Ann Mah

Kate, una joven estadounidense que estudia para obtener el título de Master of Wine, viaja a la Borgoña para centrarse en sus estudios y pasar una temporada en la finca de viñedos que ha pertenecido a su familia durante generaciones. Alli, donde transcurrieron sus veranos de infancia, encontrara mucho mas de lo que esperaba: un diario perdido, un pariente lejano, una bodega oculta y un secreto que su familia ha guardado desde la Segunda Guerra Mundial.Mientras indaga en el pasado, Kate descubrira que la frontera entre resistencia y colaboracion nazi es mas difusa de lo que imaginaba, y que el legado familiar encierra un misterio tan apasionante como doloroso.Secretos entre viñedos es una novela envolvente sobre las raices, la memoria y el amor, donde la historia y el vino se entrelazan para revelar que el pasado nunca se pierde del todo: solo espera ser descorchado.

If you enjoyed Sarahs Key and Kristin Hannahs The Nightingale, then this wonderful book by Ann Mah is for you. -- Tatiana de RosnaySweetbitter meets The Nightingale in this page-turning novel about a woman who returns to her familys ancestral vineyard in Burgundy and unexpectedly uncovers a lost diary, an unknown relative, and a secret her family has been keeping since World War II.To become one of only a few hundred certified wine experts in the world, Kate must pass the notoriously difficult Master of Wine examination. Shes failed twice before; her third attempt will be her last chance. Suddenly finding herself without a job and with the test a few months away, she travels to Burgundy to spend the fall at the vineyard estate that has belonged to her family for generations. There she can bolster her shaky knowledge of Burgundian vintages and reconnect with her cousin Nico and his wife, Heather, who now oversee day-to-day management of the grapes. The one person Kate hopes to avoid is Jean-Luc, a talented young winemaker and her first love.At the vineyard house, Kate is eager to help her cousin clean out the enormous basement that is filled with generations of discarded and forgotten belongings. Deep inside the cellar, behind a large armoire, she discovers a hidden room containing a cot, some Resistance pamphlets, and an enormous cache of valuable wine. Piqued by the secret space, Kate begins to dig into her familys historya search that takes her back to the dark days of World War II and introduces her to a relative she never knew existed, a greathalf aunt who was a teenager during the Nazi occupation.As she learns more about her family, the line between resistance and collaboration blurs, driving Kate to find the answers to two crucial questions: Who, exactly, did her family aid during the difficult years of the war? And what happened to six valuable bottles of wine that seem to be missing from the cellars collection?

Captivating...Mah channels Kennedy and brings postwar Paris to life with exquisite detail and insight. -- PeopleFrom the bestselling author of The Lost Vintage, a rare and dazzling portrait of Jacqueline Bouviers college year abroad in postwar Paris, an intimate and electrifying story of love and betrayal, and the coming-of-age of an American icon before the world knew her as Jackie.In September 1949 Jacqueline Bouvier arrives in postwar Paris to begin her junior year abroad. Shes twenty years old, socially poised but financially precarious, and all too aware of her mothers expectations that she make a brilliant match. Before relenting to family pressure, she has one year to herself far away from sleepy Vassar College and the rigid social circles of New York, a year to explore and absorb the luminous beauty of the City of Light. Jacqueline is immediately catapulted into an intoxicating new world of champagne and chateaux, art and avant-garde theater, cafes and jazz clubs. She strikes up a romance with a talented young writer who shares her love of literature and passion for culture even though her mother would think him most unsuitable.But beneath the glitter and rush, France is a fragile place still haunted by the Occupation. Jacqueline lives in a rambling apartment with a widowed countess and her daughters, all of whom suffered as part of the French Resistance just a few years before. In the aftermath of World War II, Paris has become a nest of spies, and suspicion, deception, and betrayal lurk around every corner. Jacqueline is stunned to watch the rise of communism anathema in America, but an active movement in France never guessing she is witnessing the beginning of the political environment that will shape the rest of her lifeand that of her future husband.Evocative, sensitive, and rich in historic detail, Jacqueline in Paris portrays the origin story of an American icon. Ann Mah brilliantly imagines the intellectual and aesthetic awakening of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis, and illuminates how France would prove to be her one true love, and one of the greatest influences on her life.

" Si vous avez aimé mon roman Elle sappelait Sarah, alors lincroyable livre dAnn Mah saura vous émerveiller. Je lai lu avidement, sans pouvoir marrêter, et je ne saurais trop vous le recommander. "

Kate, una joven estadounidense que estudia para lograr el dificilísimo título de Master of Wine decide viajar a la Borgoña, a los viñedos que han pertenecido a su familia durante generaciones y pasar una temporada en Francia, como en los veranos de su infancia. Alli, detras de un gran armario, descubre una habitacion oculta que contiene algunos folletos de la Resistencia, valiosos vinos y la pista de un misterioso pariente del que nunca tuvo noticia. Kate decide indagar e intenta descubrir secretos que llevan guardados desde la Segunda Guerra Mundial.Secretos entre viñedos es una novela apasionante que acompaña las pesquisas de Kate, que van desde botellas desaparecidas hasta la silenciada historia familiar durante la ocupacion nazi. Una historia conmovedora y enigmatica sobre la familia, el amor, el sacrificio y las decisiones dificiles."Una historia sensual y desgarradora de secretos familiares y amor perdido en los viñedos de la Borgoña. Totalmente apasionante. No podras dejar de leerlo."DANIELLE TRUSSONI, NEW YORK TIMES"Si te gusto La llave de Sarah o El ruiseñor este maravilloso libro de Ann Mah es para ti."TATIANA DE ROSNAY"Mah nos ofrece su amor por la comida y la elaboracion del vino: una mezcla fascinante de misterio, romance e historia francesa de la posguerra."BOOKLIST

The memoir of a young diplomats wife who must reinvent her dream of living in Parisone dish at a timeWhen journalist Ann Mahs diplomat husband is given a three-year assignment in Paris, Ann is overjoyed. A lifelong foodie and Francophile, she immediately begins plotting gastronomic adventures a deux. Then her husband is called away to Iraq on a year-long postalone. Suddenly, Anns vision of a romantic sojourn in the City of Light is turned upside down.So, not unlike another diplomatic wife, Julia Child, Ann must find a life for herself in a new city. Journeying through Paris and the surrounding regions of France, Ann combats her loneliness by seeking out the perfect pain au chocolat and learning the way the andouillette sausage is really made. She explores the history and taste of everything from boeuf Bourguignon to soupe au pistou to the crispiest of buckwheat crepes. And somewhere between Paris and the south of France, she uncovers a few of lifes truths.Like Sarah Turnbulls Almost French and Julie Powells New York Times bestseller Julie and Julia, Mastering the Art of French Eating is interwoven with the lively characters Ann meets and the traditional recipes she samples. Both funny and intelligent, this is a story about loveof food, family, and France.

Una joven norteamericana de ascendencia china, Isabelle Lee, se encuentra de pronto sin trabajo, sin pareja y sin mayores perspectivas de futuro. Por ello, decide irse a vivir a Pekín, donde conocerá un mundo nuevo en el que llevara a cabo un aprendizaje que la hara cuestionar su propia identidad.En su energico retrato de la vida en Pekin, Ann Mah no solo describe opiparos banquetes, crisis de identidad y relaciones romanticas tensas e interculturales, sino que narra una historia sobre como nos descubrimos y nos nutrimos a nosotros mismos en formas y lugares inesperados. Me parecio tan deliciosa que solo interrumpia la lectura para correr al telefono y pedir comida china. Rachel DeWoskin, autora de Foreign Babes in Beijing y Repeat After Me