A lyrical novel set against the backdrop of China's Cultural Revolution that follows a father's quest to reunite his family before his precocious daughter's momentous birthday, which Garth Greenwell calls "one of the most beautiful...
Family reunions
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Auteur:Ian McEwanSommaire:A successful, happily married neurosurgeon, Henry Perowne is drawn into a confrontation with Baxter, a small-time thug, following a minor motor vehicle accident on the way to his regular squash game, an encounter that has savage...
- Auteur:Anske, KseniaSommaire:
Misunderstood and overmedicated, twelve-year-old Lilith Bloom finds the prospect of a grand family reunion decidedly dull... That is, until she discovers that the rose garden surrounding her grandfather's Berlin mansion is, well,...
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Auteur:Underdahl, S.T.Sommaire:Josey Muller’s regular life—studying with her best friends, planning for the Hollidazzle dance, and gossiping about hot guys—is shaken like a snow globe when her parents drop an A-bomb: she has a sister! Pressured to give up the baby...
- Auteur:White, SusanSommaire:
Maple Sugar Pie is the story of Hazel Whitford and her family's past, Told through old black and white photographs, we see the events that caused deep fractures in her family and her estrangement from her husband and all but one of her...
- Auteur:Friedland, ElyssaSommaire:
In its heyday, The Golden Hotel was the crown jewel of the hotter-than-hot Catskills vacation scene. For more than sixty years, the Goldman and Weingold families - best friends and business partners - have presided over this glamorous...
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Auteur:Atkinson, E. J.Sommaire:Growing up near Boston with her free-spirited mother and old-world grandfather, twelve-year-old Emma has always felt out of place but when she attends the family reunion her father's family holds annually in Wisconsin, she is in for...
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Auteur:Lyons, Kelly StarlingSommaire:"On reunion morning, we rise before the sun. Daddy hums as he packs our car with suitcases and a cooler full of snacks. He says there's nothing like going down home." Down home is Granny's house. Down home is where Lil' Alan and his...
- Auteur:Hunt, Angela ElwellSommaire:
Darlene Caldwell is stunned when her twin Carlene returns to their childhood home after years of being away. Meanwhile, their younger sister Magnolia struggles with a new love and potentially leaving her comfortable life. The siblings...
- Auteur:Stevenson, BenjaminSommaire:
Everyone in my family has killed someone. Some of us, the high achievers, have killed more than once. I'm not trying to be dramatic, but it is the truth. Some of us are good, others are bad, and some just unfortunate. I'm...
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Complete Surrender: the True Story of a Family's Dark Secret and the Brothers it Tore Apart at BirthAuteur:SHARP, DaveSommaire:Approximately sixty years after the event, Dave Sharp discovered that he had been given away at the age of one month. This sent him on a quest to discover the truth behind his mysterious abandonment, and finally reunited him with his...
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Auteur:Chapman, BrendaSommaire:Two murders, fourteen years apart, both shrouded in secrets. David McKenna lies dying in a Kingston hospital, his children gathered from across the country to say a final goodbye. But the family reunion opens old wounds. David’s only...
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Auteur:Bennett, JonathanSommaire:While most of the action takes place in Sydney, Australia, and Toronto, this whirlwind tour of long-separated twins also lands in Hawaii, London, Scotland, Madrid, and Mallorca. The twins — Curt, an Australian jazz musician, and William...
- Auteur:Buttrose, Larry, Brierley, SarooSommaire:
At only five years old, Saroo Brierley got lost on a train in India. Eventually adopted by a couple in Australia, he always wondered about his origins. The advent of Google Earth finally gave him the opportunity to look for his former...
