Die Frauen von Kinvara
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Christine Marion Fraser s'est imposée comme l'une des auteures écossaises les plus populaires, surpassant même des écrivaines renommées en termes de ventes. Au fil de sa carrière prolifique, elle a publié de nombreux romans qui ont largement trouvé un écho auprès des lecteurs. Ses premières expériences de vie dans le Glasgow d'après-guerre ont profondément façonné sa perspective, l'établissant finalement comme une voix significative dans la littérature écossaise. Elle a passé ses dernières années à Argyll, demeurant une figure célébrée dans le paysage éditorial de la nation.






Allein auf der sturmumtosten Insel Kinvara träumt der Leuchtturmwärter Robbie nur von einem Menschen: von Morna, seiner schönen Geliebten mit den grünen Augen. Ein Frauenschicksalsroman vor grandioser Landschaft! Eine schottische Maeve Binchy.
It is winter 1930. Evie Grant is mourning the death of her beloved husband, Davie, and trying to keep the family together in a Glasgow gripped by poverty and unemployment. Her sadness lifts dramatically when John Simpson comes into her life. Evie feels powerless to resist this charming man's advances and is relieved at the financial security he seems to offer. She marries him despite her family's opposition, blind to the consequences they fear...
Secure in the loving contentment of her marriage to Lorn, Ruth felt her happiness was complete. And she was thrilled to hear that her oldest friend, Rachel, planned a visit to Rhanna. Now a successful composer and concert violinist, Rachel was coming back to her native island for a summer's rest. To Ruth's surprise, Lorn was strangely unenthusiastic about their childhood friend's return. Rachel's arrival was to bring Ruth more heartache than she could ever have imagined, and would estrange her from the island community she loved. Yet no matter how far she travelled, the Song of Rhanna would always be calling her home...
Set in rural Aberdeenshire. This story concerns the James King Grant family, and their daughter Evelyn's love for two men, Gillan Forbes, heir of the local landowner, and Johnny Burns, the son of a farmer.