Bøger af Elizabeth Goudge

Despite the crinkled pink petals strewn in the path of those who would have preferred red, four generations of Eliots have survived the War and are moving forward. The familys remarkable matriarch Lucilla is still with them, though shes facing the dark night of the soul. All is turned on its head with the arrival of Sebastian, another survivor of WWII. He has a story far more painful than any of the Eliots. While with them, he wrestles with questions about his own disconnected existence.

In a remote mid-nineteenth-century English town, cathedral dean Adam Ayscough holds a deep love for his parishioners and townspeople. When an obscure watchmaker strikes up an unlikely friendship with the Dean, it leads to an unusual spiritual awakening in both men, and eventually reaches out to the entire community.

This book takes place in England in 1938 and follows a close-knit family whose tranquility is suddenly threatened by a forbidden love.

Goudges singular gift is the depth and insight she brings to her characters.