Portrays the tenuous threads that connect modern families. Gordon McKenna's beloved sister and her husband are tragically killed in a car accident, leaving behind their one-year-old child.
General Fiction
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Auteur:MITCHARD, JacquelynSommaire: - Auteur:SHELDON, SidneySommaire:
Underneath the callous, super-stud image of Toby Temple, the world's funniest man, is a lonely man. Jill Castle, a beautiful starlet, has ambition even greater than Toby's. Together they rule the glittering kingdom of...
- Auteur:BROOKNER, AnitaSommaire:
Modest, reliable and decorous throughout his life, George Bland faces retirement with unease. But into his life comes Katy Gibb, who sees in him a chance for self-advancement, while he sees in her a chance for rakish patronage.
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Auteur:CHAUDHURI, AmitSommaire:Jayojit's marriage has failed, his wife of eleven years is now living with her doctor. Jayojit and his son Bonny are going back to Calcutta for a holiday.
- Auteur:DRABBLE, MargaretSommaire:
Sequel to "The radiant way", this novel continues the story of Alix, Liz and Esther and focuses on the industrial city of Northam in Yorkshire, where the problems and opportunities of eighties Britain are vividly encapsulated.
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Auteur:MORRISON, ToniSommaire:In the 1680s the slave trade was still in its infancy. In the Americas, virulent religious and class divisions, prejudice and oppression were rife, providing the fertile soil in which slavery and race hatred were planted and took root...
- Auteur:COOKSON, CatherineSommaire:
The story of three young people in Northumberland in the first half of the 19th Century, their lives lastingly entwined by the inexorable demands of a strange cruel destiny.
- Auteur:LINDSAY, NormanSommaire:
Set in Melbourne in 1896, this novel follows a young curate as he finds lodgings in an artist's studio and has his religious principles thoroughly tested by his friend's parties, women and wine.
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Auteur:ALLIOTT, CatherineSommaire:There are already three people in artist Imogen Cameron's marriage - herself, her husband, Alex, and their son, Rufus - and that's just the way she likes it. But all that's about to change. When the Camerons hit dire...
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Auteur:TRUSS, LynneSommaire:In the tradition of Alan Bennet's Talking Heads, Lynne Truss's twelve highly original monologues are about love, romance, friendship and family. Originally recorded for BBC Radio 4.
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Auteur:SPARKS, NicholasSommaire:Miles Ryan's life seemed to end the day his wife was killed in a hit-and-run accident two years ago. Then Miles meets Sarah Andrews the second-grade teacher of his son. Neither is aware of how closely linked they are to a...
- Auteur:GIBSON, FionaSommaire:
Bambino is a glossy, weekly parenting magazine aimed at 'yummy mummies'. Their ideal mother always looks immaculate, never lets her children watch TV and only ever eats organic food ...So when Cait, a chaotic single mother,...
- Auteur:WALKER, LucySommaire:
The story of the lives and loves of two families who live on adjoining stations in the lonely outback of Australia.
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