The Hundred Loves of Juliet
A Novel
(Sprache: Englisch)
Helene always dreamt of the perfect man, but after her messy divorce, she has let go of such naïve fantasies. She's done with love, but fate has other plans for her, as she discovers that she is part of a legendary love story that spans lives, years, and...
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Helene always dreamt of the perfect man, but after her messy divorce, she has let go of such naïve fantasies. She's done with love, but fate has other plans for her, as she discovers that she is part of a legendary love story that spans lives, years, and continents in this modern-day reimagining of Romeo and Juliet.Lese-Probe zu „The Hundred Loves of Juliet “
eleneAlaska in January is a fairy tale, with frost-rimed branches glittering in the pale moonlight, like lace woven by a snow maiden. Icicles on rooftops twinkle like Christmas frozen in time, and I swear the spiraling snowflakes beckon to me as they fall. Fairy tale indeed. Or at least it s a great first impression for my first evening here.
At thirty years old and after too many uninspiring years as an assignment reporter in the Los Angeles bureau of The Wall Street Journal, I m finally chasing my dream of writing a novel. An actual book of my own! Not just telling other people s stories. I ve been jotting down short stories ever since I was a teenager bits and pieces of a novel and now I finally have time to figure out how it all comes together.
Truth be told, I need this. My recent past hell, the last ten years are best swept into a fire pit and doused with gasoline. The death of my two golden retrievers, one right after the other. My Pied Piper of a soon-to-be-ex-husband, who attracted interns and affairs like rats at cheese orgies. And my so-called best friend, who stole the promotion that was supposed to be mine.
However, she unwittingly did me a favor. If I d been promoted to columnist, I wouldn t have left. If she d been a true friend, I d still be stuck in a nowhere life, married to a no-good husband.
Instead, she betrayed me, and by doing so, she handed me the match I needed. I lit it and burned the past down, metaphorically speaking.
Goodbye, old Helene Janssen.
Hello, new and better me.
My mom always says that everything happens for a reason, and I obstinately hold fast to that belief. So when I saw super cheap plane tickets to Alaska (tourists don t usually visit here in early January) plus an artist s cottage for rent in a quaint fishing town, I saw it as a sign that this was where I was supposed to go to begin work on my novel, and my future. And I think I was right. Being here in this winter wonderland is
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already helping me feel better about my odds going forward.
I hum to myself as I lock the door on the cottage and head down the street in search of dinner. It s only half past six, but it s been dark for hours now, which will take some getting used to. So will walking through the snow in these clunky boots, although it s better than driving. I ve got a car stashed in the garage, but the trip this afternoon from the airport to the cottage was harrowing enough for one day. I m used to driving down sunny, palm-tree-lined boulevards, and I don t want to use up the rest of my daily allotment of luck on the icy streets of Ryba Harbor.
Luckily, my rental is only a few blocks from the picturesque downtown. On the corner, a cute, nautical-themed bookstore cozies up to a little souvenir shop for the few tourists who venture away (in summer) from Anchorage and Ketchikan. Wood smoke billows out of a barbecue place, scenting the air with brisket and ribs. There s also a record store (I didn t know they still existed, and the fact that they have one here delights me), several bakeries, and a coffee shop.
When I see a bar called The Frosty Otter, though, I know that is where I want to be on my first night in Ryba Harbor. It reminds me of a saloon from the Wild West, but with an Alaskan flair, the blue paint weathered by snow and salt from the roads. A wooden statue of a bearded fur trapper stands outside the door, rifle in one arm and beer stein in another, and ragtime piano music jangles from speakers inside.
Three flannel-clad lumberjack types charge amiably through the front door ahead of me, laughing at jokes in that deep-throated, belly-shaking way of people who ve known one another for yea
I hum to myself as I lock the door on the cottage and head down the street in search of dinner. It s only half past six, but it s been dark for hours now, which will take some getting used to. So will walking through the snow in these clunky boots, although it s better than driving. I ve got a car stashed in the garage, but the trip this afternoon from the airport to the cottage was harrowing enough for one day. I m used to driving down sunny, palm-tree-lined boulevards, and I don t want to use up the rest of my daily allotment of luck on the icy streets of Ryba Harbor.
Luckily, my rental is only a few blocks from the picturesque downtown. On the corner, a cute, nautical-themed bookstore cozies up to a little souvenir shop for the few tourists who venture away (in summer) from Anchorage and Ketchikan. Wood smoke billows out of a barbecue place, scenting the air with brisket and ribs. There s also a record store (I didn t know they still existed, and the fact that they have one here delights me), several bakeries, and a coffee shop.
When I see a bar called The Frosty Otter, though, I know that is where I want to be on my first night in Ryba Harbor. It reminds me of a saloon from the Wild West, but with an Alaskan flair, the blue paint weathered by snow and salt from the roads. A wooden statue of a bearded fur trapper stands outside the door, rifle in one arm and beer stein in another, and ragtime piano music jangles from speakers inside.
Three flannel-clad lumberjack types charge amiably through the front door ahead of me, laughing at jokes in that deep-throated, belly-shaking way of people who ve known one another for yea
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Autoren-Porträt von Evelyn Skye
Evelyn Skye is the New York Times bestselling author of eight novels, including The Hundred Loves of Juliet and Damsel (which will soon be a Netflix film starring Millie Bobby Brown, Robin Wright, and Angela Bassett). Skye is a graduate of Stanford University and Harvard Law School. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband and daughter.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Evelyn Skye
- 2023, Internationale Ausgabe, 336 Seiten, Maße: 16 x 23,6 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Del Rey
- ISBN-10: 0593724178
- ISBN-13: 9780593724170
- Erscheinungsdatum: 05.09.2023
Sprache:
Englisch
Pressezitat
The Hundred Loves of Juliet is romantic, realistic, and fanciful a love-for-all-times story. I couldn t put this book down. I really wanted Helene and Sebastien to have a happy ending, and I ll just say I was very surprised! Nancy Thayer, New York Times bestselling author of All the Days of SummerFresh, magical, and hopelessly romantic, Evelyn Skye s The Hundred Loves of Juliet is a book for lovers. I was swept away. It s an atmospheric, tug-at-your-heartstrings winner, showing us that true love never dies. Sarah Addison Allen, New York Times bestselling author of Other Birds
A rare and charming retelling that asks the question: What if Romeo and Juliet had another chance? What if they had a hundred? The Hundred Loves of Juliet is a celebration of life as it comes and love as we find it. Ashley Poston, New York Times bestselling author of The Dead Romantics
Beautifully spun and achingly romantic, this gorgeous reimagining is every bit as hopeful as it is haunting. I have never loved Romeo and Juliet more. M. A. Kuzniar, Sunday Times bestselling author of Midnight in Everwood
Evelyn Skye expertly crafts the story of Romeo and Juliet into a moving romance that explores what it means to love boldly in the face of tragedy and loss. Hopeful and triumphant, The Hundred Loves of Juliet is like a bright, warm sunbeam in the form of a book you ll want to revisit again and again. Alyssa Wees, author of Nocturne
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