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Where do we go from here?
Par Doris Dörrie. 2000
Fred Kaufmann and his wife are struggling against infidelity and dissatisfaction, and their daughter Franka wants to leave home for…
a lama. Attempting to dissuade her, Fred follows his daughter to a Buddhist retreat where, despite himself, he finds answers to his midlife crisis. Some descriptions of sex. 2000Cooking for Harry: a low-carbohydrate novel
Par Kay-Marie James. 2004
Harry likes to eat and cook, and these activities are fundamental to his life and marriage to Francie. At the…
office Christmas party he wins a computerized scale that tells him he's a hundred pounds overweight, so Harry begins a low-carb diet that changes the family dynamics. 2004For better, for worse
Par Carole Matthews. 2000
Josie Flynn, newly separated, flies to New York from London for her cousin Martha's wedding. En route she meets Matt…
Jarvis and agrees to get together with him in the city. Matt forgets, Josie's husband shows up, and the bride has an affair. Strong language and some descriptions of sex. 2000Vote for Larry (The larry Ser.)
Par Janet Tashjian. 2004
After faking his death in The Gospel according to Larry (BR 13993), seventeen-year-old Josh "Larry" Swensen runs for president as…
the Peace Party's candidate to advocate for youth issues and to encourage voter turnout. He doesn't anticipate mudslinging and a love triangle. For senior high readers. 2004Branle-bas de procès (Une contre-enquête du commissaire Liberty)
Par Raphaël Majan. 2011
" Liberty déteste le Palais de Justice où il est mis en situation de justifier sa résolution d'un assassinat. Si…
un coupable est coupable, c'est que le commissaire l'a décidé et ce ne sont pas des juges qui sont habilités à mettre leurs gros doigts dans son enquête. Dans le cas de Noël Pétalosfère, il aurait certes mieux fait de ne pas désigner comme assassin un paraplégique sourd-muet vaguement atteint de mongolisme. Mais ce qui est mal fait est fait et notre héros va vaillamment oeuvrer pour l'égalité afin qu'un handicapé ne le soit pas quand il s'agit de gagner une bonne condamnation pour meurtre. " -- 4e de couvLe cimetière de la mort (Contre-enquête du commissaire Liberty)
Par Raphaël Majan. 2010
" Nul n'ignore qu'on risque d'attraper la mort dans les cimetières glacés ouverts à tous les vents. Le tragique décès…
de l'arrière-grand-mère même pas centenaire de sa fille naturelle contraint cependant le commissaire à se rendre au Père-Lachaise où, effet de l'agacement où le place cette obligation, plusieurs de ceux qui pleurent leur proche seront bientôt pleurés à leur tour. Chacun porte sa croix mais c'est encore pire quand la croix, lourde et massive, s'écroule sur qui devient alors une victime. Des assassinats en plein enterrement ont pourtant l'avantage de ne pas plomber l'ambiance : elle était déjà sinistre. " -- 4e de couvOnce upon a pillow
Par Christina Dodd. 2002
Four stories featuring an 800-year-old bed in an English manor house, now a museum, and the love affairs of selected…
couples who slept in it. Crusader Sir Nicholas first brings his reluctant bride in medieval times, while museum curator Laura Whitney wants a last fling before an upcoming auction. Some explicit descriptions of sex. 2002Lunch at the Piccadilly: a novel
Par Clyde Edgerton. 2003
Bachelor Carl Turnage visits his favorite aunt during her convalescence at a North Carolina nursing home. But Aunt Lil and…
some friends there crave adventure and find it when they steal a car. Meanwhile Carl joins a preacher's band at the home and attempts romance with a social worker. Some strong language. 2003Holidays on ice
Par David Sedaris. 1997
Six short Christmas tales by humorist, playwright, and National Public Radio commentator. Sedaris relives his stint as a department store…
elf in "SantaLand Diaries." In "Seasons Greetings to Our Friends and Family!!!," a housewife facing homicide charges updates loved ones in her annual holiday newsletter. Bestseller. 1997Brownsville
Par Oscar Casares. 2003
Nine short stories about poverty, resourcefulness, and the cultural chasm existing in the U.S.-Mexican border town of Brownsville, Texas. Characters…
confront an array of situations, contradictions, and solutions, from youth learning lessons about money and neighborhood disputes over barking dogs to finding meaning in a depressed world. 2003Out of order
Par A. M Jenkins. 2003
Sophomore "Colt" Trammel hides his learning disabilities until his brainy girlfriend leaves him and his grades jeopardize his baseball-team eligibility.…
He turns to a new girl to tutor him while trying to keep up appearances with the other jocks. Strong language. For senior high readers. 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. 2002Moon over Manhattan: mystery and mayhem
Par Larry King. 2003
Wealthy teenager Allison Vandameer, daughter of a liberal television commentator in New York City, plots a fake elopement to blackmail…
dad into letting her attend film school. The plan goes awry when her dim-witted boyfriend, Goonie, gets confused. Further schemes involve Goonie, a doorman, a reporter, and other hustlers. Some strong language. 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 future homemakers of America
Par Laurie Graham. 2002
Five Americans and one English woman become friends in 1952 when the American women's husbands are stationed in England. Over…
the next forty years they keep in touch, supporting and comforting each other through relocations, marriages, divorces, births, and untimely deaths. Some strong language. 2002Compromising positions
Par Susan Isaacs. 1979
When a lecherous Long Island dentist is murdered in his office, his last patient, Marilyn Tuccio, is suspected. Judith Singer,…
a wisecracking housewife and Marilyn's neighbor, cannot resist playing detective. She also finds police lieutenant Nelson Sharpe more appealing than her stodgy husband. Some explicit descriptions of sex and some strong language. 1978The 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. 2003Miss 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). 2003Ces petites choses: roman
Par Deborah Moggach. 2007
"Délocaliser les vieillards ! C'est l'idée lumineuse qui va sauver le docteur Ravi Kapoor, un médecin londonien épuisé par son…
travail quotidien et surtout par les soucis que lui cause son insupportable beau-père, Norman Purse, un vieux satrape aux révoltantes manies, combinant avec un rare bonheur l'égoïsme, le sans-gêne et l'obsession sexuelle sénile. Déjà expulsé de toutes les maisons de retraite convenables, Norman semblait impossible à recaser. C'est alors qu'un cousin de Ravi, un homme d'affaires au dynamisme sans bornes, va créer en Inde une chaîne de maisons de retraite très "Vieille Angleterre", où les Britanniques d'âge avancé, déconcertés et parfois même affolés par les conditions de vie nouvelles de leur pays natal, pourront retrouver, au soleil et dans la paix, les moeurs et l'atmosphère de leur jeunesse évanouie. Dans la grande tradition de la littérature satirique anglaise, Deborah Moggach met en scène avec un humour acerbe, mais souvent teinté de tendresse, ce petit monde dépassé par le temps, mais qui ne va tarder à découvrir que la vie peut encore apporter d'étranges bonheurs". -- 4e de couv