Educated, engaged, and the youngest in a prominent family, Whitney has everything she and her father have ever wanted. But the arrival of Benjamin Blaine awakens a sense of independence within Whitney, changing her entire world.
Fathers and daughters
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Author:Patterson, Richard NorthSummary: -
Author:Said, NajlaSummary:A frank and entertaining memoir, from the daughter of Edward Said, about growing up second-generation Arab American and struggling with that identity. The daughter of a prominent Palestinian father and a sophisticated Lebanese mother,...
- Author:Allison, WillSummary:
Taking his daughter Sara home from school one day, New Jersey accountant Glen drives his car into another vehicle, killing its driver. Since no one else saw the accident, Glen lies about it to the police--a decision that sends his life...
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Author:Stevenson, RobinSummary:Fiona's life changed forever when her mother died in a South Pacific sailing accident. One year later, everyone tells her it is time to move on. To Fiona, moving on means leaving her mother behind-something she has vowed never to do....
- Author:Hannon, IreneSummary:
The police say her father's death was suicide. But Kelly Warren says it was murder--and she has new evidence to prove it. Detective Cole Taylor doesn't put much stock in her claim, since there's nothing in his case review that suggests...
- Author:Grimaldi, VirginieSummary:
Juliane n'aime pas les surprises. Quand son père fantasque vient s'installer chez elle, à la suite de l'incendie de sa maison, son quotidien parfaitement huilé connaît quelques turbulences. Jean dépense sa retraite...
- Author:Macfarlane, DavidSummary:
Un roman sensuel et émouvant. Le jeune Oliver Hughson se rend à Paris en mai 1968, mais un malheureux incident le force à fuir la ville et le conduit dans un village de Toscane, près des célèbres carrières de marbre de Carrare, où il...
- Author:Evison, JonathanSummary:
After three tours in Iraq, the fabric of Dave Cartwright's life has begun to unravel. Gripped by PTSD, he is losing his home, his wife, his direction. Most days, his love for his seven-year-old daughter, Bella, is the only thing keeping...
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Author:Waldorf, HeatherSummary:Fifteen-year-old Sarah Greene's father -- chef by day, camera buff by night -- choked to death on a piece of steak. It was the best day of Sarah's life. But a year later, Sarah still struggles with the legacy of her father's abuse....
- Author:Balzac, Honoré de.Summary:
Dans une pension parisienne sordide sont réunies des personnes que rien ne semble lier : le jeune étudiant Rastignac qui ne cherche qu'à intégrer la haute société, le Père Goriot maintenant ruiné et le mystérieux Vautrin...
- Author:Staniszewski, AnnaSummary:
Rachel rend visite à son père dans un complexe touristique, en Floride, et elle est prête à passer deux semaines à se prélasser au bord de la piscine, à aller à Disney World — et à ne pas laver de cuvettes. Du moins jusqu'...
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Author:Neale, Jen, McArthur, Sera-LysSummary:A startling, moving magic realist debut. Almost immediately upon Julie Bird's return to the small port town where she was raised, everyday life is turned upside down. Julie's Gulf War vet father, Marty, has been on the losing side of a...
- Author:Richardson, KatSummary:
Treading the thin line between the living and the dead, PI Harper Blaine is on a search for a valuable clue about her past when her killer is himself murdered. To find his ghost, she will have to navigate many supernatural dangers--but...
- Author:Houck, ColeenSummary:
Un battement de cœur passa, puis un autre, et le moment sembla à la fois chaud et glacial. Puis il sourit, et il y eut du soleil et de la chaleur et des promesses tacites enveloppées dans une simple expression.
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Author:Krisher, TrudySummary:In 1961 fifteen-year-old Pert, who lives with her mother in Kinship, Georgia, meets her long-absent father and discovers the true meaning of home.
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Author:Shakespeare, WilliamSummary:First performed about 1805, King Lear is one of the most relentlessly bleak of Shakespeare's tragedies. Probably written between Othello and Macbeth, when the playwright was at the peak of his tragic power, Lear's themes of filial...
- Author:Chase, PaulaSummary:
Marigold Johnson is looking forward to a future full of family, friends, and fashion--but what will she do when it all explodes in her face? When she discovers that her entire life is a lie?
- Author:Reid, AvaSummary:
From highly acclaimed, bestselling author Ava Reid comes a gothic horror retelling of The Juniper Tree, set in another time and place within the world of The Wolf and the Woodsman, where a young witch seeks to discover her identity and...
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Author:Brontë, CharlotteSummary:Jane Eyre is alone in the world, orphaned and living off the charity of reluctant relatives. Hired as a governess, she enters a society of high glamour and dark family secrets. Possibly the world’s most romantic book about child abuse,...
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Author:Summers, GillianSummary:After squelching an evil plot by a rotten fairy, Keelie Heartwood is ready for fun at the upcoming Wildewood Renaissance Faire. Getting to know her elf dad has been great, but camping out in his homemade R.V. while acting out the 16th...
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