Roly Carradine has found refuge in Cornwall, in the mellow stone house of his childhood. A broken marriage made Roly remove himself from his busy London life, and here in Cornwall he welcomes Kate, also seeking refuge from the grief of...
Families
- Author:Willett, MarciaSummary:
- Author:MacLennan, HughSummary:
Dan Ainslie, a brilliant doctor working with the miners of his native Cape Breton Island, is forty-two and deeply in love with his wife. Longing for the son he can never have, he comes to love the young Alan MacNeil, whose father...
- Author:Gabaldon, DianaSummary:
Twice Claire has used an ancient stone circle to travel back to the 18th century. The first time she found love with a Scottish warrior but had to return to the 1940s to save their unborn child. The second time, twenty years later, she...
- Author:Foot, RichardSummary:
Shortlisted, East Coast Literary Award and Evelyn Richardson Prize for Non-Fiction. It was over in seconds. In the early hours of January 12, 2008, seven members of a high school basketball team and their coach’s wife died instantly...
- Author:Sedaris, DavidSummary:
David Sedaris plays in the snow with his sisters. He goes on vacation with his family. He gets a job selling drinks. He attends his brother's wedding. He mops his sister's floor. He gives directions to a lost traveler. He eats a...
- Author:King, StephenSummary:
After decades as an itinerant alcoholic, middle-aged Dan Torrance uses his remnant powers to assist the dying before coming to the aid of a twelve-year-old girl being tortured by a tribe of murderous paranormals.
- Author:Thien, MadeleineSummary:
At the centre of this epic tale are enigmatic Sparrow, a genius composer who wishes desperately to create music yet can find truth only in silence; his mother and aunt, Big Mother Knife and Swirl, survivors with captivating singing...
- Author:Roth, VeronicaSummary:
Dans un monde post-apocalyptique, la société est divisée en cinq factions, chacune consacrée au culte d’une vertu dans l’espoir de former un civilisation parfaite: les Altruistes, les Sincères, les Audacieux, les Fraternels, les Erudits...
- Author:Roth, VeronicaSummary:
Retrouvez la trilogie complète de Veronica Roth avec Divergence, Insurgés et Allégeance. Divergence : Un choix peut vous transformer. Le premier roman de Veronica Roth vous tiendra en haleine dans son monde post-apocalyptique où les...
- Author:Roth, VeronicaSummary:
Dans un monde post-apocalyptique, la société est divisée en cinq factions, chacune consacrée au culte d’une vertu dans l’espoir de former un civilisation parfaite: les Altruistes, les Sincères, les Audacieux, les Fraternels, les Érudits...
- Author:Martin, C. K. KellySummary:
Ivy's summer isn't going at all the way she'd been hoping, and the boyfriend she thought would love her forever turned out to be really sleazy. Ivy finds solace in Lucan, a new best friend who turns out to be a distant...
- Author:Draper, PennySummary:
Winner of the Silver Moonbeam Medal for Preteen Historical Fiction. It's 1912, and the lives of two children are twisted together as the Regina cyclone approaches: Ella, a well-to-do young lady, and Billy, a penniless runaway Home Child...
- Author:Steffen, SandraSummary:
Maggie and Spence have the perfect life until a tragic car accident leaves Maggie in a coma. After nine long weeks, Spence is advised to pull the plug. Devastated, he turns to Maggie's sister Jackie for comfort.
- Author:ANDREWS, VirginiaSummary:
The fourth and final novel in the magnificent Cutler family saga--the prequel to Dawn. Darkest Hour takes readers back to the story of Dawn's grandmother ... to a girl named Lillian, and a thriving plantation called The Meadows....
- Author:Schraff, AnneSummary:
Written for young adults, the Urban Underground series confronts issues that are of great importance to teens, such as friendship, loyalty, drugs, gangs, abuse, urban blight, bullies and self-esteem to name a few. More than...
- Author:Garcia, KamiSummary:
The #1 New York Times bestselling Beautiful Creatures series continues in this brand-new digital-exclusive story.Catch up with Ethan, Lena, and Link as they finally graduate from high school and get ready to leave the small Southern...
- Author:Bavati, RobynSummary:
When her life’s passion is forbidden, how much will Ditty risk to follow her dream? When Ditty Cohen first sees a ballet on T.V., the beautiful, gravity-defying dancing captivates her. She’s instantly connected to the graceful...
- Author:Acheson, AlisonSummary:
A profoundly honest and intensely personal story of a woman who cares for her husband after the devastating terminal diagnosis of ALS. Marty, age 57, was given a preliminary diagnosis of ALS by his family doctor. Seven weeks later, the...
- Author:Calonita, JennySummary:
L’anniversaire conjoint de leurs seize ans approchant, les demi-soeurs Isabelle Scott et Mirabelle Monroe sont prêtes à s’émanciper, peu importe qu’elles soient les filles d’un personnage public important. Ainsi, quand Zoe, la tante qu’...
- Author:Yolen, JaneSummary:
Accident-prone, thirteen-year-old Gorse, the youngest fairy in her family, falls into a trap while on her way to the palace to bless the newborn princess, Talia, but arrives in time to give a gift which, although seemingly horrific, may...