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Author : Kirsty Manning
Release : 2020-03-03
Genre : Australian fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 173/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Jade Lily by : Kirsty Manning
Download or read book The Jade Lily written by Kirsty Manning. This book was released on 2020-03-03. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Jade Lily is a sweeping story of friendship, loyalty, love and identity from the popular author of The Midsummer Garden.
Author : David Housewright
Release : 2012-06-05
Genre : Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 626/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Curse of the Jade Lily by : David Housewright
Download or read book Curse of the Jade Lily written by David Housewright. This book was released on 2012-06-05. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A stolen gem with a tragic history, a curse and a million dollar ransom is Mac McKenzie's latest case, in David Housewright's Curse of the Jade Lily Several years ago, Rushmore McKenzie became an unexpected millionaire and set about doing not much of anything. Now, showing up at his doorstep is the insurance company that paid the settlement that made him rich—and they want a favor. Someone has stolen a very expensive gem from a local art museum and is willing to ransom it back. The only condition is that McKenzie has to be the go between. And this is no ordinary gem—it is a jade with a history going back to the Qing Dynasty and a reputed curse that stories claim has ruined or killed everyone who has ever owned it. McKenzie agrees to help but what starts out as a simple ransom quickly becomes complicated. Suddenly other parties—including the State Department and a mysterious woman named Heavenly—start showing up, wanting McKenzie to turn over the gem to them. When the murdered body of on of the thieves turns up in a snow drift, it looks like the cursed Jade Lily has claimed its latest victim. And there may well be more to follow...
Author : Kirsty Manning
Release : 2021-11-09
Genre : Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 575/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The French Gift by : Kirsty Manning
Download or read book The French Gift written by Kirsty Manning. This book was released on 2021-11-09. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Kirsty Manning, author of The Song of the Jade Lily, comes a gripping World War II set historical novel about murder, secrets, and survival. A forgotten manuscript that threatens to unravel the past… Fresne Prison, 1940: A former maid at a luxury villa on the Riviera, Margot Bisset finds herself in a prison cell with writer and French Resistance fighter Joséphine Murant. Together, they are transferred to a work camp in Germany for four years, where the secrets they share will bind them for generations to come. Paris, around about now: Evie Black lives in Paris with her teenage son, Hugo, above her botanical bookshop, La Maison Rustique. Life would be so sweet if only Evie were not mourning the great love of her life. When a letter arrives regarding the legacy of her husband’s great-aunt, Joséphine Murant, Evie clutches at an opportunity to spend one last magical summer with her son. They travel together to Joséphine’s house, now theirs, on the Côte d’Azur. Here, Evie unravels the official story of this famous novelist, and the truth of a murder a lifetime ago. Along the way, she will discover the little-known true story of the women who were enslaved by German forces in WWII. Bringing together the present and the past, The French Gift is a tender and heartbreaking story of female friendship, sacrifice and loss, and the promise of new love.
Author : Kirsty Manning
Release : 2018
Genre : Female friendship
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 276/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Jade Lily (Dyslexic Edition) by : Kirsty Manning
Download or read book The Jade Lily (Dyslexic Edition) written by Kirsty Manning. This book was released on 2018. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2016, fleeing London with a broken heart, Alexandra returns to Australia to be with her grandparents, Romy and Wilhelm, when her grandfather is dying. With only weeks left together, her grandparents begin to reveal the family mysteries they have kept secret for more than half a century. In 1939, two young girls meet in Shanghai, the 'Paris of the East': beautiful local Li and Viennese refugee Romy form a fierce friendship. But the deepening shadows of World War Two fall over the women as Li and Romy slip between the city's glamorous French Concession and the desperate Shanghai Ghetto. Eventually, they are forced separate ways as Romy doubts Li's loyalties. After Wilhelm dies, Alexandra flies to Shanghai, determined to trace her grandparents' past. As she peels back the layers of their hidden lives, she begins to question everything she knows about her family - and herself.
Author : Kirsty Manning
Release : 2018-05
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Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 855/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Jade Lily (16pt Large Print Edition) by : Kirsty Manning
Download or read book The Jade Lily (16pt Large Print Edition) written by Kirsty Manning. This book was released on 2018-05. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Praise for The Midsummer Garden'This is a rich, sensual, and evocative novel, fragrant with the smell of crushed herbs and flowers, and haunted by the high cost that women must sometimes pay to find both love and their vocation.' Kate Forsyth'...compelling, passionate and admirable.' Australian Women's WeeklyIn 2016, fleeing London with a broken heart, Alexandra returns to Australia to be with her grandparents, Romy and Wilhelm, when her grandfather is dying. With only weeks left together, her grandparents begin to reveal the family mysteries they have kept secret for more than half a century. In 1939, two young girls meet in Shanghai, the 'Paris of the East': beautiful local Li and Viennese refugee Romy form a fierce friendship. But the deepening shadows of World War Two fall over the women as Li and Romy slip between the city's glamorous French Concession and the desperate Shanghai Ghetto. Eventually, they are forced separate ways as Romy doubts Li's loyalties.After Wilhelm dies, Alexandra flies to Shanghai, determined to trace her grandparents' past. As she peels back the layers of their hidden lives, she begins to question everything she knows about her family - and herself. A gorgeously told tale of female friendship, the price of love, and the power of hardship and courage to shape us all.
