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Des cailloux dans le ventre: roman (La cosmopolite)
Par Jon Bauer. 2012
" Des cailloux dans le ventre est l'histoire d'un petit garçon de huit ans et de l'adulte instable qu'il est…
devenu. Au cours de son enfance, ses parents choisissent d'être une famille d'accueil en dépit du violent sentiment de jalousie que cela provoque en lui. Cette jalousie prend des proportions dramatiques quand l'enfant doit faire de la place à Robert, un jeune garçon auquel sa mère s'attache particulièrement. La relation qui naît entre eux va déclencher un événement qui transformera l'existence de la famille entière. Et particulièrement celle de Robert. À l'âge de vingt-huit ans, et après une longue absence, le fils vient rendre visite à sa mère. Il ne lui a rien pardonné. Mais cette femme, malade, a maintenant besoin de lui et comment pourrait-il ne pas profiter de la situation ? Des cailloux dans le ventre décrit les dégâts que s'infligent parents et enfants, comme pour nous rappeler que la famille est l'endroit dont il faut partir pour se trouver. Mais l'écrivain sait révéler les situations cocasses de nos existences et décrire la métamorphose d'un être qui se défait progressivement du poids de son enfance. " -- 4e de couvLa dernière semaine de mai: roman
Par Christian Tétreault. 2012
" La plus belle semaine de l'année, c'est la dernière semaine du mois de mai. Sept jours pour tomber amoureux…
ou se faire aimer ; se venger ou s'excuser ; retrouver ou oublier. Cent soixante-huit heures pour transformer l'existence de trois amis, des femmes qui partagent leur vie par amour ou par habitude, et de celles qui se grefferont à eux par accident. " -- 4e de couv10th grade: a novel
Par Joseph Weisberg. 2003
High school sophomore Jeremiah Reskin keeps a journal detailing his adventures in his New Jersey hometown and family life with…
his parents and two sisters. Jeremiah reminisces about the girls he falls for, his soccer team, and his jaunts with the guys. Strong language. For senior high readers. Alex Award. 2002Lost
Par Joy Fielding. 2003
Toronto divorcée Cindy Carver's twenty-one-year-old daughter, Julia, fails to return home after an audition with a famous Hollywood director. Cindy…
suspects all her acquaintances in the disappearance--even her ex-husband. She feels remorse that she never really connected with her self-absorbed firstborn. Some strong language. 2003June in winter
Par Patricia Anne Phillips. 2003
At the hospital where African American real estate broker Tracey Woods learns her husband, Donald, died in an auto accident,…
a stranger informs her that Donald was having an affair. Grief becomes anger as Tracey moves on with her life, helped by her family and another chance at love. Some explicit descriptions of sex. 2003The romantic: a novel
Par Barbara Gowdy. 2003
Abandoned at ten by her mother in the 1960s, Louise Kirk became infatuated with neighbor boy Abel. When Abel dies…
on her twenty-sixth birthday, Louise's fragmented memories reveal their tender childhood romance, years of separations and reunions, and the unfulfilled passion that haunts her. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language. 2003Once 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. 2002Shepherds abiding
Par Jan Karon. 2003
This sequel to In This Mountain (RC 54446, BR 14211) centers on Reverend Kavanagh's restoration of an old créche. He…
transforms himself as he renews the decrepit set and as he interacts with the community: Hope at the bookstore, Andrew at the antiques shop, and the owners of the Main Street Grill. Bestseller. 2003Lucca
Par Jens Christian Grøndahl. 2002
Thirty-two-year-old actress Lucca Montale loses her sight in a near-fatal car accident. Over time she becomes close to her recently…
divorced doctor, Robert. The two fall in love while reliving tense family relationships and troubled romances in the past. Some explicit descriptions of sex and some strong language. 1998Anthology of literary depictions of sexual experiences by authors such as Gabriel García Márquez, Isabel Allende, Laura Esquivel, Carlos Fuentes,…
Ana Castillo, Oscar Hijuelos, Julia Alvarez, and Mario Vargas Llosa. Explicit descriptions of sex and some strong language. 2002Tithe: a modern faerie tale
Par Holly Black. 2002
Sixteen-year-old Kaye, the daughter of a wannabe rock singer now living at the Jersey shore, has been visited by faeries…
all her life. She discovers that she is a changeling with a special destiny that includes a handsome knight and a war. Strong language. For senior high readers. 2002Say when
Par Elizabeth Berg. 2003
Frank Griffin's wife, Ellen, informs him one morning that she has fallen in love with another man--and wants a divorce.…
Numbed by the revelation but unwilling to leave his eight-year-old daughter, Griffin refuses to move out, creating an awkward living situation rectified only when he reevaluates life and love. Some strong language. 2003Hell at the breech: A Novel
Par Tom Franklin. 2003
Alabama, 1890s. Fifteen-year-old Mack Burke keeps it a secret when he accidently shoots storekeeper and aspiring politician Arch Bedsole. The…
unsolved murder spurs Bedsole's cousin with his vigilantes to seek their own justice--targeting innocent and guilty alike in a year of terror. Violence, some explicit descriptions of sex, and some strong language. 2003Blessed are the cheesemakers
Par Sarah-Kate Lynch. 2002
Abbey returns to her grandfather's cheese-making farm in Ireland after twenty-four years of separation. Also arriving is just-fired New York…
stockbroker Kit Stephens, who goes there to dry out and get his life together. The two fall in love at the eccentric homestead. Some explicit descriptions of sex and some strong language. 2002The farther you run
Par Davida Hurwin. 2003
Eighteen-year-old Samantha has a hard time adjusting to life without her friend, Juliana, who died of cancer in A Time…
for Dancing (BR 10714). But Samantha meets Mona in summer school. They graduate, get jobs, boyfriends, and an apartment, and Samantha learns to cope. Strong language. For senior high readers. 2003The last male virgin (Love Spell contemporary romance)
Par Katherine Deauxville. 2002
Anthropologist Peter Havistock has written a book about being raised by the Antorok tribe in Papua New Guinea. Leslie Hall-Grumman,…
representing her family's sponsoring foundation, escorts Peter on his book tour. But Leslie is unprepared when Peter announces that he is a virgin on the hunt. Some descriptions of sex. 2002The amateur marriage: a novel
Par Anne Tyler. 2004
Baltimore residents Michael Anton and Pauline Barclay fall in love at first sight at the start of World War II…
and marry impulsively. Remaining completely incompatible despite increasing prosperity, they spend the next five decades making themselves, and their three children, miserable. Bestseller. 2004Mr. Paradise: a novel
Par Elmore Leonard. 2004
Model Kelly has accompanied roommate Chloe on her job as escort to elderly Mr. Paradiso when two gunmen kill Chloe…
and her client. Wanting Paradiso's fortune, the crooks coerce Kelly into impersonating Chloe. While a Detroit investigating detective falls for "Chloe," she tries to dodge the murderers. Violence and strong language. Bestseller. 2004Zigzag
Par Ellen Wittlinger. 2003
When her boyfriend deserts her for the summer seventeen-year-old Robin drives from Iowa to California with her widowed aunt and…
two nasty younger cousins. The grieving family fights along the way, but Robin helps console them and also begins to become more independent. Some strong language. For senior high readers. 2003Reunion
Par Alan P Lightman. 2003
Charles, a professor, attends his thirtieth college reunion where he encounters a vision of his twenty-two-year-old self. Overwhelmed by memories…
of his idyllic love for a ballerina, Charles relives a series of tragic events that would forever change his life. Strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2003