The Many Lives of Heloise Starchild
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REMEMBER ME WHEN THE COMET COMES... On the day the comet came, a girl named Heloise was born. She would live a fine life, and inherit a fortune, but would meet a cruel, untimely death. Years later, strange dreams plague Katya Nemcová, a teenager burdened with a rare and curious gift. Memories come to Katya in her dreams - images and stories from a past that isn't her own. Are these ghosts real? And what of the memory she seems to have of Heloise's treasures, two centuries old? A novel that spans the history of Europe - from revolutionary France to the world wars, the Prague Spring, post Brexit Britain, and beyond - this is the irresistible, adventurous and affectionate story of a quite extraordinary woman, her exceptionally talented ancestors, and the curious memories they share.
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''A night unlit by candles. A night of stars.'‘
An exceptional journey across countries, centuries, political and social upheavals. Through the eyes of four women, we witness the history of Europe, the revolutions that turned to terror, the resistance against the Soviet nightmare. Above all, we experience the strength, loyalty and determination of women and men who refused to lose hope under the violence and cruelty of the regimes.
One of the most beautiful novels I've ever read...
''I dream of a place where a man might hold his head up and walk freely, and speak his mind, where no one will tell him what to think, or where he has to work, or what he has to say. I dream of waking without fear - fear they will take my farm, fear they will send me to the mines. So no. I don't want Heloise's gold, little Katya. Besides, you can't grow rich in Poprad. The party would take it from you and leave you poor again.''
