Showing results for "Anna" in 20th Century

Hampshire, 1900. With the sudden death of her father, the life of 15-year-old Harriet Benson changes forever. Forced from her home to escape the advances of her leering stepbrother Norris, Harriet is sent into service to provide for the family. Arriving at the grand Dalton House, she meets the owners' crippled son Joseph, with whom friendship soon blossoms. When circumstances force Joseph to leave the family home, Harriet is happy to accompany him and break free from the controlling influence of her stepmother.

The first book in Anna Jacobs' wonderful Backshaw Moss series. 1935. At thirty-six, Bella Porter is dependent on her abusive cousin, acting as an unpaid servant. When a kind relative leaves her a house in the village of Backshaw Moss, Thomas tries to take it from her, but she defies him and...

When their father dies, none of the three Harcourt girls are particularly upset. The loss of the family's income, however, is not something so easily overcome. When their mother Anna discovers that they have been left penniless, she decides to move them out of London and back to her hometown in Scotland.

Liverpool, 1925. Fourteen-year-old Lillian Taylor has spent her childhood in a loveless orphanage after the death of her mother. When a well-dressed young woman claiming to be her aunt arrives and whisks her away to her large townhouse, Lillian hopes it signals a change in her fortunes. However there's more to Aunt Joan than meets the eye and when Joan discovers Lillian's budding romance with one of her coworkers she swiftly threatens his family. Events take a tragic turn when Joan becomes ill and reveals the secrets she's been keeping that will change Lillian's life forever....

Kathleen Gallagher is sixteen when she shares her first kiss with Liam Flynn, the older brother of her best friend. The bells were ringing in the New Year and snow was falling: it was the perfect romantic moment. But Kathleen knows they can never be together. Three years later, it's 1939, and...

Annie Petit has finally earned her teaching certificate, but it took two years longer than expected. With the Great Depression in full swing, Annie knows she has little chance of finding a teaching position. She answers an advertisement for the position of governess and discovers five children in need of a mother. Every day she spends with them, she grows to love them more. Dr. Coren Winslow lost his wife in childbirth. Now he has become domineering and overprotective, refusing to chance losing anyone else.

Fall 1918. The Great War is raging in Europe. American soldier, Jack Collins, is burned when he drags a dying friend into a mustard gas-filled trench. He spends the next agonizing weeks in one army hospital after another. As day after painful day passes, he loses hope that he’ll ever lead a normal life. In New England, Meg longs to do her part to help in the war effort, but caring for her elderly grandmother takes up all her time. Then, her aunt and uncle make arrangements for her to volunteer in a nearby hospital where she meets Jack.

Eine Frau versucht ihre Liebe zu retten. Deutschland, 1927. Trotz vieler Warnungen hat Anna den so charmanten wie verwegenen Kapitän Brandis geheiratet. Als er von einer langen Seefahrt nach Kiel zurückkehrt, wird er noch im Hafen verhaftet. Angeblich hat Brandis seinen Bootsmann erstochen. Er bleibt zwar auf freiem Fuß, darf aber bis zum Prozess kein Schiff mehr führen. Anna weiß jedoch nicht, ob sie ihm noch trauen kann. Zudem verhärten sich die Fronten im Land immer mehr. Sozialer Unruhen drohen. Kommunisten kämpfen gegen Nationalsozialisten.

Ett gripande kärleksdrama om uppoffring och att följa sina drömmar! Det är tidigt nittonhundratal och Marie växer upp på Sjövalla gård, där hennes förfäder levt och brukat i flera hundra år. Gården är omgiven av vackra åkrar och tillvaron är bekymmersfri för den bortskämda flickan. Men när hennes far plötsligt dör i spanska sjukan förändras allt. Hon är blott 14 år när den trygghet hon tar för givet försvinner, och moderns nya äktenskap med faderns vän gör inte saken bättre. Hur kan hennes mor göra så mot Maries nyligen bortgångna far? I Maries ögon är det ett stort svek.

In February 1946, Anna Klein and her boss Henry Cooper face major changes at the Monuments Men Collecting Point. With Cooper's dreaded re-deployment looming and their feelings for each other intensifying, Anna has to decide between him, her family, and her marriage. A future with Cooper means giving up everything she knows and running away from her own past, which isn't at all what it seemed.

La maleta de Ana es la historia dura pero emocionante de su protagonista, desde que sale de su pueblo de Ávila con una pequeña maleta de cartón para trabajar en una gran fábrica de Colonia. Es la historia de su juventud, sus dificultades, su complicidad con las otras obreras y su lucha contra las desigualdades sociales, pero también es el relato de su gran historia de amor.

Een prachtig, ontroerend verhaal over familie, vriendschap, liefde en hereniging. Lekker ontspannen om zelf te lezen met Kerst, of om cadeau te doen! Eigenlijk kan Anna Kerstmis niet uitstaan. Om haar broer een plezier te doen stapt ze dit jaar toch in de trein om het feest met haar familie te vieren. Maar door allerlei tegenslagen ontaardt de reis in een winterse roadtrip per sneeuwschuiver en pick-uptruck. Zo heeft Anna ruim de tijd om eindelijk eens goed over haar verleden en zichzelf na te denken. Misschien is het tijd voor verzoening?