Bøker av Natasha Solomons

In the spring of 1938 Elise Landau arrives at Tyneford, the great house on the bay. A bright young thing from Vienna forced to become a parlour-maid, she knows nothing about England, except that she won't like it. As servants polish silver and serve drinks on the lawn, Elise wears her mother's pearls beneath her uniform, and causes outrage by dancing with a boy called Kit. But war is coming and the world is changing. And Elise must change with it. At Tyneford she learns that you can be more than one person - and that you can love more than once.

One of the most anticipated novels of the year - the captivating and powerful untelling of Romeo & Juliet .

Når Juliet Montagues ektemann forsvinner, er det som om Juliet også blir borte. I det jødiske samfunnet hun tilhører er hun usynlig, selv om hun er mor til to barn. Men på 30-årsdagen sin gjør hun noe uventet. I stedet for å kjøpe et kjøleskap, slik hun har planlagt, bruker hun sparepengene på et portrett av seg selv. Hun ønsker å bli sett. Dette maleriet blir samtidig veien inn til en ny verden: kunstnermiljøet i London på 1960-tallet. Det viser seg nemlig at Juliet har et talent for å spore opp nye kunstnere. Når hun etter hvert forelsker seg i en ny mann, innser hun at hun ikke kan bli fri før hun har greid å oppspore den forsvunne ektemannen. Jakten fører henne helt til California, der hun gjør en sjokkerende oppdagelse. En oversikt over forsvunne ektemenn er fortellingen om en uvanlig kvinnes reise gjennom livet. «... en varm, deilig leseopplevelse som er fylt med lidenskap og vekker til live en forgangen tid ...» The Times«Gjennom Juliet skaper Solomons et rikt portrett av en kvinne som viser styrke og mot under vanskelige forhold.» Library Journal (starred review)"Mysterium og romantisk drama i ett». RT Book Reviews«Forfører deg med sin sjarm, særegenhet og gammeldagse fortellerstil.» Daily Mail"En sjarmerende fortelling." Good Housekeeping

Dukkemesteren fra gettoen er fortellingen om en frakk, en hånddukke og en gutt som bor i Warsawa i 1938, en tid da trusselen om krig ble hard virkelighet. Denne viktige boken gir leseren innblikk i den 2. verdenskrig. Samtidig forteller den en spennende og gripende historie om et barns overlevelsesevner under umenneskelige livsbetingelser.

'Such is the power and wealth of the Goldbaums that on dull days, it's said, they hire the sun just for themselves.'The Goldbaums' influence reaches across Europe. But Greta Goldbaum has no say at all in who she'll marry. But just as she begins to taste an unexpected happiness, the Great War is looming and even the Goldbaums can't alter its course.

Fox, as the celebrated composer Harry Fox-Talbot is known, wants to be left in peace. His beloved wife has died, he's unable to write a note of music, and no, he does not want to take up some blasted hobby. Then one day he discovers that his troublesome four-year-old grandson is a piano prodigy. The music returns and Fox is compelled to re-engage with life - and, ultimately, to confront an old family rift.Decades earlier, Fox and his brothers return to Hartgrove Hall after the war, determined to save their once grand home from ruin. But on the last night of 1946, the arrival of beautiful wartime singer Edie Rose tangles the threads of love and duty, which leads to a shattering betrayal.With poignancy, lyricism and humour, Natasha Solomons tells a captivating tale of passion and music, of roots, ancient songs and nostalgia for the old ways, of the ties that bind us to family and home and the ones we are prepared to sever. Here is the story of a man who discovers joy and creative renewal in the aftermath of grief and learns that it is never too late to seek forgiveness.

At thirty a woman has a directness in her eye. Juliet Montague did anyhow. She knew exactly what she wanted. She wanted to buy a refrigerator.But in a rash moment, Juliet commissions a portrait of herself instead. She has been closeted by her conservative Jewish community for too long, ever since her husband disappeared. Now she is ready to be seen.So begins the journey of a suburban wife and mother into the heart of '60s London and its thriving art world, where she proves an astute spotter of talent. Yet she remains an outsider: drawn to a reclusive artist who never leaves Dorset and unable to feel free until she has tracked down her husband - a quest that leads to California and a startling discovery.

List item 2: Never speak German on the upper decks of London buses.Jack Rosenblum is five foot three and a half inches of sheer tenacity. He's writing a list so he can become a Very English Gentleman.List item 41: An Englishman buys his marmalade from Fortnum and Mason.It's 1952, and despite his best efforts, his bid to blend in is fraught with unexpected hurdles - including his wife. Sadie doesn't want to forget where they came from or the family they've lost. And she shows no interest in getting a purple rinse.List item 112: An Englishman keeps his head in a crisis, even when he's risking everything.Jack leads a reluctant Sadie deep into the English countryside in pursuit of a dream. Here, in a land of woolly pigs, bluebells and jitterbug cider, they embark on an impossible task...