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Li͡usi nedavno poteri͡ala li͡ubimogo muzha Larri i teperʹ pytaetsi͡a preodoletʹ otchai͡anie i zhitʹ dalʹshe. Chtoby otvlechʹsi͡a, ona reshaet napisatʹ biografii͡u voennoĭ khudozhnit͡sy Ėvelin Lukas, cheĭ avtoportret Larri nezadolgo do smerti priobrel na aukt͡sione. Zaruchivshisʹ pomoshchʹi͡u vnuka Ėvelin Maĭka, kotoryĭ unasledoval kottedzh khudozhnit͡sy, Li͡usi s golovoĭ pogruzhaetsi͡a v starye dnevniki Ėvi, i pered nami razvorachivaetsi͡a porazitelʹnai͡a istorii͡a li͡ubvi, kotorai͡a nachalasʹ v strashnye voennye gody i ne ugasla spusti͡a desi͡atiletii͡a. No v rabotu Li͡usi vmeshivai͡utsi͡a potustoronnie sily, i teperʹ, chtoby vyi͡asnitʹ pravdu, eĭ pridetsi͡a skhlestnutʹsi͡a s prizrakami proshlogo…Dukhi tʹmy i prizraki davno ushedsheĭ li͡ubvi dobavli͡ai͡ut k realizmu chudesnogo romana Barbary Ėrskin 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.