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The full Matilda: a novel
Par David Haynes. 2004
For generations Matilda Housewright's African American family has served the elite of Washington, D.C. When Matilda's father dies in the…
1940s, her brother Martin takes up catering. Unmarried Matilda lives as behind-the-scenes director, guiding Martin and his ill-behaved sons and grandsons to redefine the family legacy. Some strong language. 2004Brother and sister: A Novel
Par Joanna Trollope. 2004
Adopted into the same British family as children, David and Nathalie decide as adults to search for their individual birth…
parents. Their quest threatens the relationships of all their families and acquaintances, including their birth mothers. Strong language and some descriptions of sex. 2004The courage consort: three novellas
Par Michel Faber. 2004
Author of bestseller The Crimson Petal and the White (BR 14394) presents three tales of desolation and resolution. In the…
title piece, an a cappella vocal ensemble rehearses a challenging new work in a Belgian chateau. The soprano contemplates suicide until a tragedy shocks her into reality. 2004Miss Smithers
Par Susan Juby. 2004
In this sequel to Alice, I Think (BR 14898) former home-schooled misfit Alice, sixteen, continues her journal describing her latest…
experiences. She makes new friends, joins clubs, and competes in the local beauty pageant that gives competitors a much-needed clothing allowance. Some strong language. For senior high readers. 2004Rockville Pike: a suburban comedy of manners
Par Susan Coll. 2005
Suburban Maryland soccer mom Jane Kramer has problems: her marriage is crumbling, her teenage son has turned "goth," and the…
family furniture store is bankrupt. Jane finds solace visiting F. Scott Fitzgerald's grave and in scrapbooking. But a weekend alone forces Jane to reevaluate her life. Some strong language. 2005Much ado about Jessie Kaplan
Par Paula Marantz Cohen. 2004
New Jersey housewife Carla Goodman worries about her family as she prepares for her daughter's bar mitzvah, contends with her…
son's hyperactivity, and sympathizes with her husband's lackluster medical practice. Worse, her mother Jessie believes she's the reincarnation of Shakespeare's girlfriend, the "dark lady" of the sonnets. 2004Cruise control
Par Terry Trueman. 2004
Basketball star Paul's senior year seems perfect but his misdirected anger could ruin everything. He's upset with his father for…
abandoning the family and struggles to accept brother Shawn's severe cerebral palsy. Companion to Stuck in Neutral (BR 14082). Some strong language. For junior and senior high readers. 2004The finishing school
Par Muriel Spark. 2004
Husband-and-wife team Rowland Mahler and Nina Parker run an unusual school, College Sunrise, as a means of support while Rowland…
works on a novel. But when gay, seventeen-year-old Chris Wiley enters Rowland's creative writing class, a rivalry ignites between the two authors. Strong language. 2004B for Buster
Par Iain Lawrence. 2004
Sixteen-year-old Canadian "Kak" lies about his age to join the air force in 1943. He becomes part of a crew…
flying deadly bombing raids over Germany and fears for his life. Bert, an ex-pilot who trains homing pigeons to accompany the planes, comforts Kak. For senior high readers. 2004Suspect
Par Michael Robotham. 2005
Fortyish London psychologist Joseph O'Loughlin, recently diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, stands accused of murdering former troubled patient Catherine McBride. As…
detective inspector Vincent Ruiz develops a case and his marriage and health deteriorate, O'Loughlin begins his own investigation. Strong language and some violence. 2005Les yeux au ciel
Par Karine Reysset. 2011
"[] Loriginalité de ce roman réside dans la place faite au lecteur. Convié lui aussi à pénétrer la grande demeure…
bretonne qui regorge de souvenirs et de recoins interdits, à suivre les enfants et leurs querelles sur la plage, à entendre les confidences et indiscrétions des adultes, il est amené de chapitre en chapitre à reconstituer les faits et gestes de chacun et à découvrir lorigine du mal-être, un drame qui a eu lieu trente ans auparavant et qui na jamais cessé dalimenter leurs angoisses. Ce roman familial explore avec brio les effets de la confrontation : celle des personnages entre eux, mais aussi celle du passé et du présent, des espoirs et de la réalité." -- 4e de couv« Dans ce récit de faits vécus, Michelle Dion raconte, dans une langue bien maîtrisée, des tranches de vie et…
des anecdotes parfois loufoques, souvent anodines, mais toujours véridiques qui intéresseront tout autant ceux qui se souviennent que ceux qui veulent savoir comment c'était avant... Benjamine de 11 enfants et orpheline de père dès sa naissance, l'auteure esquisse un portrait de sa famille nombreuse évoluant dans cette société sclérosée d'avant la Révolution tranquille où la religion régnait en maître. Son environnement culturel, économique, social et religieux y est dépeint dans une écriture vive, naturelle et coulante teintée d'un humour discret tout au long du texte. » -- 4e de couvLos perros del fin del mundo
Par Homero Aridjis. 2012
"Accompanied by Pek, a xolo dog with whom he has a lively conversation, José Navaja searches for his brother, who…
may have been murdered. The search takes him from Mexico City to Ciudad Juárez and the Mexica underworld, where he meets a whole range of sinister and spectral characters: narcos, their girlfriends, psychopathic policemen, kidnappers hunted to death, gods of the Aztec pantheon, rabid hitmen, and orphaned children waiting to grow up to become predators. This novel is a sort of mythological thriller, but it is also much more than that: a successful conjunction of past and present, of representation of today's brutal Mexico and the ancient supernatural world of gods, priests and hitmen where both solar rites and human sacrifices are practiced; finally, it is also a tribute to the ancestors before the mestizaje, to their speech and their worldview, which have crossed several centuries and resonate in our present." -- Translation provided by NLSDragonville: roman] / 2, Encre (Dragonville. #2.)
Par Michèle Plomer. 2012
" Sylvie rentre à la maison. La sienne, celle que lui a léguée son grand-père, le capitaine Matthews, sur la…
pointe de lAncre. Sylvie a laissé la Chine derrière elle pour mieux la retrouver en ses terres natales... Elle semble avoir atteint un nouvel équilibre et les vertiges que lui causait lodeur de lempois ont cessé de la tourmenter. Mais il y a autre chose qui vient tarauder sa tranquillité desprit et Sylvie peine à mettre le doigt sur la cause exacte. Est-ce son propriétaire, M. Lapointe, qui lui cherche noise depuis louverture de sa boutique ? Ou de mystérieuses notes laissées par son grand-père derrière une assiette de porcelaine ?... " -- 4e de couvMiranda's vines
Par Kimberly Kafka. 2004
Miranda and Bridie are lifelong, crisis-surviving friends. Miranda is riding the crest of her culinary career, and Bridie is a…
champion dogsled racer. Then disaster strikes both their lives, forcing them into drastic decisions and testing the bonds of their friendship. Strong language. 2004Love's proof (Heartquest Anthologies Ser.)
Par Catherine Palmer. 2003
London, 1819. Jane Fellowes, descendant of Sir Isaac Newton, discovers a mysterious box of papers that may establish scientific proof…
of the existence of God. When the box disappears, scientist Thomas Norcross and Jane investigate. Bizarre events ensue as the pair realize the true puzzle is a matter of the heart. 2003Laelia: a novel
Par Ruth Garnett. 2004
Illinois. Three wealthy African American sisters conspire to free themselves from lackluster marriages by placing their chronically ill husbands in…
care facilities. To preserve their good names and simultaneously win community support, Rebecca, Gracelyn, and Claudia must first oust their church's pastor. Some explicit descriptions of sex. 2004The passion of Reverend Nash
Par Rachel Basch. 2003
Haunted by the loss of two children and a failing marriage, reverend Jordanna Nash adopts a congregation in her sister's…
Connecticut town. When a young girl's pregnancy and a mother's disappearance test Jordanna's faith, she must overcome her own grief to help. Strong language and some descriptions of sex. 2003A loving scoundrel: a Malory novel
Par Johanna Lindsey. 2004
Danny, a street-living London lass dressed as a lad, helps gentleman rake Jeremy Malory steal back jewels lost in a…
card game. Intrigued by her spunk, Jeremy hires her as a maid. When Danny poses as his new love, someone recognizes her, endangering her future. Some explicit descriptions of sex. 2004Divining women
Par Kaye Gibbons. 2004
1918. As World War I ends and the influenza pandemic gathers momentum, liberally educated Mary travels to North Carolina from…
her wealthy, eccentric, Washington, D.C., family to help her pregnant Aunt Maureen. Finding Maureen psychologically tormented by her husband, Mary helps her to spiritual freedom. Some strong language. 2004