Wait for me
A deeply human story inspired by true events
The fates of a bourgeois family transport us to the very beginning of the twentieth century, right into the whirlwind of dramatic events that shaped our history. From a peaceful town near Mladá Boleslav to the foothills of the Bohemian Uplands. The novel paints a picture of the lives of ordinary people with their dreams, loves, and sorrows. People who, even in the most difficult of times, never lost their humanity, humility for life, and hope.
I have carried the stories my grandparents told me with me my whole life, and I always felt I owed it to them to write them down.
Hana Marie Körnerová
Hana Marie Körnerová was born in 1954 in Litoměřice and spent her childhood in the small village of Počaply u Terezína, where her father was a headteacher and librarian. She has lived in Terezín, Litoměřice, Lovosice, Prague, Hřídelec, and Lázně Bělohrad. From childhood, she wrote 'for the drawer', but her first novel, Pán hor (Lord of the Mountains), was not published until 1993. This six-part saga, which maps the history of a French noble family, immediately won her favour with readers. France in the 18th and 19th centuries is, after all, the backdrop the author uses most often in her historical adventure stories. She worked in healthcare for fifteen years and used her knowledge of the environment in the novels Prosím vás, sestřičko (Excuse Me, Nurse), Děkuji, sestřičko (Thank You, Nurse) and Co neodvál ani čas (What Time Didn't Even Blow Away). The period thriller Andělská tvář (An Angel's Face) served as the basis for Zdeněk Troška's film of the same name. Besides Pán hor, her best-known and most popular novels are the true stories from post-war Czechoslovakia, Heřmánkové údolí (Camomile Valley) and Hlas kukačky (The Cuckoo's Call), as well as the five-part historical saga comprising the novels Kočár do neznáma (A Carriage into the Unknown), Třetí přístav (The Third Harbour), Druhý břeh (The Other Shore), Dlouhá cesta (The Long Journey), and Císařská vyhlídka (The Imperial Viewpoint). Her books regularly appear on bestseller lists and are also among the most borrowed in Czech libraries.
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