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Maeve Haran

    January 1, 1950

    Maeve Haran crafts compelling narratives that delve into the complexities of human relationships and societal constraints. Her work often places resilient female protagonists against dramatic historical backdrops, exploring their struggles with love, status, and personal freedom. Haran possesses a unique ability to illuminate the inner lives of her characters and bring the past to vivid life through rich detail and immersive storytelling. Her approach skillfully blends historical authenticity with a profound understanding of universal human desires and conflicts.

    Maeve Haran
    Having it all
    The Greek Holiday
    It Takes Two
    An Italian Holiday
    The Painted Lady
    The Time of their Lives
    • 2023

      In the Summertime is a novel filled with wit, warmth and romance set deep in the South Downs.

      In the Summertime
    • 2021

      Friends and lovers, old and new, come together and fall apart in deepest France culminating in a very special chateau wedding.

      A Very French Wedding
    • 2020

      The Greek Holiday

      • 368 pages
      • 13 hours of reading
      3.6(63)Add rating

      From the bestselling author of An Italian Holiday comes a humorous, thought-provoking novel about friendship, family and romance.

      The Greek Holiday
    • 2019

      Auch hinter der größten Regenwolke ist der Himmel noch hoffnungsblau … Angela, Claire, Sylvia und Monica könnten unterschiedlicher nicht sein. Und doch haben sie einiges gemeinsam – angefangen mit einem Freund, der sie alle nach Italien einlädt. Doch vor allem eint sie eins: gute Gründe, ihrer Heimat London für einige Zeit den Rücken zu kehren. Und wo könnte man besser auf andere Gedanken kommen, als in einer Villa am Mittelmeer? Die erste Begegnung fällt etwas angespannt aus, da jede dachte, sie wäre dort allein, nach einigen Tagen – und Turbulenzen – und diversen Limoncelli, wird aber klar: Das hier kann eine Freundschaft fürs Leben werden!

      Der schönste Sommer unseres Lebens
    • 2018

      A novel about friendship and making the most of life from the bestselling author of Having It All, The Time of Their Lives and An Italian Holiday

      In a Country Garden
    • 2018

      An Italian Holiday

      • 464 pages
      • 17 hours of reading
      3.7(54)Add rating

      Sunshine, warmth, lemon blossom . . . Springtime in glorious Southern Italy can go to your head. Especially if you are escaping an overbearing husband, the embarrassingly public loss of your company, an interfering mother who still tries to run your life or the pain of a husband's affair with a girl young enough to be his daughter. As the Italian sun ripens the lemons in the groves that tumble down the hillsides and the Mediterranean dazzles beneath them, assertive Angela, extrovert Sylvie, unconfident Claire and mousy Monica find burgeoning friendship and begin to blossom in quite unexpected ways. Packed with memorable characters--from the acid-tongued Grand Old Man of Modern Art who lives next door--to the aspiring gigolo who thinks nothing of a 40 year age gap, this novel is a witty and entertaining reminder of why going a little mad in the sun can sometimes be exactly what you need.

      An Italian Holiday
    • 2017

      Man ist nie zu alt, um seinen Träumen zu folgen … Stella Ainsworth führt ein ruhiges Leben mit ihrem leicht pedantischen Mann, ihrer chronisch unzufriedenen Tochter und ihren drei geliebten Enkeln. Eigentlich ist sie nicht unglücklich, auch wenn es sie zunehmend stört, dass ihre Familie sie für selbstverständlich nimmt. Doch dann steht ihr Leben plötzlich Kopf, denn ihre Jugendliebe taucht wieder auf. Cameron Keene verließ England vor vielen Jahren und wurde zur Rockikone der 60er-Jahre. Zu Stellas Verwunderung erklärt er in einem Interview, dass sein berühmtester Song – der zur Liebeshymne einer ganzen Generation wurde – von ihr handelt und dass er zurückgekommen sei, um sie zu finden …

      Das größte Glück meines Lebens
    • 2014

      The Time of their Lives

      • 448 pages
      • 16 hours of reading
      3.7(34)Add rating

      From the bestselling author of Having It All Haven't you heard? Sixty is the new forty . . . Each month best friends Claudia, Sal, Ella and Laura meet for drinks, celebrating 45 years of friendship. They know each other and their lives inside out. Their ambitions, careers, husbands, lovers, children, hopes, fears, the paths taken and not taken . . . Sal had spent a lifetime building a career as a successful magazine editor but she hadn’t banked on the one thing over which she had no control. Claudia loved her urban existence – the thought of the country sent shivers down her spine. But, as many women will know, other people’s needs always seem to come first . . . Ella is ready to try something different. But she hadn’t bargained on quite such a radical change . . . Laura succumbed to the oldest cliché in the book. But it didn’t make it any easier to accept. Outside of the supportive world of their friendships, they find their lives are far from what they expected – the generation that wanted to change the world didn’t bargain on getting old. A truthful, provocative, funny and inspiring novel, The Time of their Lives, asks hard questions about what the world offers women as they get older and finds both moving and joyously uplifting answers in the different ways the four friends celebrate their coming of age . . .

      The Time of their Lives
    • 2011

      The Painted Lady

      • 493 pages
      • 18 hours of reading
      3.7(177)Add rating

      Sixteen-year-old Frances Stuart arrives at the Restoration court to find her innocence and beauty are highly-prized commodities, envied by the women and desired by the men. Before long, King Charles II falls passionately in love with her and will stop at nothing to make her his mistress.

      The Painted Lady