"Kurz vor ihrem 30. Geburtstag kehrt Weltenbummlerin Lucy Jarrett in ihre Heimatstadt The Lake of Dreams zurück. Während ihr Freund Yoshi zunächst beruflich in Japan bleiben muss, empfangen sie zu Haus unerwartete und schmerzliche Konflikte: Ihre Mutter beginnt ein neues Liebesverhältnis, während Lucy den ungeklärten Tod ihres Vaters nie verwunden hat. Sie selbst begegnet ihrer Jugendliebe Keegan wieder, was alte Gefühle in ihr lebendig werden lässt. Schließlich findet sie in einem verborgenen Schrank geheimnisvolle Dokumente: Es sind die sehnsuchtsvollen Briefe einer fernen Verwandten an ihr Kind - Zeugnisse, die Lucy auf die Spur eines lange verschütteten Familiengeheimnisses führen, das immer mehr in die Gegenwart hineinwirkt. 'Es war, als hätte sich, wo ich nur Mauern erwartete, ein Fenster geöffnet, als könnte ich, wenn ich hindurchsah, die Vergangenheit aus einer ganz anderen Perspektive betrachten."
"It should have been an ordinary birth, the start of an ordinary happy family. But the night Dr David Henry delivers his wife's twins is a night that will haunt five lives for ever. For though David's son is a healthy boy, his daughter has Down's syndrome. And, in a shocking act of betrayal whose consequences only time will reveal, he tells his wife their daughter died while secretly entrusting her care to a nurse. As grief quietly tears apart David's family, so a little girl must make her own way in the world as best she can..."
"From Kim Edwards, the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Memory Keeper's Daughter, an arresting novel of one family's secret history
Imbued with all the lyricism, compassion, and suspense of her bestselling novel, The Memory Keeper's Daughter, Kim Edwards's The Lake of Dreams is a powerful family drama and an unforgettable story of love lost and found.
Lucy Jarrett is at a crossroads in her life, still haunted by her father's unresolved death a decade earlier. She returns to her hometown in Upstate New York, The Lake of Dreams, and, late one night, she cracks the lock of a window seat and discovers a collection of objects. They appear to be idle curiosities, but soon Lucy realizes that she has stumbled across a dark secret from her family's past, one that will radically change her-and the future of her family-forever.
The Lake of Dreams will delight those who loved The Memory Keeper's Daughter, as well as fans of Anna Quindlen and Sue Miller."
"Strong female protagonists grace this collection celebrating women in all their incarnations, young and old: mothers, sisters, daughters, grandmothers, lovers, widows ... and a 70-year-old nun."
"The first story collection from the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Memory Keeper's Daughter
With The Memory Keeper's Daughter, Kim Edwards touched hearts across the nation. In this, her first collection of stories-now with three new stories added-she explores the lives of those who exist on the fringes of society: a fire-eater, an American and his Korean war bride, Madame Curie's maid, and others. Though their tales vary dramatically, each comes up against the barriers of place and circumstance in the most universal of experiences: the quest to discover and understand the elusive mysteries of love. Transporting readers to exotic locations, this beautiful collection reinforces Edwards's presence as an extraordinarily gifted writer."
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