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As a young girl, Beryl Markham was brought to Kenya from Britain by parents dreaming of a new life. For her mother the dream quickly turned sour, and she returned home; Beryl was brought up by her father, who switched between indulgence and heavy-handed authority, allowing her first to run wild on their farm, then incarcerating her in the classroom. The scourge of governesses and a serial absconder from boarding school, by the age of 16 Beryl had been catapulted into a disastrous marriage.

Chicago, 1920: Hadley Richardson is a shy 28-year-old who has all but given up on love and happiness when she meets Ernest Hemingway and is captivated by his energy, intensity and burning ambition to write. After a whirlwind courtship and wedding, the pair set sail for France. But glamorous Jazz Age Paris, full of artists and writers, fuelled by alcohol and gossip, is no place for family life and fidelity.

Marie Sklodowska, 25, is studying science at the Sorbonne—one of the only universities in the world that has begun to admit women. A thousand miles from her native Poland, with no money and the odds stacked against any woman daring to pursue a career in such a rigorous field, Marie throws herself into her studies. She’s certain that to succeed in a man’s world, she will have to go it alone.

In 1937, courageous and independent Martha Gellhorn travels to Madrid to report on the atrocities of the Spanish Civil War and finds herself drawn to the stories of ordinary people caught in devastating conflict. She also finds herself unexpectedly - and uncontrollably - falling in love with Ernest Hemingway, a man already on his way to being a legend. In the shadow of the impending Second World War, and set against the tumultuous backdrops of Madrid, Finland, China, and especially Cuba, where Martha and Hemingway made their home, their relationship and professional careers ignite.

Anna Hart is a seasoned missing persons detective living in San Francisco. When unspeakable tragedy strikes, she turns to the Californian village of Mendocino to grieve. Seeking comfort in the chocolate-box village she grew up in, Anna instead arrives to news that a local girl has gone missing. The crime feels frighteningly reminiscent of a crucial time in Anna’s childhood, when an unsolved murder changed the community forever. As past and present collide, Anna is forced to confront the darkest side of human nature.

It’s 1929 in New York City. In an apartment high above Lexington Avenue, the painter Georgia O’Keeffe feels stuck. At 42, she should be at the apex of her powers as an artist, and yet something is missing. Her husband - the gallerist Alfred Stieglitz, who helped build her reputation in the art world - has grown needy and insecure, not to mention unfaithful. More than this, her work has lost its fire, and she knows it. The calla lilies and poppies for which she is revered now seem careful, predictable.

On Ash Wednesday in 1908, Swiss German immigrant Fritz Hirter arrives at his children’s school, where he is the lone custodian. But soon after lessons start, a fast-moving fire breaks out—its cause is unknown, but its effects are horrifying. Although Fritz is soon cleared of any responsibility for the catastrophe, the community continues to suspect him, supremely testing Fritz and his family.

Meisterhaft inszeniert Paula McLain die stürmische Beziehung zwischen Ernest Hemingway und seiner dritten Frau Martha Gellhorn. Als Martha sich haltlos in den zehn Jahre älteren Ernest verliebt, ist sie gerade achtundzwanzig Jahre alt, hat aber schon die halbe Welt bereist. Später wird sie eine der berühmtesten Kriegsreporterinnen des 20. Jahrhunderts sein. Hals über Kopf folgt sie Hemingway in den Spanischen Bürgerkrieg und legt dort an seiner Seite den Grundstein für ihre Karriere. Doch als ihre Anerkennung wächst und Ernest immer größere Erfolge feiert, muss Martha sich entscheiden.

How quickly the ground shifts beneath our feet. We make choices—in the face of love, or violence, or necessity—and the effects ripple outward. In these moving short stories, acclaimed authors examine the foundations of the past, uncovering the irreversible decisions and life-changing encounters that mark the turning point between before and after.

Wenn die Sterne verlöschen... Anna Hart weiß selbst, dass sie vor ihrem Unglück davonläuft. Eigentlich ist sie Ermittlerin, Expertin darin, verschwundene Kinder zu finden. Doch nun ist ihrem eigenen Kind etwas passiert, und sie zieht sich an den Ort zurück, in dem sie aufgewachsen ist und glücklich war - zumindest für einige Zeit, als ihr Adoptivvater sich fürsorglich um sie kümmerte. Doch kaum ist sie angekommen, erfährt sie, dass ein junges Mädchen vermisst wird. Und sie weiß sofort, dass sie helfen - und sich den Gespenstern ihrer eigenen Vergangenheit stellen muss.

Meisterhaft inszeniert Paula McLain die stürmische Beziehung zwischen Ernest Hemingway und seiner dritten Frau Martha Gellhorn. Als Martha sich haltlos in den zehn Jahre älteren Ernest verliebt, ist sie gerade achtundzwanzig Jahre alt, hat aber schon die halbe Welt bereist. Später wird sie eine der berühmtesten Kriegsreporterinnen des 20. Jahrhunderts sein. Hals über Kopf folgt sie Hemingway in den Spanischen Bürgerkrieg und legt dort an seiner Seite den Grundstein für ihre Karriere. Doch als ihre Anerkennung wächst und Ernest immer größere Erfolge feiert, muss Martha sich entscheiden.

Beryl Markham a deux ans lorsque sa famille s'installe au Kenya en 1904. Très vite abandonnée par sa mère, elle est élevée par son père - entraîneur de chevaux de course - et par les natifs de la tribu Kipsigi, qui vivent sur les terres paternelles. Cette éducation non-conventionnelle pour quelqu'un de son rang fait d'elle une jeune femme audacieuse et farouche, qui voue un amour sans bornes à la nature sauvage et se moque de la bienséance.

In the long, hot Illinois summer of 1973, insecure, motherless Jamie falls under the dangerous spell of her older, more worldly cousin Fawn, who's come to stay with Jamie and her uncle as penance for committing an "unmentionable act". It is a time of awakenings and corruptions, of tragedy and loss, as Jamie slowly discovers the extent to which Fawn will use anything and anyone to further her own ends - and recognizes, perhaps too late, her own complicity in the disaster that takes shape around them.

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