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The Au Pair de Emma Rous

The Au Pair

Autor Emma Rous
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 8 ian 2019

O mamă se aruncă de pe stânci. O bonă dispare fără urmă. Satul șoptește despre un prunc furat. Observăm cum prima scenă a romanului The Au Pair ne aruncă direct în inima unei tragedii nerezolvate la Summerbourne House. Seraphine Mayes găsește, la două decenii după moartea tatălui ei, o fotografie care sfidează realitatea: părinții ei pozează fericiți cu un singur nou-născut, deși ea și Danny sunt gemeni. Unde este al doilea copil? Cine este, de fapt, Seraphine? Subliniem tensiunea care crește cu fiecare pagină, pe măsură ce protagonista realizează că viața ei este construită pe o minciună. La intersecția dintre The Last Anniversary de Liane Moriarty și The House of Secrets de Sophie Draper, această carte combină fragilitatea legăturilor de familie cu atmosfera apăsătoare a unui conac izolat. Remarcăm o structură narativă alertă, unde trecutul și prezentul se ciocnesc violent. Față de volumul său ulterior, The Perfect Guests, unde Emma Rous explorează pericolele unei petreceri moderne, în The Au Pair autoarea rămâne fidelă tradiției gotice, concentrându-se pe trauma moștenită și pe secretele îngropate adânc în fundația casei părintești. Stilul este sobru, dar plin de urgență, transformând o simplă curiozitate într-o obsesie periculoasă.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780440000457
ISBN-10: 0440000459
Pagini: 384
Dimensiuni: 154 x 233 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.32 kg
Editura: Penguin Publishing Group

De ce să citești această carte

Recomandăm The Au Pair cititorilor care caută un roman polițist cu accente gotice și o atmosferă densă. Dacă v-au captivat misterele de familie semnate de Kate Morton, veți găsi aici aceeași fascinație pentru secretele trecutului. Este o lectură despre criza de identitate și despre adevărul brutal care se ascunde uneori în spatele celor mai dragi amintiri din copilărie. Câștigați o poveste plină de suspans, cu un final care răstoarnă tot ce credeați că știți.

Despre autor

Emma Rous este o prezență remarcabilă în literatura contemporană de suspans, cunoscută pentru capacitatea de a construi atmosfere electrizante în decoruri istorice sau izolate. Debutul său, The Au Pair, a devenit rapid un bestseller internațional, fiind apreciat de critici pentru răsturnările de situație spectaculoase. Autoarea locuiește în Anglia și manifestă o predilecție pentru explorarea dinamicii familiale disfuncționale și a secretelor care persistă peste generații. Stilul său este adesea comparat cu cel al clasicilor genului gotic, reușind să combine elemente de mister tradițional cu un ritm narativ modern și alert, așa cum a demonstrat și în lucrarea sa ulterioară, The Perfect Guests.

Descriere scurtă

If V. C. Andrews and Kate Morton had a literary love child, Emma Rous' national bestseller The Au Pair would be it.One of the most anticipated books of 2019 from Pop Sugar, Bustle, Cosmo, Parade, and Goodreads

Seraphine Mayes and her twin brother, Danny, were born in the middle of summer at their family's estate on the Norfolk coast. Within hours of their birth, their mother threw herself from the cliffs, the au pair fled, and the village thrilled with whispers of dark cloaks, changelings, and the aloof couple who drew a young nanny into their inner circle. Now an adult, Seraphine mourns the recent death of her father. While going through his belongings, she uncovers a family photograph that raises dangerous questions. It was taken on the day the twins were born, and in the photo, their mother, surrounded by her husband and her young son, is smiling serenely and holding just one baby. Who is the child, and what really happened that day?

Notă biografică

Emma Rous is the USA Today bestselling author of The Au Pair. She grew up in England, Indonesia, Kuwait, Portugal and Fiji, and from a young age she had two ambitions: to write stories, and to look after animals. She studied veterinary medicine and zoology at the University of Cambridge, and worked as a small animal veterinarian for eighteen years before starting to write fiction. Emma lives near Cambridge in England with her husband and three sons, and she now writes full time. The Au Pair is her first novel. It will be published in eleven countries, in ten languages. She is currently writing her second book.

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***NOW AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER***

COSMOPOLITAN 'BOOKS OF 2019 TO BRING TO YOUR BOOKCLUB'

'Entrancing, compelling, atmospheric, reminiscent of Daphne du Maurier. A beautiful read that delivers a shocking and satisfying ending' Liv Constantine, bestselling author of The Last Mrs Parrish

'Delicious and spellbinding . . . absolutely absorbing and scandalous' Booklist

'Enthralling and addictive' Lisa Ballantyne, bestselling author of The Guilty One

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Seraphine Mayes and her brother Danny are the first set of twins to be born at Summerbourne House. But on the day they were born their mother threw herself to her death, their au pair fled, and the village thrilled with whispers of a stolen baby.

Now twenty-five, and mourning the recent death of her father, Seraphine uncovers a family photograph taken on the day the twins were born featuring both parents posing with just one baby. Seraphine soon becomes fixated with the notion that she and Danny might not be twins after all, that she wasn't the baby born that day and that there was more to her mother's death than she has ever been told...

Why did their beloved au pair flee that day?
Where is she now?
Does she hold the key to what really happened?

***

'Don't just pick up and read Emma Rous' The Au Pair, dive into it and get washed away with it' A bookseller

'Filled with mystery and intrigue. I was gripped until the very last page!' Fiona Valpy, bestselling author of Sea of Memories

'This will keep you turning those pages. The characters are still playing on my mind' Jane Corry, bestselling author of My Husband's Wife

'One hell of a ride' New York Post

'Vivid characters, a magical setting and a tightly knitted plot . . . jaw-dropping climax' Bookpage

'Family secrets come to light in this compelling debut with a gothic touch and a shocking denouement. Enthralling and addictive' Lisa Ballantyne, bestselling author of The Guilty One

'A page-turner' Publisher's Weekly

'A juicy and compelling read by a promising new author' Shelf Awareness

Recenzii

Entrancing and compelling . . . atmospheric and reminiscent of Daphne du Maurier's work, it's a beautiful read that delivers a shocking and satisfying ending.
With a transporting sense of place and gripping story line, The Au Pair delves into the darkest of family secrets. A great read
Don't just pick up and read Emma Rous' The Au Pair, dive into it and get washed away with it.
This will keep you turning those pages. The characters are still playing on my mind
This intriguing novel, which goes back and forth in time, will keep you hooked until the end
One hell of a ride
A tautly plotted mystery of dark family secrets...

Seraphine Mayes and her brother Danny are known as the summer-born Summerbournes: the first set of summer twins to be born at Summerbourne House. But on the day they were born their mother threw herself to her death, their au pair fled, and the village thrilled with whispers of dark-cloaked figures and a stolen baby.

Now twenty-five, and mourning the recent death of her father, Seraphine uncovers a family photograph taken on the day the twins were born featuring both parents posing with just one baby. Seraphine soon becomes fixated with the notion that she and Danny might not be twins after all, that she wasn't the baby born that day and that there was more to her mother's death than she has ever been told...

Why did their beloved au pair flee that day?
Where is she now?
Does she hold the key to what really happened?

'Reminiscent of Daphne du Maurier. A beautiful read that delivers a shocking and satisfying ending' Liv Constantine, bestselling author of The Last Mrs Parrish

'The Au Pair will keep you turning those pages. The characters are still playing on my mind' Jane Corry, bestselling author of My Husband's Wife