Titres dans Roman féminin

Mildred Lathbury is one of those 'excellent women' who is often taken for granted. She is a godsend, 'capable of dealing with most of the stock situations of life - birth, marriage, death, the successful jumble sales, the garden fete spoilt by bad weather'. As such, she often gets herself embroiled in other people's lives - especially those of her glamorous new neighbours, the Napiers, whose marriage seems to be on the rocks.

"Pour Clarisse, le bonheur n'existait pas dans la durée et la continuité (cela, c'était le mien), mais dans le fragment, sous forme de pépite qui brillait d'un éclat singulier, même si cet éclat précédait la chute." Deux femmes : Clarisse, ogre de vie, grande amoureuse et passionnée de l'Asie, porte en elle depuis l'origine une faille qui annonce le désastre ; Ève balance entre raison et déraison, tout en développant avec son mari une relation profonde et stable. L'une habite Paris, l'autre New York. À leur insu, un lien mystérieux les unit.

En los buenos tiempos, las chicas se casan por amor. En los malos, no siempre pueden elegir. En el Madrid recién salido de la guerra civil, sobrevivir es un duro oficio cotidiano. Especialmente para Manolita, una joven de dieciocho años que, con su padre y su madrastra encarcelados, y su...

He is powerful, older, and my boss, a lethal combination. Job satisfaction has taken on a whole new meaning. When I lied on my resume, I didn’t expect it to matter. I mean any child would love me; I was born to be a nanny. I applied for a position working for a woman, or so I thought. But Julian Masters is definitely all man...the kind you dream of licking chocolate from. The first day was bad. The kids were the spawn of the devil and I spied through a window and caught him doing something obscene...and equally fascinating.

Enfant du Blitz, Barbara veille jalousement sur plus d'un secret. Désireuse d'épargner à ses enfants les dures réalités de la vie, elle leur a raconté peu de choses sur son enfance misérable, et quasiment rien sur les périodes sombres et mouvementées de son mariage avec l'un des plus célèbres photographes britanniques. Consciente de ce passé morcelé, Sophie, sa fille cadette, s'efforce de comprendre qui sont véritablement ses parents afin de pouvoir se construire sa véritable identité - au grand dam de Barbara.

London 1862: Sue Trinder, orphaned at birth, grows up among petty thieves - fingersmiths - under the rough but loving care of Mrs Sucksby and her 'family'. But from the moment she draws breath, Sue's fate is linked to that of another orphan growing up in a gloomy mansion not too many miles away.

Recent graduate Mercedes Johnson thought her troubles were at an end. But when she spent months applying at every company she could find, and nobody would take her, it was time for her to accept that she wasn’t going to be able to find work. Mercedes had to do something unconventional. She didn’t know that she was signing up for an escort service. She thought she was just delivering packages, and she certainly wasn’t expecting the golden god who answered the door. Was this a bad job or a means to an end? Who was this man, Jake, and why couldn’t he control himself when he was with her?

The first rule of heartbreak club is - get your heart broken. That's all really. Caroline's heart broke when her husband took his own life. Josh's heart broke when his wife was killed in an accident. And somehow, talking to a group of strangers once a week doesn't seem to be helping either of them. Until Sylvia arrives. When she lost her own partner two years ago, she fell apart and had to put herself back together. Most of all she wished for the help of someone who'd been through it already. And now she's here to pass her handbook on to those who need it most. 

An instant New York Times bestseller! “Stunning. Fiendishly plotted with whiplash twists and turns — Shari Lapena is at the very top of her game here. [She Didn't See It Coming] might be my favorite yet!” —Lucy Foley The new gripping novel from the New York Times bestselling author of...

Il est temps que les femmes d'Ithaque racontent leur histoire. Le roi Ulysse est parti il y a de nombreuses années en guerre contre Troie, emmenant tous les hommes en âge de combattre de l'île d'Ithaque. En son absence, Pénélope use de toute sa ruse pour maintenir la paix, mais celle-ci est...

Uno strappo che sembrava impossibile da ricucire, una famiglia che nel corso degli anni ritrova la strada nella forza dei legami. Ci sono libri che ti entrano dentro, che ti accompagnano per mano nella vita di tutti i giorni. È ciò che succede con l'esordio magnetico di Roberta Recchia, una storia da cui non ci si stacca, con protagonisti vivi, autentici. Come Marisa e Stelvio Ansaldo, che nella Roma degli anni Cinquanta si innamorano nella bottega del sor Ettore, il padre di lei.

THE YEAR IS 1883 and Emma M. Lion has returned to her London neighborhood of St. Crispian’s. But Emma’s plans for a charmed and studious life are sabotaged by her eccentric Cousin Archibald, her formidable Aunt Eugenia, and the slightly odd denizens of St. Crispian’s. Emma M. Lion offers up her Unselected Journals, however self-incriminating they may be, which comprise a series of volumes. Armed with wit and a sideways amusement, Emma documents the curious realities of her life at Lapis Lazuli House.

On a June morning in 1923, Clarissa Dalloway is preparing for a party and remembering her past. Elsewhere in London, Septimus Smith is suffering from shell-shock and on the brink of madness. Their days interweave and their lives converge as the party reaches its glittering climax. Here, Virginia Woolf perfected the interior monologue and the novel's lyricism and accessibility have made it one of her most popular works. 

« Si vous êtes la petite fille de la photo, merci de me contacter de toute urgence. » Un mail, une photo, et la vie de Caroline, avocate en droit des affaires familiales à Boston, vole en éclats. Depuis qu’elle a quitté la France et son village natal il y a trente ans, elle s’est...

Allison “Sonny” Cariño has everything figured out, except how to be happy and content. The forty-year-old widow loves her family and she loves Jesus, but she also enjoys a well-placed f-bomb and a shot of tequila at 10am if the situation calls for it.With her three grown kids getting ready...

SARAH LARK vuelve con una saga épica de amor, aventura y coraje sobre una mujer que desafió su destino para conquistar una vida propia en un territorio indómito. Inglaterra, 1861. Vivian, hija de un noble inglés, sueña con bailar y vivir lejos de los salones donde quieren decidir su futuro. Impulsada por el amor y el deseo de aventura, huye con Ross, el mozo de cuadras, rumbo a Canadá, donde la fiebre del oro promete fortuna y libertad.

AN INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ∙ Best friends have one week in paradise to fix their friendship or fall apart in this heart-stopping, utterly romantic new novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Every Summer After and One Golden Summer. As featured in The New York Times...

The Sunday Times No. 1 Bestseller ‘Mosse is a master storyteller’ – Madeline Miller, bestselling author of Circe Bringing sixteenth-century France vividly to life, Kate Mosse’s historical epic The Burning Chambers is a gripping story of love, betrayal, war and conspiracy. It is the first...