The Winter Rose, Jennifer Donnelly
The Winter Rose, Jennifer Donnelly
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The Winter Rose

Author: Jennifer Donnelly

Narrator: Jill Tanner

Unabridged: 34 hr 52 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 11/28/2014


Synopsis

It has been twelve years since a dark, murderous figure stalked the alleys and courts of Whitechapel. And yet, in the summer of 1900, East London is still poor, still brutal, still a shadow city to its western twin. Among the reformers is an idealistic young woman named India Selwyn-Jones, recently graduated from medical school. With the help of her influential fiance--Freddie Lytton, an up-and-coming Liberal MP--she works to shut down the area's opium dens that destroy both body and soul. Her selfless activities better her patients' lives and bring her immense gratification, but unfortunately, they also bring her into direct conflict with East London's ruling crime lord--Sid Malone. India is not good for business and at first, Malone wants her out. But against all odds, India and Sid fall in love. Different in nearly every way, they share one thing in common--they're both wounded souls. Their love is impossible and they know it, yet they cling to it desperately. Lytton, India's fiance, will stop at nothing to marry India and gain her family's fortune. Fractious criminal underlings and rivals conspire against Sid. When Sid is finally betrayed by one of his own, he must flee London to save his life. Mistakenly thinking him dead, India, pregnant and desperate, marries Freddie to provide a father for hers and Sid's child. India and Sid must each make a terrible sacrifice--a sacrifice that will change them both forever. One that will lead them to other lives, and other places...and perhaps--one distant, bittersweet day--back to each other.

About Jennifer Donnelly

Jennifer Donnelly is an award-winning author of both adult and young adult books. Her first young adult novel, A Northern Light, received many accolades, among them the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, a Carnegie Medal in the UK, and a Michael L. Printz Honor. Her second young adult novel, Revolution, was named a Best Book of 2010 by Kirkus Reviews and School Library Journal. She lives in New York's Hudson Valley.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Diana on February 12, 2022

4.3 ⭐ Прекрасно продължение на " Чаената роза", в което Донъли развива съдбите на героите си от предишната книга и ни среща с някои нови и вълнуващи образи. Първата книга обаче ми е фаворит.......more