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Zusatztext "With the rich threads of Evergreen ! The Golden Cup ! and Tapestry ! skillful storyteller Plain continues to weave her eventful saga of the Werners." -- Publishers Weekly Informationen zum Autor Belva Plain captured readers' hearts with her first novel, Evergreen , which Delacorte published more than 30 years ago. It topped the New York Times best-seller list for 41 weeks and aired as an NBC-TV miniseries. In total, more than 20 of her books have been New York Times best sellers. Before becoming a novelist, Belva Plain wrote short stories for many major magazines, but taking care of a husband and three children did not give her the time to concentrate on the novel she had always wanted to write. When she looked back and said she didn't have the time, she felt as though she had been making excuses. In retrospect, she said, "I didn't make the time." But, she reminded us, during the era that she was raising her family, women were supposed to concentrate only on their children. Today 30 million copies of her books are in print. A Barnard College graduate who majored in history, Belva Plain enjoyed a wonderful marriage of more than 40 years to Irving Plain, an ophthalmologist. Widowed for more than 25 years, Ms. Plain continued to reside in New Jersey, where she and her husband had raised their family and which was still home to her nearby children and grandchildren until her death in October 2010. Klappentext "With the rich threads of Evergreen, The Golden Cup, and Tapestry, skillful storyteller [Belva] Plain continues to weave her eventful saga of the Werners."-Publishers Weekly Only one man knew the secret Anna Friedman vowed to carry to her grave. Only he could undo her perfect life, and he had kept his silence-and his distance-for years. Yet as she watched her daughter Iris marry and have her own family, Anna saw the slow corrosion of a lifetime of secrets seep into a new generation. Iris's "ideal" marriage was built on silence and lies . . . their rebellious son found his calling in anti-Vietnam War violence, fueled by rage. Anna's was the only voice that spoke to them all as she struggled to undo the damage of the past. Then powerful banker Paul Werner returned, opening old wounds, driven to help Anna and the family he barely knew. From New York's luxurious suburbs to war-torn Israel, from Italian palazzi to California communes, Belva Plain's sweeping epic begun in Evergreen reaches its triumphant conclusion. Don't miss Belva Plain's other magnificent novels that feature the indomitable Werner family: Evergreen, The Golden Cup, and Tapestry.Carrying the proceeds of the morning’s errands, soap from the drugstore, rolls from the bakery, socks and shirts from the boys’ store, she was waiting to cross Main Street when she saw his car. There were not that many pearl-gray Cadillac convertibles in town, and it caught her attention seconds before she recognized her husband or saw that a woman was in the front seat beside him. And she stood there, watching, as slowly, through noontime traffic, the car moved past. Sunlight struck the proud MD license plate, and the chrome on the car’s fins gleamed discreetly. Then the familiar, shameful, angry, frightened cry rose in her: Who was she? He likes rich things, my husband does. Rich but not gaudy. His tastes are quiet and refined, even in women. But no, not always! That girl at my mother’s cousin’s funeral—the one with three shades of hair and rhinestones all over her skirt—my God, he had to flirt, even at a funeral, even with her. She began to tremble, dropping the bag of socks. Someone picked it up. A male voice with a smile in it spoke to her. “Got your arms full, haven’t you? Oh, it’s you, Mrs. Stern! You don’t remember me? Jed Bauer from the hospital?” One of the interns, she thought, collecting herself. “Yes, of c...
