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The Guncle / Steven Rowley
Titre : The Guncle Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Steven Rowley Editeur : New-York : Putnam Année de publication : 2021 Importance : 326 p. Format : 24 cm ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-0-525-54228-5 Catégories : [Centre d'intérêt] Livre en anglais Index. décimale : 843 Résumé : Patrick, or Gay Uncle Patrick (GUP, for short), has always loved his niece, Maisie, and nephew, Grant. That is, he loves spending time with them when they come out to Palm Springs for weeklong visits, or when he heads home to Connecticut for the holidays. So when tragedy strikes and Patrick finds himself suddenly taking on the role of primary guardian, he is, honestly, overwhelmed.
Patrick has no idea what to expect, having spent years barely holding on after the loss of his great love, a somewhat-stalled acting career, and a lifestyle not-so-suited to a six- and a nine-year-old. But when his waggish set of Guncle Rules no longer appease Maisie and Grants parental void, Patricks eyes are opened to a new sense of responsibility, and the realization that, sometimes, even being larger than life means youre unfailingly human.Réservation
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Code-barres Cote Support Localisation Section Disponibilité 11344515 LANG ROWL LIV Adultes Livres en anglais Sorti jusqu'au 19/10/2024 The Hate U Give / Angie Thomas
Titre : The Hate U Give Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Angie Thomas Editeur : Walker books Année de publication : 2017 Importance : 437 p. Format : 20 cm ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-1-4063-7215-1 Note générale : Dès 13 ans Catégories : [Centre d'intérêt] Etats-Unis
[Centre d'intérêt] Livre en anglais
[Centre d'intérêt] Police
[Centre d'intérêt] Racisme
[Centre d'intérêt] ViolenceRésumé : "What's the point of having a voice if you're gonna be silent?"
Starr lives in two worlds : the poor neighbourhood where she was born and raised and her posh high school in the suburbs. The uneasy balance between them is shattered when Starr is the only witness to the fatal shooting of her unarmed best friend, Khalil, by a police officer. Now what Starr says could destroy her community. It could also get her killed.Exemplaires (1)
Code-barres Cote Support Localisation Section Disponibilité 11339878 LANG THOM Ra LIV Jeunesse Livres en anglais Disponible The heat of Betrayal / Douglas Kennedy
Titre : The heat of Betrayal Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Douglas Kennedy Editeur : London : Hutchinson Année de publication : 2015 Importance : 325 p. Format : 24 cm ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-0-09-195372-0 Langues originales : Anglais (eng) Catégories : [Centre d'intérêt] Livre en anglais Index. décimale : 843 Résumé : In the heady strangeness of Morocco, he is everything she wants him to be passionate, talented, knowledgeable. She is convinced that it is here she will finally become pregnant.
But when Paul suddenly disappears, and Robin finds herself the prime suspect in the police inquiry, everything changes.
As her understanding of the truth starts to unravel, Robin lurches from the crumbling art deco of Casablanca to the daunting Sahara, caught in an increasingly terrifying spiral from which there is no easy escape.
With his acclaimed ability to write page-turners that also make you think, Douglas Kennedy takes the reader on a roller-coaster journey into a heart of darkness that asks the question: what would you do if your life depended on it?Exemplaires (1)
Code-barres Cote Support Localisation Section Disponibilité 11076807 LANG KENN LIV Adultes Livres en anglais Disponible The Help / Kathryn Stockett
Titre : The Help Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Kathryn Stockett Editeur : Amy Einhorn Année de publication : 2009 Importance : 451 p. Format : 24 cm ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-0-399-15534-5 Catégories : [Centre d'intérêt] Livre en anglais Index. décimale : 843 Résumé : In Jackson, Mississippi, there are lines that are not crossed. Black maids raise the white children, but no one trusts them not to steal the silver. Aibileen is a black maid, raising her seventeenth white child, but with a bitter heart after the death of her son. Minny is the sassiest woman in Mississippi; she can cook like nobody's business, but she can't keep her lip buttoned. And Skeeter is a white woman with a degree but no ring on her finger. Home from college, Skeeter discovers her beloved maid Constantine has disappeared without a trace. And as different as they may be, these three women will come together for a clandestine project that will put all of them at risk.
But The Help is not just about race, it's about how women, whether mothers or daughters, the help or the boss, relate to each other. It's about the dramas of domestic life: pride, competition on the cooking and home front complex emotions about the raising of young children, and that horrible feeling that those who look after your children may understand them, deal with them and love them, even, better than you . . .Exemplaires (1)
Code-barres Cote Support Localisation Section Disponibilité 11344880 LANG STOC LIV Adultes Livres en anglais Disponible The Hidden Girl / Louise Millar
Titre : The Hidden Girl Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Louise Millar Editeur : London : Pan Books Année de publication : 2014 Importance : 368 p., Format : 20 cm ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-1-4472-3502-6 Catégories : [Centre d'intérêt] Livre en anglais Index. décimale : 843 Résumé : One cold March morning, a removal van arrives at Tornley Hall in Suffolk. Will and Hannah Riley have been waiting a long time to adopt, and Hannah is obsessed that this new dream family home in Tornley, will improve their chances with social services. She has given up her career at a human rights organisation, and persuaded a reluctant Will to give up their flat in London. Yet as Will starts to commute back to work, heavy snow arrives. Hannah finds herself cut off from the world in this tiny, isolated hamlet. As she paints over the cracks in the abandoned old house, trying to ignore its reflection of the recent change in her once-happy marriage to Will, the house starts to reveal unexpected secrets to her. Rooms are locked. Intruders break in. There are strange noises and shadows at night. When Hannah witnesses an assault on a vulnerable woman in a neighbouring field, she starts to realise that everything in Tornley is also not what it seems. She has to make a choice. Tell the police, and risk her social worker becoming suspicious about the safety of Hannah and Wills new home; or cover up the crime, to get what she wants. Hannah makes her choice. Then just as their social worker is due to visit to approve their new home, a shocking turn of events takes place that rips Hannahs world apart. Before she knows it, she is alone, frightened, and trapped in a place where no one ever goes . . . Exemplaires (1)
Code-barres Cote Support Localisation Section Disponibilité 11077684 LANG MILL LIV Adultes Livres en anglais Disponible The hound of the Baskervilles / Vinod KumarPermalinkThe Hundred-Foot Journey / Richard C. MoraisPermalinkThe Hunting Party / Lucy FoleyPermalinkThe Ice Princess / Camilla LäckbergPermalinkThe Island of Missing Trees / Elif ShafakPermalinkThe Jungle Books / Rudyard KiplingPermalinkThe Kiss that missed / David MellingPermalinkThe Lacuna / Barbara KingsolverPermalinkThe Last Anniversary / Liane MoriartyPermalinkThe last bear / Hannah GoldPermalinkThe lifters / Dave EggersPermalinkThe light of Paris / Eleanor BrownPermalinkThe Litigators / John GrishamPermalinkThe Little Coffee Shop of Kabul / Deborah RodriguezPermalinkThe little coyote of the Sonoran desert / Fabienne KuenzliPermalinkThe Little Prince / Antoine de Saint-ExupéryPermalinkThe Lonely Ones / Håkan NesserPermalinkThe Lost Boy / Camilla LäckbergPermalinkThe Lost Daughter / Lucretia GrindlePermalinkThe Maltese Falcon / Dashiell HammettPermalink