250 Adulte (s) Anglais (s)

Aux yeux du monde, Lex Gracie est la Fille A. Celle qui s'est échappée à quinze ans de la Maison des Horreurs où ses parents la séquestraient avec ses frères et sours. Elle n'a plus jamais cessé de fuir depuis, mettant un océan entre elle et ses souvenirs. Mais lorsque sa mère meurt et la nomme exécutrice testamentaire, Lex ne peut plus esquiver. Il lui faut décider du sort de la Maison des Horreurs et obtenir l'accord des siens - ce qui signifie les retrouver, se replonger dans le passé qu'ils ont partagé et découvrir qu'ils en restent tous prisonniers. Phénomène outre-Atlantique traduit dans trente-six pays et salué par une presse unanime, ce premier roman incendiaire sonde avec une puissance rare les traumatismes irréparables d'une enfance sacrifiée.

Jean McClellan spends her time in almost complete silence, limited to just one hundred words a day. Any more, and thousand volts of electricity will course through her veins. Now the new government is in power, everything has changed. But only if you're a woman. Almost overnight, bank accounts are frozen, passports are taken away and seventy million women lose their jobs. Even more terrifyingly, young gilrs are no longer taught to read or write. For herself, her daughtern, and for every woman silenced, Jean will reclaim her voice. This is only the beginning...

Dimple Pennington knew of her half siblings, but she didn't really know them.
Five people who don't have anything in common except for faint memories of being driven through Brixton in their dad's gold jeep, and some pretty complex abandonment issues.
Dimple has bigger things to think about. She's thirty and her life isn't really going anywhere. An aspiring lifestyle influencer with a terrible and wayward boyfriend. Dimple's life has shrunk to the size of a phone screen. And despite a small but loyal following, she's never felt more alone.
That is, until a catastrophic event brings her half siblings, Nikisha, Dannie, Lizzie and Prynce, crashing back into her life. And when they're all forced to reconnect with Cyril Pennington, the absent father they never really knew, things get even more complicated.

La 4e de couverture indique : "What was lost in the collapse: almost everything, almost everyone, but there is still such beauty. One snowy night in Toronto famous actor Arthur Leander dies on stage whilst performing the role of a lifetime. That same evening a deadly virus touches down in North America. The world will never be the same again. Twenty years later Kirsten, an actress in the Traveling Symphony, performs Shakespeare in the settlements that have grown up since the collapse. But then her newly hopeful world is threatened. If civilization was lost, what would you preserve ? And how far would you go to protect it ?"

It was love at first sight when actress Tembi met professional chef, Saro, on a street in Florence. There was just one problem: Saro’s traditional Sicilian family did not approve of his marrying a black American woman. However, the couple, heartbroken but undeterred, forged on. They built a happy life in Los Angeles, with fulfilling careers, deep friendships, and the love of their lives: a baby girl they adopted at birth. Eventually, they reconciled with Saro’s family just as he faced a formidable cancer that would consume all their dreams.

A story of summer, secrets, love, and lies: in the course of a singular day on Cape Cod, one woman must make a life-changing decision that has been brewing for decades. It is a perfect July morning, and Elle, a fifty-year-old happily married mother of three, awakens at "The Paper Palace"-the family summer place which she has visited every summer of her life. But this morning is different: last night Elle and her oldest friend Jonas crept out the back door into the darkness and had sex with each other for the first time, all while their spouses chatted away inside. Now, over the next twenty-four hours, Elle will have to decide between the life she has made with her genuinely beloved husband, Peter, and the life she always imagined she would have had with her childhood love, Jonas, if a tragic event hadn't forever changed the course of their lives. As Heller colors in the experiences that have led Elle to this day, we arrive at her ultimate decision with all its complexity. Tender yet devastating, The Paper Palace considers the tensions between desire and dignity, the legacies of abuse, and the crimes and misdemeanors of families.

Lily hasn't always had it easy, but that's never stopped her from working hard for the life she wants. She's come a long way from the small town in Maine where she grew up - she graduated from college, moved to Boston, and started her own business. So when she feels a spark with a gorgeous neurosurgeon named Ryle Kincaid, everything in Lily's life suddenly seems almost too good to be true. Ryle is assertive, stubborn, maybe even a little arrogant. He's also sensitive, brilliant, and has a total soft spot for Lily, but Ryle's complete aversion to relationships is disturbing. As questions about her new relationship overwhelm her, so do thoughts of Atlas Corrigan - her first love and a link to the past she left behind. He was her kindred spirit, her protector. When Atlas suddenly reappears, everything Lily has built with Ryle is threatened. With this bold and deeply personal novel, Colleen Hoover delivers a heart-wrenching story that breaks exciting new ground for her as a writer. It Ends With Us is an unforgettable tale of love that comes at the ultimate price

Isserley, jeune femme mystérieuse et aguicheuse, passe son temps à sillonner les routes d'Ecosse. Le parfait auto-stoppeur doit être jeune, grand et musclé. Quand elle trouve enfin la perle rare et l'embarque dans sa voiture, les choses se compliquent un peu... Que fait-elle de tous ces hommes au corps parfait qui disparaissent mystérieusement ? Quel destin les attend ?

INTRODUCED BY ALEXANDER McCALL SMITH'I'm a huge fan of Barbara Pym' RICHARD OSMANMildred Lathbury is one of those excellent women who are often taken for granted. She is a godsend, 'capable of dealing with most of the stock situations or even the great moments of life - birth, marriage, death, the successful jumble sale, the garden fête spoilt by bad weather'. Her glamorous new neighbours, the Napiers, seem to be facing a marital crisis.
One cannot take sides in these matters, though it is tricky, especially as Mildred has a soft spot for dashing young Rockingham Napier. This is Barbara Pym's world at its funniest and most touching.'One of the most endearingly amusing English novels of the twentieth century' ALEXANDER MCCALL SMITH'Barbara Pym is the rarest of treasures; she reminds us of the heartbreaking silliness of everyday life' ANNE TYLER'Why shouldn't the lives of cardigan-wearing spinsters and fussy confirmed bachelors be the engines of some of the finest comic writing in English? Not only was Pym a comic genius but she was ever so wise' THE TIMES

Deux nouvelles inédites sur l'amour et ses petits tracas par deux auteurs stars de la " Chick Lit " (littérature pour poulettes). Changing People (Les gens changent) : Par le plus grand des hasards, Sarah se retrouve à poser du papier peint chez son ancien petit ami, qu'elle a quitté il y a quelques années alors qu'il venait de la demander en mariage. Elle laisse parler son coeur et se retrouve dans une situation... délicate ! The Bamboo Confessions (Les confessions du bambou) : Sur un coup de tête, Katie, New-Yorkaise bon teint, décide de partir au Vietnam, pour un séjour " routard ". Ses parents et son petit ami avocat ont bien du mal à comprendre ses motivations. Ce voyage sera pourtant l'occasion pour Katie de faire le point sur sa vie...

Dans les derniers jours des turbulentes années 1970, à la suite de meurtres non élucidés qui ont choqué Detroit, les vies de plusieurs habitants sont rapprochées, avec des conséquences tragiques. Il y a Hannah, épouse d'un homme d'affaires local important, qui a entamé une liaison avec un inconnu au charisme sombre dont l'identité reste insaisissable ; Mikey, un arnaqueur de rue rusé qui se retrouve dans une mission inattendue pour réparer une injustice ; et le tueur en série connu sous le nom de Babysitter, une figure énigmatique et terrifiante à la périphérie de l'élite de Détroit. Suspensif, brillamment orchestré et captivant, Babysitter est un récit saisissant qui explore les risques de la poursuite d'une autre vie, remettant en question jusqu'où nous sommes prêts à aller pour protéger ceux que nous chérissons le plus. Dans son réquisitoire cinglant contre la politique corrompue, le racisme aveugle et la prédation sexuelle en Amérique, Babysitter est une œuvre de fiction contemporaine passionnante.

In the waning days of the turbulent 1970s, in the wake of unsolved killings that have shocked Detroit, the lives of several residents are drawn together, with tragic consequences. There is Hannah, wife of a prominent local businessman, who has begun an affair with a darkly charismatic stranger whose identity remains elusive; Mikey, a canny street hustler who finds himself on an unexpected mission to rectify injustice; and the serial killer known as Babysitter, an enigmatic and terrifying figure at the periphery of elite Detroit. As Babysitter continues his rampage of killings, these individuals intersect with one another in startling and unexpected ways.Suspenseful, brilliantly orchestrated and engrossing, Babysitter is a starkly narrated exploration of the riskiness of pursuing alternate lives, calling into question how far we are willing to go to protect those whom we cherish most. In its scathing indictment of corrupt politics, unexamined racism, and the enabling of sexual predation in America, Babysitter is a thrilling work of contemporary fiction.

Bird Gardner, 12 ans, vit une existence tranquille avec son père aimant mais brisé, un ancien linguiste qui range maintenant des livres dans la bibliothèque de Harvard. Il sait ne pas trop se poser de questions, trop se démarquer, trop s'éloigner. Pendant une décennie, leurs vies ont été régies par des lois écrites pour préserver la « culture américaine » après des années d'instabilité économique et de violence. Pour maintenir la paix et rétablir la prospérité, les autorités sont désormais autorisées à déplacer les enfants de dissidents, en particulier ceux d'origine asiatique, et les bibliothèques ont été contraintes de retirer des livres considérés comme antipatriotiques - y compris l'œuvre de la mère de Bird, Margaret, une poétesse sino-américaine. qui a quitté la famille à l'âge de neuf ans. Bird a grandi en reniant sa mère et ses poèmes; il ne connaît pas son travail ou ce qui lui est arrivé, et il sait qu'il ne devrait pas se poser la question. Mais lorsqu'il reçoit une lettre mystérieuse ne contenant qu'un dessin énigmatique, il est entraîné dans une quête pour la retrouver. Son voyage le conduira à travers les nombreux contes folkloriques qu'elle a mis dans sa tête lorsqu'elle était enfant, à travers les rangs d'un réseau clandestin de bibliothécaires, dans la vie des enfants qui ont été emmenés, et enfin à New York, où un nouvel acte de défi peut être le début d'un changement indispensable.

Twelve-year-old Bird Gardner lives a quiet existence with his loving but broken father, a former linguist who now shelves books in Harvard's library. He knows not to ask too many questions, stand out too much, stray too far. For a decade, their lives have been governed by laws written to preserve 'American culture' in the wake of years of economic instability and violence. To keep the peace and restore prosperity, the authorities are now allowed to relocate children of dissidents, especially those of Asian origin, and libraries have been forced to remove books seen as unpatriotic - including the work of Bird's mother, Margaret, a Chinese American poet who left the family when he was nine years old. Bird has grown up disavowing his mother and her poems; he doesn't know her work or what happened to her, and he knows he shouldn't wonder. But when he receives a mysterious letter containing only a cryptic drawing, he is drawn into a quest to find her. His journey will take him through the many folktales she poured into his head as a child, through the ranks of an underground network of librarians, into the lives of the children who have been taken, and finally to New York, where a new act of defiance may be the beginning of much-needed change.

Antonia Adams est le produit d'un mariage sans amour entre une belle jeune mannequin et un riche entrepreneur. Enfant, elle est abandonnée dans le gouffre qui les sépare. Sans protection et sans amour, elle apprend que la seule façon de se sentir en sécurité est d'attirer le moins d'attention possible, d'être invisible.
Dans son isolement, les films sont son échappatoire, et elle rêve de devenir un jour scénariste. Lors d'un job d'été dans un studio hollywoodien, elle rencontre un célèbre cinéaste, et n'est plus invisible. Il veut la mettre dans un film et en faire une star. C'est une opportunité éblouissante mais terrifiante.

Antonia Adams is the product of a loveless marriage between a beautiful young model and a wealthy entrepreneur. As a child, she is abandoned in the chasm between them. Unprotected and unloved, she learns that the only way to feel safe is to draw as little attention as possible, to be invisible.
In her isolation, films are her escape, and she dreams of one day becoming a screenwriter. During a summer job at a Hollywood studio, she meets a famous filmmaker, and is invisible no longer. He wants to put her in a movie and make her a star. It is a dazzling opportunity but a terrifying one.

Florence, les années 1560. Lucrezia, troisième fille de Cosimo de' Medici, est libre d'errer à sa guise dans le palazzo, s'émerveillant de ses trésors et observant ses travaux clandestins. Mais lorsque sa sœur aînée meurt à la veille de son mariage avec Alfonso d'Este, souverain de Ferrare, Modène et Reggio, Lucrezia se retrouve involontairement sous les feux de la rampe : le duc ne tarde pas à demander sa main et son père à accepter en son nom. Son mari, Alfonso, est peut-être le plus mystérieux de tous. Est-il l'homme sophistiqué et enjoué qui apparaît avant leur mariage, l'esthète le plus heureux en compagnie d'artistes et de musiciens, ou le politicien impitoyable devant lequel même ses redoutables sœurs semblent trembler ? Alors que Lucrezia est assise dans une parure inconfortable pour le tableau qui doit préserver son image pour les siècles à venir, une chose apparaît clairement et de manière inquiétante. Aux yeux de la cour, elle n'a qu'un seul devoir : fournir l'héritier qui assurera l'avenir de la dynastie des Ferrarese. D'ici là, malgré son rang et sa noblesse, son avenir est entièrement suspendu à la balance.

Florence, the 1560s. Lucrezia, third daughter of Cosimo de' Medici, is free to wander the palazzo at will, wondering at its treasures and observing its clandestine workings. But when her older sister dies on the eve of marriage to Alfonso d'Este, ruler of Ferrara, Modena and Reggio, Lucrezia is thrust unwittingly into the limelight: the duke is quick to request her hand in marriage, and her father to accept on her behalf.Having barely left girlhood, Lucrezia must now make her way in a troubled court whose customs are opaque and where her arrival is not universally welcomed. Perhaps most mystifying of all is her husband himself, Alfonso. Is he the playful sophisticate her appears before their wedding, the aesthete happiest in the company of artists and musicians, or the ruthless politician before whom even his formidable sisters seem to tremble?As Lucrezia sits in uncomfortable finery for the painting which is to preserve her image for centuries to come, one thing becomes worryingly clear. In the court's eyes, she has one duty: to provide the heir who will shore up the future of the Ferrarese dynasty. Until then, for all of her rank and nobility, her future hangs entirely in the balance.

Each is a threat to global stability. Each can be overcome with only the highest levels of diplomacy. But when those in charge disagree and refuse to back down, an international chain reaction kicks off with potentially catastrophic consequences: a world edging closer to war... Now three people must work with the utmost skill to stop that from happening: A spy working undercover with jihadis. A brilliant Chinese spymaster. A US president beleaguered by a populist rival for the next election. The only question is - in a game of brinksmanship, can the inevitable ever be stopped ?

À vingt-neuf ans, elle est en lice pour être promue au poste de ses rêves en tant que spécialiste de l'art chez Sotheby's et elle est sur le point de s'envoler pour les Galapagos où elle est convaincue que son petit ami chirurgien, Finn, va faire sa demande en mariage. Mais alors le virus frappe New York et Finn annonce la nouvelle : l'hôpital a besoin de lui, il doit rester. Mais tu devrais quand même y aller, insiste-t-il. Et à contrecœur, elle accepte. Une fois qu'elle est aux Galapagos, le monde se ferme autour d'elle, laissant Diana bloquée - bien qu'au paradis.

At twenty-nine, she's up for promotion to her dream job as an art specialist at Sotheby's and she's about to fly to the Galapagos where she's convinced her surgeon boyfriend, Finn, is going to propose. But then the virus hits New York City and Finn breaks the news: the hospital needs him, he has to stay. But you should still go, he insists. And reluctantly, she agrees. Once she's in the Galapagos, the world shuts down around her, leaving Diana stranded - albeit in paradise.

A woman has to be tough as steel up here. You can’t count on anyone to save you and your children. You have to be willing to save yourselves. Thirteen-year-old Leni is coming of age in a tumultuous time. Caught in the riptide of her parents’ passionate, stormy relationship, she dares to hope that Alaska will lead to a better future for her family, and a place to belong. Her mother, Cora, will do anything and go anywhere for the man she loves, even if it means following him into the unknown. As Leni grows up in the shadow of her parents’ increasingly volatile marriage, she meets Matthew. And Matthew – thoughtful, kind, brave – makes her believe in the possibility of a better life . . . With her trademark combination of elegant prose and deeply drawn characters, Kristin Hannah celebrates the remarkable and enduring strength of women.

She will discover the best of herself in the worst of times . . . Texas, 1934. Elsa Martinelli had finally found the life she’d yearned for. A family, a home and a livelihood on a farm on the Great Plains. But when drought threatens all she and her community hold dear, Elsa’s world is shattered to the winds. Fearful of the future, when Elsa wakes to find her husband has fled, she is forced to make the most agonizing decision of her life. Fight for the land she loves or take her beloved children, Loreda and Ant, west to California in search of a better life. Will it be the land of milk and honey? Or will their experience challenge every ounce of strength they possess? From the overriding love of a mother for her child, the value of female friendship and the ability to love again – against all odds, Elsa’s incredible journey is a story of survival, hope and what we do for the ones we love.