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Lusi nedavno poteriala lubimogo muja Larri i teper pietaetsia preodolet otchaianie i jit dalshe. Chtobie otvlechsia, ona reshaet napisat biografiu voennoi hudojnicie Evelin Lukas, chei avtoportret Larri nezadolgo do smerti priobrel na aukcione. Zaruchivshis pomoshu vnuka Evelin Maika, kotoriei unasledoval kottedj hudojnicie, Lusi s golovoi pogrujaetsia v stariee dnevniki Evi, i pered nami razvorachivaetsia porazitelnaia istoriia lubvi, kotoraia nachalas v strashniee voenniee godie i ne ugasla spustia desiatiletiia. No v rabotu Lusi vmeshivautsia potustoronnie silie, i teper, chtobie vieiasnit pravdu, ei pridetsia shlestnutsia s prizrakami proshlogo…Duhi tmie i prizraki davno ushedshei lubvi dobavliaut k realizmu chudesnogo romana Barbarie Erskin chutochku magii i volshebstva.

Lucy recently lost her beloved husband Larry and is now trying to overcome her despair and move on with her life. To distract herself, she decides to write a biography of the war artist Evelyn Lucas, whose self-portrait Larry bought at auction shortly before his death. Enlisting the help of Evelyn's grandson Mike, who inherited the artist's cottage, Lucy plunges headlong into Evie's old diaries, and an amazing love story unfolds before us, which began during the terrible war years and did not fade away decades later. But otherworldly forces interfere with Lucy's work, and now, in order to find out the truth, she will have to face the ghosts of the past ... the spirits of darkness and the ghosts of long-gone love add a little magic and magic to the realism of Barbara Erskine's wonderful novel.