Leigh Verrill-Rhys (Ordre des livres (chronologique))

Leigh Verrill-Rhys Ordre des livres (chronologique)

Cette auteure explore les récits de vie des femmes, se penchant souvent sur leurs expériences durant des périodes historiques marquantes comme la Seconde Guerre mondiale et dans le contexte spécifique du Pays de Galles. Son œuvre se distingue par une focalisation sur l'écriture autobiographique, faisant émerger des parcours de vie captivants. En tant que rédactrice accomplie, elle a compilé des recueils qui mettent en lumière les voix et les expériences féminines. Son approche narrative est marquée par un esprit audacieux et non conventionnel, promettant aux lecteurs un voyage littéraire singulier et attrayant.

Pavane for Miss Marcher

310pages
11 heures de lecture

1871. The war has been over for six years but Rupe Smith still fights his demons. Ten years have passed since he left his Maine village. His Wyoming ranch is the one place he wants to be and the last place he can be. There is no escape from the guilt of his parents' grief or his longing for the girl whose one letter kept him alive, without knowing she is beyond his reach, married and raising a family.Cathryn Marcher is not the giddy, giggling girl with high ideals she was before the war. The woman who waited for Rupert Smith's safe return has no doubt she isn't the reason he has finally come home. The haunted expression on his handsome face reminds her of the outcome, the horror and suffering of war she saw close at hand, all those years ago, in the faces of soldiers she nursed in Boston. Captain Smith and Miss Marcher share a love of music but Cathryn must hide her disappointment when Rupert chooses to sing in harmony with the widow, Mrs. Miller, whom the residents of Oslo Hill believe will be his bride. Susan Miller's disdain for her voice teacher, her rival for Rupert's love, is matched by Colonel Jericho Colson's loathing for his fellow Union Army officer, his rival for Cathryn's heart.

2023