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Adieu, mon unique: roman
Par Antoine Audouard. 2000
Maybe once, maybe twice
Par Alison Rose Greenberg. 2023
You know that old saying "if we are still single when we're 35, we should get married?" Well, Maggie Vine…
made that vow with two different people at two very different stages of her life. And they both showed up. Maggie Vine's life is going extra-medium. At 35, she's pursuing her dreams of being a singer and being a mother—though neither are successfully panning out. So when Garrett Scholl—stifled hedge-fund manager by day but electrifying aspiring rock singer by night—comes to her 35th birthday party with the intention to kiss Maggie senseless, it feels like one piece might click into place. But he's engaged to someone else, and Maggie knows she won't fit into the cookie-cutter life he's building for himself. Enter Asher Reyes. Her first boyfriend from summer camp turned into heartthrob actor, he's lived a successful yet private life ever since he got famous. When a career-changing opportunity is presented to Maggie after her reconnection with Asher, it feels like everything—music, love, family—will fall into place. But her past won't let her move on without a fight. Filled with the romance and angst that defines the years you come to know yourself, Maybe Once, Maybe Twice is a novel of second chances and finding your own way that's perfect for fans of Josie Silver and Sophie CousensThe fall of light
Par Niall Williams. 2001
Saga of the Foley family in nineteenth-century Ireland. Francis and his four sons, their mother gone, flee from their tenant…
farm after Francis steals a telescope. When their father is presumed drowned, the four brothers eventually separate and find their own destinies at home and abroad. 2001Time to say good-bye
Par Judith Gould. 2000
Joanna Lawrence searches for a perfect new lover for her beloved husband, Josh, after she's diagnosed with brain cancer. The…
couple owns a successful orchid business in California. Their newly hired designer, April Woodward, seems to be the ideal match. Explicit descriptions of sex and some strong language. 2000Les moulins d'Amérique: roman] / 1, Le fils de Saint John
Par Jean-Christophe Giesbert. 2008
"1840 Illinois. Elihu Morgenstern n'a pas quinze ans quand il quitte sa famille, des émigrés autrichiens partis vivre en Amérique…
dans l'espoir fou d'y faire fortune. Lui veut poursuivre son rêve, construire des moulins à blé, se faire connaître de toute la Prairie du Middle West comme le bâtisseur de ces nouvelles cathédrales. Mais lorsqu'un crime d'honneur le condamnera à fuir, il lui faudra grossir la meute des colons qui courent vers l'Ouest et ses terres indomptées... À travers les tribulations de son héros, Jean-Christophe Giesbert nous entraîne dans la magnificence des grands espaces où la misère et la cruauté côtoient les mirages de la réussite. Croisant des trappeurs et des escrocs, des sages et des illuminés, des Indiens et des femmes, Elihu va vers son destin... Un roman âpre et somptueux, fait de violence et de volupté, qui revisite avec flamboyance l'épopée sauvage de l'Amérique". -- 4e de couvLonging
Par James David Landis. 2000
A fictional biography of the Romantic German composer Robert Schumann, who fell in love with brilliant pianist Clara Wieck. They…
married against her father's wishes and lived in the musical world of Chopin, Liszt, Berlioz, and Mendelssohn. Describes Schumann's sad demise in a mental asylum. 2000The Big Burn
Par Jeanette Ingold. 2002
In the summer of 1910, drought in Idaho and Montana has led to forest fires. On August 20, three teens--homesteader…
Lizbeth, fire fighter Jarrett, and buffalo soldier Seth--are caught in a blaze and face the choice of fleeing or staying to confront the conflagration. For junior and senior high readers. 2002A cup of light
Par Nicole Mones. 2002
Deaf art expert Lia Frank, working for an American firm, travels to Beijing, China, to appraise porcelain for a buyer…
in Hong Kong. Lia finds some fakes, but suspects that the authentic pieces were hidden from the Japanese during the 1930s. She also falls in love with Dr. Michael Doyle. 2002Until tomorrow
Par Robin Jones Gunn. 2000
Nineteen-year-old college student Christy Miller has been studying in Switzerland when her friends Katie and Todd join her for a…
vacation. Christy is jealous and unsure of her relationship with Todd--but puts her trust in God. For senior high and older readers. 2000En un combat douteux (Le Livre de poche #228)
Par John Steinbeck. 1940
Un des premiers romans naturalistes de l'auteur. Des cueilleurs de pommes dans les vergers de Californie se révoltent contre leur…
employeur. Un "agitateur" communiste les aide à organiser la grève. [SDMJosefina aprende una lección: un cuento de la escuela
Par Valerie Tripp. 1997
Tía Dolores enseña varias cosas a Josefina y a sus hermanas--las mismas cosas que la madre de ellas les habría…
enseñado. Pero una de las hermanas teme que el aprender nuevas cosas--como el leer y escribir--les hará olvidarse de Mamá. Sigue a Así Es Josefina (BR 14464). Para grados 2 a 4The long journey home
Par Don Coldsmith. 2001
Little Bull, a Lakota Sioux, becomes John Buffalo and finds work as an Olympics trainer and a Wild West show…
performer in the early 1900s, despite racial prejudice. In the course of his adventures he encounters such real-life celebrities as Jim Thorpe, Bill Pickett, and Theodore Roosevelt. Some strong language. 2001As you wish
Par Robin Jones Gunn. 2000
Christy Miller starts college in California and continues to date Todd. When Matthew, someone she knew in Wisconsin, arrives on…
campus, Christy trusts that God will help her make the right decisions in her relationships. Sequel to Until Tomorrow (BR 14443). For senior high and older readers. 2000Sweet dreams
Par Robin Jones Gunn. 1994
Christy Miller and her friend Katie are glad to be finally graduating from high school. Christy is secure in her…
future with Todd while Katie, influenced by her boyfriend, is falling away from her faith. For junior and senior high readers. 1994A fearsome doubt: an Inspector Ian Rutledge mystery
Par Charles Todd. 2002
Kent, England; 1919. Scotland Yard detective Ian Rutledge is dispatched to Marling to investigate the murder of two veterans. Rutledge,…
still suffering from shell shock and ghosts of the past, has also been accused of sending the wrong man to the gallows seven years earlier. Some violence. 2002The filmmaker: a novel
Par Elise Dallemagne-Cookson. 2000
Twenty-one-year old Celia Smith falls in love with married filmmaker Ben Rogers on a movie set in Spain in the…
1950s. Ben, a former member of the Communist Party, is blacklisted in Hollywood after testifying to the House Un-American Activities Committee about others in the industry. Some explicit descriptions of sex and some strong language. 2000Sister Noon
Par Karen Joy Fowler. 2001
1890s San Francisco. Spinster Lizzie Hayes, daughter of wealth, lives the conservative life expected of her. Through her volunteer work…
she comes under the influence of Mrs. Mary Ellen Pleasant--unconventional, prescient, and trailed by rumors of voodoo--who encourages Lizzie to take in a young girl of mysterious lineage. 2001The Don flows home to the sea
Par Mikhail Aleksandrovich Sholokhov. 1940
An earthy epic of Cossack life during the Revolution traces the fortunes and misfortunes of the Cossacks in their grim…
battles with the Reds and the Whites. Sequel to And Quiet Flows the Don (BR 8137). The author was awarded the 1965 Nobel Prize for Literature. Violence and strong language. 1940Starry night
Par Robin Jones Gunn. 1993
Sixteen-year-old Christy Miller feels insecure with her friends--especially with the guys. She is annoyed with her parents' Christmas plans, until…
she finds peace with the Lord one beautiful evening. For junior and senior high readers. 1993A time to cherish
Par Robin Jones Gunn. 1993
Seventeen-year-old Christy Miller is happy now that Todd has made a commitment to her. Then best friend Katie gets involved…
with the wrong boy, and pal Doug becomes more withdrawn. Christy asks God to set things straight. For junior and senior high readers. 1993