Ztracená kapitola – Bishop Caroline (2023)

England, present day: Eighty-year-old artist Florence Carter is content with her life. She spends her twilight years creating refined linocuts in the company of her cat, dog, and young neighbor Alice, a quiet and anxious girl. However, when Flo discovers that her long-lost friend has published a book about their years spent together in a French boarding house, she feels compelled to unveil the veil of secrets from the past and sets off to France accompanied by Alice and her mother. Upon arriving in Lyon, however, the deeply buried truth proves to be too heavy a burden. France 1957: Florence and Lili meet in post-war Lyon as wards of a strictly run boarding house for girls. Flo is a shy girl from England, expected to make a successful debut into society and then secure a advantageous marriage. Lili is her complete opposite – a confident American free spirit, full of a desire for adventure. Despite everything, the girls become inseparable friends, their mutual affection promising a lifelong friendship… until an unexpected betrayal tears them apart. The Lost Chapter is a poignant, emotionally charged novel about the power of friendship. Its message is that it is never too late to write a new story.