Esther Freud Livres

" Avec une exceptionnelle virtuosité, Esther Freud nous montre la vie sur la route de Marrakech d'une mère hippie remplie des meilleures intentions, observée à travers les yeux de sa fille de cinq ans. " Miranda SEYMOUR, The Sunday Times " Il suffit d'ouvrir le livre et on est instantanément sous le charme, avant de se passionner pour les rebondissements, puis de se laisser émouvoir par ce fascinant récit. " Margaret FORSTER, The Spectator " Les paysages s'illuminent à tous moments, peuplés de personnages secondaires inoubliables : mendiants, bergers, aubergistes, débiles mentaux, Marocains équivoques et dames européennes excentriques, tous infiniment divertissants, décrits avec affection, comme le sont la maman elle-même et la sœur aînée, Béa, inlassablement résolue et tyrannique. " Gabriel ANNAN, The Times Literary Supplement " Un véritable triomphe... Un style magnifique qui oblige le lecteur à reconsidérer l'univers de l'enfance sous un jour nouveau, enchanteur. " David RONSON, The Daily telégraph " Un charme extraordinaire... un livre étrange, ensorcelant, riche en descriptions colorées, plein d'humour autant que d'une mélancolie émouvante. " Deborah WAID, Woman's Journal

Juif allemand réfugié dans les années 1930 à Londres, artiste sourd et timide, Max Meyer vient de perdre sa soeur à la fin de la guerre. Il s'intalle sur la côte Est de l'Angleterre à Steerborough et peint la maison de Gertrude, amie de sa soeur. Max rencontre l'architecte Klaus Lehmann et sa femme Elsa avec qui il a une aventure. En même temps, Lily, une étudiante, suit la trace de l'architecte.

It is 1914, and Thomas Maggs, the son of the local publican, lives with his parents and sister in a village on the Suffolk coast. Life is quiet - shaped by the seasons, fishing and farming, the summer visitors, and the girls who come down from the Highlands every year to gut and pack the herring. Then one day a mysterious Scotsman arrives. To Thomas he looks like a detective, in his black cape and hat of felted wool, and the way he puffs on his pipe as if he's Sherlock Holmes. Mac is what the locals call him when they whisper about him in the Inn. And whisper they do, for he sets off on his walks at unlikely hours, and stops to examine the humblest flowers. He is seen on the beach, staring out across the waves as if he's searching for clues. But Mac isn't a detective, he's the architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh

An elderly artist and her six-year-old grand-daughter while away a summer together on a tiny island in the gulf of Finland. As the two learn to adjust to each other's fears, whims and yearnings, a fierce yet understated love emerges - one that encompasses not only the summer inhabitants but the very island itself.Written in a clear, unsentimental style, full of brusque humour, and wisdom, The Summer Book is a profoundly life-affirming story.Tove Janssoncaptured much of her own life and spirit in the book, which was her favourite of her adult novels. This new edition, with a Foreword by Esther Freud, sees the return of a European literary gem - fresh, authentic and deeply humane.

'This book ranks alongside PADDY CLARKE HA HA HA as one of the very few great contemporary novels about childhood' William Sutcliffe, Independent on Sunday 'Everything was going to be different this year' - Tess is nine years old and wants her new family to work out, even though her brother Jake is not so sure. THE WILD is a brilliant, clear-eyed evocation of the collision of families and step families, adult and childhood worlds.

Rosaleen, a young schoolgirl in the early Sixties, embarks on a secret affair with the renowned sculptor Felix Lehmann, a Jewish bohemian. As the rebellious daughter of Irish publicans, she finds herself swept away in a whirlwind of romance, art, and indulgence, modeling for Felix while they escape to France and Soho. However, their idyllic life shatters when Rosaleen discovers she is pregnant. Forced out of her home and job, she seeks refuge in a convent in Ireland, only to face a harsh reality that starkly contrasts her expectations. In present-day London, Kate struggles with her unfulfilled artistic aspirations and an unhappy marriage while raising her young daughter. She feels a stirring within her, prompting her to confront a mystery from her past linked to recurring visions of a tree that invade her dreams. On the brink of a breakthrough, she travels to Ireland, uncertain of what she seeks. Meanwhile, Aoife sits by her dying husband Cashell, recounting their life together, from their wartime courtship to their return from exile. Yet, a significant piece of their history remains unspoken. As time slips away, Aoife urgently needs Cashell to reveal the fate of Rosaleen. This beautifully written novel explores themes of love, motherhood, secrets, and the liberating power of truth.

A captivating new novel about the world of acting from the acclaimed author of Hideous Kinky and Love Falls

A collection of pieces of memoir by contemporary international writers. Edited by the author of 'IF THE SPIRIT MOVES YOU'.

This novel interweaves the story of Sarah, a pregnant, out-of-work actress, with that of her ancestors in Germany at the time of World War I. For it is only now, as long-since confiscated estate of Gaglow is about to be returned, that the generations can be brought together across the decades.

On a holiday with her father, Lara meets the Willoughby family, rife with illicit alliances and vendettas. The more embroiled Lara becomes with them, and with the beautiful Kip, the more consumed she is with doubt, curiosity and dread. And so begins her journey into self discovery and across the fine line between childhood and what lies beyond.