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Domestic fiction

  • Auteur:
    Rachel Cusk
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    In the wake of family collapse, a writer moves to London with her two young sons. The process of upheaval is the catalyst for a number of transitions—personal, moral, artistic, practical—as she endeavors to construct a new reality for herself and her children. In the city she is made to confront aspects of living she has, until now, avoided, and to consider questions of vulnerability and power, death and renewal, in what becomes her struggle to reattach herself to, and believe in, life.

    Filtered through the impersonal gaze of its keenly intelligent protagonist, Transit sees Rachel Cusk delve deeper into the themes first raised in her critically acclaimed novel Outline, and offers up a penetrating and moving reflection on childhood and fate, the value of suffering, the moral problems of personal responsibility, and the mystery of change. In this precise, short, and yet epic novel, Cusk manages to describe the most elemental experiences, the liminal qualities of life, through a narrative near-silence that draws language toward it. She captures with unsettling restraint and honesty the longing to both inhabit and flee one’s life and the wrenching ambivalence animating our desire to feel real.

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    Le Tellier, Hervé
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    "Je n'ai été ni privé, ni battu, ni abusé. Mais très jeune, j'ai compris que quelque chose n'allait pas, très tôt j'ai voulu partir, et d'ailleurs très tôt je suis parti. Mon père, mon beau-père sont morts, ma mère est folle. Ils ne liront pas ce livre, et je me sens le droit de l'écrire enfin. Cette étrange famille, j'espère la raconter sans colère, la décrire sans me plaindre, je voudrais même en faire rire, sans regrets. Les enfants n'ont parfois que le choix de la fuite, et doivent souvent à leur évasion, au risque de la fragilité, d'aimer plus encore la vie." Toutes les familles heureuses dessine les destins croisés des membres d'une étrange famille, où l'amour ne va pas de soi. Dans un style sobre et d'une grande finesse, Hervé Le Tellier, Prix Goncourt 2020, nous offre ici son ouvrage le plus personnel et le plus émouvant. Avec pudeur, Thibault de Montalembert fait entendre toutes les variations de ce texte, de l'amertume à la dérision, en passant par la tendresse.

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    Brown, Jennifer
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    Raised in the Midwest, Jersey Cameron knows all about tornadoes--or so she thinks. When her town is devastated by a twister, Jersey survives but loses her mother, her sister, and her home. Sent to live with her only surviving relatives, she discovers a new definition of family.

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    Lukoff, Kyle
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    A haunting ghost story about navigating grief, growing up, and growing into a new gender identityIt's the summer before middle school and eleven-year-old Bug's best friend Moira has decided the two of them need to use the next few months to prepare. For Moira, this means figuring out the right clothes to wear, learning how to put on makeup, and deciding which boys are cuter in their yearbook photos than in real life. But none of this is all that appealing to Bug, who doesn't particularly want to spend more time trying to understand how to be a girl. Besides, there's something more important to worry about: A ghost is haunting Bug's eerie old house in rural Vermont ... and maybe haunting Bug in particular. As Bug begins to untangle the mystery of who this ghost is and what they're trying to say, an altogether different truth comes to light--Bug is transgender.

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    Trigiani, Adriana
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    Set in the lush Big Band era of the 1940s and World War II, this spellbinding saga from beloved New York Times bestselling author Adriana Trigiani tells the story of two talented working class kids who marry and become a successful singing act, until time, temptation, and the responsibilities of home and family derail their dreamsShortly before World War II, Chi Chi Donatelli and Saverio Armandonada meet one summer on the Jersey shore and fall in love. Both are talented and ambitious, and both share the dream of becoming singers for the legendary orchestras of the time: Glenn Miller, Tommy Dorsey, Benny Goodman. They're soon married, and it isn't long before Chiara and Tony find that their careers are on the way up as they navigate the glamorous worlds of night clubs, radio and television. All goes well until it becomes clear that they must make a choice: Which of them will put their ambitions aside to raise a family and which will pursue a career' And how will they cope with the impact that decision has on their lives and their marriage' From the Jersey shore to Las Vegas to Hollywood, and all the dance halls in between, this multi-layered story is vivid with historical color and steeped in the popular music that serves as its score. Tony's Wife is a magnificent epic of life in a traditional Italian family undergoing seismic change in a fast paced, modern world. Filled with vivid, funny and unforgettable characters, this richly human story showcases Adriana Trigiani's gifts as a storyteller and her deep understanding of family, love and the pursuit of the American dream.

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    Berger, John
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    In To the Wedding John Berger offers us a sharply modern situation set in the traditionally pastoral and idyllic background of rural Europe. Beautiful, vibrant Ninon falls in love and becomes engaged to a young Italian, Gino, but soon before their wedding she discovers that she has contracted HIV through a brief encounter several years earlier. She tries to break the engagement but Gino, in an act of passionate and redemptive love, insists that the marriage will occur. The wedding itself, celebrated in a little village on the Po delta, becomes a magical feast in which all the novel's lost and searching souls, including Ninon's grieving father, Jean, and her mother, Zdena, a Slovakian intellectual who left Jean and Ninon many years earlier, are drawn into the joyful circle and regenerated by the power of Gino and Ninon's timeless love. Berger demonstrates that even the cruelest fate can be endured and even transcended through courage, love, and determination.

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    GALSWORTHY, John
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    Jon Forsyte meets Fleur, Soames' daughter, and they fall in love. They must then face the unbreachable rift that divides their families. Book three of the Forsyte Saga.

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    Lee, Harper
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    The conscience of a town steeped in prejudice, violence, and hypocrisy is pricked by the stamina and quiet heroism of one man's struggle for justice.

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    Ghaffari, Rabeah
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    In 1979, just before the Iranian Revolution, Bibi, wife of a retired judge, struggles to keep her family and entire househld together amidst their differing hopes for a new Iran.

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    Peterson, Tracie
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    Diane Selby's life is full of blessings. She and her husband have made a success of their vast Diamond V ranch, a long-lost sister has returned, and their family is growing. But an aggressive rancher nearby wants to buy all the land surrounding his spread. The Diamond V is at the top of his list, and he will stop at nothing to get it. Now, facing trachery and deception, Diane struggles to believe in God's love.

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    Carlan, Audrey
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    When their mother passed away, Evie Ross and her sister were each given a stack of letters, one to be opened every year on their birthday, to inspire and guide them through adulthood. But although Evie has made a successful career, her desire for stability and security has meant she's never experienced the best life has to offer. But the discovery of more letters hidden in a safe-deposit box points to secrets her mother held close, and possibly a new way for Evie to think about her family, her heart and her dreams.

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    Meacham, Leila
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    In early 1900s Texas, Samantha Gordon, heiress to a large cattle ranch, and Nathan Holloway, a charming farm boy, find their fates intertwined. As changes sweep the rustic countryside, their connection drives this narrative compulsively forward--as they love, lose, and betray.

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    COOKSON, Catherine
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    With her two children and adopted daughter, Tilly returns to Highfield Manor. There, as mistress, she finds little changed, old loves and enmities provide fresh challenges until her final destiny prevails.

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    Flynn, Robert
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    Chance Carter doesn't like his Grandmother Rista. When he learns her health is failing, the only thing compelling him to leave Florida for Texas is his status as the sole heir to her million-dollar ranch. Yet when he pays her a visit, he learns the reality of the past -- including why Rista shot both her husband and the man who may have been Chance's father.

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    Boyd, Hilary
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    What do you do if you've been married to a man for half your life and out of nowhere he leaves your bed permanently? When this happens to Jeanie, she's furious and determined to confront George, her husband of thirty years. Is he in love with someone else? What did she do wrong? He won't tell her.

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    Martin, Charles
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    Modern cowboy Tyler Steele must raise his son, Brodie, save his ranch, and rebuild his life after his wife leaves him for being emotionally distant and ultimately learns that being a man means confronting your true weaknesses.

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    Carofiglio, Gianrico
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    When Antonio is diagnosed with epilepsy at eighteen, he and his absentee father travel to Marseille to visit a doctor who may hold the hope for an effective treatment and connect for the first time.

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    Harvey, Sarah N.
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    Sixteen-year-old Sid barely remembers his birth mother and has no idea who his father was. Raised on an idyllic island by loving foster parents, Sid would be content to stay there forever, drawing, riding his bike, hanging out with his friend Chloe and helping out with Fariza, a newly arrived foster child. But when a stranger named Phil arrives on the island with disturbing news about his birth family – including a troubled younger brother – Sid leaves all that is familiar to help find the sibling he didn't know existed. What he discovers is a family fractured by mental illness, but also united by strong bonds of love and compassion. As Sid searches for his brother, gets to know his grandmother, and worries about meeting his biological mother, he realizes that there will never be a simple answer to the question, Am I my brother's keeper?

  • Auteur:
    Straub, Emma
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    Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2022 by Harper's Bazaar, Oprah Daily, Glamour, Entertainment Weekly, Vogue, Good Housekeeping, Parade, Bustle, Marie Claire, PopSugar, Thrillist, Lit Hub and more! "The pages brim with tenderness and an appreciation for what we had and who we were. I could not have loved it more."--Ann Patchett "The kind of book that will make you laugh, make you cry, and make you call the people you love. Exceptional."--Emily HenryWhat if you could take a vacation to your past? With her celebrated humor, insight, and heart, beloved New York Times bestseller Emma Straub offers her own twist on traditional time travel tropes, and a different kind of love story. On the eve of her 40th birthday, Alice's life isn't terrible. She likes her job, even if it isn't exactly the one she expected. She's happy with her apartment, her romantic status, her independence, and she adores her lifelong best friend. But her father is ailing, and it feels to her as if something is missing. When she wakes up the next morning she finds herself back in 1996, reliving her 16th birthday. But it isn't just her adolescent body that shocks her, or seeing her high school crush, it's her dad: the vital, charming, 40-something version of her father with whom she is reunited. Now armed with a new perspective on her own life and his, some past events take on new meaning. Is there anything that she would change if she could?

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    Singleton, Elyse
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    Best friends Lilian and Myraleen, two African American women from rural Mississippi, travel to Europe during World War II to act as members of the Women's Army Corps. During this time of segregation and destruction, both women discover love and heartbreak, triumph and defeat.

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