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Cargando... Winter Garden: Special Edition (2010 original; edición 2010)por Kristin Hannah (Autor)
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InscrÃbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. What a heartbreaking and inspirational story I thought this book was slow at first. Please continue reading! it is a beautiful story of hardships, courage and loss. It shows you the power of a women and protecting her children. It includex all the terrible things that happened in Russia during the war. This story will stay with me. Another Kristin Hannah book that broke my heart and made me enjoy it so much. With every book of hers I am traveling a little bit in time, and this time was Petersburg, Russia. It is a lot to process after reading this story, but as always, was beautifully written and will stay with me for a while, like all her books so far. The first part and middle were a good read but it was the last third of the book that was amazing. I cried and cried. Very well done...how the past helped the present day. And to learn of Leningrad was captivating and eye opening! I love to read historical drama/fiction and this is definitely one of my favourites. It was loaned to me but I want to get my own copy so I can loan it to others!
Resisting the urge to skip ahead so I could find out what happens was a serious problem with this novel. Even though there are a number of stories told in this novel; Meredith's struggles with her marriage, Nina's struggles with love and family, Anya's struggles with her past, and Veronika's story in Russia, everything flows so smoothly. What starts out as a story of three struggling women turns into a beautiful story... one that literally brough tears to my eyes. I found that this book allowed me to laugh, cry, yell and hurt and a book that does that is a very powerful book. Overall, this book needs to be read... it deserves a place on anyone's bookshelf! Well done Kristin Hannah, I will be reading many more of your books in the future! For this reader, it doesn't work. The Whitson family is rocked by the sudden death of patriarch Evan, a warm, loving man who doted on his two adult daughters, Meredith and Nina, and his reserved Russian wife, Anya. Meredith, who runs the family business, and Nina, a photojournalist whose job takes her to war zones around the world, have never been able to connect with their cold, forbidding mother. When Anya begins to act strangely, Meredith thinks she belongs in a nursing home, but Nina decides to try to fulfill her father's dying wish and get her mother to tell her and Meredith the elaborate fairy tales she used to share with them. Anya is initially reluctant, but once she begins, Nina realizes these tales are actually the story of Anya's life in Stalinist Leningrad. Meredith and Nina decide to attempt to uncover the truth about their mother's tragic past in the hope of understanding her, and themselves. Contenido enAparece abreviada enPremiosDistinciones
Una gran historia de amor ambientada en la Segunda Guerra Mundial de Kristin Hannah, la autora de El Ruiseñor . Una ciudad sitiada. Una madre. Dos hijas. Y un secreto que cambiará sus vidas para siempre. URSS, 1941 . Leningrado es una ciudad sitiada, aislada de toda posibilidad de ayuda por la guerra y la nieve que entierra los edificios con su blancura. Pero en Leningrado también hay mujeres sumidas en la desesperación, capaces de cualquier cosa para salvar a sus hijos y a sí mismas de un final trágico. Estados Unidos, 2000 . La pérdida y los años han causado estragos en Anya Whitson. Finalmente ha conseguido contactar con sus hijas, Nina y Meredith. Y con una voz vacilante e insegura, empieza a entretejer la historia de una bella y joven rusa que vivió en Leningrado hace mucho tiempo... En una cruzada en busca de la verdad oculta tras la historia, las dos hermanas se enfrentarán a un secreto que hará tambalear los cimientos de su familia y cambiará para siempre la imagen de quiénes creían ser. Reseñas: «Una lectura apasionante.» Booklist «La mejor y más profunda novela que ha escrito Hannah hasta la fecha.» The Huffington Post «Una poderosa historia de amor, familia y mujeres supervivientes. Un relato fascinante que cose la realidad y los cuentos de hadas que no siempre acaban como uno espera.» The Herald News «A los lectores les va a costar no reír un poco y llorar un poco más cuando la madre y las hijas se encuentren unas a otras justo a tiempo.» Publishers Weekly No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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I'm still trying to figure out how I feel about this one. I tend to prefer the writing of Kristin Hannah's newer novels to those of her older ones, and this one falls somewhere in the middle. As a lot of readers have noted, the second half of this novel is much more compelling than the first half. It's a tear-jerker, though I didn't feel the character development was the greatest. Some aspects were predictable and some were a little unbelievable (primarily with the characterization), with an ending that was wrapped up a little too neatly for my liking. But the historical side of this story was compelling and is what carried this novel. ( )