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" À l'âge de 15 ans, Monique Robichaud voit son existence prendre un tournant dramatique: elle attend un bébé, et…
ce, hors des liens du mariage Nombre d'obstacles se dressent déjà sur le chemin de la jeune fille qui connaît si peu la vie. L'accouchement survient peu avant que la propriété de la famille Robichaud soit rasée par les flammes. Émile, le supersticieux père de Monique, y voit alors une punition divine entraînée par les péchés de l'adolescente. " -- 4e de couvLilith's ark: teenage tales of biblical women
Par Deborah Bodin Cohen. 2006
Stories of young Jewish women from the Torah. Includes the story of Eve, the first woman named in the holy…
book, and of Sarah and Rebekah, the first and second matriarchs. Discusses the challenges they faced, including love, spirituality, and growing up. For senior high readers. 2006Off season
Par Anne Rivers Siddons. 2008
After her beloved husband Cam dies, Lilly takes his ashes to her family's beach cottage in Maine. Comforted by conversations…
with ghosts, Lilly thinks back over her marriage, her relationship with her parents, and long-ago tragedies--and learns about something that Cam kept from her. Some strong language. Bestseller. 2008Together: a story of shared vision
Par Tom Sullivan, Betty White. 2008
Colorado. Twenty-five-year-old Brenden McCarthy is a first-year medical resident and an avid mountain climber until a climbing accident blinds him.…
Now Brenden's widowed mother wants to care for him and his fiancée considers leaving him, while Brenden enters rehabilitation and gets a guide dog--thrice-rejected black Labrador Nelson. 2008Girl, barely 15: flirting for England
Par Sue Limb. 2008
Fifteen-year-old Jess Jordan and her mother host one of the French exchange students coming to her English town. Unfortunately Edouard…
turns out to be immature and smelly. When he falls in love with Jess, she pretends that her friend Fred is her boyfriend. For senior high readers. 2008Secrets: A Novel
Par Jude Deveraux. 2008
Cassie Madden works as a nanny for widower Jeff Ames--a man Cassie has had a crush on since she was…
twelve. When Jeff begins dating spoiled Skylar, heartbroken Cassie befriends a retired actress and accidentally uncovers a long-forgotten mystery and secrets involving Jeff. 2008Married lovers: A Novel
Par Jackie Collins. 2008
Fitness trainer Cameron Paradise, having fled her abusive husband, works at an exclusive L.A. studio. She falls in love with…
producer Ryan Richards, who is married to a Hollywood princess. The two resist each other until tragedy intervenes. Strong language, some violence, and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2008Blue heart blessed
Par Susan Meissner. 2008
Minnesota. Coping with a prenuptial breakup, twenty-nine-year-old Daisy Murien opens a secondhand wedding-dress boutique. Sewn into each garment is a…
tiny blue heart blessed by Daisy's confidante, Father Laurent. When Father Laurent has a heart attack, Daisy meets his recently divorced son, Ramsey, who carries his own sorrow. 2008Trick my truck but don't mess with my heart
Par LuAnn McLane. 2008
Candie Montgomery returns to Pinewood, Kentucky, to help her ailing father run his used-car lot only to find that the…
townspeople blame her for her sister's broken engagement. Candie enlists newcomer Tommy Tucker to masquerade as her boyfriend and eliminate gossip. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language. 2008The winding ways quilt: an Elm Creek quilts novel (Elm Creek Quilts Ser. #No. 12)
Par Jennifer Chiaverini. 2008
Elm Creek, Pennsylvania, quilting circle experiences changes. Judy and Steve move to Philadelphia, Summer starts graduate school in Chicago, Sarah…
expects twins, and newcomers join the camp. Meanwhile Gwen searches for the creator of a quilt found in a church basement. 2008Hotlanta (Hotlanta Ser. #1)
Par Denene Millner. 2008
Beautiful African American twin sisters--Sydney, a high achiever, and Lauren, a party girl--live a privileged life in Atlanta with their…
mother and stepfather. But the girls must deal with family secrets and scandal when their biological father is released from prison. Some strong language. For senior high readers. 2008Unaccustomed earth
Par Jhumpa Lahiri. 2008
Eight short stories by Pulitzer Prize-winning author explore the nature of family and love. In the title story, a mother…
in Seattle nervously hosts her widowed father, who helps tend her garden but hides a secret. Bestseller. 2008Heart and soul
Par Maeve Binchy. 2009
While her philandering husband wants a divorce and her immature adult daughters still live at home, Dublin cardiologist Clara Casey…
opens and runs an underfunded heart clinic at St. Brigid's hospital. Clara assembles a compassionate staff, ultimately realizing their efforts are making a difference and people can change. Bestseller. 2008The Spellman files (Izzy Spellman Mystery Ser. #Bk. 1)
Par Lisa Lutz. 2007
Twenty-eight-year-old licensed private investigator Izzy Spellman has worked for her parents' PI firm for sixteen years. Fed up with her…
family's prying ways, Izzy agrees to work one last job--an unsolved missing-person case. Then Izzy's quirky fourteen-year-old sister Rae--who shadows people both recreationally and for the business--disappears. Strong language. 2007Curse of the Spellmans (Izzy Spellman Mystery Ser. #Bk. 2)
Par Lisa Lutz. 2008
In this sequel to The Spellman Files (BR 18064), private investigator Izzy Spellman is busy spying on every member of…
her family and her best friend. She also takes a long, hard look at her new next-door neighbor, whose background check and locked office are extremely suspicious. Strong language. 2008The sugar queen
Par Sarah Addison Allen. 2008
Living with her domineering mother, twenty-seven-year-old Josey keeps a secret stash of candy and travel magazines and has been in…
love with Adam the mailman for three years. When she discovers waitress Della Lee inexplicably hiding in her bedroom closet, Josie's life takes a magical turn. Some strong language. 2008Summer blowout
Par Claire Cook. 2008
Make-up artist Bella Shaughnessy and her siblings work for their father's chain of beauty salons, which makes it difficult for…
Bella when her ex-husband starts dating her half sister. But then Bella meets Sean Ryan, who gives her a great business idea. Strong language and some descriptions of sex. 2008Sleeping arrangements
Par Madeleine Wickham, St. Martin`s Press. 2008
British Chloe looks forward to staying at a friend's villa in Spain with her longtime partner Philip and their two…
sons. Meanwhile Hugh, who dumped Chloe years earlier, has unknowingly booked the same villa for his family. Some strong language and some descriptions of sex. 2001La mer Noire: roman
Par Kéthévane Davrichewy Davrichachvili. 2010
En ce jour anniversaire de ses quatre-vingt-dix ans, Tamouna pense à Tamaz, son amour de jeunesse. Cet homme, quelle a…
rencontré lété de ses quinze ans à Batoumi, et quelle na cessé dattendre, devrait venir à la fête familiale qui se prépare. La vieille dame se souvient de leurs amours timides et éblouies, très vite interrompues par le départ précipité pour la France, en cet automne 1921 où le nouveau gouvernement est contraint à lexil. Le père de la jeune fille, ministre de lagriculture dune Géorgie dont lindépendance a tout juste été proclamée, veut mettre sa famille à labri de la reprise en main par les bolcheviques. Dès que sa femme et ses filles sont installées en France, lui repart pour tenter de défendre la liberté de son pays. Il ne reviendra pas, et Tamouna ne retournera jamais en Géorgie [...]. -- 4e de couvFamille modèle: roman (Terres d'Amérique)
Par Eric Puchner. 2011
" [...]Eric Puchner réussit un premier roman saisissant de drôlerie et d'intelligence. Sur le ton de la tragi-comédie, il raconte…
la chute de la famille Ziller, et plus particulièrement du père, Warren, qui a délaissé le bonheur paisible du Wisconsin pour la Californie du rêve américain. Mais rien ne se passe comme prévu et Warren ne peut avouer à sa femme et ses trois enfants qu'il a investi toutes leurs économies dans un projet immobilier qui vient de tourner au désastre... Un mensonge qui ne sera pas sans conséquences. Au coeur de ce fiasco familial, entre hilarité et désespoir, Puchner fait preuve d'une parfaite maîtrise du récit. Caustique et brillant, Famille modèle nous offre un portrait original et émouvant de la condition humaine. " -- 4e de couv