Elaine Kagan Book order (chronological)

Kansas City, 1959. Jenny ha 16 anni ed è la classica ragazza bene dell'alta borghesia. Will è invece un tipo poco raccomandabile: scappato di casa, qualche guaio con la legge, è pieno di tatuaggi e fa il benzinaio. Ma il sentimento che li unisce è molto più forte delle differenze, e porta ben presto a una gravidanza. Un amore e un bambino che i genitori di lei non possono accettare: per questo escogitano un trucco vile e crudele per separarli. In un attimo, tre esistenze vengono sconvolte, ma sarà proprio il frutto di quell'amore proibito e mai dimenticato a far ritrovare Will e Jenny, dopo trent'anni.

Elaine Kagan, geboren in St. Louis, Missouri, spielte in mehreren Filmen mit (unter anderem in Martin Scorseses «Goodfellas») und arbeitete für den Regisseur John Cassavetes.

Svazek obsahuje zkrácené verze čtyř úspěšných románů různých žánrů od světových autorů. Jednotlivé tituly jsou doplněny stručnými informacemi o jejich tvůrcích. Svazek obsahuje tyto díla: Nelson DeMille : Nebezpečný ostrov Ewan Clarkson : Let orlovce Ken Follett : Třetí dvojče Elaine Kaganová : Něčí dítě

Tretie dvojča: Genetička Jeannie narazí na záhadu: ako môžu byť dvaja muži jednovaječnými dvojčatami napriek tomu že sa narodili rozličným matkám? Čiesi dieťa: Adoptovaná Claudia, teraz už sama matka, pátrá po svojich rodičoch... Nebezpečný ostrov: Detektív na dovolenke sa zapletie do dvojnásobnej vraždy, ktorá možno súvisí s tajným výzkumom na neďalekom ostrove. Po dvoch mŕtvých nasledujú ďalší... Let kršiaka rybára: Nicola objaví v pytliackej sieti zraneného dravca a jej život sa zmení. Začne sa o neho starať a popritom možno objaví aj lásku...

It Was Love At First Sight. He was a bad boy, an irresistible ex-con from the wrong side of the tracks. She was a nice middle-class Jewish girl--smart and quiet, prettier than she even knew. Will and Jenny shared a passion that defied their backgrounds, and when Jenny got pregnant, they planned to elope. But on the big day something went terribly wrong...and after the baby was born, Jenny gave her up for adoption, to a nice couple who called her Claudia and raised her as their own. Now Claudia is all grown up. While she loves her adoptive parents, she is haunted by dreams of her "other mother." Curious to discover the truth, Claudia begins a search that will lead her to the avenues of Manhattan and the mountains of California--to a man and woman separated by fate and time whose love for each other still burns strong...

Drie opeenvolgende generaties vrouwen vertellen over hun leven en liefdes, waarbij de dementie van de grootmoeder een centrale rol speelt.