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The quilter's legacy: an Elm Creek Quilts novel
Par Jennifer Chiaverini. 2003
While preparing for her wedding to Andrew, Sylvia searches for her late mother Eleanor's heirloom quilts but discovers they were…
sold decades ago. Pursuing leads to find them, she learns more about Eleanor's past and events touching her, such as the sinking of the Titanic and the flu epidemic of 1918. 2003Cold pursuit
Par T. Jefferson Parker. 2003
San Diego detective Tommy McMichael investigates the murder of elderly Portuguese millionaire Pete Braga--even though McMichael's Irish family has had…
a longtime feud with the Bragas. As McMichael uncovers the old man's secrets, he falls in love with the main suspect. Violence, strong language, and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2003Blood of my blood
Par Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, Anne Blythe Meriwether. 2002
In this autobiographical first novel--unpublished until 2002--by the Pulitzer Prize winner for The Yearling (DB 33466), the author chronicles her…
growth as an artist. Includes portrayals of her sympathetic father; her cold, domineering mother; and some pioneer ancestors. 1928A place of hiding (Inspector Lynley Ser.)
Par Elizabeth George. 2003
Scotland Yard Inspector Thomas Lynley's colleague, forensic scientist Simon St. James, comes to the aid of his wife's American friend…
China River. China is accused of murdering millionaire Guy Brouard on the island of Guernsey after she and her half-brother deliver a package of blueprints to him there. Strong language and some violence. 2003In her shoes: a novel (Cannie Shapiro Ser. #Bk. 1)
Par Jennifer Weiner. 2002
Estranged sisters Maggie, who is dyslexic, and Rose Feller, an attorney, were left motherless as children and haven't seen their…
maternal grandmother, Ella Hirsch, in twenty years. Widowed Ella searches for her granddaughters, and the three attempt to become a family again. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language. 2002The virgin blue: A Novel
Par Tracy Chevalier. 1997
American midwife Ella Turner moves to France with her husband and researches her French family origins. Tormented by strange dreams,…
she discovers a sixteenth-century ancestor, Isabelle Tournier, whose Huguenot beliefs led to tragedy and whose life seems somehow mysteriously linked to Ella's. Meanwhile, Ella has an affair providing complications. Some strong language. Bestseller. 1997Fifteen love
Par Robert Corbet. 2003
Fifteen-year-olds Mia, a violist with family problems, and Will, a tennis player whose brother is paralyzed, gradually fall in love--both…
for the first time. They reveal feelings about each other, school, and friends while struggling to understand the opposite sex. For senior high readers. 2003Eat cake: a novel
Par Jeanne Ray. 2003
Beleaguered housewife Ruth Hopson is suddenly saddled with an unemployed husband, estranged parents who both need temporary refuge, and a…
sullen teenage daughter. Her solution is to bake. Includes recipes. Some strong language. 2003Alice, I think
Par Susan Juby. 2003
Humorous diary of fifteen-year-old misfit Alice, who is home-schooled by hippie parents in a rural Canadian town. On the advice…
of a new counselor she calls Death Lord Bob, she enrolls in high school and copes with finding friends, fitting in, and dating. Some strong language. For junior and senior high readers. 2003The enemy has a face
Par Gloria D Miklowitz. 2003
Middle schooler Netta Hofman and her family have temporarily moved to Los Angeles from Israel when her seventeen-year-old brother disappears.…
Netta becomes convinced that Arab terrorists are involved, even as she befriends a Palestinian boy at school. For junior and senior high readers. 2003A week in winter
Par Marcia Willett. 2002
Despite her family's objections, elderly widow Maudie Todhunter decides to sell Moorgate, her old English farmhouse. Prospective buyers include Rob…
Abbot, the home's renovator, and Melissa, a young woman hiding a tragic secret. For one glorious week, Moorgate enchants these strangers, who fall in love with the house and each other. 2001The book against God
Par James Wood. 2003
Thomas Bunting, supposedly working on his doctorate in philosophy, is actually writing a secret book asserting his atheism. After his…
minister father dies in northern England and his concert pianist wife leaves him because of his chronic lying, Bunting is forced to reexamine his life. 2003Le polygame solitaire: roman (Terres d'Amérique #Vol. 6149918)
Par Brady Udall. 2011
" Brady Udall raconte l'histoire exceptionnelle d'une famille non moins exceptionnelle. À quarante ans, le très mormon Golden Richards, quatre…
fois marié et père de vingt-huit enfants, est en pleine crise existentielle. Son entreprise de bâtiment bat de l'aile, son foyer est une poudrière minée par les rivalités et les menaces d'insurrection. Rongé par le chagrin depuis la mort de deux de ses enfants, il commence sérieusement à douter de ses qualités de père et de sa capacité à aimer. Golden Richards, tragiquement fidèle à ses idéaux, se sent seul. Mais dans le désert du Nevada, il va découvrir que l'amour est une mine inépuisable. Porté par une verve aussi féroce qu'originale, Le polygame solitaire nous parle avec humour du désir et de la perte, de la famille et de l'amour. " -- 4e de couvMiss Julia hits the road (Miss Julia Ser. #4.)
Par Ann B. Ross. 2003
When elderly widow Julia Springer learns that her housekeeper Lillian and other tenants are being evicted by slum landlord Clarence…
Gibbs, she organizes a fund-raising motorcycle race to save the neighborhood. Sequel to Miss Julia Throws a Wedding (DB 54718, BR 14243). 2003" Dans ce grand village qui devient rapidement une ptite ville, Lauretta se sent dépérir. Ses enfants grandissent et deviennent…
indépendants, ce qui l'esseule de plus en plus. Comment se résigner à vivre ses vieux jours auprès d'un mari comme Émile, qui va jusqu'à jalouser ses propres rejetons et saboter leurs projets? " -- 4e de couvLes Corbin de Dumontel: 3, 1946-1949, Les amours à fleur de peau (Corbin de Dumontel. #3.)
Par Hélène Lefebvre. 2013
" La salle de danse accueille un orchestre dont la popularité ne se dément point. Les jeunes y accourent. Des…
amours se nouent, les jalousies s'installent, les conquêtes se multiplient et l'héritier Corbin monopolise le cœur des demoiselles. L'hiver, la patinoire devient un lieu de rencontres recherché où les clins d'œil se croisent. L'été, un terrain de tennis développe des adeptes auprès de la jeunesse qui se bat pour mériter la victoire, face à leur amie de cœur. Les jeunes gens sont dotés d'un chaperon afin de protéger les vertus. Les ruses se multiplient pour les éviter et obtenir des minutes d'intimité. Monsieur le Curé entre en scène pour décrier les jeunes se promenant à la noirceur tombée, en invitant le péché au village. La guerre se prépare. Les garçons sont conviés au combat. " -- 4e de couvA hole in the world
Par Sid Hite. 2001
As punishment for lying, fifteen-year-old Paul Shackleford is exiled to work all summer on a relative's Virginia farm. There he…
becomes enmeshed in country life meeting a girl, a dog, and a ghost. For senior high readers. 2001Heartbeat
Par Danielle Steel. 1991
Bill Thigpen, creator of the hottest show on TV, was happy until his wife and kids left him. Adrian Townsend…
was happy until she became pregnant and her husband made her choose between him and the baby. The two meet and fall in love. Some strong language. 1991The emperor of Ocean Park
Par Stephen L Carter. 2002
African American law professor Talcott Garland is drawn into a political conspiracy after his father--a disgraced former Supreme Court nominee--dies…
suddenly. Apparently the judge left clues leading to evidence of crimes by former colleagues in high places and wants his son to exact revenge. Some violence and some strong language. Bestseller. 2002Mr. Potter
Par Jamaica Kincaid. 2002
An illegitimate daughter relates the story of her estranged father, Mr. Potter, an illiterate chauffeur on Antigua in the Caribbean.…
Using the cadences of the sea, she tells of his ancestors, his womanizing, and the rhythms of island life in a series of vignettes. 2002