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...
Mothers and daughters
- Auteur:Thúy, KimSommaire:
- Auteur:Bowen, GailSommaire:
When a judge's body is found in Wascana Park, Joanne and friend Hilda Mc Court must determine if the judge had come to regret the harsh sentences she had handed down, or was she getting senile? She had left two wills and the murder...
- Auteur:Steel, DanielleSommaire:
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. Danielle Steel delivers a poignant novel about a mother and daughter who must repair their relationship and find a way to follow their hearts. Oscar-winning actress Ardith Law is a Hollywood icon. Radiant at...
- Auteur:Carol, ShieldsSommaire:
For all of her days, Reta Winters has enjoyed the useful monotony of happiness: a loving family, good friends, growing success as a writer of light fiction novels "for summertime." This placid existence cracks open one fearful day when...
- Auteur:Gaffney, PatriciaSommaire:
Après Les quatre Grâces, Patricia Gaffney offre cette merveilleuse histoire de solidarité entre mères et filles, et un portrait attendrissant de l’amour immense qui les unit. Veuve depuis peu, Carrie est plongée dans une grave...
- Auteur:Arbour, Marie-ChristineSommaire:
À travers l’amour, l’admiration et le rejet, ce roman décrit la fascination qu’exerce une mère sur sa fille. Prise en otage par elle, celle-ci se mesure à ses propres peurs face au sexe et aux hommes. Déçue et trompée, mais toujurs en...
- Auteur:Anton, JenniferSommaire:
When her lover Pietro Pante leaves for work in America, Nina Argenta is torn between joining him and her commitment to Italy and her mother as Mussolini's Fascists throw the country into chaos.
- Auteur:Sutherland, SuzanneSommaire:
2016 Junior Library Guild Selection 2016 VOYA Top Shelf Fiction Selection CCBC’s Best Books for Kids & Teens (Fall 2016) — Commended She’s with the band, whether she likes it or not. Victoria Mahler is the sixteen-year-old only...
- Auteur:Sumner, JamieSommaire:
From the author of the acclaimed Roll with It comes a moving novel about a girl with a sensory processing disorder who has to find her own voice after her whole world turns upside down. Lou Montgomery has the voice of an angel, or so...
- Auteur:Ferrante, ElenaSommaire:
Following her mother's mysterious death, Delia embarks on a voyage of discovery through the streets of her native Naples searching for the truth about her family. A series of mysterious telephone calls leads her to compelling and...
- Auteur:Kidd, Sue MonkSommaire:
The authors describe their introspective journeys to Greece and France, during which they reconnected while Sue grappled with midlife challenges and writer's block and Ann struggled with heartbreak and post-college career questions.
- Auteur:Oke, JanetteSommaire:
When Sarah Perry loses her husband, she resolves that the best thing she can do for her young daughter Rebecca is send her off to a "proper" boarding school. And, years later, when Rebecca returns home, the distance between the two...
- Auteur:Pupek, JayneSommaire:
Eleven-year-old Ellie Sanders is forced to grow up quickly when her pregnant mother develops health problems and her father's attentions become diverted by a teenage produce peddler. To escape, Ellie creates a secret world of her own,...
- Auteur:Patchett, AnnSommaire:
In this beautiful and moving novel about family, love, and growing up, Ann Patchett once again proves herself one of America's finest writers. "Patchett leads us to a truth that feels like life rather than literature." -The Guardian. In...
- Auteur:Sammurtok, NadiaSommaire:
In this lovingly told book, a mother recounts for her daughter all the things she loves about her, connecting each attribute to an element of the Arctic landscape or Inuit traditional life. As her daughter's eyes glistens like the fire...
- Auteur:Calder, SusanSommaire:
Julie Fox is on the run. A psychotic breakdown has shattered her career in Calgary, her marriage and her love for her child. Julie travels to California to search for her mother and learn the root of her problems. Clues at a cult-like...
- Auteur:Frank, AlliSommaire:
The Wedding Date meets Class Mom in this delicious novel of love, money, and misbehaving parents. One of Good Housekeeping's 20 Best New Fiction Books of 2020 Good Morning America Mother's Day in Quarantine Books to Buy...
- Auteur:Anderson-Dargatz, GailSommaire:
Sadie works as a framer, building houses. She lost her own home in a recent divorce and now lives with her two daughters in a rented bungalow. When her landlady says she needs to move out, Sadie finds there's a housing crisis in...
- Auteur:Compton, ValerieSommaire:
Shortlisted, Thomas Head Raddall Award. When Stella disappears, leaving her toddler and husband behind, her mother Sonia, a widowed farm wife and former lighthouse keeper, struggles to face the possibility that her daughter may not have...
- Auteur:Peterson, LoisSommaire:
Fifteen-year-old Leni copes with a mother who suffers from mental illness.