Kate Beaufoy Livres

France 1919: Jessie is celebrating the last heady days of her honeymoon. But when her husband suddenly disappears she finds herself being thrust into the centre of the intoxicating world of Parisian high life. Hollywood 1945: Lisa La Touche has come a long way from her quiet, unassuming life in London and is taking Hollywood by storm. But all that glitters is not gold and as the smoke and mirrors of the lifestyle she so longed for shatter around her, there are some secrets she can never escape. London 1960: Cat, headstrong and independent, always jetting off to photograph dangerous places, has no idea of the legacy which precedes her. Once the truth is revealed she has no choice but to find out what true bravery really is. Three generations of determined women, five countries and two World Wars. this is an evocative story of survival, betrayal and the invincibility of love.

A dazzling, sumptuous historical novel from the author of Liberty Silk. A spellbinding story of two women one hundred years apart, brought together by the beautiful and haunting Irish home they both love. In 1936, Edie is stunned by the sudden and tragic death of her best friend Hilly. Seeking solace from the whirlwind of London society, she takes up the offer of packing up an old friend's house in Ireland, where she spent her happiest childhood holidays with Hilly. Surrounded by memories, Edie begins clearing out the attic, where she finds a bundle of papers, an old manuscript. She begins reading and falls into the world of another woman who lived there 100 years ago -- Miss Eliza Drury, who made the crossing to Ireland by ferry in 1840, not knowing that on the other side of the sea would lie love, motherhood and tragedy. As Edie is drawn into Eliza's story, she discovers that the beautiful home she knows so well has more secrets that she could have ever imagined. A gorgeous, evocative story of a love that echoes through the centuries.

The Gingerbread House is a deeply moving novel: a compassionate and occasionally wickedly funny tale of a family's agonising struggle with dementia.