Bøger af Kristin Hannah

Et gribende portræt af to søstre i det besatte Frankrig under 2. verdenskrig og de ofre, de er villige til at bringe for deres land og dem, de elsker. I den lille franske by Carriveau i året 1939 er Vianne Mauriac alene tilbage med sin datter Sophie, efter at hendes mand, Antoine, er taget til fronten. Da tyskerne besætter store dele af landet, må Vianne vælge imellem at opgive deres lille hus eller have en tysk kaptajn indkvarteret. Og det er bare det første af en række svære valg, hun må træffe for at beskytte sig selv og sin datter, mens hun venter på nyt om Antoine. Viannes lillesøster Isabelle er hos deres far i Paris, da tyskerne invaderer byen. Sammen med tusindvis af andre parisere forlader hun byen og drager til fods mod Carriveau. På vejen oplever hun krigens gru på nærmeste hold og møder en ung modstandsmand, som hun forelsker sig hovedløst i. Men da han svigter hende, må hun blive hos Isabelle i Carriveau, hvor hun involverer sig i modstandskampen og gang på gang sætter livet på spil for at redde andre og for et frit Frankrig. Pressen skriver: »Det er en tåreperser. Læs 30 sider, og du har brugt lige så mange Kleenex!« ***** – Femina »Kristin Hannah veksler fermt mellem skildringerne af søstrenes forskellige attituder til besættelsen, krigen og tyskerne.« – Weekendavisen

Kristin Hannah's Firefly Lane is a coming of age novel about a generation of women who were both blessed and cursed by their choices. It is 1974 and the summer of love is finally drawing to a close. The flower children are starting to realize that you cannot survive on peace and love alone. Kate Mularkey has accepted her place at the bottom of the secondary school social food chain. Then, to her amazement, the 'coolest girl in the world', Tully Hart - the girl all the boys want to know - moves in across the street and wants to be her best friend. Tully and Kate became inseparable and by summer's end they made a pact to be 'best friends forever'. For thirty years Tully and Kate buoy each other through life, weathering the storms of friendship, jealousy, anger, hurt and resentment. Tully will follow her ambition to find fame and success. Kate knows that all she wants is to fall in love and have a family. What she doesn't know is how being a wife and a mother will change her. They think they've survived it all until a single act of betrayal tears them apart. But when tragedy strikes, can the bonds of friendship survive? Or is it the one hurdle that even a lifelong friendship cannot overcome.Firefly Lane is a book for every woman who knows that her best friend is the only person who really, truly, knows her. And it is a book she will never forget.

Two sisters. One must be brave. One should be afraid.

A gripping novel of family dynamics, heartbreak and hope which tugs at the heartstrings, set against the beauty of the Alaskan wilderness, from the bestselling author of The Nightingale.

TEXAS, 1934Millioner af mennesker er arbejdsløse, og en ekstrem tørke breder sig over landet. Bønderne kæmper for at redde deres sidste levebrød, mens afgrøderne langsomt visner, og voldsomme støvstorme truer med at begrave alle levende.Det er svære tider, og Elsa Martinelli må som så mange andre træffe et skæbnesvangert valg: kæmpe for alt, hvad hun kender og har kært, eller drage mod vest med sine to børn i søgen efter et bedre liv i Californien.Elsas utrolige rejse gennem det barske og ufremkommelige landskab bliver et vidnesbyrd om urokkeligt håb, hjerterum og offervilje. Det er historien om en mors endeløse kærlighed til sine børn og om kvinders styrke og udholdenhed, når verden rammes af mørke.De fire vinde er et uforglemmeligt portræt af USA og den amerikanske drøm set gennem øjnene på en kvinde, hvis mod og trængsler får afgørende betydning for en hel generation. »Stærk og fængslende«- Delia Owens, forfatter til HVOR FLODKREBSENE SYNGER Pressen skriver:»En gribende fortælling.«****- Jyllands-Posten»En utrolig beretning om en ubarmhjertig periode i amerikansk historie. Et stærkt portræt af håb, overlevelse og en mors kærlighed og kamp for et bedre liv for sig selv og sin familie.«- JP Aarhus»En helt igennem fantastisk bog.«- Bogblogger.dk»En vellykket historisk roman.«- Bogvægten»En rigtig fin bog, der bestemt er værd at kaste sig over, hvis man gerne vil læse en medrivende historisk roman med en stærk kvindelig hovedperson.« - Bogrummet»En storslået læseoplevelse.«- Forestilling om Paradis

»Stærk og fængslende«- Delia Owens, forfatter til HVOR FLODKREBSENE SYNGER TEXAS, 1934Millioner af mennesker er arbejdsløse, og en ekstrem tørke breder sig over landet. Bønderne kæmper for at redde deres sidste levebrød, mens afgrøderne langsomt visner, og voldsomme støvstorme truer med at begrave alle levende.Det er svære tider, og Elsa Martinelli må som så mange andre træffe et skæbnesvangert valg: kæmpe for alt, hvad hun kender og har kært, eller drage mod vest med sine to børn i søgen efter et bedre liv i Californien.Elsas utrolige rejse gennem det barske og ufremkommelige landskab bliver et vidnesbyrd om urokkeligt håb, hjerterum og offervilje. Det er historien om en mors endeløse kærlighed til sine børn og om kvinders styrke og udholdenhed, når verden rammes af mørke.De fire vinde er et uforglemmeligt portræt af USA og den amerikanske drøm set gennem øjnene på en kvinde, hvis mod og trængsler får afgørende betydning for en hel generation. Pressen skriver: »Gennem én kvindes kamp for at overleve under de forfærdelige støvstorme minder den formidable Kristin Hannah os om, at mennesket såvel som vores jord kan være så barsk og så blid som vindens skiften.«- Delia Owens, forfatter til HVOR FLODKREBSENE SYNGER»Fængslende, episk, sublim. En hjertegribende fortælling om modgang og kærlighed.«- USA TODAY»En storslået og medrivende fortælling om kærlighed, offervilje og overlevelse.«- KATE MORTON»Kristin Hannah levendegør folkevandringen under støvstormene i denne medrivende fortælling om kærlighed, mod og opofrelse, hvor rå realisme forenes med stærke karakterer og lyrisk prosa, der skinner igennem lige fra første sætning.«- PUBLISHER’S WEEKLY »De fire vinde virker uhyggeligt forudseende. Budskabet vækker kamplyst og håb. Vi har oplevet mørke tider før og vil komme til det igen. Så værn om dem, du elsker.«- NEW YORK TIMES»Et spektakulært mesterværk om kvinders vigtige, men ofte usynlige indsats i mellemkrigsårene.«- PEOPLE MAGAZINE»Ganske enkelt fremragende … En mægtig og medrivende fortælling om familiebånd, udholdenhed og kvinders venskab og styrke.«- BOOKLIST

Et gribende portræt af to søstre i det besatte Frankrig under 2. verdenskrig og de ofre, de er villige til at bringe for deres land og dem, de elsker.I den lille franske by Carriveau i året 1939 er Vianne Mauriac alene tilbage med sin datter Sophie, efter at hendes mand, Antoine, er taget til fronten. Da tyskerne besætter store dele af landet, må Vianne vælge imellem at opgive deres lille hus eller have en tysk kaptajn indkvarteret. Og det er bare det første af en række svære valg, hun må træffe for at beskytte sig selv og sin datter, mens hun venter på nyt om Antoine.Viannes lillesøster Isabelle er hos deres far i Paris, da tyskerne invaderer byen. Sammen med tusindvis af andre parisere forlader hun byen og drager til fods mod Carriveau. På vejen oplever hun krigens gru på nærmeste hold og møder en ung modstandsmand, som hun forelsker sig hovedløst i. Men da han svigter hende, må hun blive hos Isabelle i Carriveau, hvor hun involverer sig i modstandskampen og gang på gang sætter livet på spil for at redde andre og for et frit Frankrig.

&b>An epic, sweeping tale of love and loss set in the midst of the Great Depression in 1930s Amercia, by the multi-million copy global bestseller Kristin Hannah.&/b>

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author comes an epic novel of love and war, spanning from the 1940s to the present day, and the secret lives of those who live in a small French town.

Sometimes when you open the door to your mother's past, you find your own future . . .Meredith and Nina Whitson are as different as sisters can be. One stayed at home to raise her children and manage the family apple orchard; the other followed a dream and travelled the world to become a famous photo journalist. But when their beloved father falls ill, these two estranged women will find themselves together again, standing alongside their cold, disapproving mother, Anya, who even now, offers no comfort to her daughters. On his deathbed, their father extracts one last promise from the women in his life.It begins with a story that is unlike anything the sisters have heard before - a captivating, mysterious love story that spans sixty-five years and moves from frozen, war torn Leningrad to modern-day Alaska. The vividly imagined tale brings these three women together in a way that none could have expected. Meredith and Nina will finally learn the secret of their mother's past and uncover a truth so terrible it will shake the foundation of their family and change who they think they are.Every once in a while a writer comes along who navigates the complex and layered landscape of the human heart. For this generation, it's Kristin Hannah. Mesmerizing from the first page to the last, Winter Garden is an evocative, lyrically written novel that will long be remembered.

Kristin Hannah's Fly Away is the story of three women who have lost their way and need each other - plus a miracle - to transform their lives . . .Celebrity news reporter and presenter, Tully Hart, has hit rock bottom. Kate Ryan had been her best friend for more than thirty years. They'd lived, laughed, danced and cried together. Kate had been her anchor, and now Tully was cast adrift - not knowing how she was going to survive. Kate's daughter, Marah, was only sixteen years old when her mother died. Consumed with guilt over the fights they'd had during the last months of Kate's life, Marah runs away and becomes a drop-out in society, maintaining no contact with her family. Tully's mother, Cloud, a child of the Sixties, has lived a world of her own dependent on drugs for most of her adult life. She now wants to prove that she can help her daughter. But what will it take for Tully to forgive? And then something momentous happens which causes each one of them to realize what they've done, and what they have become.

Sommeren 1973 er ved at gå på hæld, da Kate Mularkey og Tully Hart møder hinanden. På overfladen er de hinandens modsætninger, men et stærkt venskab vokser frem, og snart er de to uadskillelige.De næste tre årtier er de hinandens faste holdepunkt i tilværelsen. Sammen kan de klare alt. Men bedst som de tror, at de har været det hele igennem, river én fatal beslutning dem fra hinanden og sætter både deres mod og venskab på en umulig prøve.Firefly Lane er en rørende hyldest til venskabets ubrydelige bånd. En fortælling om løfter og troskab, om hemmeligheder og forræderi og om den ene person, der altid kender ens dybeste hemmeligheder og inderste ønsker.Firefly Lane er blevet filmatiseret af Netflix, hvor den kan ses som tv-serie.

In The Great Alone. the new novel by #1 New York Times bestselling author Kristin Hannah, a desperate family seeks a new beginning in the near-isolated wilderness of Alaska.

Kristin Hannah's graceful, dramatic portrayal of love and marriage made her debut hardcover, On Mystic Lake, an acclaimed national best-seller. In Angel Falls, her bold, richly emotional new novel, she tells the story of an ordinary man facing an incredible dilemma: to save his wife's life, he must risk losing her forever. Mikaela Campbell, beloved wife and mother of two, lies in a coma. It is now up to her husband, Liam, to hold the family together, to care for their grieving, frightened children. Doctors have told Liam not to expect a recovery, but he maintains hope that love can accomplish what medical science cannot. Day after day, he sits by her bedside, holding her hand, telling her the stories of their life together. Then he discovers evidence of his wife's secret past -- a long-hidden first marriage to international movie star Julian True. Liam's search leads him to a painful, inescapable truth: Julian was more than simply Mikaela's first husband. He was the love of her life. Mikaela responds to Julian's name; it is only a blink, nothing more, but it convinces Liam that Julian may be the only person who can bring Mikaela back to life. But at what cost? Does Liam love his wife enough to risk losing her to a man no woman can resist? His decision strikes deep into the heart of his family, transforming each of them. For when Mikaela wakens, she is a different woman, changed in a way that no one could have foreseen, and the only thing Liam knows for sure is that nothing in their lives will ever be the same. Angel Falls is storytelling at its very best -- beautifully written, deeply moving, and impossible to put down.

Return to the world of FIREFLY LANE-now a Netflix series-from #1 New York Times bestselling author Kristin Hannah.Once, a long time ago, I walked down a night-darkened road called Firefly Lane, all alone, on the worst night of my life, and I found a kindred spirit. That was our beginning. More than thirty years ago. TullyandKate. You and me against the world. Best friends forever. But stories end, don't they? You lose the people you love and you have to find a way to go on. . . .Tully Hart has always been larger than life, a woman fueled by big dreams and driven by memories of a painful past. She thinks she can overcome anything until her best friend, Kate Ryan, dies. Tully tries to fulfill her deathbed promise to Kate--to be there for Kate's children--but Tully knows nothing about family or motherhood or taking care of people. Sixteen-year-old Marah Ryan is devastated by her mother's death. Her father, Johnny, strives to hold the family together, but even with his best efforts, Marah becomes unreachable in her grief. Nothing and no one seems to matter to her . . . until she falls in love with a young man who makes her smile again and leads her into his dangerous, shadowy world.Dorothy Hart--the woman who once called herself Cloud--is at the center of Tully's tragic past. She repeatedly abandoned her daughter, Tully, as a child, but now she comes back, drawn to her daughter's side at a time when Tully is most alone. At long last, Dorothy must face her darkest fear: Only by revealing the ugly secrets of her past can she hope to become the mother her daughter needs.A single, tragic choice and a middle-of-the-night phone call will bring these women together and set them on a poignant, powerful journey of redemption. Each has lost her way, and they will need each one another--and maybe a miracle--to transform their lives.An emotionally complex, heart-wrenching novel about love, motherhood, loss, and new beginnings, Fly Away reminds us that where there is life, there is hope, and where there is love, there is forgiveness. Told with her trademark powerful storytelling and illuminating prose, Kristin Hannah reveals why she is one of the most beloved writers of our day.

The missing. The forgotten. The brave... The women. From master storyteller Kristin Hannah, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Nightingale and The Four Winds, comes the story of a turbulent, transformative era in America: the 1960s. The Women is that rarest of novels-at once an intimate portrait of a woman coming of age in a dangerous time and an epic tale of a nation divided by war and broken by politics, of a generation both fueled by dreams and lost on the battlefield. "Women can be heroes, too." When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances "Frankie" McGrath hears these unexpected words, it is a revelation. Raised on idyllic Coronado Island and sheltered by her conservative parents, she has always prided herself on doing the right thing, being a good girl. But in 1965 the world is changing, and she suddenly imagines a different choice for her life. When her brother ships out to serve in Vietnam, she impulsively joins the Army Nurse Corps and follows his path. As green and inexperienced as the men sent to Vietnam to fight, Frankie is overwhelmed by the chaos and destruction of war, as well as the unexpected trauma of coming home to a changed and politically divided America. The Women is the story of one woman gone to war, but it shines a light on the story of all women who put themselves in harm's way to help others. Women whose sacrifice and commitment to their country has all too often been forgotten. A novel of searing insight and lyric beauty, The Women is a profoundly emotional, richly drawn story with a memorable heroine whose extraordinary idealism and courage under fire define a generation.

""Women can be heroes, too." When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances "Frankie" McGrath hears these unexpected words, it is a revelation. Raised on idyllic Coronado Island and sheltered by her conservative parents, she has always prided herself on doing the right thing, being a good girl. But in 1965 the world is changing, and she suddenly imagines a different choice for her life. When her brother ships out to serve in Vietnam, she impulsively joins the Army Nurse Corps and follows his path."--Publisher's description.

I ALASKA KAN MAN DØ PÅ HUNDREDE MÅDER, MEN DET ER IKKE ALTID NATUREN, DER ER DEN FARLIGSTE …Leni er tretten år, da hendes impulsive far beslutter, at familien skal flytte til Alaska. I vildmarken kan de endelig leve, som de selv vil, være frie og uafhængige. I første omgang lader Alaska til at være svaret på deres bønner. De lange solskinsdage og de lokales sammenhold og generøsitet opvejer familiens manglende forberedelse og svindende ressourcer. Leni begynder at tro på en bedre fremtid for sig selv og sin familie, og følelsen af at høre til vokser, da hun bliver venner med den betænksomme Matthew.Men efterhånden som vinteren nærmer sig, og mørket sænker sig over Alaska, bliver forældrenes i forvejen vanskelige forhold forværret. I deres lille hytte – dækket af sne og indhyllet i atten timers mørke – går den frygtelige sandhed op for Leni og hendes mor: De er alene, og der er ingen, som kan hjælpe dem.Himlen over vildmarken er en smuk og barsk fortælling om jagten på et bedre liv, kærlighed, overlevelse og den rå vildskab, der skjuler sig i både mennesket og naturen.Pressen skrev: ”En rig, overbevisende roman om kærlighed, opofrelse og overlevelse. Lige så episk som det landskab, der beskrives så levende.”– Kate Morton”Episk.”– Washington Post”En kraftpræstation, der vil begejstre alle fans.”– Kirkus”En mægtig og gribende familiefortælling.”– People Magazine”Dragende og fuld af betagende beskrivelser af Alaskas natur.”– The New York Times”Hannah levendegør Alaskas skønhed og farer og tegner et overbevisende portræt af en familie i krise og et samfund i forandring.”– Booklist”En overbevisende og velskrevet familiesaga.”– Publishers Weekly“Fans vil sætte pris på historiens skarpsindighed og den ubrydelige forbindelse mellem mor og barn.”– Library Journal

For ti år siden forlod Nora fra den ene dag til den anden sin mand og to teenagedøtre, og datteren Ruby har ikke talt med hende siden. I løbet af de ti år er Nora blevet en berømt og elsket brevkasseredaktør, hvorimod Ruby flakser fra job til job uden styr på sin tilværelse.Ruby hader den mor, der svigtede hende, og er fuld af foragt, hver gang hun hører Nora rådgive fortvivlede mennesker om at tilgive deres utro ægtefælle, elske deres børn, gøre et forsøg – og endnu et og endnu et. For Nora er jo en hykler, selv om hendes fans ikke ved det!Da så Noras fortid eksploderer i hovedet på hende – ikke blot skred hun fra sin familie, hun havde også en affære, mens hun var gift – fryder Ruby sig. Hævn! Og endnu bedre bliver det, da hun kontaktes af en boulevardavis og tilbydes en hårdt tiltrængt pose penge for at skrive den sande historie om sin mor.Men hvad er sandheden? Ruby ved det ikke, hun har jo ikke haft kontakt med sin mor i ti år, og modvilligt må hun erkende, at hun simpelthen er nødt til at genoptage forbindelsen med Nora. Mor og datter isolerer sig i det gamle hjem ude på Sommerøen, Nora med et brækket ben og på flugt fra en blodtørstende fanskare, og Ruby med skriveblok og skumle hensigter.På Sommerøen genser Ruby sin første store kærlighed, Dean, der er taget ud til øen sammen med sin kræftsyge bror. De tre var for mange år siden uadskillelige venner, men meget har ændret sig siden.

Annie Colwaters eneste barn har netop forladt barndomshjemmet for at gå i skole i udlandet. På den selvsamme dag går Annies ægtemand gennem tyve år til bekendelse: Han er forelsket i en yngre kvinde!Alene i et hus, der ikke længere er et hjem, går det op for Annie, at hun har levet et meget usynligt og gråt liv. Hun rejser tilbage til sin barndomsby, den lille flække Mystic, i håb om, at hun der kan finde ind til den kvinde, hun engang var – den kvinde, hun så desperat ønsker at blive igen.I Mystic genser hun sin første store kærlighed, Nick Delacroix, og sammen med ham og hans datter Izzie genvinder Annie troen på sig selv. Men netop som hun føler sig ovenpå, bliver hun tvunget til at træffe et svært valg mellem det liv, hun troede, hun havde forladt, og en ny tilværelse med Nick og Izzie.

Kristin Hannah's Night Road was selected for the UK's 2011 TV Book Club Summer Read.Lexi and Mia are inseparable from the moment they start high school. Different in so many ways - Lexi is an orphan and lives with her aunt on a trailer park, while Mia is a golden girl blessed with a loving family, and a beautiful home. Yet they recognize something in each other which sets them apart from the crowd, and Mia comes to rely heavily on Lexi's steadfast friendship. Mia's beloved, and incredibly good-looking, twin brother Zach, finds life much less complicated than his sister. Jude thought she'd never have to worry about her son, that he'd always sail through life easily achieving whatever he, and his family, wanted and expected - but then he fell in love. The summer they graduated is a time they will always remember, and one they could never forget. It is a summer of love, best friends, shared confidences and promises. Then one moment one night changes them all forever. As hearts are broken, loyalties challenged and hopes dashed, the time has come to leave childhood behind and learn to face the future.