The youngest of four children and the only girl, Vi was given a name that meant 'precious, tiny one,' destined to be cosseted and protected, the family's little treasure. Daughter of an enterprising mother and a wealthy, spoiled father...
Families
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Auteur:Horvath, PollySommaire:Ten-year-old Rupert, from a very large, very poor family, accidently becomes part of an eccentric rich family's life beginning at Christmas, and soon sees that wealth is not everything.
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Auteur:Mootoo, ShaniSommaire:In a well-to-do Trinidadian family, a father and his daughter struggle to find their true identities, both as individuals and as members of a tightly structured, traditional household. A story about the complex interaction of race,...
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Auteur:Doyle, BrianSommaire:Winner of the Canadian Library Association Book of the Year Award Young Tommy and Baby Bridget, the girl with the trillium-shaped eyes, discover that living, healing and dying are not always what they seem. And they make that discovery...
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Auteur:Gohlke, CathySommaire:For American Claire Stewart, joining the French Resistance sounded as romantic as the storylines she hopes will one day grace the novels she wants to write. But when she finds herself stranded on English shores, with five French Jewish...
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Auteur:Doyle, GlennonSommaire:#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ; “Packed with incredible insight about what it means to be a woman today.”—Reese Witherspoon (Reese’s Book Club x Hello Sunshine Book Pick) In her most revealing and powerful memoir yet, the activist,...
- Auteur:Archer, KatrinaSommaire:
Untalented. Unwanted. Unbroken.Saroya: Untalented, a stain on her family's honor. Orphaned and barred from the Guilds, she has nowhere to go when her Talent fails to emerge. Loric: Brother-in-law to the king. Thwarted in his ambitions,...
- Auteur:Highley, Kendra C.Sommaire:
Lexa Pate, seventeen-year-old thief extraordinaire, has burned a bridge or two in her life. You don’t make a career out of stealing other people’s property without making enemies. When a risky job goes from bad to worse, Lexa and her...
- Auteur:Walters, EricSommaire:
It's September 12th, 2001, and New York City is at a standstill: somber, bleak and shocked in the aftermath of the World Trade Center attacks. Will knows he and his father are lucky to have escaped; others, like his best friend James'...
- Auteur:Maclear, Kyo.Sommaire:
For readers of Crying in H Mart and Wintering, an unforgettable memoir about a family secret revealed by a DNA test, the lessons learned in its aftermath, and the indelible power of love. Three months after Kyo Maclear's father dies in...
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Auteur:Vaughn, Piper, O’Shea, M. J.Sommaire:Rue Murray n’a jamais voulu être appelé ‘Papa’. D’ailleurs, il n’aurait jamais cru coucher un jour avec une femme. Il se retrouve pourtant désormais père d’une petite fille, Alice. Entre son job de barman et ses cours de cosmétologie,...
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Auteur:Daigneault, ClaudeSommaire:Une famille et ses invités se retrouvent à la merci d’une tempête de verglas qui s’abat sur la maison ancestrale de la campagne lanaudoise. La situation se complique à un moment crucial pour ces gens qui ne s’aiment plus et dont les...
- Auteur:Cloutier, AnnieSommaire:
Le public raffole de la famille Gagnon, coqueluche des médias et propriétaire des Biscuits Gagnon, fleuron de l’industrie agroalimentaire québécoise. Six frères talentueux et honnêtes, six belles-sœurs performantes et souriantes, une...
- Auteur:Labonté, AlainSommaire:
Voilà un livre absolument étonnant dans lequel Alain Labonté se révèle sans fausse pudeur, tout en abordant les grands thèmes de l'amour filial, du respect de la différence et de la fraternité humaine. Dans sa préface,...
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Auteur:Stevenson, Sarah JamilaSommaire:“Dear Sunny: I don’t expect you to understand any of this yet, but we’ll always have yesterday... and today, and tomorrow. Maybe one day you’ll figure it out. I never could.” With a supportive family, great friends, and a spot on her...
- Auteur:Househ, Mowafa SaidSommaire:
Mowafa Said Househ's family fled Palestine in 1948 and arrived in Canada in the 1970s. He spent his childhood in Edmonton, Alberta, where he grew up as a visible minority and a Muslim whose family had a deeply fractured history. In the...
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Auteur:Newton, HeatherSommaire:Thirty years ago, Martin Owenby came to New York City with dreams of becoming a writer. Now his existence revolves around cheap Scotch and weekend flings with equally damaged men. When he learns that his older brother, Leon, has gone...
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Auteur:Grey, AndrewSommaire:Storie della prateria libro 3 L'ultima cosa che Liam Southard si aspetta quando fugge da un padre violento è di essere accolto in un ranch gestito da una coppia gay. Presto trova un nuovo lavoro e un nuovo punto di vista sulla propria...
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Auteur:Grey, Andrew, Pavan, ErnestoSommaire:Dopo un anno trascorso alla scuola di medicina, Dakota Holden ritorna a casa per prendersi cura degli affari di famiglia a tempo pieno e aiutare suo padre a convivere con la sclerosi multipla. Devoto alla sua famiglia, Dakota si concede...
- Auteur:Aglukark, SusanSommaire:
"A meaningful portrait of a young child living and loving in a unique period of North American history." - Kirkus. Ukpik loves living in her camp in the North with her family and she especially loves thinking up names for her...
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