Paula McLain

Broschiertes Buch

Skylark

Beschreibung

From the bestselling author of The Paris Wife comes an irresistible story of love, courage and resistance on the streets of Paris - and in the secret network of tunnels that lies beneath * A Good Morning America Book Club pick for January 2026! * 1664: Alouette Voland is the daughter of a master dyer at Paris' famed Gobelins Tapestry Works. With a gift for her craft and a drive to prove she is as good as the male dyers controlling the industry, Alouette dreams of creating her own masterpiece. But her boldness will put everyone she loves at risk.  1939: Kristof Larson is starting his medical residency in the same Parisian neighbourhood once dominated by the tapestry works. The shadows of his past have left him determined to improve conditions for the patients of the infamous Salpetrière asylum. But as war breaks out across Europe and Nazi forces descend on Paris, he could lose his career - and his life. Alouette and Kristof are both ambitious, idealistic and brave. But faced with authorities who will do anything to silence them, the secret web of tunnels lying beneath the shimmering streets of Paris might be their only hope of survival.  Skylark is a spellbinding story about defiance and love that beautifully uncovers the hidden history of the City of Light.   

Autor

Paula McLain is best known for her internationally best-selling novel The Paris Wife. Other titles include Circling the Sun, the memoir, Like Family: Growing Up in Other People's Houses, and her latest instant bestseller, When the Stars Go Dark. McLain's essays have appeared in Town & Country, Good Housekeeping, Real Simple, O the Oprah Magazine, Huffington Post, The Guardian, the New York Times and elsewhere. Her work has been translated into thirty-six languages.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oneworld Publications
• B-Format Original
• Seitenzahl: 464
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Februar 2026
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 129mm x 33mm
• ISBN-13: 9781836432296
• ISBN-10: 1836432291
• Artikelnr.: 75452718

Rezensionen

"In Skylark, Paula McLain returns to Paris, the setting of her most celebrated novel, to intertwine two eras of upheaval with masterful precision. In luminous prose that shimmers with sensory detail, McLain reveals how beauty and memory can be weapons of resistance, and how acts of defiance can echo across generations. Seductive, subversive, and impossible to put down, Skylark shines a light into the darkest corners of history, revealing the enduring strength of the human spirit."
-Christina Baker Kline, #1 New York Times best-selling author of Orphan Train