Eliza Graham Livres

Restless, troubled Rosamond Hunter has spent most of her life running away from the past, filled with guilt about her involuntary role in her mother's death. When her nursing job brings her back to Fairfleet, her childhood home, to care for an elderly refugee, she is forced to confront the ghosts that have haunted her for so long. Her patient, Benny Gault, first came to Fairfleet, England, in 1939, having fled Nazi Germany on a Kindertransport train. As his health fails, he and Rosamond begin to confide in each other. At first their tentative friendship revolves around the love they both shared for Rosamond's glamorous grandmother, Harriet, but as their trust in each other grows, guilty secrets are exposed and history is turned on its head. From the acclaimed author of Playing with the Moon and Restitution comes a beautiful and haunting tale of friendship, redemption and forgiveness across generations. Revised edition: This edition of The One I Was includes editorial revisions.

Eliza Graham spent biology lessons reading Jean Plaidy novels behind the textbooks, sitting at the back of the classroom. In English and history lessons she sat right at the front, hanging on to every word. At home she read books while getting dressed and cleaning her teeth. During school holidays she visited the public library multiple times a day. At Oxford University she read English literature on a course that regarded anything post about 1930 as too modern to be included. She retains a love of Victorian novels. Eliza lives in an ancient village in the Oxfordshire countryside with her family. Her interests (still) mainly revolve around reading, but she also enjoys walking in the downland country around her home.

Coventry, 1939. Days before the outbreak of World War II, a terrorist bomb explodes on a busy street, killing and maiming innocent civilians. A man is hanged on the evidence given by a young witness. As time goes on, the witness doubts her recollection of events, but her testimony has already had far-reaching consequences. Over sixty years later, in the wake of the 7/7 London bombings, Sara returns to her childhood home to find that her sister, Polly, missing for more than ten years, has finally come back too. Why now--and where has she been? The sisters grew up under the fierce protection of their nanny, Bridie, herself haunted by a family secret. And there are other secrets that Bridie has kept from the two girls she brought up as her own. Polly's return sets in motion events that will stretch the women's fragile bond to its breaking point. Set against three generations of violence and retribution, Another Day Gone reveals the enduring consequences of a single mistaken memory.

Set in New England during 1992, the story revolves around Sophie, who is haunted by a birthday card from a past love, stirring memories and emotions long buried. As she grapples with the significance of the card and the name attached to it, themes of nostalgia, love, and the impact of the past on the present emerge. Sophie's journey reflects on how memories shape our identities and relationships, inviting readers to explore the complexities of longing and remembrance.

"The Lines We Leave Behind is mesmerizing; a deeply affecting story of treachery, deception, sacrifice, and loss. Beautifully written and completely absorbing..." --Karen Dionne, author of the internationally bestselling The Marsh King's Daughter England, 1947: A young woman finds herself under close observation in an insane asylum, charged with a violent crime she has no memory of committing. As she tries to make sense of her recent past, she recalls very little. But she still remembers wartime in Yugoslavia. There she and her lover risked everything to carry out dangerous work resisting the Germans--a heroic campaign in which many brave comrades were lost. After that, the trail disappears into confusion. How did she come to be trapped in a living nightmare? As she struggles to piece together the missing years of her life, she will have to confront the harrowing experiences of her special-operations work and peacetime marriage. Only then can she hope to regain the vital memories that will uncover the truth: is she really a violent criminal...or was she betrayed?

A secret family history of love, anguish and betrayal. After her beloved grandmother Rozenn's death, Morane is heartbroken to learn that her sister is the sole inheritor of the family home in Cornwall--while she herself has been written out of the will. With both her business and her relationship with her sister on the rocks, Morane becomes consumed by one question: what made Rozenn turn her back on her? When she finds an old letter linking her grandmother to Brittany under German occupation, Morane escapes on the trail of her family's past. In the coastal village where Rozenn lived in 1941, she uncovers a web of shameful secrets that haunted Rozenn to the end of her days. Was it to protect those she loved that a desperate Rozenn made a heartbreaking decision and changed the course of all their lives forever? Morane goes in search of the truth but the truth can be painful. Can she make her peace with the past and repair her relationship with her sister?

Eine bewegende Familiensaga über dunkle Geheimnisse, tiefe Gefühle – und ein überraschendes Wiedersehen! Ganz England feiert das Goldene Thronjubiläum der Queen. Auch Rachel Parr und ihre Tante Evie haben sich unter die fröhlichen Dorfbewohner gemischt. Doch sie können nicht vergessen, was vor genau fünfundzwanzig Jahren geschah: Evies Tochter Jessamy verschwand spurlos. Kurz darauf erhält Rachel die Nachricht von Evies plötzlichem Tod. Sie kehrt auf die Farm in den Cotswolds zurück, um den Nachlass zu ordnen. Ihre bittersüßen Erinnerungen bringen sie auf die Spur eines schier unglaublichen Familiengeheimnisses …

Minna Byrne ist nach einem schrecklichen Verlust in ihren schmerzhaften Erinnerungen gefangen. Ihre Freundschaft mit der sechzig Jahre älteren Felix gibt ihr neuen Lebensmut. Felix erzählt von ihrer Jugend und einer tragischen Liebe zwischen einem amerikanischen Soldaten und Felix’ Schwester, die in einer dramatischen Nacht endete. Diese Geschichte gibt Minna den Mut, sich wieder dem Leben zuzuwenden. Minna hat ihren kleinen Sohn durch einen Unfall verloren und ist seitdem in einem emotionalen Tiefpunkt gefangen; sie kann nicht mehr arbeiten, essen oder lachen. Ihr Mann Tom versucht geduldig, sie zurück ins Leben zu holen, und schlägt einen Neuanfang in einem kleinen Cottage an der Südküste Englands vor. Doch bald erkennt Minna, dass ihre Ehe und ihr Leben zerstört sind. Durch Zufall stößt sie auf die Geschichte eines amerikanischen GI, der vor über vierzig Jahren ertrank, und findet eine alte Zeichnung, die sie zu Felix führt. Trotz der sechzig Jahre, die sie trennen, werden die beiden Frauen Freundinnen. Felix, die Zeugin der dramatischen Ereignisse war, trägt ein schweres Geheimnis mit sich. Während sie ihre Herzen öffnen, entdecken sie, dass jeder Tag die Chance auf einen Neuanfang birgt. Minna hat jedoch noch nicht den Mut, sich Tom zu nähern, bis sie droht, ihn für immer zu verlieren. In diesem Moment erkennt sie, dass auch Tom um ihr Kind trauert und dass sie diesen Schmerz gemeinsam hätten teilen können. Minna beginn

Eine mitreißende Familiengeschichte über Erinnerung, Liebe und Verrat Letchford, ein englischer Landsitz. Die kleine Meredith und ihre Schwester beschädigen beim Spielen ein Wandgemälde, das ihr Vater einst von ihrer Mutter gemalt hat. Dahinter kommt ein anderes Bild zum Vorschein. Es erzählt eine Geschichte, die verborgen bleiben soll. Zwanzig Jahre später kehrt Meredith nach Letchford zurück. Nach dem Tod ihrer Mutter und einer Ehekrise liegen schwierige Zeiten hinter ihr, doch auch die Ruhe auf Letchford ist trügerisch: Schon bald wird ein erschreckender Fund lange zurückliegende Ereignisse wieder ans Licht bringen …