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London, 1940. When nurse Elsie offers to send a reassuring letter to the family of a patient, she has an idea. She begins a book of last letters: messages to be sent on to wounded soldiers’ loved ones should the very worst come to pass so that no one is left without a final goodbye. London, present day. Stephanie has a lot of people she’d like to speak to: her estranged brother, to whom her last words were in anger; her nan, whose dementia means she is only occasionally lucid enough to talk.

Friedrich es un joven suizo que se muda a Berlín para seguir con su carrera artística. Allí conoce a Kristin, una chica muy hermosa y segura de sí misma que se hace cargo de él y le enseña a moverse entre los cenáculos de la efervescente vida nocturna de la ciudad, con sus cabarets y clubs de jazz. Pronto, la intensidad de su relación se convierte en una apasionada historia amorosa, hasta que un día Kristin se presenta en casa del muchacho con la cara y el cuerpo cubiertos de moretones.

1962. Marlie Bloom keeps people at arm’s length. Though the aspiring fashion designer struggles to keep up with the New York City, she puts up with a stuffy fiancé who will provide for her broken family. But the world and its worries all stop spinning when she meets a rugged man over twice her age who sparks a burning primal attraction. Jack Watson has lost his sense of purpose since the death of his daughter and his subsequent divorce. So when a beautiful young woman relights the fire in his heart only to flee because of her engagement, he’s determined to win her over.

After years of scraping by, Caleb Murphy has graduated from college and is finally getting to start a new life. Except he suddenly has no way to get from Boston to Los Angeles. Then, to add to his misery, there’s perfect, privileged Peter Cabot offering to drive him. Peter Cabot would do pretty much anything to skip out on his father’s presidential campaign, including driving across the country with a classmate who can’t stand him. After all, he’s had plenty of practice with people not liking him much - his own family, for example.

A poignant and pause-resisting story of three women whose lives are forever changed by war....

1956. Die zwanzigjährige Leni aus dem ländlichen Hebertshausen träumt von einem Leben in der Großstadt - von eleganten Geschäften, Kinobesuchen und grenzenloser Freiheit. Als die junge Friseurin die Chance bekommt, sich bei dem vornehmen Münchner Salon Keller vorzustellen, scheint der Traum zum Greifen nah. Unterdessen hadert ihr Bruder Hans mit seinem Medizinstudium. Seine Leidenschaft gilt der Jazzmusik und einer Frau, die für ihn unerreichbar ist.

Rimasta senza genitori, Alita Lang vive nel castello dello zio, il duca di Langstone, da cui non è autorizzata a uscire: di fatti non è mai stata vista da estranei, tanto che nessuno sa della sua esistenza. Il suo unico interesse sono i cavalli dello zio, di cui si prende cura con amore. Tutto però è destinato a cambiare quando, all'ippodromo privato del duca, Alita conosce il ricco americano Clint Wilbur, un uomo così diverso da lei, eppure così affine. Improvvisamente il cuore di Alita galoppa più veloce dei cavalli, così forte che è impossibile ignorarlo.

December 1902. Een paar weken voor Kerstmis spoelt op het strand bij een kuuroord een schipbreukelinge aan. De jonge vrouw weet niet meer hoe ze heet, waar ze vandaan komt of wat er is gebeurd met het schip waar ze op zat. Haar enige bezit is de tak van een fruitboom die in haar kleren verstrikt is geraakt.

Left profoundly deaf after an accident, Émile is no stranger to isolation—or heartbreak. Now, as Nazi planes loom over Guernsey, he senses life is about to change forever. Trapped in a tense, fearful marriage, Isabelle doesn't know what has become of Émile and the future she hoped for. But when she glimpses him from the window of the French House, their lives collide once more. Lieutenant Schreiber is more comfortable wielding a paintbrush than a pistol. But he has little choice in the role he is forced to play in the occupying forces—or in his own forbidden desires.

Eight years ago, Ruby Travers met a sweet, smiling boy as they traveled across the Atlantic, on a luxury ocean liner with their families. Countless letters have passed between them, and Matthew is certain he is in love with the vivacious, beautiful girl he spent days with on that boat long ago. When Matthew finally returns from Europe, intent on meeting her again, will Ruby's affection be dangerously engaged when he reveals his true feelings?

Twenty-one-year-old Katie Porter is beginning a career as a newspaper reporter for her local paper. Her first assignment is to cover the debutante party of a close friend, but she soon finds herself investigating a complicated mystery from her past, one that could affect her future. Will she be ready for intrigue, spies, codes, and even possibly a romance?

Peter is a call boy from the West Side. Mike is a stockbroker who, by day, plays it straight. However, on the weekend, he prefers to play a different game. Mike has an insatiable appetite for life and beautiful young men. When he spots Peter walking from the Y, he makes the boy an offer he can't refuse. Peter accepts, but what starts as a job and a way for him to escape the ghetto rapidly turns into a burning love for the ages. Can Mike and Peter overcome their differences on a weekend getaway to Fire Island, or will their love be swept away with the tide?

Eine unsterbliche Liebe in einer grausamen, unmenschlichen Zeit. Josef, ein junger jüdischer Musiker, und Lisa, eine arische Fabrikantentochter. Als die Deportation beginnt, gelingt Josef auf dem Transport ins KZ zweimal die Flucht und er findet den Weg zurück zu seiner Liebe, zu Lisa. Doch das Glück währt nicht lange. Durch Verrat landet er letztendlich im KZ. Dort rettet ihm sein Status als Geigenspieler das Leben. Josef wird KZ-Musiker. Es werden die schlimmsten Jahre seines Lebens, doch die unbändige Liebe zu Lisa spendet ihm Kraft und Hoffnung.

Der dritte und letzte Teil der großen Helgoland-Saga. Helgoland 1925. Die Insel erlebt eine Zeit von Glanz und Reichtum. Die ganze Welt scheint sich in den Felsen verliebt zu haben und dort das Leben feiern zu wollen. Tine Tiedkens hat sich nach den schweren Kriegs- und Nachkriegsjahren eine neue Existenz als Blumenhändlerin und Hebamme aufgebaut. Auch für ihre Tochter Henriette fügt sich zunächst alles zum Besten, als ihr Mann Otto den reichen Bankier Silberbach als Gönner für seinen Bootsbau gewinnt. Doch Ende der 20er Jahre ändert sich das politische Klima, das Böse verschont auch die Insel nicht.

It is 1865, the American Civil War has just ended and 18-year old Vita Tenney is determined to pursue her lifelong dream of becoming a country doctor like her father. But when her father tells her she must get married instead, Vita explores every means of escape - and finds one in the person of war veteran Jacob Culhane. Damaged by what he's seen in battle and with all his family gone, Jacob is seeking investors for a fledgling business. Then he meets Vita - and together they hatch a plan that should satisfy both their desires.

Western Australia, 1898. In the vast and unforgiving desert, a miner discovers a baby girl in the sand, miraculously still alive. Sent to an orphanage, Leonora is still mute with grief and fear as she slowly bonds with another orphan, James. He fights to protect her until both are sent away - Leonora to a wealthy American family, James to relatives who have emigrated from Ireland to claim him.

After renowned London fashion designer Cressida Westcott loses both her home and her design house in the Blitz, she has nowhere to go but the family manor house she fled decades ago. She arrives with nothing but the clothes she stands in, at a loss as to how to rebuild her business from a quaint country village. Before long, Cressida’s spirit and ambition galvanises the village group into action, and they find themselves mending wedding dresses not only for local brides, but for brides across the country.

Alice Rothmann has been content with her quiet, ordinary life in Oxford, with her quiet, ordinary husband. But, when he dies suddenly, she finds herself adrift and lonely, and before she knows it, she's deeply attracted to her neighbour, George Graham. There's only one hitch: George is married to Alice's best friend.

Elena e Pep non potrebbero essere più diversi. Lei, siciliana, ha vissuto nell'isola fino alla fine della seconda guerra mondiale per poi raggiungere, insieme alla madre e alle sorelle, il padre, emigrato a Milano in cerca di un futuro migliore. Lui, milanese e antifascista, operaio figlio di operai, si è dato alla macchia per non arruolarsi con i repubblichini e ora partecipa alle lotte in fabbrica, alla Garelli, dove è così bravo al tornio da riuscire - si vanta lui - a fare le scarpe alle mosche.

Der Krieg ist verloren. Der prächtigste Zoo Europas ist am Ende. Eine Frau kämpft für ihre Schützlinge und ihre große Liebe. Im Sommer 1914 erfüllt sich für Emma ein Traum: Sie wird eine der ersten Pflegerinnen im prachtvollen Wiener Tiergarten Schönbrunn. Voller Leidenschaft widmet sie sich ihren Schützlingen, den Zebras, Giraffen und Orang-Utans. Als der Erste Weltkrieg ausbricht, werden fast alle Männer eingezogen. Schneller als ihr lieb ist, muss Emma Verantwortung für die Tiere übernehmen und außerdem noch für ihre schwangere Schwester sorgen.