- A cold February evening. The back alleys of a small London alley. Nella is in her apothecary’s shop waiting for a new customer. Once a healer, Nella uses her knowledge to help desperate women free themselves from the men who have treated them meanly and cruelly. But that night, twelve-year-old Eliza shows up on her doorstep instead of her customer, and the encounter leads to unexpected events. Nella and all the women whose names she carefully keeps in her journal will find themselves in danger.
Our Days. Caroline Parswell has sacrificed much for the sake of her family, most importantly her career as a researcher. And now, on the eve of her wedding anniversary, she learns of her husband’s infidelity and travels to London to distract herself and recover. Caroline wanders aimlessly through the city, sinking deeper and deeper into her worries. And suddenly an unexpected find: on the banks of the Thames under her feet shone a small antique vial …
Author’s review:
Took to read and somehow from the first lines I was drawn in. Napisano all very dynamic, without any unnecessary preface. The plot of the book is unusual and interesting. The narration is built so that you do not have time to get bored, because it jumps from one heroine to another. Before us are two storylines separated by centuries. Three girls, three destinies that are something similar. The first storyline plunges us into the 18th century. The narrative is conducted on behalf of the two heroines, who by chance ended up together in a difficult situation. The actions of the second storyline takes place in our modern world. The heroine comes to London and fate draws her into a historical investigation. She is trying to unearth the origins of a small bottle that she found on the banks of a river. She has a difficult road ahead of her to unravel the mysteries of the past. All three heroines have somehow been hurt by men, which is probably what the book is based on. It looks at some of the problems faced by girls, girls, women. Cheating, betrayals, harassment, first periods, etc.
