It's the summer of 1972. Maggie, a young schoolteacher, leaves the United States to settle with her boyfriend, Fletcher, on a farm near Niagara Falls. They've made the journey to keep him out of the draft, but they also have loftier plans - to start a commune and work the land. As the summer passes, Maggie is haunted by the lack of word from her father, a missionary in the war-torn jungles of Laos. Then the US government announces the end of the draft, and Fletcher faces pressure from his family...
L'autore racconta episodi di vita vissuta e fatti accaduti a persone di paese incastonate nel "ventennio" che fanno rivivere momenti politici e tragici fatti anche nella vallata dianese. Situazioni a volte sul comico, a volte molto serie che rappresentano il vivere di quegli anni. L'intreccio tra i vari personaggi si accavalla agli eventi ed alle situazioni politiche e tragiche del periodo. La lettura scorrevole e con sapiente innesto di un persoaggio di fantasia permette di valutare l'opera c...
Midsummer Moon (Regency Tales, #1)
by Amanda Moor Jay and Laura Kinsale
When a powerful, decisive aristocrat undertakes a mission to protect an absent-minded young inventress from England's enemies, he finds his orderly world turned into chaos. Merlin Lambourne's stubborn dream of flight puts her at risk-and is driving Ransom crazy. In spite of himself, he is oddly enchanted by this muddled miss and her eccentric ways . . . but can he overcome his own fears and realize her invention may be the answer to saving both of their lives? A whimsical Regency-era tale of...
A Secret Gamble (Summers, #2)
by Rogena Mitchell-Jones and Jen Cousineau
