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Occasions de bonheur (10/10. 117)
Par Alain Stanké. 1999
One day I will write about this place: a memoir
Par Binyavanga Wainaina. 2012
In this memoir, author and journalist Wainaina takes us through his school days, his mother's religious period, his failed attempt…
to study commerce in South Africa, a moving family reunion in Uganda, and his travels around Kenya. 2012.Once around the Bloch: an unauthorized autobiography
Par Robert Bloch. 1993
Science fiction writer Bloch provides a tongue-in-cheek account of his life. His memoirs include his childhood -- he was born…
with a silver spoon in his mouth, it just had somebody else's initials on it; his early written work, which was influenced by H.P. Lovecraft; his involvement in politics; and the making of many of his stories into movies -- especially Psycho. He also includes original footnotes. 1993.Offrir l'espoir: [témoignage]
Par Danielle Steel, Florence Bertrand. 2010
Après la mort de son fils, Danielle Steel est anéantie par le chagrin. Afin de redonner un sens à sa…
vie, elle décide de s'engager auprès des sans-logis de San Francisco, et fonde l'association Yo ! Angel ! pour leur venir en aide. Pendant onze ans, accompagnée de bénévoles, elle sillonne une fois par mois les rues de la ville afin d'apporter aux plus démunis non seulement des produits de première nécessité, mais aussi du réconfort et de l'espoir. Au fil de ce récit remarquable de sincérité, Danielle Steel évoque les rencontres qui l'ont marquée, bouleversée, parfois effrayée. Tout en dénonçant l'indifférence des pouvoirs publics face à la précarité, elle invite chacun d'entre nous à offrir l'espoir. 2010.On the side of the angels: the second volume of the journals of Elizabeth Smart
Par Elizabeth Smart, Alice VanWart. 1994
This second volume of Smart's journals covers the years between 1941 and 1984. Taken from the 111 notebooks which Smart…
wrote during those years, the journals offer insights into Smart's works, including "By Grand Central Station I sat down and wept." The journals also illustrate the realities of Smart's life as the lover of British poet George Barker, a female writer, and virtual single mother of 4 children. 1994.Old books, rare friends: two literary sleuths and their shared passion
Par Leona Rostenberg, Madeleine B Stern. 1997
A joint autobiography of two lifelong friends and partners in the antiquarian book trade. Traces their lives from girlhood in…
the early 1900s, their careers as scholars and writers, and their fifty years in the rare book business. The authors recount their contributions to the literary world. 1997.Le temps qui m'a manqué (Cahiers Gabrielle Roy)
Par Dominique Fortier, Gabrielle Roy, Jane Everett, François Ricard. 1997
Les toutes dernières pages qu'ait écrites Gabrielle Roy, dont le projet autobiographique a été interrompu par la maladie et la…
mort. Le pivot de la narration est le décès de la mère de l'auteure, Mélina Landry. Suite de: "La détresse et l'enchantement". 1997.Gabrielle Roy: une vie : biographie
Par François Ricard. 1996
L'auteur, un professeur de littérature, ami et secrétaire de Gabrielle Roy, a consacré plus de douze années de recherches et…
plus de trois années d'écriture pour la réalisation de cette imposante biographie. Il y retrace le trajet d'une femme marquée par les siens, mais qui, avec constance et détermination, s'est dévouée entièrement à la littérature et à ses oeuvres. 1996.Ma chère petite soeur: lettres à Bernadette, 1943-1970
Par Gabrielle Roy, François Ricard. 1988
Ce volume rassemble 138 lettres inédites que Gabrielle Roy a écrites à sa soeur aînée Bernadette, qui était religieuse, entre…
1943, alors que la romancière en était encore à la préparation de "Bonheur d'occasion", et 1970, année de la mort de Bernadette. 1988.La détresse et l'enchantement: Autobiographie
Par Gabrielle Roy. 1984
Gabrielle Roy née au Manitoba en 1909, décédée au Québec en 1983. Ce livre c'est l'histoire de sa venue progressive…
a l'écriture, qu'évoque ici la romancière, en entremêlant le récit de sa propre vie jusqu'à l'age d'environ trente ans. Combat des livres 2008. 1984.Mémoires intimes
Par Michelle Tisseyre. 1998
À travers une série de courts chapitres, tous coiffés d'un titre de circonstance, Michelle Tisseyre relate ses souvenirs. Ceux-ci gravitent…
en grande partie autour du monde de l'enfance, des années d'apprentissage (elle a été la première Canadienne-française à l'Université McGill), des multiples rebondissements de sa carrière, de ses entrevues les plus marquantes, mais aussi de sa vie familiale et amoureuse. Des mémoires intimes qui parlent très peu de sa vie politique.Marie Le Franc: au-delà de son personnage (Collection Jadis Et Naguère)
Par Madeleine Ducrocq-Poirier, Marie Le Franc. 1981
L'auteur Madeleine Ducrocq-Poirier, a écrit ce livre à la mémoire de cette femme qui, a l'âge de 27 ans, quitta…
sa France natale pour le Québec où elle passa 30 ans de sa vie, y produisant la majeure partie de son oeuvre littéraire. 1981.Not yet: a memoir of living and almost dying
Par Wayson Choy. 2009
In 2001, Choy suffered a combined asthma-heart attack. As he lay in his hospital bed slipping in and out of…
consciousness, Choy heard the voices of his ancestors warning him that without a wife, he would one day die alone. And yet through his ordeal Choy was never alone; men and women from all cultures and ethnicities stayed by his side until he was well. When his heart failed him a second time, four years later, it was the strength of his bonds with these people that pulled Choy back to life. 2009.Northrop Frye in conversation (In Conversation Ser.)
Par Northrop Frye, David Cayley. 1992
Originally broadcast as a week long series of radio interviews with Northrop Frye, these conversations cover Frye's contributions to literary…
criticism and religious studies, as well as his role as an educator and scholar. 1992.Northrop Frye: a biography
Par John Ayre. 1989
Northrop Frye authored three of the most influential books of literary criticism and his revolutionary theories established his international fame.…
In this biography, Ayre describes Frye's impoverished childhood and traces the progression of his work. Nominated for the City of Toronto and Trillium Awards.Nora: the real life of Molly Bloom
Par Brenda Maddox. 1988
In this detailed biography of Nora Barnacle, James Joyce's wife, the author's premise is that Joyce's obsession about Nora's previous…
affairs was the driving force behind his writing. Some explicit descriptions of sex. 1988.North face of Soho (Autobiography. #4.)
Par Clive James. 2007
With his criticism beginning to appear in magazines and newspapers such as the 'New Statesman', and his poetry published in…
'Carcanet', as well as a play then being performed to rave reviews at the Arts Theatre, Clive James had good reason to be content - but what happened next? This is his fourth volume of memoirs. Sequel to "May Week Was in June"; followed by "The Blaze of Obscurity". Includes strong language. 2007.No surrender: an Ulster childhood
Par Robert Harbinson. 1987
Robert Harbinson's famous account of his Belfast boyhood. Describes the common realities of his childhood among the Protestant working class…
in the 1930s - grinding poverty, mission halls, theatres, music, the ‘Bog Meadows’ - along with the desperate accident to his father which changed the life of the small family. 1987.Nobody said not to go: the life, loves, and adventures of Emily Hahn
Par Ken Cuthbertson. 1998
A biography of Emily Hahn, an American who had an appetite for adventure. Hahn's many escapades included posing as a…
young boy and travelling across America in the 1920s, working for the Red Cross in the Belgian Congo during the Depression, and doing underground relief work in occupied Hong Kong. She wrote hundreds of articles and short stories, as well as over fifty books. During the last four decades of her life, she was best known for her devotion to environmentalism and wildlife preservation. 1998.No mud on the back seat: memoirs of a reporter
Par Gerald Clark. 1995
As a reporter for over sixty years, Gerald Clark is a witness to many wars: from the allied invasion of…
Normandy, heralding the conclusion of World War II, to the wars in the Middle East, the Far East, Latin America and Sarajevo. In this memoir, Clark writes about the world leaders and a host of other notables. He also tells his own story, woven through endless incidents and anecdotes, from Hollywood to Tel-Aviv, Montreal to Moscow, Paris to Beijing. 1995.