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Sto caricando le informazioni... The Venetian Housedi Mary Nickson
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. Para Victoria, la casa veneciana, el hogar de su abuela griega en la isla de Corfú, siempre había sido un sitio mágico donde se sentía alegre y libre. Allí había pasado todos los veranos con su adorado primo Guy y su amigo Richard. Ella pensó que su amistad duraría toda la vida. Victoria terminó casándose con Richard y se sentía feliz, pero la muerte repentina de su marido supone el fin de todas sus ilusiones. Entonces, en contra de los consejos de su familia, la joven viuda se refugia otra vez en la casa veneciana con su hijo pequeño. En Grecia, tratará de reconstruir su vida, pero antes de enfrentarse al futuro, debe averiguar la verdad sobre el pasado. I loved this book, both when I first read it, and on re-reading twelve years later. It's a novel based in both the UK and Corfu. Wonderful writing, and excellent characterisation from an elderly grandmother down to six-year-old Jake. The book is thought-provoking, and ends in an encouraging way without tying up the ends too neatly. It's moving in places and I found it almost impossible to put down. Highly recommended to anyone who likes gentle women's fiction with some depth. Full review here: http://suesbookreviews.blogspot.com/2008/07/venetian-house-by-mary-nickson.html nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
SOMETIMES COMING TO TERMS WITH THE FUTURE MEANS LETTING GO OF THE PAST... For Victoria, orphaned at six, her grandmother Evanthi's beautiful home in Corfu - known locally as The Venetian House - has always meant safety, freedom and a near-magical kind of contentment. Brought up by her cousin Guy's parents in England, she - together with Guy and his childhood friend Richard Cunningham - always longed for the idylllic summer holidays where they forged a friendship that would last a lifetime. Victoria was mesmerized by brilliant, selfish, enigmatic Guy, but it was safe, affectionate, reliable Richard whom she married. Now, twenty years later, Richard is dead. Victoria discovers her marriage was a sham and, desperate to escape, she takes Jake out to The Venetian House, feeling that only these beloved surroundings can she face her demons. Then photographer Patrick Hammond arrives. He brings with him his own troubles - his marriage to elegant, self-centred, neurotic Rachel is in crisis - yet a friendship, and possibly something more, starts to develop between Patrick and Victoria. But for Evanthi there is something strangely familiar about Patrick and soon she is forced to face her own troubled past. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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