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Three Words for Goodbye
A Novel

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Zusatztext “The suspense of decisions to be made and secrets to be revealed are intensified as the sisters travel to each destination. In Three Words for Goodbye , the anticipation of what lies ahead for Clara and Maddy adds to this enriching, enjoyable journey.” Informationen zum Autor Hazel Gaynor is an award-winning New York Times and USA Today bestselling author known for her deeply moving historical novels which explore the defining events of the 20th century. A recipient of the 2015 RNA Historical Novel of the Year award, her work has since been shortlisted for multiple awards in the UK and Ireland. Her latest novel, The Last Lifeboat , was a Times of London historical novel of the month, shortlisted for the 2023 Irish Book Awards and recipient of the 2024 Audie Award for Best Fiction Narrator. Hazel’s work has been translated into twenty languages and is published in twenty-seven territories to date. She lives in Ireland with her family. Heather Webb is the award-winning and USA Today bestselling author of ten historical novels, including her most recent  The Next Ship Home, Queens of London, and Strangers in the Night. To date, her books have been translated to eighteen languages. She lives in Connecticut with her family and two mischievous cats.  Klappentext From Hazel Gaynor and Heather Webb, the bestselling authors of Meet Me in Monaco, comes a coming-of-age novel set in pre-WWII Europe, perfect for fans of Jennifer Robson, Beatriz Williams, and Kate Quinn. Three cities, two sisters, one chance to correct the past . . . New York, 1937: When estranged sisters Clara and Madeleine Sommers learn their grandmother is dying, they agree to fulfill her last wish: to travel across Europe?together. They are to deliver three letters, in which Violet will say goodbye to those she hasn't seen since traveling to Europe forty years earlier; a journey inspired by famed reporter, Nellie Bly. Clara, ever-dutiful, sees the trip as an inconvenient detour before her wedding to millionaire Charles Hancock, but it's also a chance to embrace her love of art. Budding journalist Madeleine relishes the opportunity to develop her ambitions to report on the growing threat of Hitler's Nazi party and Mussolini's control in Italy. Constantly at odds with each other as they explore the luxurious Queen Mary, the Orient Express, and the sights of Paris and Venice,, Clara and Madeleine wonder if they can fulfil Violet's wish, until a shocking truth about their family brings them closer together. But as they reach Vienna to deliver the final letter, old grudges threaten their reconciliation again. As political tensions rise, and Europe feels increasingly volatile, the pair are glad to head home on the Hindenburg, where fate will play its hand in the final stage of their journey. Zusammenfassung From Hazel Gaynor and Heather Webb, the bestselling authors of Meet Me in Monaco, comes a coming-of-age novel set in pre-WWII Europe, perfect for fans of Jennifer Robson, Beatriz Williams, and Kate Quinn.   Three cities, two sisters, one chance to correct the past . . . New York, 1937: When estranged sisters Clara and Madeleine Sommers learn their grandmother is dying, they agree to fulfill her last wish: to travel across Europe—together. They are to deliver three letters, in which Violet will say goodbye to those she hasn’t seen since traveling to Europe forty years earlier; a journey inspired by famed reporter, Nellie Bly. Clara, ever-dutiful, sees the trip as an inconvenient detour before her wedding to millionaire Charles Hancock, but it’s also a chance to embrace her love of art. Budding journalist Madeleine relishes the opportunity to develop her ambitions to ...

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Authors Hazel Gaynor, Heather Webb, Gaynor Hazel
Publisher William Morrow
 
Content Book
Product form Hardback
Publication date 27.07.2021
Subject Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries
 
EAN 9780063082335
ISBN 978-0-06-308233-5
Pages 400
Dimensions (packing) 15.2 x 22.9 x 3.2 cm
 
Subjects Glamour, England, american, Women, Hindenburg, Great, austria, Coming of age, Historical romance, Historical fiction, France, Second World War fiction, Germany, Love, family, Children, Historical, Friendship, traveling, Italy, Family life fiction, Narrative theme: Coming of age, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Literary, Narrative theme: Sense of place, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Tragedy, World War II, Nelly Bly, Hazel Gaynor, Letters, stocking stuffer, Heather Webb, FICTION: Women, FICTION: Romance / Historical / General, FICTION: Family Life / Siblings, FICTION: Historical / World War II, FICTION: Biographical, FICTION: World Literature / Europe (General), FICTION: World Literature / American / 20th Century, Biographical fiction / autobiographical fiction, Adventure / action fiction, FICTION: World Literature / Germany / 20th Century, sisters, aunt, stocking, World War 2, stuffer, sibling, European travel, estranged sisters, around the world in 80 days, larger print, estrangment, last waltz in vienna, heater webb, lighthouse keeper's daughter, fall of poppies, heather web, fictionalized history, harperluxe, girl who came home, memory of violets, cottingley secret, hazel gayner, before the world war, meet me in monaco, girl from savoy, travel across the world, when we were young and brave, europe during, three words for goodbye
 

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