In a seaside town in Haiti, widower Nozias finally makes the gut-wrenching decision to give up his daughter Claire so she can have a better life. But when the girl goes missing, the resulting...
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Auteur: Danticat, EdwidgeSommaire:Genre: Historical fiction -
Auteur: Lepore, JillSommaire:
A revelatory portrait of Benjamin Franklin's youngest sister and a wholly different account of the founding of the United States.
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Auteur: McFadden, Bernice L.Sommaire:
This heartbreaking tale follows two damaged but hopeful souls as they struggle to find love despite the ravages of their pasts.
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Auteur: Entel, RebeccaSommaire:Driven by curiosity about her small Carribean island, Myrna secretly excavates the ruins of a former slave plantation. Her investigation into the past will take a deeply personal turn in the...
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Auteur: Ngũgĩ, Wanjiku waSommaire:
Mugure and Zack seem to have the picture-perfect family: a young, healthy son, a beautiful home in Riverdale, New York, and a bright future. But one night, as Mugure is rummaging through an old...
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Auteur: Dunbar, Erica ArmstrongSommaire:Finalist for the National Book Award for Nonfiction A startling and eye-opening look into America's First Family, Never Caught is the powerful narrative of Ona Judge, George and Martha Washington'...
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Auteur: Wamariya, ClemantineSommaire:"The plot provided by the universe was filled with starvation, war and rape. I would not-could not-live in that tale." Clemantine Wamariya was six years old when her mother and father...
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Auteur: Butler, Octavia E.Sommaire:
This exciting collection presents two previously unpublished stories by SF legend Butler. "A Necessary Being" precedes the events of Survivor, Butler's third (famously disowned)...
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Auteur: Spalding, LindaSommaire:
Shunned by his Quaker community for marrying a servant girl, Daniel Dickinson pursues a new life on the Virginia frontier, where his family's values are tested by the challenges of homestead life...
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Auteur: Spera, Deb.Sommaire:A stunning tour de force following three fierce, unforgettable Southern women in the years leading up to the Great Depression It's 1924 South Carolina and the region is still recovering from...
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Auteur: Tyson, CicelySommaire:
In her long and extraordinary career, Cicely Tyson has not only exceeded as an actor, she has shaped the course of history." - President Barack Obama, 2016 Presidential Medal of Honor...
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Auteur: Bell, Lee; Hylick, Joylette; Johnson, Katherine G.Sommaire:
The remarkable woman at heart of the smash New York Times bestseller and Oscar-winning film Hidden Figures tells the full story of her life, including what it took to work at NASA, help land the...
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Auteur: Reid, Taylor JenkinsSommaire:
From Taylor Jenkins Reid, "a genius when it comes to stories about life and love" (Redbook), comes an unforgettable and sweeping novel about one classic film actress's relentless rise to the top--...
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Auteur: Sellmair, Nikola; Teege, JenniferSommaire:When Jennifer Teege, a German-Nigerian woman, discovers to her horror that her grandfather was Amon Goeth, the vicious Nazi commandant depicted by Ralph Fiennes in Schindler's List, she sets out...
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Auteur: Copenhaver, JohnSommaire:
Phillipa and Judy find themselves embroiled in a mystery when a classmate dies. As they follow clues and wrestle with their feelings for each other, they learn that the killer is closer to them...