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Danielle Perreault a neuf ans la première fois quelle souhaite sexpatrier: son père sest fait offrir un poste à la…
nouvelle Université du Rwanda et, pour elle, cest tout décidé : ils partent en Afrique ! Mais son père, à sa grande déception, refuse... Dix ans plus tard, toujours attirée par laventure, elle part enseigner au Togo. Elle reçoit un salaire de vingt dollars par mois, mais elle est logée, nourrie, et on lui fournit la mobylette. Que demander de plus?! Cest le début de sa grande passion, celle daller à la rencontre de différentes cultures. Se destinant dabord à lanthropologie, elle bifurque vers la médecine, animée du désir de se rendre utile. Elle exercera souvent son métier parmi les Cris et les Inuits du nord du Québec, pour qui elle développera une profonde affection, mais également autour du globe, participant à plusieurs missions daide humanitaire, au Bénin, en Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée, aux Philippines, en Sierra Leone...Journal: premier cahier 1874-1976
By Fadette. 1999
De 1874 à 1881, une jeune fille de Saint-Hyacinthe décrit ses impressions face à ses parents, ses professeurs et son…
confesseur. Elle a quatorze ans quand elle amorce cette "quête d'identité" et manifeste déjà une forte personnalité. Plus qu'un document d'époque, un témoignage qui dépasse l'individualité et mérite d'être lu encore aujourd'hui tant pour le langage que pour l'humanité qui s'y retrouveLes apparatchiks vont à la mer Noire: roman
By France Théoret. 2004
Dans les années 1970, un couple d'intellectuels, Mathieu et Louise, naît puis se défait. Il est professeur d'histoire de l'art…
et militant de la gauche stalinienne, elle est écrivaine. Les années passeront, l'épreuve du divorce aura été douloureuse, il ne sera plus de mise d'avoir été stalinien. Un roman qui trace un portrait intéressant d'une époque et d'un milieuDu sommet d'un arbre: journal
By Yves Beauchemin. 2001
L'auteur évoque son enfance en Abitibi (Clova) entre 1945 et 1953, p. 11-34, puis son adolescence à Joliette et Montréal,…
p. 37-46. Dans son journal (1983, 1985) au ton toujours juste, l'auteur de Le matou se décrit en homme ordinaire avec sa vie familiale, ses options politiques (nationalisme éclairé) et, en écrivain qui réfléchit à son métier, participe aux activités de ses pairs et se tient proche du publicA doorway in time
By Herbert O'Driscoll. 1985
Le cri de ma mère: récit
By Nathalie Leclerc. 2020
Entre 2014 et 2016, Nathalie Leclerc s'exile avec ses trois enfants à Suresne, en banlieue de Paris, non loin de…
son lieu de naissance. À travers ses péripéties européennes et des échos de son histoire personnelle, elle entreprend de se défaire des nœuds de son enfance, entravée par sa difficile relation avec sa mère, Gaëtane Morin, qui commence par une déception impardonnable : celle-ci espérait un garçon et voilà quest arrivée une fille !Ombres et lumière
By Laure Frappier. 2021
Laure Frappier se livre avec l'authenticité et l'humour qui la rendent unique et attachante. Féministe et déterminée à changer la…
situation des femmes de la région de Varennes et des environs, rien ne l'arrête! Pas même la cécité qui s'est installée sans avertissement lors d'une journée d'enseignement qui s'annonçait ordinaire. Soit! Elle reprend sa vie avec d'autres objectifs qui lui tiennent à cœur. L'audace, la ténacité et le courage qu'on lui connait laissent une trace partout où elle passe. Qui m'aime me suive! dira-t-elle. Suivez-la dans ce parcours qui ne laisse personne indifférentIn search of pure lust: a memoir
By Lise Weil. 2018
When Lise Weil came out in 1976, lesbian desire was the pulsing center of an entire way of life, a…
culture, a movement. The air throbbed with possibility. But after fifteen years of torrid but ultimately failed relationships, Weil had to admit that desire was also a conduit for childhood wounds--and it tended to trump love, over and over again. When a friend invited her to attend a Zen retreat in the mid-'80s, she was desperate enough to say yes. Her first day of sitting zazen was mostly hell--but, smitten with the (female) roshi, she stuck with it. Ultimately, the dive into Zen practice became a turning point in her quest for love. 2018.Child soldier: when boys and girls are used in war (CitizenKid)
By Jessica Dee Humphreys, Michel Chikwanine. 2015
It's 1993, and the Democratic Republic of Congo is going through major political changes. Five-year-old Michel is playing with friends…
one day when, without warning, a group of rebel soldiers pulls up to the school grounds. Forced onto trucks, the frightened boys are taken to a camp in the hills. There they are thrust into a terrifying and violent world. Grades 5-8. Winner of the 2017 Red Maple Non-Fiction Award. 2015.The seasons of my youth
By Dave McIntosh. 1984
The author was 7 years old when his father died. He and his brother and sister were raised by his…
mother, with the help of friends and relatives in Stanstead, Quebec. McIntosh captures the sights and sounds of a small Quebec town during the Depression. 1984.Sophia Tolstoy: a biography
By Alexandra Popoff. 2010
As Leo Tolstoy's wife, Sophia Tolstoy experienced both glory and condemnation during their forty-eight-year marriage. Drawing on newly available archival…
material, including Sophia's unpublished memoir, Alexandra Popoff presents a dramatically different and accurate portrait of the woman and the marriage. Some descriptions of sex. c2010.Dreaming the dawn: conversations with native artists and activists (American Indian lives)
By E. K Caldwell. 1999
Interviews with Native American artists, activists, and writers. Topics range from singer-songwriter Buffy Sainte-Marie's consideration of the uses of computer…
technology for tribal people, to activist Dino Butler's reflections on his personal and political evolution from hatred toward healing. Also discusses the appropriation of spiritual objects and beliefs by New Age practitioners. Some strong language. 1999.A boy called Slow: the true story of Sitting Bull
By Joseph Bruchac. 1994
In the 1830s, parents in the Lakota Sioux tribe gave their children childhood names like Runny Nose and Hungry Mouth.…
Later when the child had grown and proven himself, he earned a new name. Returns Again named his boy Slow because he never did anything quickly. Slow hated his name and tried hard to earn a better one. At fourteen, Slow had a chance to show his bravery. Grades K-3. 1998, c1994.As long as the rivers flow
By Oskiniko Larry Loyie, Connie Brissenden. 2005
It is Larry Loyie's last summer before entering residential school, a time of learning and adventure. He cares for an…
abandoned baby owl, watches his grandmother make winter moccasins, helps the family prepare for a hunting and gathering trip. But soon, a truck comes to forcibly take Lawrence and his siblings away to their new school, which would try to erase their traditional language and culture. Grades 3-6. 2002.Always looking up: the adventures of an incurable optimist
By Michael J Fox. 2009
In this follow-up to "Lucky Man" (DC24587), movie and television star Fox discusses his work, politics, faith, and family. An…
advocate for stem-cell research, Fox describes the impact his Parkinson's disease has had on his life. Strong language. Bestseller. 2009.2005. Borel and her French-born hotelier father set out on a French wine safari - she desired a deeper connection…
to her father, but was also seeking escape from both the aftermath of a breakup and a car accident. The trip's early stages were strained by travel sickness and father-daughter bickering. Eventually, despite the buried secrets and intense emotions, her wine-tasting experiences led Borel to genuine breakthroughs, bringing about a change in her relationship with her father. Descriptions of sex and violence, explicit strong language. 2009.Peacekeeper: the road to Sarajevo
By Lewis MacKenzie. 1993
Major-General Lewis MacKenzie is the best-known Canadian soldier since the Second World War. In this memoir, he relates how he…
created Sector Sarajevo, and with a 30-nation UN force set out to liberate the airport to receive desperately needed food and medical supplies. MacKenzie became an international celebrity as he used the media -- "the only weapon I had" -- to maximum advantage. He also recounts the highlights of eight previous peacekeeping tours in the Middle East, Cyprus, and Vietnam. 1993.Minerva's stepchild (Autobiography ; #3)
By Helen Forrester. 1979
The Forrester family are slowly winning their fight for survival, but for 14 year old Helen, the battle is with…
her parents: to be allowed to lead her own life, after the years of neglect and inadequate schooling while she cared for her six younger siblings. She struggles against illness, caused by severe malnutrition and dirt, and the selfish demands of her parents, with amazing courage and perseverance. Sequel to "By the waters of Liverpool" (DC29720), followed by "Lime Street at two" (DC29719). 1979. (Autobiography ; 3)Leaving the farm: memories of another life
By Ross Klatte. 2007
A haunting elegy for a way of life that is fast disappearing with the loss of the family farm. It…
is also a beautiful memoir about the universal experience of growing up as Klatte describes his childhood on a Minnesota farm. 2007.Reluctant genius: the passionate life and inventive mind of Alexander Graham Bell
By Charlotte Gray. 2006
Biography of Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922), inventor of the telephone and champion of the deaf. Discusses his temperament; creativity; marriage…
to Mabel Hubbard, who was deaf; family life; and friendship with Helen Keller. Covers his many inventions, years living in Washington, D.C., and association with the National Geographic Society. 2006.