Résultats pour "Me" dans Fiction biographique

In pursuit of her dream to be a writer, Nora journeys from her family in Canada after she accepts a job as a journalist in Jamaica and then later, the United States. In the autobiography, the young author recounts her early life and writing career. Only seventeen years old and with just ten dollars in her pocket, Nora sets sail for Jamaica west Indies, and when this new career as a newspaper writer takes an unwelcome turn, Nora ends up in Chicago, where she struggles to find a good job and make it as a journalist and storyteller.

Set in the 1950s against the backdrop of Grace Kelly’s whirlwind romance and glamourous wedding to Prince Rainier of Monaco, New York Times bestselling author Hazel Gaynor and Heather Webb take the reader on an evocative sun-drenched journey along the Côte d’Azur in this page-turning novel...

In the 1920s, Margery Crandon captivated both Boston society and psychic researchers with her astonishing seances. At her gatherings, her deceased brother Walter regularly appeared, entertaining the circle with his witty and cheeky remarks. Margery’s abilities earned her the admiration of luminaries, including Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and William Butler Yeats. But one man stood in opposition: Harry Houdini, the legendary magician, who was determined to expose her as a fraud.

Daisy DeVoe has left her abusive husband, her father has been pinched for bootlegging, and she’s embarrassed by her rural Kentucky roots. But on the plus side, she’s climbing the ladder in the salon of Paramount Pictures, styling hair for actress Clara Bow. Clara is a handful. The “It” Girl of the Jazz Age personifies the new woman of the 1920s onscreen, smoking, drinking bootleg hooch, and bursting with sex appeal. But her conduct off the set is even more scandalous. Hoping to impose a little order on Clara’s chaotic life, Paramount persuades Daisy to sign on as Clara’s personal secretary.

Deep within the soul of Bisman, there burned an inextinguishable flame—a profound inner strength that refused to be snuffed out, even in his darkest hours. Though life's trials had beaten him down time and again, leaving him battered and questioning his worth, an ineffable force propelled him ever forward on his journey of self-discovery.

Judy Goodman and Beverly Caldwell have different reasons for putting continents and oceans between themselves and their disparate pasts, but they have the same desire—to earn a coveted position on an elite team of stewardesses for Pan American Airlines. For Judy, running away from an oppressive marriage in small-town Pennsylvania is a risk she must take. And for Beverly, leaving behind the gilded cage of New York society will allow her to pursue a future of her own making.

Hermila Galindo podría ser recordada por muchos motivos: alzó la voz a favor de la Revolución, accedió a la política y se convirtió en la secretaria de Venustiano Carranza, fundó la revista feminista Mujer Moderna, viajó fuera y dentro de México para promulgar su mensaje revolucionario, fue la primera mujer en presentarse a diputada federal en el país, abogó siempre por la educación, la sexualidad y la independencia económica de las mujeres, y luchó con fuerza por el sufragio femenino.

While she laid on what she thought was her deathbed, my hilarious, Colombian-American Grandma finally shared the tragedy of her life. I learned that her dad abandoned her at birth, her mom sold her to be an indentured servant at 8 years old, her sisters outcasted her, and much to my surprise, I learned that my Grandpa beat the sh$t out of her, cheated on her, and verbally abused her for their entire marriage.

She took on titans, battled generals, and changed the world as we know it… “Inspiring and essential reading.” –New York Times New York Times bestselling author Stephanie Dray returns with a captivating and dramatic novel about an American heroine Frances Perkins. Raised on tales of her...

In 1982, Sue Grafton introduced us to Kinsey Millhone. Thirty years later, Kinsey is an established international icon and Sue, a number-one best-selling author. To mark this anniversary year, Sue has given us stories that reveal Kinsey’s origins and Sue’s past. Kinsey and Me has two parts: The nine Kinsey stories (1986-93), each a gem of detection; and the And Me stories, written in the decade after Grafton's mother died. Together, they show just how much of Kinsey is a distillation of her creator’s past.

She called herself Silent Anna, because she couldn’t tell anyone about what happened between her and her stepfather. Many years later, Anna breaks the silence to reveal the sexual abuse she suffered, its impact on her life and how she has finally managed to overcome it. This is the story of a young girl’s determination to survive and to overcome her traumatic childhood.

Quante volte si può scomparire? O quante volte si può tornare a esistere prima di essere veramente scomparsi al mondo fisico? Il protagonista di questo romanzo ci parla da un dopo morte (una morte accidentale) che ha ancora legami con la vita.

ástečně autobiografická kniha přináší příběh osmiletého Saši žijícího s babičkou a dědou v Moskvě koncem sedmdesátých let minulého století. Je plná někdy groteskních, jindy tragikomických příhod z běžného života, vyprávěných syrovým jazykem malého chlapce, který postupně čtenáři odhaluje, jak křehká může dětská duše být. Chlapce si prarodiče vzali do péče coby čtyřletého proto, že jeho matka se o něj nemohla z finančních důvodů postarat.

For as long as she can remember, 17-year-old Peyton Bound has struggled to remain strong despite being lost in the whirlwind of her emotionally disturbed mother's life...then she finds Matthew Adler at a frat party. He's the first boy who kisses her with open eyes; Peyton finally sees herself in their sparkling reflection. She's sure that her fairytale moment has finally arrived, the day when everything will magically fall into place, and the burdens of her disturbing childhood will begin to lift.

He beat me. He kicked me. He tortured me. He left me for dead. And he never touched me. Jacqueline made good business and personal decisions until Tyrone Perkins walked into her business and smelled her perfume of desperation. He knew she needed love and attention and was living with low self-esteem. Tyrone knew she was not rich in praise. He told her how smart she was and even went to church with her. Once. Then like a full-grown boa constrictor, bit her, then slowly and patiently started squeezing life out of her.

From the bestselling author of The Pale Blue Eye comes a brilliantly profound and empathetic story about Oscar Wilde's wife Constance and their two sons in the aftermath of the famous playwright's imprisonment for homosexuality, told against the backdrop of Victorian England and World War I. In...

"De vegades sembla com si tinguéssim els ulls tancats amb parpelles de pedra que haguessin perdut tot moviment voluntari i involuntari d'obrir-se en algun moment. A vosaltres us desitjo aquesta vergonya: la monstruositat d'unes parpelles de pedra immòbils, però sempre obertes."

Mercedes Sosa ha sido probablemente la principal cantante (o cantora como ella clamaba ser) de la Argentina. Exploró todos los géneros musicales, desde el folklore, pasando por el tango, el rock y el pop y se convirtió en una leyenda de la canción argentina, latinoamericana y mundial.