Seduced by her employer's son, Evangeline, a naïve young governess in early nineteenth-century London, is discharged when her pregnancy is discovered and sent to the notorious Newgate Prison. After months in the fetid, overcrowded...
Female friendship
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Auteur:Kline, Christina BakerSommaire: - Auteur:Messud, ClaireSommaire:
Friends at Brown University, Marina, Danielle, and Julius are still looking to make their marks as they approach their 30s. Marina lives with her celebrated parents on the Upper West Side while trying to complete her book. TV producer...
- Auteur:Solomon, AsaliSommaire:
Inspired by Mrs. Dalloway and Sula, The Days of Afrekete is a tender, surprising novel of two women at midlife who rediscover themselves-and perhaps each other. Liselle Belmont is having a dinner party. It seems a strange occasion-...
- Auteur:Chiaverini, JenniferSommaire:
In this entry from the popular series, five women meet at quilt camp and embark upon a project together. Over the next year, each woman must tackle a personal difficulty before adding her segment to their shared quilt. Despite the...
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Auteur:PEARLMAN, AnnSommaire:Every year on the first Monday in December twelve friends gather with batches of homemade cookies wrapped in beautiful packages. They drink wine, they eat and take turns telling the story of the cookies they have baked. Somehow these...
- Auteur:Harbison, Elizabeth M.Sommaire:
A story about the secrets we keep, the friends we make, and the food we cook.
- Auteur:Dallas, SandraSommaire:
On a train bound for Nalgitas, New Mexico, hookhouse proprietor Addie French encounters Emma Roby, a prim and proper lady seeking a new life with a man she's never met. But when they reach Nalgitas, all that awaits the bride-to-be is a...
- Auteur:Renfroe, Paula T.Sommaire:
Best friends Aminah, whose husband cheats on her, and Langston, who is involved in an affair, struggle to maintain their friendship while working to save their marriages.
- Auteur:Miller, KirstenSommaire:
In the Long Island oceanfront community of Mattauk, three different women discover that midlife changes bring a whole new type of empowerment. When the body of a teenage girl is discovered abandoned on the beach, they take matters into...
- Auteur:Messud, ClaireSommaire:
A bracing, hypnotic, coming-of-age story about the bond of best friends, from the New York Times best-selling author of The Emperor's Children. Julia and Cassie have been friends since nursery school. They have shared everything,...
- Auteur:Castellan, E. M.Sommaire:
In 1922's England, eighteen-year-olds Vita and Izzy hope to spend the summer dancing to jazz. But Vita is kidnapped, flappers are found dead all over London, and the carefree summer turns dangerous.
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Auteur:Quiviger, PascaleSommaire:This novel by Scotiabank Giller Prize nominee Pascale Quiviger is about the bonds of friendship; the ties between mothers and daughters; the act of creation itself. It's a magical, intricately wrought work of art that reveals layer upon...
- Auteur:Wingate, LisaSommaire:
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Before We Were Yours comes a new historical novel: the dramatic story of three young women searching for family amid the destruction of the post–Civil War South, and of a modern-day...
- Auteur:Adams, EllerySommaire:
As the owner of Miracle Books, Nora Pennington figures all the wet weather this spring is at least good for business. The local inns are packed with stranded travelers, and among them Nora finds both new customers and a new friend, the...
- Auteur:Hawkins, KarenSommaire:
Sarah Dove is no ordinary bookworm. To her, books live, breathe, and sometimes even speak. As the librarian in her quaint Southern town of Dove Pond, her gift helps place every book in the hands of the perfect reader. Recently, however...
- Auteur:Mattison, AliceSommaire:
In 1975 the young timid Toby Ruben begins a life-long bond with the dynamic, boisterous Deborah Laidlaw. Through the years, they raise their children together, find jobs teaching, and argue over the intricacies of life. Although at...
- Auteur:Mallery, SusanSommaire:
When fate brings together Bree, Mikki, and Ashley, the Boardwalk Bookshop is born. The business is thriving, but their personal lives are not. As they grow closer, their bond gives them courage to renew their lives.
- Auteur:Kapelke-Dale, RachelSommaire:
"What I most enjoyed was Potter's narration. Her British accent adds even more sophistication to this creepy, insular ballet world" - Marshall Heyman, Vulture Dare Me meets Black Swan and Luckiest Girl Alive in a...
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Auteur:Peebles, Frances de PontesSommaire:"Echoes of Elena Ferrante resound in this sumptuous saga."'O, The Oprah Magazine "A masterfully choreographed saga of friendship, envy, sacrifice and love'as soulful, layered, and intoxicating as the samba that...
- Auteur:Parrish, ChristaSommaire:
At 17, Molly Fisk is unable to enjoy the preoccupations of other girls her age. Crippled by anxiety, Molly hides from life in the small-town museum she runs with her mother. Nurturing vague hopes of one day overcoming her fears and...
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