Meet Enzo, the unforgettable canine narrator of this bittersweet and transformative story of family, love, loyalty, and hope. Enzo is a philosopher with a nearly human soul, and he's gained a wealth of knowledge from hours spent in front of the TV.
Simon Snow just wants to relax and savour his last year at the Watford School of Magicks, but no one will let him. His girlfriend broke up with him, his best friend is a pest and his mentor keeps trying to hide him away in the mountains where maybe he'll be safe. Simon can't even enjoy the fact that his room-mate and longtime nemesis is missing, because he can't stop worrying about the evil git. Plus there are ghosts. And vampires. And actual evil things trying to shut Simon down. When you're the most powerful magician the world has ever known, you never get to relax and savour anything. Carry On is a ghost story, a love story, a mystery and a melodrama. It has just as much kissing and talking as you'd expect from a Rainbow Rowell story - but far, far more monsters.
1986. Lorsque Eleanor, nouvelle au lycée, trop rousse, trop ronde, s'installe à côté de lui dans le bus scolaire, Park, garçon solitaire et secret, l'ignore poliment. Pourtant, peu à peu, les deux lycéens se rapprochent, liés par leur amour des comics et des Smiths... Et qu'importe si tout le monde au lycée harcèle Eleanor et si sa vie chez elle est un véritable enfer, Park est prêt à tout pour la sortir de là.
Lincoln, gentil geek aux faux airs d’Harrison Ford, travaille dans une entreprise où son rôle consiste à contrôler les e-mails des employés. C’est ainsi qu’il parcourt les échanges de Jennifer et Beth, deux copines aussi impayables qu’attachantes. Sans même l’avoir vue, Lincoln va tomber amoureux de Beth. Mais comment lui déclarer sa flamme sans passer pour un fou ? Surtout que la jeune femme semble avoir un faible pour un « inconnu » qui travaille dans le même immeuble.
A 104 ans, Ona Vitkus pensait en avoir fini avec les sentiments. Mais l'arrivée dans sa vie si ordonnée d'un jeune garçon pas comme les autres va tout chambouler. Il a 11 ans, il est petit comme s'il en avait 8, il est passionné des records du Guinness Book, et son air à la fois réservé et enthousiaste la trouble aussitôt. Du jour au lendemain, la vieille dame se trouve embringuée au cœur d'une famille en pleins tourments et dans un voyage inattendu. Chemin faisant, elle découvre que la vie lui réserve encore bien des surprises, mais, surtout, qu'elle a encore beaucoup à offrir à ceux qui croyaient avoir tout perdu...
“Funny, bewitching, observant.”— The Oregonian“Hits all the frets of a powerful sharp-witted dialogue, vivid characters, insight into medical challenges and prose that snaps like well-placed plucks of guitar strings. . . . I hold up my lighter and turn it full-flame for [Garth] Stein’s latest work. Encore!”— The Seattle Times“Compelling.”— Seattle Post-Intelligencer“Stein handles the many narrative elements deftly.”— Seattle Weekly“An engrossing family drama.”— Publishers WeeklyEvan had a hit single, but that was ten years ago. Thirty-one now, he’s drifting, playing in a local band and teaching middle-aged men to coax music from an electric guitar.Beset at a young age with a life-threatening form of epilepsy, he’s kept his condition a secret. But his deepest secret is that he got his high school sweetheart pregnant. Then her conservative parents whisked her out of Seattle and out of Evan’s life.Now, fourteen years later, he experiences unplanned parenthood when he undertakes to raise the resentful teenage son he’s never known.Off beat and disarming, How Evan Broke His Head and Other Secrets portrays a contemporary American family with unfailing honesty.
Joyce Maynard, acclaimed author of At Home in the World, is back with Labor Day. The unforgettable story of a mother and son forever changed during a long summer weekend when a mysterious man comes into their lives.
Lindsey e Alex, sorelle gemelle. Stesso giorno di nascita, stessi geni, eppure non potrebbero essere più diverse. Fin da piccola, Lindsey ha sempre dovuto lottare per non essere l'eterna seconda. Ecco perché, a ventinove anni, quando, dopo aver dedicato la vita al lavoro e alla carriera, sta finalmente per ottenere un'importante promozione, crede di avercela fatta. Ma in una notte devastante, complice un colpo basso di una collega e troppo champagne, il sogno va in pezzi. Lasciata alle spalle la scintillante Manhattan, fa ritorno a casa, nel Maryland, dove però l'attende un'amara sorpresa: Alex, infatti, non solo sta per sposare Mr. Perfezione, ma flirta spudoratamente con l'amico d'infanzia di Lindsey, l'unico che l'ha sempre preferita all'affascinante sorella. E come se il mondo le crollasse addosso per la seconda volta in pochi giorni; ma un nuovo lavoro e un incontro inaspettato permetteranno a Lindsey di ricostruire il rapporto con Alex e di scoprire un lato di se stessa che non avrebbe mai osato immaginare. E che le permetterà di prendersi qualche rivincita.
