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La chaise rouge devant le fleuve: apprivoiser sa souffrance : apprendre à danser avec la vie
By Rémi Tremblay, Diane Bérard. 2015
" Quand on gagne son pain à tenir la main des autres lorsqu'ils traversent des instants d'une rare intensité, comment…
fait-on pour composer avec les grands défis humains que la vie pose sur son propre chemin? "Danser avec la vie", facile à dire, pas si facile à faire... Rémi Tremblay a subi un fracassant face à face avec sa souffrance au cours de la dernière année: le premier de ses trois garçons, aux prises avec un grave problème de dépendance, a encore rechuté. Frappé de plein fouet, l'homme amorce, assis devant le fleuve Saint-Laurent, une réflexion inédite qui se révélera déterminante pour toute personne secouée par un épisode difficile. Un ouvrage apaisant et libérateur qui fait la preuve par mille que souffrance et bonheur peuvent cohabiter. "Origines
By Amin Maalouf. 2004
Maalouf brasse l'histoire des siens, revisite leur mémoire et ressuscite le destin de cette " tribu " qui, à partir…
du Liban, essaimera de par le monde - jusqu'aux Amériques, jusqu'à Cuba... Dans cette aventure qui court sur plus d'un siècle, le romancier convoque les morts, les vivants, les ancêtres, les fantômes ; il explore leur légende ; il les suit à travers les convulsions de l'Empire ottoman ; il observe cette diaspora de mystiques, de francs-maçons, de professeurs, de commerçants, de rêveurs polyglottes et cosmopolites. Il sait que leur sang fiévreux bat dans ses veines. Et il sait que son propre parcours serait vain s'il n'était lui même, par l'écriture et le cur, fidèle à cette généalogie tumultueuse. Un chant d'amour à l'endroit d'une famille qui reste l'unique patrie de cet écrivain de l'exil. 2004.Once we were sisters: a memoir
By Sheila Kohler. 2017
When Sheila Kohler was thirty-seven, she received the heart-stopping news that her sister Maxine, only two years older, was killed…
when her husband drove them off a deserted road in Johannesburg. Stunned by the news, she immediately flew back to the country where she was born, determined to find answers and forced to reckon with his history of violence and the lingering effects of their most unusual childhood--one marked by death and the misguided love of their mother. 2017.One more border: the true story of one family's escape from war-torn Europe
By Shelley Tanaka, William Kaplan. 1998
During World War II, as Nazi troops took over Europe, thousands of Jews tried to flee Hitler's advance. This is…
the true story of one family's harrowing escape to Canada, by train and ship, travelling three-quarters of the way around the world. Grades 2-4 and older readers. 1998.One for sorrow, two for joy
By Mary Cook. 1984
Once upon a time: a true story
By Gloria Vanderbilt. 1985
As a young girl, Gloria Vanderbilt was caught in the middle of a custody battle between her mother and her…
aunt. The trial made headlines every day because Gloria was heiress to the Vanderbilt millions. Bestseller 1985.Once in a house on fire
By Andrea Ashworth. 1998
Andrea Ashworth's father drowned when she was five and her sister was three. They lived in Manchester where money was…
tight, but people were kind. Then, with a new father, and a new baby sister, came a new smell of meat and onions - and fear. As Andrea grew, she discovered that there was another life to be lived; a happier world, hidden in pictures and music and especially in books. 1998.Oh the glory of it all
By Sean Wilsey. 2005
Sean Wilsey's memoir of growing up in 1980s' San Francisco. Despite a privileged background, family neglect supplies him with more…
than his share of neuroses, narcissism, and self-destructive behaviour, which lead him ultimately to a boarding school in Italy, where he turns his life around. Strong language and some descriptions of sex and violence. 2005.On the outskirts of normal: forging a family against the grain (Lone Star audio #No. 1)
By Debra Monroe. 2011
In this memoir, the soon-to-be divorced Debra buys a dilapidated Texas cabin miles from her teaching job. While waiting to…
adopt a child, she refurbishes and expands the rude dwelling. She soon finds herself in the strange new world of single motherhood, complicated by her being white and her adopted daughter being black. 2011.On my own at 107: reflections on life without Bessie
By Amy Hill Hearth, Sarah Louise Delany. 1997
The remaining Delany, Sarah, tells her late sister Bessie what life has been like since her death in 1995. Glad…
that she, instead of Bessie, suffered the loss, Sarah vows to make life pleasant, knowing that's what her sibling would want. Companion to "Having our say" . 1997.Of this earth: a Mennonite boyhood in the boreal forest
By Rudy Henry Wiebe. 2006
Author Wiebe describes the vanished world of Speedwell, Saskatchewan, an isolated, poplar-forested, mostly Mennonite community - and Rudy's first home.…
Too young to do heavy work, Rudy witnessed a way of life that was soon to disappear, including clearing the stony land and digging wells, and remembers sorrow at the death of a beloved sister and the sweet discovery of the power of reading. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language. 2006.Entre la jeunesse et la sagesse: l'album de famille des sœurs McGarrigle
By Rachel Martinez, Anna McGarrigle, Jane McGarrigle. 2016
" Anna et Jane McGarrigle, les sœurs de Kate, tantes de Rufus et de Martha Wainwright, racontent l'histoire de la…
famille de musiciens la plus talentueuse qui soit : un clan qui rythme nos vies depuis cinquante ans. Évoquant les aventures de leurs ancêtres entre Saint John (N.-B.) et Montréal, elles se remémorent leur enfance à Saint-Sauveur et leur adolescence tumultueuse dans le Québec des années 1950. Elles nous entraînent à Montréal, New York, San Francisco, sur les scènes bigarrées de la musique folk des années 1960 ; pour aboutir à l'inoubliable duo formé par Kate et Anna. Aussi hommage à Kate, décédée en 2010, l'ouvrage permet de cerner la personnalité de cette artiste exceptionnelle. Émaillé de chansons et de photos, ce récit prolonge l'œuvre de ces femmes libres. " -- 4e de couv. Titre uniforme: Mountain city girls.Not guilty: my guide to working hard, raising kids and laughing through the chaos
By Debbie Travis. 2008
Debbie Travis, the home decorating icon, launched her career when she had two kids at home under two. She describes…
the rollercoaster ride of raising two feisty little boys at the same time as working with her husband to create two TV production companies and three TV series. Full of laughter, tears, survival strategies and reality checks from other moms who've also had their meltdown moments, Debbie's book will help you lose the guilt and enjoy the ride. Some descriptions of sex. 2008.North of normal: a memoir of my wilderness childhood, my counterculture family and how I survived both
By Cea Sunrise Person. 2014
From nature child to international model by the age of thirteen, Person’s astonishing saga is one of long-held family secrets…
and extreme family dysfunction, all in an incredibly unusual setting. It is also the story of one girl’s deep-seated desire for normality - a desire that enabled her to risk everything, overcome adversity and achieve her dreams. Bestseller. c2014.Nocturne: on the life and death of my brother
By Helen Humphreys. 2013
Helen Humphreys’ younger brother Martin was gone before she could come to terms with the fact that he had terminal…
cancer. Diagnosed with pancreatic cancer at the age of forty-five, he died just four months later. Martin was an accomplished pianist who debuted at the Royal Festival Hall in London at the age of twenty, later becoming a senior examiner at the Royal Conservatory of Music. The two siblings, though often living far apart, were bonded on many levels. This is an offering not only to the memory of Martin but to all those who are living through the death of family and friends. 2013.Florentine raconte (Collection Souvenirs)
By Florentine Morvan Maher. 1980
Après 60 ans de mariage, l'auteur s'est retrouvée seule avec ses souvenirs. Elle revit pour nous son enfance, sa vie…
de jeune fille, son mariage. Elle nous livre son album de famille, celui d'une famille québécoise du début du siècle. 1980.No foreign bones in China: memoirs of imperialism and its ending
By Peter Stursberg. 2002
British Captain Samuel Lewis, a merchant seaman and the author's grandfather, arrived in China in the 1930s. He married a…
Japanese woman and started a family in Pagoda Anchorage, the heart of the Chinese tea trade. Describes how Lewis and his family, later forced to leave the country, viewed events of the 19th century. Some descriptions of violence. 2002.No, he's not a monkey, he's an ape and he's my son
By Hester Mundis. 1976
Night song of the last tram: a Glasgow memoir
By Robert Douglas. 2005
This is a colourful and deeply poignant memoir of growing up in a 'single end' - one room in a…
Glasgow tenement- during and immediately after the Second World War. Although young Robert Douglas's life was blighted by the cruel if sporadic presence of his father, it was equally blessed by the love of his mother, Janet. Strong language. 2005.Naked
By David Sedaris. 1997
A humorous memoir of bizarre and absurd experiences with family, friends, and strangers. The title essay recounts the author's visit…
to a nudist colony, where he painfully faces coming to terms with his naked self. Strong language. 1997.