The Gate to the Sea
11 hrs. 20 min.
Language
Russian
Author
Jane Johnson
Author
Jane Johnson
Narrator
Ekaterina Salova
Narrator
Ekaterina Salova
Description
After her mother’s funeral, Rebecca goes through the remaining things in the empty apartment and comes across an envelope with a Cornwall postmark. Inside is a worrying letter from an elderly aunt, Olivia: the old house must be urgently put in order, or she will be evicted. Unable to bear her loss, Rebecca decides to go to Cornwall.
But there’s another blow waiting for her: Olivia is in the hospital, and she will be discharged only once the house has been repaired. Scared yet stubborn, Rebecca throws herself into the work. Everything seems to work against her—she has almost no money, nearby there’s a parrot with a foul mouth, and the neighbors constantly complain… And still, as she peels away layer after layer of paint, plaster, and decades of grime, she gradually uncovers secrets hidden more than seventy years ago. Secrets from the time when war was raging, when young Olivia lived at the limit of her feelings—and love, with its passion, managed to drown out fear… The repairs turn into an investigation: piece by piece, Rebecca gathers her aunt’s story, and together with the house, rebuilds her own life from the ground up.
But there’s another blow waiting for her: Olivia is in the hospital, and she will be discharged only once the house has been repaired. Scared yet stubborn, Rebecca throws herself into the work. Everything seems to work against her—she has almost no money, nearby there’s a parrot with a foul mouth, and the neighbors constantly complain… And still, as she peels away layer after layer of paint, plaster, and decades of grime, she gradually uncovers secrets hidden more than seventy years ago. Secrets from the time when war was raging, when young Olivia lived at the limit of her feelings—and love, with its passion, managed to drown out fear… The repairs turn into an investigation: piece by piece, Rebecca gathers her aunt’s story, and together with the house, rebuilds her own life from the ground up.
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