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Roberta lavora in una libreria e colleziona le lettere e le cartoline che trova nei libri di seconda mano. Un giorno suo padre le porta una valigia con libri e documenti che erano appartenuti a sua madre. Nascosta tra le pagine di un volume, Roberta trova una lettera del nonno che non aveva mai conosciuto. Una lettera sorprendente, perché datata dopo la presunta morte del nonno in guerra.
Dorothy è la moglie infelice di Albert, che è al fronte. Durante un bombardamento, un aereo precipita nei campi dietro casa: Dorothy conosce così il comandante Jan Pietrykowski, e d’improvviso la sua vita sembra a una svolta: forse anche lei si merita di trovare la felicità. Ma il destino ha deciso diversamente per entrambi e, suo malgrado, Dorothy sarà costretta a custodire un segreto così terribile che la sua eco risuonerà ancora nella vita della nipote tanti anni dopo.
- ISBN: 8863809216
- Casa Editrice: Corbaccio
- Pagine: 360
- Data di uscita: 23-10-2014
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I am a REALLY nervous automobile passenger. • I feel compelled to mention to my husband whenever I see brake lights ahead of us on the expressway, just so he can be "ready" to stop - even if that car is 15 vehicles ahead of us. • My left foot is constantly pressing on an imaginary brake pedal, espec Leggi tutto
I LOVED reading this book! It’s so sweet! It would be an awesome book club read because of difficult choices made by the female characters. It’s historical fiction (WWII); one of the main characters works in a bookshop that houses antique and new books. I do enjoy reading books about characters that Leggi tutto
Ok, so I love WWII stories, grandmothers, and the secrets they keep. This story had that, plus, having the advantage of the protagonist working in a bookstore and her love for literature and finding lost letters found in books. (I can see myself being the same way. Wondering who wrote them & what th Leggi tutto
There are three things which attracted me to this book. Firstly, it's a book with a picture of beautiful old books on the front. Guaranteed to make a true book lover swoon. It's main character also works in a book shop and part of the story is set there. Finally, it's a story that intermingles past
The book weaves two stories of two women; One, Dorothy, living during the WWII, unhappily married and childless. The other, Roberta, living in present time, young bibliophile, who comes across a letter addressed to Dorothy. She questions if Dorothy is her grandma. Her curiosity sets her out to uncov Leggi tutto
This was an uncorrected proof for limited distribution, so I am uncertain if the final product did a better job of editing it. And… This was the author’s debut novel. Which… I really, really wanted to like… Because… It is a story about a bibliophile named Roberta who works in a bookstore. And I absolute Leggi tutto
Review originally published November 2015 Historical fiction is a favorite of mine, especially the WWII years, so Mrs. Sinclair’s Suitcase by Louise Waters was an easy choice to make. Roberta, a lonely young woman, works at The Old and New Bookshop in England. She treasures books and looks forwar
The opening of a letter from 1941 found inside a book had me immediately interested. I wanted to know more about Dorothea and Jan Pietrykowski, even though I had my own thoughts about what might have happened, which were not far from the truth. Books with family secrets nearly always make for good r Leggi tutto
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