier. . . . She holds her characters close to reality; the past she creates is valid, and her skill in finessing the time shifts is enough to make one want to try a little of the brew."-"New York Times"

Vypráví o osudu talentované sochařky Zuzany Gaylordové, která se pokouší skloubit cestu umělkyně s rolí matky.S tvrdošíjností sobě vlastní jde tato obětavá žena s hrdým srdcem za svým cílem. Spolu s ní čtenář putuje nejen tichým americkým maloměstem, ale i světem umělecké bohémy Paříže a New Yorku.

From intimacy to bitter quarrels under the eyes of Burlegh, Bacon, Raleigh and other members of Court, Elizabeth I and Essex's story unfolds to its last catastrophe - in which Essex lost his head and Elizabeth her heart.

From traffic control to Customs hall, from airport manager's office to the lay-over apartments in "Stewardesses" Row, the rooms are peopled with men and women whose private pressures and passions match the fury of the blizzard which sweeps the airfield... For seven suspense-filled hours, a blocked runway, suicide, pickets, an aerial stowaway, pregnancy, smuggling, mass demonstrations... and a psychotic with a home-made bomb, build to a nail-biting climax..