Showing results for "Annette" in Small Town & Rural

Ein altes Cottage in einer kleinen Meeresbucht, eine Strandreitschule – und ein Traummann an ihrer Seite: Mit diesen rosigen Aussichten ist Nele auf die Isle of Wight vor der Küste Englands gekommen. Doch als ihr Freund sie einfach sitzenlässt, muss Nele den Hof plötzlich ganz alleine führen – noch dazu mit jeder Menge Schulden. Da scheint das Angebot eines geheimnisvollen Fremden, ihm für zwei Monate exklusiven Reitunterricht zu geben, wie der rettende Strohhalm – aber natürlich gibt es gleich mehrere Haken.

Hommage an Westfalen "Bei uns auf dem Lande" war ursprünglich als "Westfalenroman" geplant, doch veröffentlicht wurden Fragmente aus diesen Erzählungen erst nach dem Tod von Annette von Droste-Hülshoff. Die Autorin schildert den Besuch eines Edelmanns aus der Lausitz auf dem Gut seines Vaters in Westfalen. Dabei entführt Annette von Droste-Hülshoff den Leser in eine Welt, die sie selbst nur allzu gut kannte - ihre westfälische Heimat, und gleichzeitig zeichnet sie ein eindrucksvolles Familienportrait.

Amid the salt marshes and rolling fields of Periwinkle Bay, Magda Conway is enjoying her retirement in ivy-clad Mistletoe Cottage. Yet with three weeks to go until Christmas, as the fairy lights twinkle and the trees go up around the village, her peace is disrupted when she’s left in sole charge of her two mischievous grandchildren. Before long, she’s at her wit’s end—but high on a kitchen shelf lies her mother’s handwritten recipe book. And as she turns to it for advice, she finds more than just recipes between its tattered covers.

After 58 years of playing it safe, Lucia Lemon wants something more from life. If only she knew what.... Until she receives a package in the post from an old friend that will change her life forever. Inside, she finds a bundle of cash, a collection of old maps and a beautiful compass that no longer points north. Holding the compass in her hand, Lucia suddenly feels hopeful - for the first time ever, life feels full of possibility and the open road is calling. If only she’s brave enough to answer it.

May Rosevere has reached the grand old age of 110, thanks to several slices of toast with butter every morning, a glass (or two) of port, and the wonders of the Cornish sea air - or so she tells everyone. But there’s much more to May than her remarkable age. She has a secret. One that no one has ever discovered....

Tucked away amongst the winding, cobbled streets of Pengelly, the old stone cottage on Memory Lane is full of secrets. Brimming with trinkets and treasures, there are thousands of stories hidden within its walls. Fifty-four-year-old Grace Clarke arrives in Pengelly determined to uncover the secrets of her past. Standing outside the little cottage, she feels sure that the answers she craves lie inside. The truth about her mysterious long-lost mother and the even more mysterious gifts she was born with....