Ergebnis für "Sand" in 20. Jahrhundert

Mitreißend und emotional - der fulminante Abschluss der Bestseller-Trilogie. St. Peter, 1958: Anni hat dem Hotel "Seeperle" eine neue Bestimmung gegeben, die nicht überall auf Zustimmung stößt - die lokale Presse reagiert sehr verhalten. Ihre Freundinnen unterstützen sie weiterhin, so gut sie können, doch die Ärztin Helena hat mit eigenen Problemen zu kämpfen, und Edith scheint von ihrem größten Geheimnis eingeholt zu werden. Nun muss sie kämpfen - um ihre Zukunft genauso wie um ihre Liebsten. Und dann bekommt auch noch Anni unerwarteten Besuch, der ihr Leben auf den Kopf zu stellen droht.

Drei Freundinnen auf der Suche nach Selbstbestimmung und Freiheit. Hamburg, 1955: Die junge Anni hat sich ein neues Leben aufgebaut, aber die Sorge um die Seeperle, das Hotel ihrer Eltern in St. Peter an der Nordsee, lässt sie nicht los. Schon bald ist sie gezwungen, einen folgenschweren Kompromiss einzugehen, der sie wieder zurück in ihre geliebte Heimat führt. Doch dort muss sie mithilfe ihrer Freundinnen Edith und Helena von Neuem um ihre Existenz kämpfen.

Egypt, 1917: British nurse Ginger Whitman thought she escaped the intrigue that devastated her family and threatened her life on the desert sands of WWI Palestine. But when she’s drafted into an investigation for the Cairo Intelligence Department, she uncovers forces at work to destroy the man she loves: intelligence officer Noah Benson.

After three failed seasons, American heiress Syble Rinecroft is more than ready to move forward to a life of independence and adventure. And what better way to begin than by taking a trip to Egypt with her grandmother and her band of widowed friends to find a hidden tomb? There’s only one catch: the archaeologist the widows insist on employing is none other than the irritating Marcus Brandt whom Syble met years ago on another trip to Egypt.

Famed Broadway producer Milo Short steps out of his Upper West Side brownstone on one exceptionally hot morning, he's not expecting to see the impossible: a woman from his life 60 years ago, winking at him on a New York sidewalk. The sight causes him to suffer a stroke. And when he comes to, the renowned lyricist discovers he has lost the ability to communicate. Milo believes he must unravel his complicated history with Vivian Adair in order to win back his words

Anna and Ingrid have survived World War II. Now they must live through the Berlin airlifts. Evocative and unforgettable, CHILD OF THE RUINS is set during the Berlin air lifts of 1948 and written by one of the most brilliant writers of historical fiction in the UK. People are disappearing. I...

Mia Ferris' heart has always belonged in Spain. Every childhood summer was spent at her grandfather's hacienda, riding together amongst the olive trees or listening to his stories of the past. So when she learns that he has fallen from his horse, she knows that she belongs by his bedside - even if it means leaving behind her life in London, and her new fiancé. But as Leonardo fights for his life, and Mia to save the family home from financial ruin, secrets begin to emerge that tell a different story of the past.

When Daisy, a paintress at the local pottery, looks out across Poole Harbour, waiting for the ‘little ships’ to bring the retreating soldiers home from Dunkirk, she prays her husband will be among them. But Alfie is declared missing, presumed dead, and Daisy must learn to live as a widow. Then a chance encounter with a French soldier throws Daisy’s life even further off course, with heartbreaking consequences that will span generations.