Jessica Shattuck

Three women, haunted by the past and the secrets they hold Set at the end of World War II, in a crumbling Bavarian castle that once played host to all of German high society, a powerful and propulsive story of three widows whose lives and fates become intertwined--an affecting, shocking, and ultimately redemptive novel from the author of the New York Times Notable Book The Hazards of Good Breeding. Amid the ashes of Nazi Germany's defeat, Marianne...

"From the New York Times bestselling author of The Women in the Castle comes a sweeping story of a nation on the rise, and one family's deeply complicated relationship to the resource that built their fortune and fueled their greatest tragedy, perfect for fans of The Dutch House and The Great Circle"--

Un retrato de la guerra y sus repercusiones. Una novela desgarradora sobre lo que significa perdonar para poder seguir viviendo. Cuando la Segunda Guerra Mundial llega a su fin, entre las cenizas de la derrota nazi, Marianne von Lingenfels regresa al castillo bávaro de los antepasados de su esposo, una imponente fortaleza ahora en ruinas. Viuda de un resistente asesinado tras el fallido complot para matar a Hitler, Marianne decide mantener la promesa...