Résultats pour "Coco" dans Littérature, romans et fiction

L'histoire du plus célèbre des parfums. Hiver 1919-1920 : Après la perte brutale et tragique du grand amour de sa vie, Gabrielle Chanel, appelée Coco, traverse une terrible crise existentielle. Ni son entourage ni son travail ne réussissent à la sortir d'une tristesse profonde. Jusqu'au jour où elle se rappelle leur dernier projet commun : créer sa propre eau de toilette. Bien que Coco ne connaisse rien au métier des grands parfumeurs, elle va se lancer corps et âme dans cette folle aventure afin de rendre un hommage éternel à l'homme perdu.

Le premier opus d'une nouvelle série de cosy crime, avec de délicieuses recettes, dont l'une est peut-être mortelle... Après une rupture difficile, Lila est revenue dans sa ville natale de l'Illinois pour travailler dans le restaurant de sa tante Rosie. Là, chaque jour, ses trois marraines fantasques viennent lui prodiguer des conseils en matières conjugale et professionnelle. Impossible d'échapper à cette tradition, surtout quand la famille vient des Philippines ! Heureusement, Lila a la cuisine de tita Rosie qui, si elle n'est pas très instagrammable, est très réconfortante.

Legendary fashion designer Coco Chanel is revered for her sophisticated style - the iconic little black dress - and famed for her intoxicating perfume Chanel No. 5. Yet behind the public persona is a complicated woman of intrigue, shadowed by mysterious rumors. The Queen of Paris, the new novel from award-winning author Pamela Binnings Ewen, vividly imagines the hidden life of Chanel during the four years of Nazi occupation in Paris in the midst of WWII - as discovered in recently unearthed wartime files.

Dans son « racoin du monde », un garçon de douze ans est repéré par Marie-Thérèse Lambert, actrice tordue et malheureuse qui décide de le prendre sous son aile. Des années durant, elle lui apprendra à se délecter de son propre malheur et, surtout, à susciter la pitié des autres – comme le faisait son alter ego, l’infâme Kamelia Kaze, du temps où elle se suicidait sur les scènes de New York.

Leslie et Coco sont amies. Séparées toute l’année, l’une à Montréal, l’autre à Gaspé, elles se retrouvent enfin pour quelques jours dans la métropole. Cet été-là, leur vie changera du tout au tout.

Oakland-bred LaVeesha “Vee” Gilliam (Coco Jones) is a determined single mother of an autistic son and a gifted aspiring coder. When Vee loses her job as a food-services worker at the onsite restaurant at Grapengine, a large Silicon Valley tech company, she’s unable to pay for her son’s much-needed specialized education. By a twist of fate, mistaken identity, and her tech skills, Vee meets Troy Wilson (Keith Powers), the company’s wealthy founder and CEO and a wunderkind in the tech industry, who believes that Vee is a college-educated techie who works at his company.

Though her name is synonymous with elegance and chic, the iconic Coco Chanel had a complicated dark side, and in late August 1944, as World War II drew to a close, she was arrested and interrogated on charges of treason to France.

Coco Chanel, a párizsi divat nagyasszonya szép szakmai sikereket ért már el, mikor magánélete válságba jut, mert szerelme autóbalesetben életét veszti. Támogató barátnője segítségével idővel új életcélt talál, amikor a szeretett férfival közös ötletüket, egy Chanel parfüm megalkotását veszi tervbe. A múltjának árnyaival is küzdő Coco útján a karizmatikus Romanov herceg személyében kap szerető lelki társat a sorstól.

Robert Bryndza heeft deze novelle speciaal voor de kerstdagen geschreven, waarmee hij Coco Pinchard terug in de tijd laat gaan. Zodra we de voordeur door stapten, kreeg ik het benauwd. De centrale verwarming stond op de hoogste stand, er hing een sterke geur van meubelpoets en alles had een doffe glans. Mam leek klaar om de strijd met Kerstmis aan te gaan, gekleed in een dure, rode nylon blouse met enorme schoudervullingen, een strakke zwarte kokerrok en gevaarlijk hoge zwarte stiletto's aan haar voeten.

Samantha Parker is picking up the pieces of her life—and a pen to sign divorce papers—after she finds out her husband has been cheating on her and the other woman is expecting his child. While the idea of leaving town and starting over is appealing, Sam's only option is to head back to her childhood home of Cocoa Beach, Florida, to help her recently widowed mother run their family inn. Can she go home and start her whole life over at forty-three?

The hilarious, feel-good, romantic comedy Coco Pinchard series by multi-million bestselling author Robert Bryndza is now available as an audio box set! For fans of Bridget Jones’s Diary: Through email, Coco Pinchard documents her seemingly perfect life falling to shambles! She confides in her quirky, supportive friends as she deals with hilarious hijinks, dating after 40, and eccentric in-laws…

Tricia has been living in the town of Harbor Inn, Maine for less than a year, ever since she discovered her boyfriend was seeing another woman, but she has given up on dating anyone. That is, until Gathe Denver moves back to town and says that he wants to court her. Is courting any different than dating? Can she trust this man with her heart? As Tricia and Gathe participate in all 12 Christmas Cocoa traditions and events around town, will she be able to trust Gathe and find true and lasting love?

Suzette Dunfey, a widow at the age of 51, decides to open a cocoa café in St. Joseph, Michigan. Everything is going according to plan until she discovers a tunnel - dug by the infamous mobster Al Capone - and a dead body.

Since Coco Pinchard found first husband Daniel in bed with another woman, she hasn't just picked up the pieces: she's now a best-selling author married to her hunky soul-mate Adam. She feels stronger and wiser and surely the second time round she'll have learnt from her mistakes?

Unscripted is a show about Cheery-Coco and her very messy and scattered life. This is not a planned and carefully crafted show; every episode is simply a voice note from the host when she feels like no one is listening, but she desperately wants to talk. There is no specific niche, no fixed category; most days, the host will be talking about fiction and its beauty, books, movies and shows. Other days might be just random gossip, or she might pour her heart out purely out of frustration. Expect anything, everything and nothing.

After a tumultuous divorce, Coco Pinchard has found love with the gorgeous, hunky, four-years-younger-than-her-so-technically-a-toy-boy Adam. Her career as an author is finally a success, and she has fabulous friends in Christopher, a neurotic middle-aged socialite, and Marika, a slightly alcoholic dog walker.

It's December 1992, and children are going crazy for the Tracy Island toy - almost as crazy as the parents! Christmas day is fast approaching and Coco Pinchard is desperately trying to track one down for her four-year-old son Rosencrantz. Throw into the mix a horrible boss, a lazy husband, and the prospect of her in-laws arriving for the festivities, and Coco wishes she could cancel Christmas and sail off to a desert island somewhere - preferably with the gorgeous-yet-unattainable Tom from work.

At a young age, Terrez Blakewood was forced into manhood. Being raised by a single mother in the projects left no room for fun. Paying his dues and earning his street credit was his main focus. After being known as one of the biggest in Diamond Falls, Terrez is ready to step back from the streets and find love.

Dr. Melissa Moore returns to Cocoa Beach craving peace. A place to paint. To breathe. To be alone with her memories. Instead, she finds the Honey House—her late aunt’s tiny seaside cottage—hiding more than just dust and forgotten photographs. A secret in a hidden compartment. A missing woman. A name from the past whispered through old letters… Margaret. Melissa never knew her father and aunt's younger sister. She certainly didn’t know that sister disappeared without a trace in 1948.

She came home to heal. She didn’t expect to uncover a mystery—or fall for the man she couldn’t stand. Dr. Melissa Moore returns to Cocoa Beach craving peace. A place to paint. To breathe. To be alone with her memories. Instead, she finds the Honey House—her late aunt’s tiny seaside cottage—hiding more than just dust and forgotten photographs.