sallis s an ordinary woman
Sallis S. An Ordinary Woman
WHEN NEEDED, WILL SHE BE ABLE TO RISE TO THE CHALLENGE? 1945, Connecticut. A scandal breaks which forces a baffled Rose, aged four, and her mother to leave America and return home to England. The following May, a sister is born - Joanna or "Jon". Rose and Jon are like chalk and cheese. Jon is vivacious, fun, impetuous, rash and persuasive. Rose is reserved, steady, sure, reliable and... ordinary. It is her lot in life to hold the family together through times of tragedy and emotional upheaval. But, when, years later, Jon sets events in motion which send Rose across the Atlantic again and into the most extraordinary event of her life, can she ever be thought of as ordinary again?
438 Р.
Sallis S. An Ordinary Woman
WHEN NEEDED, WILL SHE BE ABLE TO RISE TO THE CHALLENGE? 1945, Connecticut. A scandal breaks which forces a baffled Rose, aged four, and her mother to leave America and return home to England. The following May, a sister is born - Joanna or "Jon". Rose and Jon are like chalk and cheese. Jon is vivacious, fun, impetuous, rash and persuasive. Rose is reserved, steady, sure, reliable and... ordinary. It is her lot in life to hold the family together through times of tragedy and emotional upheaval. But, when, years later, Jon sets events in motion which send Rose across the Atlantic again and into the most extraordinary event of her life, can she ever be thought of as ordinary again?
438 Р.
Sallis Susan An Ordinary Woman
When needed, will she be able to rise to the challenge? 1945, Connecticut. A scandal breaks which forces a baffled Rose, aged four, and her mother to leave America and return home to England. The following May, a sister is born - Joanna or 'Jon'. Rose and Jon are like chalk and cheese. Jon is vivacious, fun, impetuous, rash and persuasive. Rose is reserved, steady, sure, reliable and...ordinary. It is her lot in life to hold the family together through times of tragedy and emotional upheaval. But, when, years later, Jon sets events in motion which send Rose across the Atlantic again and into the most extraordinary event of her life, can she ever be thought of as ordinary again?
1823 Р.
Forster Margaret Diary of an Ordinary Woman
Margaret Forster presents the 'edited' diary of a woman, born in 1901, whose life spans the twentieth century. On the eve of the Great War, Millicent King begins to keep her journal and vividly records the dramas of everyday life in a family touched by war, tragedy, and money troubles. From bohemian London to Rome in the 1920s her story moves on to social work and the build-up to another war, in which she drives ambulances through the bombed streets of London. Here is twentieth-century woman in close-up coping with the tragedies and upheavals of women's lives from WWI to Greenham Common and beyond. A triumph of resolution and evocation, this is a beautifully observed story of an ordinary woman's life - a narrative where every word rings true.
2298 Р.
Rees Celia Miss Graham's War
Germany, 1946 History hides many secrets One woman will hunt for the truth… Daughter. Sister. Friend. Spy. It’s 1946 and the dust of war has settled over Europe. But for Edith Graham, an ordinary woman living an ordinary life, her journey is only just beginning. Escaping her humdrum existence, Edith is swept into war-torn Germany and recruited to draw elusive Nazis out of hiding. But the closer she gets to the truth, the more blurred the line between good and evil. In a shadowy world of shifting loyalties, where no-one is quite who they seem to be, who can Edith trust? Previously published as ‘Miss Graham’s Cold War Cookbook’
1431 Р.
Franzen Jonathan The Twenty-Seventh City
The critically acclaimed first novel from Jonathan Franzen, author of the prize winning and internationally bestselling, ‘The Corrections’. St. Louis, Missouri, is a quietly dying river city until it hires a new police chief: a charismatic young woman from Bombay, India, named S. Jammu. No sooner has Jammu been installed, though, than the city's leading citizens become embroiled in an all-pervasive political conspiracy. A classic of contemporary fiction, ‘The Twenty-Seventh City’ shows us an ordinary metropolis turned inside out, and the American Dream unraveling into terror and dark comedy.
2435 Р.
Dahl Roald Taste and Other Tales. Level 5 +CDmp3
Meet some ordinary people who behave in extraordinary ways: a man who can hear plants scream, the wife who wants to get rid of her husband, and the woman with an unusual use for a leg of lamb. 29,948 words. British English. Selected and retold by Michael Caldon.
3428 Р.
Austen Jane Northanger Abbey
Northanger Abbey (1817) was the first of Jane Austen's novels to be completed, but it was published only after her death. The novel is a satire of the Gothic novels popular at the time. The heroine, Catherine, thinks life is like a Gothic novel, but her real experiences bring her down to earth as an ordinary young woman.
415 Р.
Northanger Abbey
Northanger Abbey (1817) was the first of Jane Austen's novels to be completed, but it was published only after her death. The novel is a satire of the Gothic novels popular at the time. The heroine, Catherine, thinks life is like a Gothic novel, but her real experiences bring her down to earth as an ordinary young woman.
99 Р.
Britton Fern The Good Servant
Balmoral, 1932 Marion Crawford, an ordinary but determined young woman, is given a chance to work at the big house as governess to two children, Lilibet and Margaret Rose. Windsor Castle, 1936 As dramatic events sweep through the country and change all their lives in an extraordinary way, Marion loyally devotes herself to the family. But when love enters her life, she is faced with an unthinkable choice… Escape this summer with this sweeping love story about family secrets and the heart-breaking decision of choosing between your head and your heart…
1609 Р.
Fitzgerald Francis Scott The Vegetable
F. S. Fitzgerald (1896-1940) was an American writer, whose works illustrated the Jazz Age. This volume includes the wonderful work - "The Vegetable". An oddity in F. S. Fitzgerald's career, his play "The Vegetable" was a satirical attack on the presidency of Warren Harding. An ordinary, incompetent man, taunted for his lack of ambition by his family, realises his dream of ruling the United States of America
596 Р.
The Vegetable
F. S. Fitzgerald (1896-1940) was an American writer, whose works illustrated the Jazz Age. This volume includes the wonderful work - "The Vegetable". An oddity in F. S. Fitzgerald's career, his play "The Vegetable" was a satirical attack on the presidency of Warren Harding. An ordinary, incompetent man, taunted for his lack of ambition by his family, realises his dream of ruling the United States of America
199 Р.
Fitzgerald F. The Vegetable = Размазня: на англ.яз
F. S. Fitzgerald (1896—1940) was an American writer, whose works illustrated the Jazz Age. This volume includes the wonderful work — "The Vegetable". An oddity in F. S. Fitzgerald's career, his play "The Vegetable" was a satirical attack on the presidency of Warren Harding. An ordinary, incompetent man, taunted for his lack of ambition by his family, realises his dream of ruling the United States of America
544 Р.
Fitzgerald F. The Vegetable = Размазня: на англ.яз
F. S. Fitzgerald (1896—1940) was an American writer, whose works illustrated the Jazz Age. This volume includes the wonderful work — "The Vegetable". An oddity in F. S. Fitzgerald's career, his play "The Vegetable" was a satirical attack on the presidency of Warren Harding. An ordinary, incompetent man, taunted for his lack of ambition by his family, realises his dream of ruling the United States of America
544 Р.
Fitzgerald F. The Vegetable = Размазня: на англ.яз
F.S. Fitzgerald was an American writer, whose works illustrate the Jazz Age. An oddity in F. S. Fitzgerald's career, his play The Vegetable was a satirical attack on the presidency of Warren Harding. An ordinary, incompetent man, taunted for his lack of ambition by his family, realises his dream of ruling the United States of America.
388 Р.
Fitzgerald Francis Scott The Vegetable
F.S. Fitzgerald was an American writer, whose works illustrate the Jazz Age. An oddity in F. S. Fitzgerald's career, his play The Vegetable was a satirical attack on the presidency of Warren Harding. An ordinary, incompetent man, taunted for his lack of ambition by his family, realises his dream of ruling the United States of America.
688 Р.