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Danielle Perreault a neuf ans la première fois quelle souhaite sexpatrier: son père sest fait offrir un poste à la…
nouvelle Université du Rwanda et, pour elle, cest tout décidé : ils partent en Afrique ! Mais son père, à sa grande déception, refuse... Dix ans plus tard, toujours attirée par laventure, elle part enseigner au Togo. Elle reçoit un salaire de vingt dollars par mois, mais elle est logée, nourrie, et on lui fournit la mobylette. Que demander de plus?! Cest le début de sa grande passion, celle daller à la rencontre de différentes cultures. Se destinant dabord à lanthropologie, elle bifurque vers la médecine, animée du désir de se rendre utile. Elle exercera souvent son métier parmi les Cris et les Inuits du nord du Québec, pour qui elle développera une profonde affection, mais également autour du globe, participant à plusieurs missions daide humanitaire, au Bénin, en Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée, aux Philippines, en Sierra Leone...Pauline Julien: la vie à mort : [biographie (Collection Vies Et Memories)
Par Louise Desjardins. 1999
Les lits en diagonale
Par Anne Icart. 2009
Anne a à peine sept ans quand sa mère lui annonce que Philippe, son grand frère, est malade et restera…
handicapé mental à cause d'une césarienne faite trop tard lors de sa naissance. Anne comprend qu'elle devra toujours veiller sur lui. Premier roman. -- 4e de couvBeing henry: The fonz . . . and beyond
Par Henry Winkler. 2023
This program is read by the author. From Emmy-award winning actor, author, comedian, producer, and director Henry Winkler, a deeply…
thoughtful memoir of the lifelong effects of stardom and the struggle to become whole. Henry Winkler, launched into prominence as "The Fonz" in the beloved Happy Days , has transcended the role that made him who he is. Brilliant, funny, and widely-regarded as the nicest man in Hollywood (though he would be the first to tell you that it's simply not the case, he's really just grateful to be here), Henry shares in this achingly vulnerable memoir the disheartening truth of his childhood, the difficulties of a life with severe dyslexia, the pressures of a role that takes on a life of its own, and the path forward once your wildest dream seems behind you. Since the glorious era of Happy Days fame, Henry has endeared himself to a new generation with roles in such adored shows as Arrested Development, Parks and Recreation, and Barry , where he's been revealed as an actor with immense depth and pathos, a departure from the period of his life when he was so distinctly typecast as The Fonz, he could hardly find work. Filled with profound heart, charm, and self-deprecating humor, Being Henry is a memoir about so much more than a life in Hollywood and the curse of stardom. It is a meaningful testament to the power of sharing truth and kindness and of finding fulfillment within yourself. A Macmillan Audio production from Celadon BooksL'épreuve d'une mère: document (Document)
Par Steven Mosher. 1995
"Au début des années 80, le couperet de la politique de l'"enfant unique" tombe sur la Chine. A l'hôpital, où…
elle est infirmière, Chi An se voit contrainte de pratiquer avortements et stérilisations forcés des femmes enceintes sans autorisation officielle. Quand elle attend son deuxième enfant, Chi An est à son tour confrontée à la tragédie que connaissent tant de Chinoises : plier devant la terreur ou oser tromper les autorités. Elle témoigne ici du combat de toutes les femmes chinoises pour défendre le droit le plus inaliénable : mettre au monde des enfants désirés."The night trilogy
Par Elie Wiesel. 1985
"Night" is the story of a Jewish boy who is deported with his family and community from Hungary to the…
horrors of the infamous Auschwitz. In "Dawn," Elisha, the sole survivor of his family, becomes a Jewish terrorist in Palestine and is ordered to execute an Englishman. In "The Accident," a concentration camp survivor tries to rebuild his life in New York City. Some violence and some descriptions of sexLost in place: growing up absurd in suburbia
Par Mark Salzman. 1995
The author's memoir of his offbeat teenage years spent in conventional suburban Connecticut. He describes his early fascination with things…
oriental--the Chinese language, martial arts, and Zen--and recounts his adolescent foibles. Depicts his troubled relationship with his curmudgeonly father. Strong languageBound feet and Western dress
Par Pang-Mei Natasha Chang. 1996
The author tells the story of her great aunt, whose life combined traditional Chinese and Western cultures. Born near Shanghai…
in 1900, Chang Yu-i rebelled against having her feet bound, but entered an arranged marriage at fifteen. Although she bore him two sons, Yu-i's husband, poet Hsu Chih-mo, divorced her. In China, where "a woman is nothing," Yu-i managed to become a successful bankerThis wild darkness: the story of my death
Par Harold Brodkey. 1996
A novelist chronicles his passing life and the indignities of his infirmity as he lies dying with AIDS. He ponders…
his youthful experiences with homosexuality, his devotion to his wife, his love for his writing career, and his "passage into nonexistence." Strong languageNot exactly what I had in mind: an incurable love story
Par Rosemary Breslin. 1997
At thirty-two, New York journalist Breslin developed a serious illness that baffled the medical community, and a couple of years…
later, she fell in love with Tony Dunne. Her description of their relationship and of her ongoing medical crisis is peopled with famous characters including her father, columnist Jimmy Breslin. Some strong languageDivided to the vein: a journey into race and family
Par Scott Minerbrook. 1996
A writer for U.S. News & World Report examines his family history. Growing up in the North with a black…
father and a white mother in the fifties, Minerbrook recalls incidents of prejudice from both races. Having never felt completely accepted, in middle age Minerbrook travels to rural Missouri to confront his white relatives. Some strong language and some violenceIn the huddle with-- Steve Young
Par Matt Christopher. 1996
In this biography of Steve Young, quarterback of the San Francisco 49ers, the author emphasizes that the athlete had to…
struggle throughout his career to be number one. Through hard work and determination, Young eventually became the starting quarterback while earning a law degree in the off season. For junior and senior high readersFragments: memories of a wartime childhood
Par Binjamin Wilkomirski. 1996
A man's memoir of his early boyhood experiences in Nazi death camps. Recounts his father's cruel death, his separation from…
family, the terror and suffering of his internment, and his deliverance to a Swiss orphanage. ViolenceThe air down here: true tales from a South Bronx boyhood
Par Gil Alicea. 1995
A collection of short autobiographical ruminations by a sixteen-year-old from New York's South Bronx. Gil discusses issues and problems that…
he confronts in his stressful urban environment: drugs, violence, gangs, parents with HIV, and the deaths of his mother and sister. For junior and senior high readersStay here with me: a memoir
Par Robert Olmstead. 1996
The author's coming-of-age reminiscence of being an eighteen-year-old on his grandfather's New England farm. Recounts the critical experiences of his…
father's fall to alcoholism and his grandfather's to cancer, his first love affair, and leaving home. Strong languageSwimming the channel
Par Sally Friedman. 1996
Scenic artist and marathon swimmer tells of meeting and falling in love with her husband, Paul. Shortly after they married,…
Paul began helping her train for her goal swim--the English Channel. On the day she was to fly to England, Paul was hit by a truck and killed. Swimming helped her get through the long grieving processAn American requiem: God, my father, and the war that came between us
Par James Carroll. 1996
Memoir by a former priest and Vietnam war resister of his conflict with his father, a general in the military,…
during the 1960s. Recounts the events, struggles of conscience, and decisions that would divide his family and alter their lives foreverla reine d'une ère nouvelle (Elizabeth II #1)
Par Robert Hardman. 2022
Elizabeth Windsor n'était pas née pour être reine. Pourtant, depuis son accession au trône en 1952 à l'âge de 25…
ans, elle s'est révélée une figure astucieuse, déterminée, menant sa famille et son peuple à travers plus de sept décennies de changements sociaux sans précédentDalida: une oeuvre en soi (Alias poche #2)
Par Michel Rheault. 2017
Dalida, c'est Andromaque et Blanche Dubois, Cléopâtre et Dalila, Rita Hayworth et Mistinguett. La rencontre en une seule femme de…
plusieurs personnalités mythiques, réelles ou fictives, qui ont toutes aujourd'hui valeur d'archétype. Chanteuse avant tout, actrice à ses heures, celle qui aura été l'un des plus grands monstres sacrés du music-hall d'après-guerre occupe désormais une place de choix dans la mémoire collective. Publié d'abord quinze ans après sa disparition, ce livre est le tout premier essai consacré à la créatrice de Gigi L'Amoroso. Un texte singulier, un regard lucide sur une artiste célèbre, mais néanmoins méconnue. Au-delà de l'anecdote, est mise en lumière ici l'extraordinaire complexité du personnage Dalida, un être dont l'existence et let travail s'enchevêtrent jusqu'à former une œuvre apparemment éclatée, mais forte pourtant d'une implacable cohérenceMy own two feet: a memoir
Par Beverly Cleary. 1995
This sequel to A Girl from Yamhill (RC 29704, BR 9166), covers the children's author's life from the time she…
began college until shortly after her first book, Henry Huggins (RC 35642, BR 7178), was published. Although money was tight, Cleary went away to college in California where she met her future husband, Clarence, then to Washington where she learned to be a children's librarian. For junior and senior high and older readers