Elizabeth Buchan

Paris, today. The Museum of Broken Promises is a place of wonder and sadness, hope and loss. Every object in the museum has been donated, a cake tin, a wedding veil, a baby's shoe. And each represent a moment of grief or terrible betrayal. The museum is a place where people come to speak to the ghosts of the past and, sometimes, to lay them to rest. Laure, the owner and curator, has also hidden artefacts from her own painful youth amongst the objects on display. Prague, 1985. Recovering from the sudden death of her father, Laure flees to Prague. But life behind the Iron Curtain is a complex thing: drab and grey yet charged with danger. Laure cannot begin to comprehend the dark, political currents that run beneath the surface of this communist city. Until, that is, she meets a young dissident musician. Her love for him will have terrible and unforeseen consequences. It is only years later, having created the museum, that Laure can make finally face up to her past and celebrate the passionate love which has directed her life.

The Museum of Broken Promises

Her happy marriage and successful career falling apart after twenty-five years, Rose Lloyd struggles with the prospect of starting over before finding unexpected fulfillment in her new independence and the reappearance of an old flame. Reprint.

Revenge of the Middle-aged Woman

A beautifully atmospheric story of two women who can never meet, set in a city full of secrets ancient and modern...

Two Women in Rome

Elizabeth Buchan’s New York Times bestseller Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman was hailed as “a thoughtful, intelligent, funny, coming-of-middle-age story” by The Boston Globe. Now she’s back with another wise and entertaining novel about a woman who veers off the beaten path—and finds much more than she bargained for. After nineteen years of being the perfect wife to an ambitious politician, Fanny Savage is restless. Tired of merely keeping quiet and looking good at public engagements, she remembers the career she abandoned and the life she left behind as a successful partner in her father’s Italian wine business. She has devoted two decades to being the Good Wife. Was it worth it after all? Could it be time for a trip back to Italy—to the pleasures of sun, wine, and food? Could it be time for . . . a change?

The Good Wife Strikes Back

A stunning wartime story from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The New Mrs Clifton. When the Nazis invade Denmark, British-born Kay Eberstern is sickened when Bror - her husband of twenty-five years - collaborates with the enemy to save his family home. Lured by British Intelligence into a covert world of resistance, her life in the hands of London's code breakers, Kay's betrayal of her husband is complete as she risks her home and children to protect an SOE agent who won't even tell her his name. As her family - especially her headstrong daughter - is drawn further into danger, Kay is faced with a wrenching moral dilemma. Who will be sacrificed next for the cause? Can she and Bror ever find their way back to one another? I Can't Begin to Tell You is a stunning story of bravery, broken loyalties, lies and how the power of love can bring redemption even to the darkest of places. Praise for I Can't Begin to Tell You: 'Impressive . . . Buchan brings the period vividly to life' Sunday Times 'Such a good novel, full of incident and history' Daily Express 'A gripping story of courage and conscience. Highly recommended' Sunday Mirror 'Gripping, fascinating' Daily Mail

I Can't Begin to Tell You

'A gripping, immensely satisfying novel with a twist in the tale' Red 'Wrapped in the roots of the sycamore was a skeleton; the remains of a woman, between twenty-five and thirty. She had carried a child . . .' At the close of the Second World War, Intelligence Officer Gus Clifton returns to London. On his arm is Krista, the German wife he married secretly in Berlin. For his sisters, this broken woman is nothing more than the enemy. For Nella, Gus's loyal fiancée, it is a terrible betrayal. These three friends wonder what hold Krista has over decent, honourable Gus. And, they ask themselves, how far will they have to go to permanently get her out of their home, their future, their England? PRAISE FOR THE NEW MRS CLIFTON 'Buchan brilliantly captures the blighted atmosphere of blitzed London' Daily Mail 'The tension is palpable and the atmosphere claustrophobic. Buchan vividly conveys the mood of a post-war London brought to its knees. A powerful and emotional read' Sunday Express 'I loved this story of post-war adjustment which sets up a mystery on the first page' Cathy Rentzenbrink, Stylist 'So so good. Great writing, great story. I could not put it down' Marian Keyes

The New Mrs Clifton

«Un romanzo semplicemente perfetto.» Daily Mail «Un'autrice dal talento unico. » USA Today «Stupendo. » The Sunday Times «Una storia elegante, magnificamente scritta. » Platinum «Irresistibile. » Women's Weekly «Quanto è brava Elizabeth Buchan! » The Telegraph Apri questo archivio, riscopri i tuoi ricordi C’è un archivio, a Roma, di cui pochi conoscono l'esistenza. Un archivio speciale, che raccoglie i ricordi e le testimonianze degli stranieri che in Italia hanno trovato la loro ultima dimora. Che siano morti per cause naturali, per un incidente o per un omicidio, di ciascuno l'Archivio Espatriati conserva i nomi e, a volte, i segreti. Come il diario in cui si imbatte la giovane Lottie, sepolto sotto una pila di carte in disordine… Quando lascia l'Inghilterra nella primavera del 1977, Nina è convinta che Roma sarà l'ennesima tappa di un lavoro che non le ha ancora permesso di mettere radici. A trentasette anni, ha ormai rinunciato all'idea di crearsi una famiglia. Poi, però, incontra Leo. Gentile, affascinante e idealista, Leo è come un vento che a poco a poco spazza via tutte le sue certezze. Nina non si è mai sentita così felice. Ancora non sa che quell'amore sarà la sua rovina… Leggendo il diario di Nina, Lottie ha l'impressione di avere molto in comune con quella donna vissuta quarant'anni prima: anche lei straniera in una città che non conosce, anche lei pronta a lasciare tutto per seguire l'uomo che ama. Per questo sente il bisogno di scoprire cosa sia successo a Nina e perché la sua vita sia stata stroncata nel momento in cui stava per sbocciare. Ancora non sa di essersi messa sulle tracce di un segreto che la riguarda molto da vicino…

L'archivio dei sogni spezzati

Rose Lloyd was the last to suspect that Nathan, her husband of over twenty years, was having an affair, and that he was planning to leave her. But the greatest shock was yet to come; for his mistress was Rose's colleague and friend, Minty. Left alone in their once-happy family home, where she and Nathan had brought up their children. Rose started thinking - about the man she'd married, and how well she really knew him. About the carefree yet studious girl she had been before she met him. Twenty years ago she had to make the choice between two very different lives. Could she now recapture what she nearly chose back then, a life where she put herself first?

Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman

Entra in questo museo e scoprirai il passato. Il tuo passato. «Buchan scrive di un giovane amore con meravigliosa tenerezza... «Il museo delle promesse infrante» tiene incollati alla sedia ed è scritto magnificamente. » The Times «Avvincente...Questa storia cupa, scritta in modo splendido, fluisce attraverso il calor bianco del primo amore. » Daily Mail Esiste un museo, a Parigi, dove le persone non fanno la fila per ammirare i capolavori dell’arte. Dove non sono custoditi né quadri né statue. Un museo creato per conservare emozioni. Ogni oggetto in mostra, infatti, è il simbolo di un amore perduto, di una fiducia svanita. Un cimelio donato da chi vorrebbe liberarsi dei rimorsi e andare avanti. Come la stessa curatrice, Laure, che ha creato il Museo delle Promesse Infrante per conservare il suo ricordo più doloroso: quello della notte in cui ha dovuto dire addio al suo vero amore. Quando Laure lascia la Francia e arriva a Praga, nell’estate del 1986, ha l’impressione di essere stata catapultata in un mondo in cui i colori sono meno vivaci, le voci meno squillanti, le risate meno sincere. Laure lo capisce a poco a poco dagli sguardi spaventati della gente, dalle frasi lasciate in sospeso: questo è un Paese che ha dimenticato cosa sia la libertà. Eppure ci sono persone che ancora non si rassegnano. Come Tomas. Laure lo incontra per caso, a uno spettacolo di burattini. Ed è un colpo di fulmine. Per lui, Laure è pronta a mentire, lottare, tradire. Ma ancora non sa di cosa è capace il regime, né fin dove dovrà spingersi per avere salva la vita. Laure si è pentita amaramente della scelta che ha dovuto compiere tanti anni prima ed è convinta che non avrà mai l’occasione per aggiustare le cose. Eppure ben presto scoprirà che il Museo delle Promesse Infrante non è un luogo cristallizzato nel passato. È un luogo che guarda al futuro, in cui le storie circolano e spiccano il volo verso mete inaspettate. A volte raggiungono luoghi lontanissimi, ricucendo i fili strappati del destino. E a volte possono perfino giungere alle orecchie di un uomo cui non importa nulla degli sbagli e dei rimpianti, ma che aspetta solo un indizio per ritrovare il suo amore perduto…

Il museo delle promesse infrante

A married mother of two grown children, Barbara Beeching embarks on an affair with a younger man at the expense of everything she has ever known, while Siena, a career woman in her mid-thirties, re-evaluates her chosen childless state.

Everything She Thought She Wanted

A sequel to Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman finds newly married former mistress Minty Lloyd haunted by the ubiquitous reminders of her husband's first wife, Rose, until a shocking telephone call causes her to forge an unexpected alliance. Reprint.

Wives Behaving Badly

Kit Dysert marries a woman with the money to save the family estate rather than the woman he loves.

Consider the Lily

Winner of the 1994 Romantic Novelists' Association Novel of the Year Award, Consider the Lily is now republished for a new generation of readers. When a choice must be made between love and duty, solace comes in unexpected forms... Summer, 1929. The Hinton Dysart estate is dying from lack of money, and Kit Dysart, the heir, sees no way out. Then, at his sister's wedding, he meets the vibrant Daisy Chudleigh and her cousin, the heiress Matty Verrall. In love with Daisy but troubled by his family's decline, Kit chooses to marry Matty, though neither Kit nor Daisy is able to forget the other. When Matty, growing increasingly unhappy in her troubled, empty marriage, decides to re-create the estate's garden, she discovers solace and a gift of which she never dreamed. A haunting, passionate story played out between three people, Consider the Lily is also a poignant and beautiful novel of England between the wars that propels the reader into its own rich and nostalgic world.

Lose yourself in the captivating novels by bestselling author Elizabeth Buchan, perfect if you love Harriet Evans or Deborah Moggach . Love, money and children... Life is a risk, however much we try to protect ourselves... Unlike the Frants living their quiet ordered lives in the village of Appleford, Tess and Becky are of the generation that believes it can have everything. Highflyers in the high-octane world of London's high-finance, they move through the opportunists, the short-termists, the sharks, the bullies and the very, very rich to face many choices, not least the one presented by biology: children. As the different generations balance the challenges life throws at them, a tender and unexpected love story emerges alongside a journey to maturity in this bold and beautiful novel. 'A modern day Vanity Fair ... brilliantly done' - Mail on Sunday

'A modern day Vanity Fair' Mail on Sunday

Against Her Nature

Daughters of the Storm Paris, 1789. As the shadow of the guillotine falls over a nation at war with itself, three very different women find themselves caught up in the storm of revolution... A sweeping tale of freedom and betrayal, love and death, set in revolutionary France. Light of the Moon In wartime France, an English SOE and a German Abwehr officer fall in love - with consequences neither could have foreseen. When the battle lines shift, and patriotism gives way to deeper truths, they will both face the gravest of challenges. Consider the Lily A haunting, passionate story played out between three people, Consider the Lily is also a poignant and beautiful novel of England between the wars that propels the reader into its own rich and nostalgic world. Winner of the 1994 Romantic Novelists' Association Novel of the Year Award. Perfect Love After twenty years of marriage, a woman is precipitated into a secret life, and finds herself crossing the boundary between innocence and knowledge, exploring the line between the gluttony and surrender of desire and facing the stark realities that result. A compassionate portrait of a modern marriage. Against Her Nature Two women move through the opportunists, the short-termists, the sharks, the bullies and the very, very rich to face many choices, not least the one presented by biology: children. Life is a risk, however much we try to protect ourselves. A modern-day take on Vanity Fair.

Daughters of the Storm, Light of the Moon, Consider the Lily, Perfect Love, Against Her Nature

Elizabeth Buchan five-book collection

Museum of Broken Promises

Lose yourself in the captivating novels by bestselling author Elizabeth Buchan, perfect if you love Harriet Evans or Deborah Moggach. When a choice must be made between love and duty, solace comes in unexpected forms... Summer, 1929. The Hinton Dysart estate is dying from lack of money, and Kit Dysart, the heir, sees no way out. Then, at his sister's wedding, he meets the vibrant Daisy Chudleigh and her cousin, the heiress Matty Verrall. In love with Daisy but troubled by his family's decline, Kit chooses to marry Matty, though neither Kit nor Daisy is able to forget the other. When Matty, growing increasingly unhappy in her troubled, empty marriage, decides to re-create the estate's garden, she discovers solace and a gift of which she never dreamt. A haunting, passionate story played out between three people, Consider the Lily is also a poignant and beautiful novel of England between the wars that propels the reader into its own rich and nostalgic world.

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