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Transient dancing
By Gale Garnett. 2003
Johnny Reed is a gifted black actor who leaves America for Greece, where he now has a job and a…
family. Theddo Daniels is an African-American civil rights activist and a closeted homosexual in the early stages of AIDS, in Greece to write his memoirs. The two men meet and become friends, while they and Johnny's wife must deal with the secrets and horrors of their pasts. Some strong language. Some descriptions of sex and violence. 2003.A man in love: a novel
By David Dollenmayer, Martin Walser. 2019
1823. Seventy-three-year-old Goethe meets nineteen-year-old Ulrike von Levetzow. They form a connection that has Goethe infatuated with the young woman.…
When another man courts her, he falls apart. Translated from the original 2017 German edition. 2019The game and the governess (Winner Takes All #1)
By Kate Noble. 2014
London, 1822. Lord Edward "Ned" Granville trades places with his friend and secretary John. Ned wagers that he can convince…
someone to fall in love with him and not his money, and unassuming governess Phoebe Baker may be the one. Explicit descriptions of sex and some strong language. 2014An unsuitable bride
By Jane Feather. 2012
England, 1763. Viscount Bradley requires all of his nephews to marry a fallen woman in order to inherit his wealth.…
Peregrine, the last nephew to wed, meets librarian Alexandra, falls in love, and learns her secrets. Sequel to A Wedding Wager (DB 73701). Explicit descriptions of sex. 2012A wedding wager
By Jane Feather. 2011
London, 1762. While trying to fulfill his wealthy uncle's decree--that he must marry a fallen woman if he wants to…
gain his inheritance--Sebastian Sullivan discovers that the woman who broke his heart is back in town and working in an illegal gaming house. Some explicit descriptions of sex. 2011Rushed to the altar
By Jane Feather. 2010
London, 1761. Viscount Bradley's will decrees that to inherit his fortune, his three nephews must marry fallen women. When the…
eldest, Jasper Sullivan, the earl of Blackwater, collides into Clarissa, he decides she will be the ideal "wife"--and Clarissa agrees to the charade. Explicit descriptions of sex. 2010Near to the wild heart
By Clarice Lispector, Alison Entrekin. 2012
Butterflies in November
By Auður A. Ólafsdóttir, Auour Ava Olafsdottir, Brian FitzGibbon. 2014
The mothers: a novel
By Jennifer Gilmore. 2013
Brooklyn. Thirty-eight-year-old Jesse and her Spanish/Italian husband have difficulty conceiving a child and decide to adopt. But Jesse's past cancer…
diagnosis, her Jewish heritage, and new laws regulating international and open-adoption processes create complications. 2013L'autre fille (Les affranchis)
By Annie Ernaux. 2011
"Yvetot, un dimanche d'août 1950. Annie a dix ans, elle joue dehors, au soleil, sur le chemin caillouteux de la…
rue de l'Ecole. Sa mère sort de l'épicerie pour discuter avec une cliente, à quelques mètres d'elle. La conversation des deux femmes est parfaitement audible et les bribes d'une confidence inouïe se gravent à jamais dans la mémoire d'Annie. Avant sa naissance, ses parents avaient eu une autre fille. Elle est morte à l'âge de six ans de la diphtérie. Plus jamais Annie n'entendra un mot de la bouche de ses parents sur cette soeur inconnue. Elle ne leur posera jamais non plus une seule question. Mais même le silence contribue à forger un récit qui donne des contours à cette petite fille morte. Car forcément, elle joue un rôle dans l'identité de l'auteur. Les quelques mots, terribles, prononcés par la mère ; des photographies, une tombe, des objets, des murmures, un livret de famille : ainsi se construit, dans le réel et dans l'imaginaire, la fiction de cette " aînée " pour celle à qui l'on ne dit rien. Reste à savoir si la seconde fille, Annie, est autorisée à devenir ce qu'elle devient par la mort de la première..." -- 4e de couvRosie colored glasses
By Brianna Wolfson. 2018
Whimsical, heartbreaking and uplifting, this is a novel about the many ways love can find you. Rosie Colored Glasses triumphs…
with the most endearing examples of how mothers and fathers and sons and daughters bend for one another. Just as opposites attract, they can also cause friction, and no one feels that friction more than Rex and Rosie's daughter, Willow. Rex is serious and unsentimental and tapes checklists of chores on Willow's bedroom door. Rosie is sparkling and enchanting and meets Willow in their treehouse in the middle of the night to feast on candy. After Rex and Rosie's divorce, Willow finds herself navigating their two different worlds. She is clearly under the spell of her exciting, fun-loving mother. But as Rosie's behavior becomes more turbulent, the darker underpinnings of her manic love are revealed. Rex had removed his Rosie colored glasses long ago, but will Willow do the same? UnratedApple of Sodom
By Mary Hoffman. 2015
Emily Crawford, a young American wife and mother, seeks a long-overdue self-respect in this absorbing and dramatic portrait of an…
expatriate family experi-encing life in an exotic Arab culture at the start of the 1960s. Revelatory episodes unfold against the enter¬tainments of the well-to-do and influential, among the lives of ordinary citizens, and during explorations of ancient cities in the Holy Land and beyond.And After Many Days
By Jowhor Ile. 2016
An unforgettable debut novel about a boy who goes missing, a family that is torn apart, and a nation on…
the brink During the rainy season of 1995, in the bustling town of Port Harcourt, Nigeria, one family's life is disrupted by the sudden disappearance of seventeen-year-old Paul Utu, beloved brother and son. As they grapple with the sudden loss of their darling boy, they embark on a painful and moving journey of immense power which changes their lives forever and shatters the fragile ecosystem of their once ordered family. Ajie, the youngest sibling, is burdened with the guilt of having seen Paul last and convinced that his vanished brother was betrayed long ago. But his search for the truth uncovers hidden family secrets and reawakens old, long forgotten ghosts as rumours of police brutality, oil shortages, and frenzied student protests serve as a backdrop to his pursuit. In a tale that moves seamlessly back and forth through time, Ajie relives a trip to the family's ancestral village where, together, he and his family listen to the myths of how their people settled there, while the villagers argue over the mysterious Company, who found oil on their land and will do anything to guarantee support. As the story builds towards its stunning conclusion, it becomes clear that only once past and present come to a crossroads will Ajie and his family finally find the answers they have been searching for. And After Many Days introduces Ile's spellbinding ability to tightly weave together personal and political loss until, inevitably, the two threads become nearly indistinguishable. It is a masterful story of childhood, of the delicate, complex balance between the powerful and the powerless, and a searing portrait of a community as the old order gives way to the new.From the Hardcover edition.Box - Flecha do Cupido - Primeira Geração
By Ligia Fonseca, Melissa Storm. 2015
James Morgan nunca acreditou muito no amor – até ver Deborah Walker pela primeira vez na lanchonete local. Ele se…
surpreende ao convidá-la para sair, e ela o choca ainda mais ao aceitar. Durante o encontro, os dois compartilham suas histórias e sonhos secretos, e James percebe que ela é a mulher perfeita. O único problema é que ele embarcará para a Coreia na manhã seguinte. Cumprir seu dever é crucial para James, mesmo que lutar por seu país acabe deixando ambos de coração partido. Deborah promete esperar por ele, mas dois anos são muito tempo para parar sua vida, especialmente por um homem que só conheceu por um dia. Quando Rip Rockwell volta da guerra e James não, Rip pede Deborah em casamento. Ela aceita e eles constroem uma bela vida juntos até a morte dele, 50 anos depois. Durante todo esse tempo, entretanto, ela nunca conseguiu realmente esquecer seu primeiro amor. Deborah se aposenta e muda para Abeline, esperando viver o resto de seus dias em paz. Imagine sua surpresa quando James Morgan se muda para a casa ao lado… Ambos têm uma vida cheia de amor. Ambos perdem a pessoa amada cedo demais. Será que James e Deborah conseguirão formar uma nova vida juntos enquanto acalentam a lembrança daqueles que ainda vivem em seus corações? Este box set especial inclui: Meu Coração É Só Seu, a agridoce história de amor entre Deborah e Rip Nunca Vou Deixar de Te Amar, a história de amor predestinada entre James e Gloria Quando Me Apaixonar e Você Me Faz Sentir Tão Jovem, contos já publicados sobre James e Deborah Olhe para Casa, Anjo, um novo conto sobre a nova vida de Rip e Deborah no Alasca Só Preciso Sonhar, um novo conto sobre a nova vida de James e Gloria como pais Uma árvore genealógica e uma lista com sugestão de ordem de leitura para todas as três séries Flecha do Cupido Um prefácio da autora discorrendo sobre sua ligação pessoal com os personagens e as ambientações. �Una Aventura de Amor
By Lexy Timms, Adriana Garcia. 2016
Municipio de Knox agosto 1863 Los sentimientos est n a flor de piel despu s…
de la batalla de Gettysburg y aunque el Proyecto de ley a n no llega a Knox Sangriento Knox vendr a reclamar vidas el pr ximo a o cuando los ciudadanos intenten evitar la Uni n Salom n el hermano de Clara est perdido y Clara se ha quedado a cargo de la granja de la familia del cuidado de su madre y de su hermana menor Cecelia Mientras tanto lastimado en la batalla de Monterey Pass pero a n capaz de escapar de las fuerzas de la Uni n Jasper y su amigo Horacio est n perdidos y hambrientos Jasper quiere encontrar su camino de regreso a la Confederaci n pero siente la responsabilidad de llevar a Horacio de regreso con su familia aunque parezca resistirseThe Mothers
By Jennifer Gilmore. 2006
Poignant, raw, and insightful, Jennifer Gilmore's third novel is an unforgettable story of love, family, and motherhood. With a "voice…
[that is] at turns wise and barbed with sharp humor" (Vanity Fair), Gilmore lays bare the story of one couple's ardent desire for a child and their emotional journey through adoption. Jesse and Ramon are a loving couple, but after years spent unsuccessfully trying to get pregnant, they turn to adoption, relieved to think that once they navigate the bureaucratic path to parent-hood they will have a happy ending. But nothing has prepared them for the labyrinthine process--for the many training sessions and approvals; for the constant advice from friends, strangers, and "experts"; for the birthmothers who contact them but don't ultimately choose them; or even, most shockingly, for the women who call claiming they've chosen Jesse and Ramon but who turn out never to have been pregnant in the first place. Jennifer Gilmore's eloquence about the human heart--its frailties and complexities--and her razor-sharp observations about race, class, culture, and changing family dynamics are spectacularly combined in this powerful novel. Suffused with passion and fury, The Mothers is a taut, gripping, and satisfying book that will stay with readers long after they turn the last page.Petite Histoire d'Amour
By Lexy Timms, Bruno Laval. 2018
Comté de Knox , Août 1863. Les sentiments vont bon train après la bataille de Gettysburg, et bien que le…
projet ne soit pas encore arrivé à Knox, “Knox ensanglanté” réclamera des vies l’année prochaine comme les citoyens tentant d’éviter le projet de l’Union. Le frère de Clara Salomon a disparu, et Clara est restée pour gérer la ferme de famille, prenant soin de sa mère et de sa jeune sœur, Cecelia. Pendant ce temps, les blessés de la bataille du Col de Monterey sont encore capable d’échapper aux Forces de l’Union, Jasper et son ami Horace sont perdus et affamés. Jasper veut retrouver son chemin vers la Confédération, mais se sent honoré de ramener Horace à sa famille, bien que l’homme semble réticent.My Angel: A Story of Salvation and Love In Two Parts
By Tetiana Brooks. 2014
If you read My Angel, you will be transformed. My Angel and two other titles were first published in Ukraine…
in Russian and Ukrainian. Tetiana says, "We are all people living on the Earth with the same feelings, the same problems, and the same joys."Petite Histoire d'Amour
By Lexy Timms, Bruno Laval. 2018
Comté de Knox , Août 1863. Les sentiments vont bon train après la bataille de Gettysburg, et bien que le…
projet ne soit pas encore arrivé à Knox, “Knox ensanglanté” réclamera des vies l’année prochaine comme les citoyens tentant d’éviter le projet de l’Union. Le frère de Clara Salomon a disparu, et Clara est restée pour gérer la ferme de famille, prenant soin de sa mère et de sa jeune sœur, Cecelia. Pendant ce temps, les blessés de la bataille du Col de Monterey sont encore capable d’échapper aux Forces de l’Union, Jasper et son ami Horace sont perdus et affamés. Jasper veut retrouver son chemin vers la Confédération, mais se sent honoré de ramener Horace à sa famille, bien que l’homme semble réticent.Box - Flecha do Cupido - Primeira Geração
By Ligia Fonseca, Melissa Storm. 2015
James Morgan nunca acreditou muito no amor – até ver Deborah Walker pela primeira vez na lanchonete local. Ele se…
surpreende ao convidá-la para sair, e ela o choca ainda mais ao aceitar. Durante o encontro, os dois compartilham suas histórias e sonhos secretos, e James percebe que ela é a mulher perfeita. O único problema é que ele embarcará para a Coreia na manhã seguinte. Cumprir seu dever é crucial para James, mesmo que lutar por seu país acabe deixando ambos de coração partido. Deborah promete esperar por ele, mas dois anos são muito tempo para parar sua vida, especialmente por um homem que só conheceu por um dia. Quando Rip Rockwell volta da guerra e James não, Rip pede Deborah em casamento. Ela aceita e eles constroem uma bela vida juntos até a morte dele, 50 anos depois. Durante todo esse tempo, entretanto, ela nunca conseguiu realmente esquecer seu primeiro amor. Deborah se aposenta e muda para Abeline, esperando viver o resto de seus dias em paz. Imagine sua surpresa quando James Morgan se muda para a casa ao lado… Ambos têm uma vida cheia de amor. Ambos perdem a pessoa amada cedo demais. Será que James e Deborah conseguirão formar uma nova vida juntos enquanto acalentam a lembrança daqueles que ainda vivem em seus corações? Este box set especial inclui: Meu Coração É Só Seu, a agridoce história de amor entre Deborah e Rip Nunca Vou Deixar de Te Amar, a história de amor predestinada entre James e Gloria Quando Me Apaixonar e Você Me Faz Sentir Tão Jovem, contos já publicados sobre James e Deborah Olhe para Casa, Anjo, um novo conto sobre a nova vida de Rip e Deborah no Alasca Só Preciso Sonhar, um novo conto sobre a nova vida de James e Gloria como pais Uma árvore genealógica e uma lista com sugestão de ordem de leitura para todas as três séries Flecha do Cupido Um prefácio da autora discorrendo sobre sua ligação pessoal com os personagens e as ambientações. �