A side plot involves Lily search for the mother who abandoned her. The book also depicts Lily’s growing friendship with her employer, the irrepressible and flamboyant Belle, and Lily’s confused feelings towards Sam who is both her guardian angel but also the person who might bring her to justice. Rose Tremain új regénye egy kislány története. Egy olyan kislányé, akiben van tűz és akarat, de a sorsa folyton csak sodorja, és összezúzza bátor szellemét. Lilynek, mondhatni, esélye sincs.

There was a whole section during which Lily tries to find out if a certain woman is her mother, but she has no reason to believe she is. It is Marianne who tells this piercing story of first love, characterising herself as ignorant and unworthy, whilst her smart, ironic narration tellingly reveals so much more. Finding her way in 1960s Chelsea, and supported by her courageous Scottish friend, Petronella, she continues to seek the life she never stops craving. And in Paris, beneath his blithe exterior, Simon Hurst continues to nurse the secret which will alter everything.

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a b c d e f g "Tremain, Dame Rose, (born 2 Aug. 1943), novelist and playwright". WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. doi: 10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U38001. ISBN 978-0-19-954088-4 . Retrieved 2 August 2021. I love a historical setting, and this author aced it. Every detail was written with such precision: the clothing, setting, dialogue, moral code and behaviour felt effortless, and meant you could truly be immersed in this world. There are times when Lily savours new, exciting and exotic experiences, as when Belle dresses her and takes her to the opening night of La Traviata and she mingles with the wealthy men and women who frequent such events. This is another book that I think your better off reading blind. I found it to be quite an emotional read. The rawness of the poverty and suffering people suffered in the Victorian era doesn't bare thinking about. The book is descriptively written and the characters felt true to the era and the storyline is captivating on so many levels. I loved this book from beginning to end.

From Sunday Times bestselling novelist Rose Tremain comes a gripping novel of murder and revenge set in Victorian England Számomra a regény nagy pozitívuma az, miként a barátság fontos szerepet kap, ami értéket képvisel és megérdemli az értő olvasást. Azonban nem árt ha a sorok között is tudunk olvasni, hogy a cselekmény összetettségét is megértsük, illetve szeretni tudjuk ezt a történetet annak ellenére is, hogy nem adja magát könnyen. Bonyolult kapcsolatokat él meg Lily, ahonnan már-már úgy tűnik, nehéz győztesen kikerülni, de minden lappal egyre több erő sugárzik Lily-ből, egy kedvelhető, de nagyon érdekes, összetett személyiség. A befejezésért pedig mindenképpen megéri végig elolvasni a regényt, mert egy gyönyörű, megható és egyben felemelő lezárást kapunk egy erős női karaktertől. Összességében szerettem ezt a szépen megírt, erős narratívával bíró regényt és ajánlom olvasásra mindazoknak, akik szeretik a történelmet és nem riadnak vissza attól, hogy egy erős női karakterről olvassanak, aki nem hétköznapi felnőtté válást tudhat a magáénak. Lily tried once again to turn around, to pull free of the nurse, to run to wherever Nellie had gone … ‘Stop that!’ said the nurse. ‘She’s gone and you will not find her. There are no sentimental goodbyes here. We forbid them. Your foster-mother did her duty and that is all. Now, she takes in another baby and you will be forgotten’. A little bit of Adrian Mole in a 1950s upper middle class Berkshire girl, or maybe just encapsulating the ubiquitous teenage inkling that everyone else has everything already figured out.Sam Trench, az egykori fiatal rendőr nem veszíti szem elől a fiatal nőt, akit annak idején, csecsemőkorában megmentett. Amikor viszontlátják egymást, azonnal kölcsönös vonzalmat éreznek – Lily biztos abban, hogy Samnél megtalálja boldogságát. De lehetséges, hogy éppen ő fogja leleplezni a bűnt, amit a lány elkövetett? Ő fogja elhozni Lily számára a halálos ítéletet? A Lily Rose Tremain legsötétebb hangulatú könyve, legalábbis azok közül, amiket eddig olvastam. Megrázó őszinteséggel mutatja be a tizenkilencedik századi Anglia árnyékos oldalát, a lelencházak kegyetlen világát és visszaéléseit, az árvák kilátástalan, kiszolgáltatott helyzetét. Olvasás közben akarva-akaratlanul is eszembe jutott Stacey Halls Lelence, és hogy mennyivel szerencsésebbek voltak annak a könyvnek a szereplői.

Tremain has given us a courageous and determined heroine in Lily. Despite the fact that she has little education and been shown scant affection, she is determined not to become ground down by her circumstances. Through the author’s portrayal of the characteristically vicious Victorian attitude to illegitimate children, she reinforces just how significant a child’s start in life is (perhaps echoes here of her previous memoir ‘Rosie’). Her formative years, spent in a rural idyll provides the strength she needs to believe in herself and, whilst some of her actions are morally wrong, who can blame her for what she does?Lily is actually a sweet-natured girl, making friends with another girl at the hospital and they both try to run away to find their foster parents. but because they try to escape, one of the Nurses is cruel to her. Cain, Sian (22 November 2016). "Costa book award 2016 shortlists dominated by female writers". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077 . Retrieved 11 May 2019.

Novelist Rose Tremain appointed as new UEA chancellor". BBC News. 14 April 2013 . Retrieved 9 May 2014. Rose Tremain’s latest novel is both a mystery set in 19th-century London and an indictment of the abuse of children.

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In 2009, she donated the short story The Jester of Astapovo to Oxfam's " Ox-Tales" project, four collections of UK stories written by 38 authors. Her story was published in the "Earth" collection. [10] Thomson, William (1819–1890), archbishop of York". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (onlineed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi: 10.1093/ref:odnb/27330. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.) The first part held promise as we see Lily begin her life as a foundling child, finding comfort with a family in Suffolk, before returning to the misery of the Foundling Hospital. The countryside is very picturesque and well-written, although the prose is structured quite strangely. Once Lily is an adult the book becomes monotonous. Nothing really happens, although there are lots of ‘almost’ events. Her big secret isn’t really a secret at all, as it’s fairly clear who she’s murdered and why long before we’re told.