"Raised in the "agrarian ghetto" of Dickens--improbably smack in the middle of downtown L.A.--the narrator of The Sellout resigned himself to the fate of all other middle-class Californians: "to die in the same...
Farmers
- Author:Beatty, PaulSummary:
- Author:Gordimer, NadineSummary:
Mehring, a rich industrialist, has all the privileges and possessions that South Africa has to offer, but his possessions refuse to remain objects. Gordimer offers a fascinating study of the forces and relationships that seethed in...
- Author:Wagamese, RichardSummary:
The final novel from Richard Wagamese, the bestselling and beloved author of Indian Horse and Medicine Walk, centres on an abused woman on the run who finds refuge and then redemption on a farm run by an Indigenous man with wounds of...
- Author:Sherwood, KateSummary:
Quando la compagnia lo manda nel sudovest dell’Ontario per persuadere una cittadina ad accettare la proposta di una cava di ghiaia, Peter Carr accetta con piacere la sfida. Tecnicamente è un avvocato, ma in pratica lui risolve i...
- Author:Kinsella, W. P.Summary:
More than just another baseball story, this soul-stirring novel on which the movie Field of Dreams is based is about love and the power of dreams to make people come alive.
- Author:Juby, SusanSummary:
Prudence Burns is an overly idealistic Brooklyn girl who has inherited a derelict plot of land named Woefield Farm. Her motley crew of farm hands consists of Earl, an elderly, reclusive bluegrass legend; Seth, an agoraphobic heavy-metal...
- Author:FFORDE, KatieSummary:
It's not as if Nel hasn't enough on her plate already: organising a farmers' market in Paradise Fields and keeping track of her teenage daughter. But when her old friend Sir Gerald dies, it seems preserving the Fields is...
- Author:Charland, Marie-ClaudeSummary:
En retrait du village de Monts-aux-Pins gît un mystérieux manoir abandonné depuis trois décennies: Côte-Blanche. Le départ expéditif de ses occupants avait jadis déclenché certaines rumeurs, dont l’une voulant qu’il soit le lieu d’...
- Author:Foulkes-Taylor, JanoSummary:
A collation of a variety of stories, yarns, poems, images and photos that reflect the historical significance of families and the thousands of people who directly and indirectly are associated with Western Australian country living...
- Author:Major-McGraw, ColetteSummary:
Sur les bords du lac Brûlé, non loin de Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, la vie sur la ferme est rude. Ernest Potvin contrôle le quotidien avec une main de fer; gare à ceux qui veulent s’écarter de la voie tracée par l’impitoyable chef de clan...
- Author:Gokhale, VeenaSummary:
Four strong women: Anjali, an Indo-Canadian single mother who eagerly accepts an African posting with her non-profit organization; Grace, her dedicated but dominating colleague, who opposes her; Fatimah, a farmer ousted from her home...
- Author:Wier, Layla M.Summary:
For twenty years, Owen Fortescue, a down-to-earth farmer in upstate New York, has had an on-again, off-again relationship with volatile New York City artist Kerry Ruehling. Now that same-sex marriage is recognized in New York, Owen...
- Author:Groom, Susan OvensSummary:
- Author:Major-McGraw, ColetteSummary:
La famille Potvin est dispersée. Outre Ernest et la pauvre Adéline, ne reste plus au lac Brûlé que Simon, le plus jeune des enfants. Même si celui qu’on surnomme le vieil ours a décroché un nouvel emploi, le climat n’est pas des plus...
- Author:Loewenstein, LaurieSummary:
When a rainmaker is bludgeoned to death during a colossal dust storm, small-town sheriff Temple Jennings shoulders yet another burden in the hard times of the 1930s Dust Bowl.
- Author:Schanbacher, Gary LesterSummary:
In spring of 1858 Thompson Grey, a young farmer, travels to his father's estate seeking funds to expand his holdings. Far overstaying his visit, he returns home to find that his absence has contributed to a devastating family tragedy....
- Author:Gould, LeslieSummary:
Betsy Miller has plenty of suitors vying for her hand. But her father says she cannot marry until her older sister Cate does. Betsy's prayers are answered when Peter Treger arrives in town, allowing her to concoct a scheme to get...
- Author:Charland, Marie-ClaudeSummary:
Dévastée par sa dernière confrontation avec William, Lauriane est prête à tout pour éclaircir le terrible malentendu qui fait rage entre eux. C’est donc sans l’ombre d’une hésitation qu’elle prend la route vers le chantier. Mais elle ne...
- Author:Charland, Marie-ClaudeSummary:
Alors qu’elle fait ses débuts comme demoiselle de compagnie de Norah Fedmore, Lauriane tente de reprendre une vie normale suite aux événements qui ont bouleversé son existence. Mais il y a encore de l’orage dans l’air… Un malheureux...
- Author:Waitt, V. M.Summary:
Up until he buys an old truck, Elijah Morgan lives life according to his family’s plan, never feeling like he belongs. Desperate to find his own path, he heads out on the open road, only to end up stranded in Nebraska. Not wanting to...