Titres dans Vie de famille

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo; now with a bonus conversation with Julia Whelan and Taylor Jenkins Reid, recorded exclusively for this edition. At the age of twenty-nine, Hannah Martin still has no idea what she wants to do with her life. She has...

From one of Israel’s most acclaimed writers comes a novel of extraordinary power about family life—the greatest human drama—and the cost of war. Ora, a middle-aged Israeli mother, is on the verge of celebrating her son Ofer’s release from army service when he returns to the front for a...

The final novel of one of America’s most beloved writers - a tale of degeneration, corruption, and spiritual crisis. A Penguin Classic In awarding John Steinbeck the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature, the Nobel committee stated that with The Winter of Our Discontent, he had “resumed his position as an independent expounder of the truth, with an unbiased instinct for what is genuinely American". Ethan Allen Hawley, the protagonist of Steinbeck’s last novel, works as a clerk in a grocery store that his family once owned.

Intermezzo ist die Geschichte zweier ungleicher Brüder. Als Ivan klein war und Peter ein Teenager, standen die beiden sich nahe, später wurden sie einander immer fremder. Als sie ihren Vater verlieren, reißen alte Wunden auf. Ihre Schuldgefühle, ihre Suche nach Sinn und Nähe treiben beide Brüder zu den Frauen in ihren Leben. Doch jeder von ihnen muss einen Weg finden, eine übermächtige Aufgabe zu meistern: wirklich zu trauern. Und wirklich zu lieben.

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"The finest historical novel our 20th century has yet produced; indeed it dwarfs most of the fiction of any kind that Europe has produced in the last twenty years." -- Contemporary Movements in European Literature, edited by William Rose and J. Isaacs "As a novel it must be ranked with the...

London 1917. As the Americans enter the war, there is renewed energy in the war effort. With husbands and sons fighting for freedom, the women of Harpers are left to tackle the day-to-day affairs at home and work. With Ben Harper away, Sally fears she is being followed by a mysterious woman. Who is she, and what does she want? Maggie Gibbs collapses seriously ill in the frontline hospitals and is brought back to England close to death. Can she be saved, and what does the future hold for her and her broken heart?

From Betsy Lerner, celebrated author of The Bridge Ladies, comes a wry and riveting debut novel about family, mental illness, and a hard-won path between two sisters. It is said that when one person in a family is unstable, the whole family is destabilized. Meet the Shreds. Olivia is the sister...

The correspondence between Carrie Allsop and David Mayer reveals, piece by piece, the painful details of a devastating affair between their spouses. With each commiserating scratch of the pen, they confess their fears and bare their souls. They share the bewilderment over how things went so wrong and come to wonder where to go from here. Told entirely through the letters of two comforting strangers and those of two illicit lovers, Evidence of the Affair explores the complex nature of the heart. And ultimately, for one woman, how liberating it can be when it’s broken.

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Je lance un regard en direction du salon. Serena, ma sœur de onze ans, somnole sur le divan rose pâle. Elle s’est endormie en espérant le retour de notre mère, partie en trombe sur sa mobylette tremper son chagrin dans une soupe tonkinoise et ses olives dans une chaudière de dry martini. Le vendredi, c’est sa soirée de recharge mentale parce que des enfants, ça suce l’énergie, ça gruge, ça use. Je ne l’attends jamais avant minuit, ce qui me laisse le temps de mettre en scène ma disparition.

Tiggy d'Aplièse hatte schon als Kind eine innige Beziehung zu Tieren. Als die junge Zoologin das Angebot von Charlie Kinnaird erhält, auf seinem Anwesen in den schottischen Highlands Wildkatzen zu betreuen, zögert sie nicht lange. Dort trifft sie auf Chilly, einen weisen, alten Zigeuner aus Andalusien - eine schicksalhafte Begegnung. Denn er hilft Tiggy, das Geheimnis ihrer Herkunft zu lüften. Sie reist nach Granada, wo sie dem glamourösen Lebensweg ihrer Großmutter Lucia folgt, einer berühmten Flamenco-Tänzerin. Und Tiggy versteht endlich, welch großes Geschenk ihr zur Stunde ihrer Geburt zuteil wurde.

Every story has two sides. Every relationship has two perspectives. And sometimes, it turns out, the key to a great marriage is not its truths but its secrets. At the core of this rich, expansive, layered novel, Lauren Groff presents the story of one such marriage over the course of 24 years.

Alors que se prépare l’Expo, ça grouille de vie à la Place des Érables. Le beau pharmacien manifeste de plus en plus d’intérêt pour Mado, l’exubérante serveuse du casse-croûte. Cependant, il n’aura pas les coudées aussi franches qu’il le souhaiterait pour la conquérir. En face, chez les Picard, Arthur est très amoureux de la belle Anna et, à seize ans, semble voir une éclaircie à son avenir. Son ami Daniel et sa chérie n’ont pas la même chance.

La famiglia Casadio vive da sempre nel borgo di Stellata, all'incrocio tra Lombardia, Emilia e Veneto. Gente semplice, schietta, lavoratrice. Poi, all'inizio dell'Ottocento, qualcosa cambia per sempre: Giacomo Casadio s'innamora di Viollca Toska, una zingara, e la sposa. Da quel momento, i discendenti della famiglia si dividono in due ceppi: i sognatori dagli occhi azzurri e dai capelli biondi, che raccolgono l'eredità di Giacomo, e i sensitivi, che hanno gli occhi e i capelli neri di Viollca, la veggente.

1901. When the Earl of Stainton dies in a tragic hunting accident, Giles, the eldest son of the noble Tallant family, must step forward to replace him as the head of the family. But Giles has avoided the Castle and his stifling relatives for years, deciding instead to forge his own path away from the spotlight. Now, he must put aside his ambitions and honour his duty to the family.

Caitlin, douze ans, habite avec sa mère dans un modeste appartement d'une banlieue de Seattle. Afin d'échapper à la solitude et à la grisaille de sa vie quotidienne, chaque jour, après l'école, elle court à l'aquarium pour se plonger dans les profondeurs du monde marin qui la fascine. Là, elle rencontre un vieil homme qui semble partager sa passion pour les poissons et devient peu à peu son confident. Mais la vie de Caitlin bascule le jour où sa mère découvre cette amitié et lui révèle le terrible secret qui les lie toutes deux à cet homme.

‘A sparklingly delicious confection to satisfy the mystery reader’s appetite’ Helena Dixon, bestselling author of the Miss Underhay Mysteries The first book in a NEW cozy mystery series! Still spinning from the hustle and bustle of city life, Jodie ‘Nosey’ Parker is glad to be back in...

Verschneite Weihnachten in Schottland. Den Schwestern Samantha und Ella Mitchell ist die Weihnachtszeit heilig. Jedes Jahr verbringen sie die Feiertage gemeinsam, backen Kekse und schmücken gemeinsam den Baum. Dieses Jahr aber haben sie einen unerwarteten Gast: ihre Mutter, die sie seit dem großen Streit vor fünf Jahren eigentlich nur noch aus dem Fernsehen kennen. Kann es sein, dass sie wirklich neue Prioritäten setzen und doch eine Rolle im Leben ihrer Töchter spielen will? Samantha und Ella geben ihr eine letzte Chance und treffen sie im romantisch verschneiten Schottland.

For decades, a quartet of Chinese women who have emigrated to San Francisco gather to eat dim sum, play mahjong, and talk—they call themselves the Joy Luck Club. Over the years, their stories have informed the lives of four daughters who feel the weight of family and world history on their shoulders. With wit and sensitivity, this novel explores the deep, complicated, and sometimes painful connections between mothers and daughters.