At the heart of the novel is 74-year-old Pearl Calder, a woman who has thrown away her past and kept it a secret from her daughters. But as Pearl confronts her own mortality, she begins to understand what her dead husband, Henry, has...
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Author:Buffie, ErnaSummary: -
Author:Léger, HugoSummary:De retour d’un voyage au dénouement malheureux, le jeune Edmond doit apprendre à vivre sans sa mère, pendant que son père essaie de cacher sa peine et que sa soeur ne semble pas vraiment comprendre que leur maman ne reviendra pas....
- Author:Genova, LisaSummary:
Genova's novel revolves around Sarah Nickerson, a high-powered consultant whose fast-paced world comes to a screeching halt when a brain injury leaves her with a condition called Left Neglect. Now Sarah must pay attention to things she...
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Author:Zimmer, MichaelSummary:J. T. Latham is rotting in prison in the Yuma Territory penitentiary. But then Sheriff Del Buchman offers to commute his sentence if Latham helps execute a prisoner exchange with some dangerous banditos. The only catch is that he must...
- Author:Côté, GuySummary:
Sommes-nous vraiment responsables de tout ce qui nous arrive ? Parfois oui ; mais à d’autres moments, nous ne pouvons contrôler le fait que la vie nous confronte à des murs qui, à première vue, nous semblent infranchissables. Vous êtes-...
- Author:Kallos, StephanieSummary:
Charles Marlow is a Seattle English teacher who instructs his students to expand their worlds through language. Lately, however, with one child off to college and the pressure from his ex-wife to make plans for their severely autistic...
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Author:Pullinger, KateSummary:Spring 2010. Harriet works in local radio in London, England. Her husband, Michael, stuck in New York, travels to Toronto to stay with an old flame. Their teenage son Jack takes an unexpected risk and finds himself in trouble. Meanwhile...
- Author:Trigiani, AdrianaSummary:
En 1905, dans les Alpes italiennes, Enza et Ciro, deux enfants de la montagne, se rencontrent pour la première fois et sentent que leurs avenirs sont irrémédiablement liés. Ciro, pour avoir été témoin du comportement scandaleux du...
- Author:Michèle B. TremblaySummary:
Février 1929. La famille de Louis Bergeron continue de s'agrandir : à la petite Denise, cinq ans, se sont ajoutés Claude, trois ans, et bébé Paul. Leur mère, Rose, est enceinte d'un quatrième enfant et, si Louis et elle...
- Author:King, StephenSummary:
Set in a small-town North Carolina amusement park in 1973, Joyland tells the story of the summer in which college student Devin Jones comes to work as a carny and confronts the legacy of a vicious murder, the fate of a dying child, and...
- Author:McMillan, TerrySummary:
New York Times Bestseller. After a sudden change of plans, a remarkable woman and her loyal group of friends try to figure out what she’s going to do with the rest of her life—from Terry McMillan, the bestselling author of How Stella...
- Author:Macomber, DebbieSummary:
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER -After her marriage ends, one woman's struggle to pick up the pieces finally leads to a new beginning but is the past truly behind her? #1 New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber explores the powerful...
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Author:Montalembert, Hugues de.Summary:The impressionistic memoir of an artist who was blinded in a sudden act of violence.
- Author:Follett, BethSummary:
When Ydessa Bloom's husband dies in a Cessna crash in a mid-Ontario lake, she rents a cottage at that lake, without really comprehending why, and stays for three months. There she meets three people who will influence her life...
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Author:Groth, Darren, Groth, SimonSummary:Ashley Drummond is an elite swimmer. Clayton Sandalford is a talented artist. From the moment of their first meeting, they were destined to be together. Staying together, however, will test the limits of their love. A world-record swim...
- Author:Csepregi, GaborSummary:
The course of human life, punctuated by unexpected and transformative moments, is never uniform. What are the characteristics of such life-defining moments, what responses do they evoke, and how do they transform the lives of those who...
- Author:Pomare, J. P.Summary:
Amy has only ever known what life is like in the Clearing, with her brothers and sisters--until a newcomer, a younger girl named Freya, joins the "family" and offers a glimpse of the outside world. When news breaks of a...
- Author:Serle, RebeccaSummary:
When Type-A Manhattan lawyer Dannie Cohan is asked where she sees herself in five years at the most important interview of her career, she has a meticulously crafted answer at the ready. Later, after nailing her interview and accepting...
- Author:Lauren, ChristinaSummary:
It's the most wonderful time of the year...but not for Maelyn Jones. She's living with her parents, hates her going-nowhere job, and has just made a romantic error of epic proportions. But perhaps worst of all, this is the...
- Author:Lauren, ChristinaSummary:
This instant New York Times bestseller from Christina Lauren will wrap you "in its cozy, jolly embrace like a beloved holiday sweater" (Entertainment Weekly) as Maelyn Jones discovers what happens when Christmas wishes come...
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