READ BY GERALDINE MCEWAN. The classic picture book story of Sophie and her extraordinary teatime guest has been loved by millions of children since it was first published more than fifty years ago. Now an award-winning animation! The...
Mothers and daughters
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Auteur:Kerr, JudithSommaire: - Auteur:Lewis, BeverlySommaire:
As an Amish young lady leaves Bird-in-Hand in a fancy car to search for her mother in Ohio, she wonders if her mom really wants to be found. She also hopes her Englisher friend--determined to forgo traditional medicine--can find the...
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Auteur:See, LisaSommaire:2018 Audie Award Finalist The thrilling new novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa See explores the lives of a Chinese mother and her daughter who has been abandoned and adopted by an American couple. Li-yan and her family...
- Auteur:Otsuka, JulieSommaire:
From the best-selling, award-winning author of The Buddha in the Attic and When the Emperor Was Divine comes a novel about what happens to a group of obsessed recreational swimmers when a crack appears at the bottom of their local pool...
- Auteur:Spalding, Amy.Sommaire:
Seventeen, fashion-obsessed, and gay, Abby Ives has always been content playing the sidekick in other people's lives. While her friends and sister have plunged headfirst into the world of dating and romances, Abby's been happy...
- Auteur:Doller, TrishSommaire:
One of the few bright lights in Rachel Beck's life is her job at a Miami Beach luxury hotel--until she's fired for something she didn't do. As a single mom, Rachel knows she needs stability, and fast. On impulse, Rachel...
- Auteur:Vermette, KatherenaSommaire:
From the bestselling author of The Break comes a staggering intergenerational saga that explores how connected we are, even when we're no longer together—even when we"re forced apart. Cedar has nearly forgotten what her family looks...
- Auteur:Wilson, JacquelineSommaire:
A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of Jacqueline Wilson's favourite character, Tracy Beaker, who lives in a children's home. Ten-year-old Tracy is smart and full of energy but more than anything she wants love. In "The...
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Auteur:Ibbotson, EvaSommaire:After twelve-year-old Annika, a foundling living in late nineteenth-century Vienna, inherits a trunk of costume jewelry, a woman claiming to be her aristocratic mother arrives and takes her to live in a strangely decrepit mansion in...
- Auteur:Whittall, Zoe.Sommaire:
It's taboo to regret motherhood. But what would happen if you did? Shifting perspectives and time periods, The Spectacular is a multi-generational story exploring sexuality, gender and the weight of reproductive freedoms, from the...
- Auteur:Suk, SarahSommaire:
Perfect for fans of They Both Die at the End and You've Reached Sam, this gripping, atmospheric YA novel follows a teen with a mysterious condition that transports her to the past when she smells certain scents linked to specific...
- Auteur:Pond, JudithSommaire:
Rose is divorced, fifty, and estranged from her daughter. At a student art opening on a rainy March evening she meets Morrison, a genial hoarder and womb-twin survivor, who leads us to Abbey, a dancer who is losing the chance to become...
- Auteur:Williams, SheilaSommaire:
Elise Armstrong, Carmen Bradshaw, and DeeDee Davis meet in a yoga class. Though vastly different, these women discover they all have one thing in common: their mothers have recently passed away. Becoming fast friends, the trio make a...
- Auteur:Harvey, Kristy WoodsonSommaire:
Leaving fans "practically [begging] for a sequel" (Bookpage), critically acclaimed author Kristy Woodson Harvey returns with the second novel in her beloved Peachtree Bluff series, featuring a trio of sisters and their mother...
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Auteur:Silverthorne, JudithSommaire:12-year-old Emily travels back in time again in this sequel, to discover a secret locked in her grandmother's soon-to-be-sold stone house.
Twelve-year-old Emily Bradford travels back in time to discover a secret about her...
- Auteur:Cowan, JustineSommaire:
Justine had always been told that her mother came from royal blood. The proof could be found in her mother's elegance, and in a cryptic letter hinting at her claim to a country estate. After her mother's death, overcome with...
- Auteur:Candlish, LouiseSommaire:
Kate divorces Alistair after 10 years of marriage, swearing off relationships altogether. But that was before she rented the extra space in her flat to the charming Davis Calder, who soon endears himself to Kate and her teenage daughter...
- Auteur:Hearon, ShelbySommaire:
Ellen Marshall is in her second marriage, now the mother of a 12-year-old son with her first husband Franklin and a four-year-old daughter with her current husband John. Ellen is growing tired of John's constant need for everyone's...
- Auteur:Thayne, RaeAnneSommaire:
Olivia Harper is unfulfilled at work and in her love life. When she hears that her mother Juliet has been injured in a car accident, she has no choice but to pack up her life and head home to beautiful Cape Sanctuary on the Northern...
- Auteur:Stachniak, EvaSommaire:
During the reign of Louis XV, impoverished teenage girls are sent to a villa to be trained as potential courtesans for the King. Beautiful and canny Veronique arrives at the school of mirrors and quickly becomes a favorite of the King....
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