Absent Lives
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2026
The Book Guild Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-83574-418-5 (ISBN)
The Book Guild Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-83574-418-5 (ISBN)
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When the Lusitania sinks in 1915, Anita loses her infant son and husband to grief and war. Decades later a young man, Charles, is given a package containing mysterious items by his dying grandfather, which spark a search across time and continents, uncovering a buried family secret.
A haunting tale of the ripples of war, the endurance of memory and the unbreakable threads of family.
1915. When the RMS Lusitania is torpedoed by a German U-boat off the Irish coast, young parents Anita and Elmore are torn from their happy lives. They survive, but amid the chaos their infant son, John, is lost. Grief drives Elmore to vengeance on the battlefields of France, where he is reported missing in action. Shattered and alone, Anita seeks solace across the Atlantic, carving out a fragile existence on her aunt’s Californian ranch and with the wealthy McKinneys in colonial Nassau, before finally settling in the shadows of New York’s skyline.
Scotland, 1960. Twenty-two-year-old Charles is summoned to his grandfather’s deathbed and handed a mysterious package containing a child’s jacket and a bracelet. As curiosity turns to obsession, Charles embarks on a journey that will span decades, unravel a half-century-old mystery and lead him to a woman whose story was almost lost to time.
A haunting tale of the ripples of war, the endurance of memory and the unbreakable threads of family.
1915. When the RMS Lusitania is torpedoed by a German U-boat off the Irish coast, young parents Anita and Elmore are torn from their happy lives. They survive, but amid the chaos their infant son, John, is lost. Grief drives Elmore to vengeance on the battlefields of France, where he is reported missing in action. Shattered and alone, Anita seeks solace across the Atlantic, carving out a fragile existence on her aunt’s Californian ranch and with the wealthy McKinneys in colonial Nassau, before finally settling in the shadows of New York’s skyline.
Scotland, 1960. Twenty-two-year-old Charles is summoned to his grandfather’s deathbed and handed a mysterious package containing a child’s jacket and a bracelet. As curiosity turns to obsession, Charles embarks on a journey that will span decades, unravel a half-century-old mystery and lead him to a woman whose story was almost lost to time.
Rebecca Pells lives in the heart of the Shropshire countryside. Following careers in banking and the charitable sector, she embraced her creative passions, becoming a full-time artist, with her work collected across the globe. Her focus has now turned to painting with words. Her debut historical novel, Absent Lives, marks the beginning of this new journey — an exploration of memory, loss and the quiet power of untold stories.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 28.4.2026 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Kibworth |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 129 x 198 mm |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Historische Romane |
| Literatur ► Märchen / Sagen | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-83574-418-4 / 1835744184 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-83574-418-5 / 9781835744185 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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