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1838: James and Sadie Goodenough have settled where their wagon got stuck in the muddy, stagnant swamps of northwest Ohio. They and their five children work relentlessly to tame their patch of land, buying saplings from a local tree man known as John Appleseed so they can cultivate the fifty apple trees required to stake their claim on the property. But the orchard they plant sows the seeds of a long battle. James loves the apples, reminders of an easier life back in Connecticut; while Sadie prefers the applejack they make, an alcoholic refuge from brutal frontier life.1853: Their youngest child Robert is wandering through Gold Rush California. Restless and haunted by the broken family he left behind, he has made his way alone across the country. In the redwood and giant sequoia groves he finds some solace, collecting seeds for a naturalist who sells plants from the new world to the gardeners of England. But you can run only so far, even in America, and when Roberts past makes an unexpected appearance he must decide whether to strike out again or stake his own claim to a home at last.Chevalier tells a fierce, beautifully crafted story in At the Edge of the Orchard, her most graceful and richly imagined work yet.

From internationally bestselling author Tracy Chevalier, a riveting drama of a pioneer family on the American frontier 1838: James and Sadie Goodenough have settled where their wagon got stuck in the muddy, stagnant swamps of northwest Ohio. They and their five children work relentlessly to tame their patch of land, buying saplings from a local tree man known as John Appleseed so they can cultivate the fifty apple trees required to stake their claim on the property. But the orchard they plant sows the seeds of a long battle. James loves the apples, reminders of an easier life back in Connecticut; while Sadie prefers the applejack they make, an alcoholic refuge from brutal frontier life. 1853: Their youngest child Robert is wandering through Gold Rush California. Restless and haunted by the broken family he left behind, he has made his way alone across the country. In the redwood and giant sequoia groves he finds some solace, collecting seeds for a naturalist who sells plants from the new world to the gardeners of England. But you can run only so far, even in America, and when Roberts past makes an unexpected appearance he must decide whether to strike out again or stake his own claim to a home at last. Chevalier tells a fierce, beautifully crafted story in At the Edge of the Orchard, her most graceful and richly imagined work yet.

En 1838, dans l’Ohio, les fièvres ne font pas de cadeau. À chaque début d’hiver, James Goodenough creuse de petites tombes en prévision des mauvais jours. Et à chaque fin d’hiver, une nouvelle croix

A collection of short stories celebrating Charlotte Bronte, published in the year of her bicentenary and stemming from the now immortal words from her great work Jane Eyre. The twenty-one stories in Reader, I Married Him - one of the most celebrated lines in fiction - are inspired by Jane Eyre and shaped by its perennially fascinating themes of love, compromise and self-determination. A bohemian wedding party takes an unexpected turn for the bride and her daughter; a family trip to a Texan waterpark prompts a life-changing decision; Grace Poole defends Bertha Mason and calls the general opinion of Jane Eyre into question. Mr Rochester reveals a long-kept secret in "Reader, She Married Me", and "The Mirror" boldly imagines Jane's married life after the novel ends. A new mother encounters an old lover after her daily swim and inexplicably lies to him, and a fitness instructor teaches teenage boys how to handle a pit bull terrier by telling them Jane Eyre's story. Edited by Tracy Chevalier, this collection brings together some of the finest and most creative voices in fiction today, to celebrate and salute the strength and lasting relevance of Charlotte Bronte's game-changing novel and its beloved narrator.

Desde la primera página, el lenguaje descriptivo y rico en matices de Chevalier transporta al lector al mundo de Griet. Una brillante y espléndida novela. A través del detalle, Chevalier introduce al lector en el mundo del cuadro, en el ambiente de la obra maestra que explora: emotivo, misterioso y, en ocasiones, insoportablemente conmovedor.Es tan intenso que el lector casi puede sentirlo. Times

A collection of short stories celebrating Charlotte Bronte, published in the year of her bicentenary and stemming from the now immortal words from her great work Jane Eyre. The twenty-one stories in Reader, I Married Him - one of the most celebrated lines in fiction - are inspired by Jane Eyre and shaped by its perennially fascinating themes of love, compromise and self-determination. A bohemian wedding party takes an unexpected turn for the bride and her daughter; a family trip to a Texan waterpark prompts a life-changing decision; Grace Poole defends Bertha Mason and calls the general opinion of Jane Eyre into question. Mr Rochester reveals a long-kept secret in "Reader, She Married Me", and "The Mirror" boldly imagines Jane's married life after the novel ends. A new mother encounters an old lover after her daily swim and inexplicably lies to him, and a fitness instructor teaches teenage boys how to handle a pit bull terrier by telling them Jane Eyre's story. Edited by Tracy Chevalier, this collection brings together some of the finest and most creative voices in fiction today, to celebrate and salute the strength and lasting relevance of Charlotte Bronte's game-changing novel and its beloved narrator.

UN BESTSELLER INTERNACIONAL SOBRE LA BÚSQUEDA DE LA BELLEZA Y LA CORRUPCIÓN DE LA INOCENCIA "Una novela que trasciende el tiempo y el espacio." The New Yorker Países Bajos, siglo XVII. La joven Griet, de dieciseis años, entra a trabajar al servicio de Johannes Vermeer en la ciudad de Delft. Griet parece saber cual es su papel en la casa: ocuparse de las tareas domesticas y cuidar a los seis niños del pintor. Sin embargo, la sensibilidad de la muchacha llama la atencion de Vermeer, quien le abre las puertas de su mundo y su trabajo. A medida que la intimidad crece entre ambos, tambien lo hacen la tension y los celos. Y pronto, llega el escandalo. Tracy Chevalier logra consagrarse en el genero de la ficcion historica con esta novela que ya es un clasico contemporaneo. "Una narradora sutil y brillante que seduce al lector." El Mundo "Chevalier ilumina la vida privada de las grandes mujeres olvidadas por la Historia." El Pais "Chevalier ha hecho de la novela historica su seña de identidad." La Vanguardia "Chevalier crea un mundo que recuerda a u

Arriving at his fourth school in six years, diplomats son Osei knows he needs an ally if he is to survive his first day so hes lucky to hit it off with Dee, the most popular girl in school. But one student cant stand to witness this budding relationship: Ian decides to destroy the friendship between the black boy and the golden girl. By the end of the day, the school and its key players teachers and pupils alike will never be the same again.The tragedy of Othello is transposed to a 1970s suburban Washington schoolyard in Tracy Chevalier''s powerful drama of friends torn apart by jealousy, bullying and betrayal.

It is 1932, and the losses of the First World War are still keenly felt. Violet Speedwell, mourning for both her fiancé and her brother and regarded by society as a ‘surplus woman' unlikely to marry

A wonderful book; rich, evocative, original. I loved it' Joanne HarrisOne in ten trees comes up sweetIn the inhospitable Black Swamp of Ohio, the Goodenough family are barely scratching out a living. Life there is harsh, tempered only by the apples they grow for eating and for the cider that dulls their pain. Hot-headed Sadie and buttoned-up James are a poor match, and Robert and his sister Martha can only watch helplessly as their parents tear each other apart. One particularly vicious fight sends Robert out alone across America, far from his sister, to seek his fortune among the mighty redwoods and sequoias of Gold Rush California. But even across a continent, he can feel the pull of family loyalties

Il destino di Violet sembra proprio segnato visto che a trentotto anni non ha ancora un marito, ma unarte antica laiutera a cambiare la sua vita. La ricamatrice di Winchester di Tracy Chevalier e un romanzo che rammenta le avventurose e placide eroine di Jane Auster. Violet Speedwell ha perso il fidanzato Laurence in guerra e, nellInghilterra del 1932, non avere marito vuol dire occuparsi di servire i genitori. Per Violet quel destino suona pero come una terribile congiura e cosi la ragazza lascia Southampton per andare a Winchester, pronta a trovarsi un lavoro e a contare solo sulle proprie forze. In questa grande citta, la donna trova lavoro come dattilografa e riesce ad avere accesso ad una grande associazione: quella delle ricamatrici della cattedrale. Seguendo unantica tradizione medievale, lassociazione si adopera per costruire i cuscini per i fedeli e a farli diventare vere e proprie opere darte. Nei tanti pomeriggi e nelle tante serate dedicate al ricamo, Violet conosce lesuberante Gilda che le apre gli occhi su un nuovo mondo a cui appartiene anche Arthur, il campanaro della chiesa con gli occhi trasparenti e azzurrissimi. Come nel ricamo anche nella vita, basta cambiare un solo dettaglio della trama per far evolvere tutto in modo differente. A ventanni di distanza dalla pubblicazione di La ragazza con lorecchino di Perla, Tracy Chevalier, con La ricamatrice di Winchester, torna con un romanzo che ci mostra un lato oscuro della storia, ma lo fa attraverso uneroina senza tempo.

La història i la ficció es fonen a La noia de la perla, una novel"la lluminosa sobre la visió artística i el despertar sensual, vistos a través dels ulls d una noia que va ser la inspiració d un dels millors quadres de Vermeer. Al Delft del segle XVII hi regna un ordre social estricte, que divideix rics i pobres, catòlics i protestants, amo i criat. Quan Griet, amb setze anys, se n va a treballar de minyona a casa del pintor més famós de la ciutat, tothom espera que sàpiga quin és el seu lloc. Però a casa dels Vermeer, dominada per una esposa voluble i la seva formidable mare, Griet aviat atreu la mirada del seu amo.

Tracy Chevalier, author of the international bestseller Girl With a Pearl Earring, returns with another brilliantly rendered historical tale set in the waning days of eighteenth-century London. Poet, artist, and printer William Blake works in obscurity as England is rocked by the shock waves of the French Revolution. Next door, the Kellaway family has just moved in, and country boy Jem Kellaway strikes up a tentative friendship with streetsavvy Maggie Butterfield. As their stories intertwine with Blakes, the two children navigate the confusing and exhilarating path to adolescence, and inspire the poet to create the work that enshrined his genius.

Londres, 1792. La familia Kellaway acaba de llegar a la gran capital para buscar fortuna y olvidar un pasado doloroso. Ahí los espera una ciudad palpitante donde todos tendrán ocasión de aprender algo nuevo: los mayores descubriran que en su vida aun hay lugar para el placer, y los jovenes cruzaran ese puente tambaleante que lleva de la adolescencia a la madurez de la mano de William Blake, el mas sabio de los maestros. Domadores de leones y acrobatas, artesanos, picaros, seductores, asesinos y revolucionarios... El mundo entero desfila ante los ojos de Jem y su hermana Maisie, que aprenden a vivir en las callejuelas del barrio en compañia de la entrañable Maggie, una chiquilla que guarda un sordido secreto. Un buen dia los tres visitaran por fin el estudio de Blake, un vecino strafalario dedicado a la lectura, el dibujo y la escritura, y de sus labios oiran las primeras lecciones de vida. Novela de aprendizaje y retrato magistral de una epoca y un poeta extraordinarios, El maestro de la inocencia muestra una vez mas el talento de Tracy Chevalier, una gran escritora que une pasado y presente con el hilo de la emocion.

La joven de la perla es la historia de una fascinación, de cómo surge un sentimiento que se mueve entre la admiración y el amor. La luz en los ojos de Griet, la sirvienta convertida en musa, encierra el misterio mas profundo en el proceso de creacion de una obra de arte. Tracy Chevalier evoca la vida cotidiana en el siglo XVII holandes en esta hermosa novela sobre el despertar a la vida y al arte.

Enero de 1901, el día después de la muerte de la reina Victoria : dos familias visitan tumbas vecinas en un cementerio londinense. Los Waterhouse reverencian a la última Reina y se aferran a las tradiciones victorianas, los Coleman ansian una sociedad mas moderna. Para su disgusto, ambas se ven irremediablemente unidas cuando sus hijas se hacen amigas. Y pronto las acompaña tambien el hijo del sepulturero. Mientras las niñas crecen y el nuevo siglo se asienta, una nacion emerge de las opresivas sombras victorianas hacia una era mas luminosa. Es entonces cuando la hermosa y frustrada señora Coleman apuesta por su libertad personal, con consecuencias que cambiaran las dos vidas de las dos familias para siempre.

La joven Isabelle du Moulin vive fascinada por el profundo color azul de la hornacina de la Virgen en la iglesia del pueblo. Son malos tiempos para admirar un icono católico: en la Francia del siglo XVI, el protestantismo libra una lucha feroz contra la vieja religion romana... Cuatrocientos años mas tarde, Ella Turner llega al mismo pueblo. Guiada por unos extraños sueños con la ayuda del bibliotecario, buscara el rastro del pasado hasta desentrañar el secreto familiar que ha permanecido escondido durante siglos.