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The breathtaking new novel from Ann Patchett - a Sunday Times and No. 1 New York Times bestseller'Filled with the moments I live for in a story'BONNIE GARMUS, author of Lessons in Chemistry'[Tom Lake] has it all ... Young love, sibling rivalry and deep mother-daughter relationships'REESE WITHERSPOON'One of the most beloved authors of her generation'SUNDAY TIMESThere's more to every love story than what we choose to tell...It's spring and Lara's three grown daughters have returned to the family orchard. While picking cherries, they beg their mother to tell them the one story they've always longed to hear - of the film star with whom she shared a stage, and a romance, years before.Tom Lake is a meditation on youthful love, married love, and the lives parents lead before their children are born. Both hopeful and elegiac, it explores what it means to be happy even when the world is falling apart.'One of our greatest living chroniclers of love and marriage ... Expect wonder; Patchett always delivers' ELLE* SHORTLISTED FOR WATERSTONES BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2023 ** A REESE WITHERSPOON AND BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB PICK ** A 2023 BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR THE TIMES *
William Waters grew up in a house silenced by tragedy, where his parents could hardly bear to look at him, much less love him—so when he meets the spirited and ambitious Julia Padavano in his freshman year of college, it’s as if the world has lit up around him. With Julia comes her family, as she and her threesisters are inseparable: Sylvie, the family’s dreamer, is happiest with her nose in a book; Cecelia is a free-spirited artist; and Emeline patiently takes care of them all. With the Padavanos, William experiences a newfound contentment; every moment in their house is filled with loving chaos. But then darkness from William’s past surfaces, jeopardizing not only Julia’s carefully orchestrated plans for their future, but the sisters’ unshakeable devotion to one another. The result is a catastrophic family rift that changes their lives for generations. Will the loyalty that once rooted them be strong enough to draw them back together when it matters most? An exquisite homage to Louisa May Alcott’s timeless classic, Little Women, Hello Beautiful is a profoundly moving portrait of what is possible when we choose to love someone not in spite of who they are, but because of it.
At the end of the Second World War, Cyril Conroy combines luck and a single canny investment to begin an enormous real estate empire, propelling his family from poverty to enormous wealth. His first order of business is to buy the Dutch House, a lavish estate in the suburbs outside of Philadelphia. Meant as a surprise for his wife, the house sets in motion the undoing of everyone he loves. The story is told by Cyril’s son Danny, as he and his older sister, the brilliantly acerbic and self-assured Maeve, are exiled from the house where they grew up by their stepmother. The two wealthy siblings are thrown back into the poverty their parents had escaped from and find that all they have to count on is one another. It is this unshakable bond between them that both saves their lives and thwarts their futures. Set over the course of five decades, The Dutch House is a dark fairy tale about two smart people who cannot overcome their past. Despite every outward sign of success, Danny and Maeve are only truly comfortable when they’re together. Throughout their lives, they return to the well-worn story of what they’ve lost with humor and rage. But when at last they’re forced to confront the people who left them behind, the relationship between an indulged brother and his ever-protective sister is finally tested.
Il était une fois la merveilleusement loufoque famille Dunbar... Chez les Dunbar, on vit un joyeux bordel : sans parents, sans règles et entouré d'animaux. Cinq frères dont le quotidien n'est que fourberies, défis en tout genre, et coups de coeur. Mais aujourd'hui, le père qui les a abandonné revient avec une demande étrange : Lequel de ses garçons acceptera de construire un pont avec lui ? Tous s'indignent, sauf Clay, le fils du milieu, le plus fragile. Mais pourquoi accepter cette main tendue d'un père qui est parti ?
Now an Apple TV series starring Claire Danes and Tom HiddlestonThe Sunday Times number one bestsellerOverall Book of the Year and Fiction Book of the Year at the British Book Awards 2017 (Nibbies)Longlisted for the 2017 Women's Prize for FictionThe Waterstones Book of the Year 2016Shortlisted for the 2016 Costa Novel AwardLondon, 1893. When Cora Seaborne's controlling husband dies, she steps into her new life as a widow with as much relief as sadness. Along with her son Francis - a curious, obsessive boy - she leaves town for Essex, in the hope that fresh air and open space will provide refuge.On arrival, they hear rumours that the mythical Essex Serpent, once said to roam the marshes claiming lives, has returned to the coastal parish of Aldwinter. Cora, a keen amateur naturalist, is enthralled, convinced that what the locals think is a magical beast may be a yet-undiscovered species. As she sets out on its trail, she is introduced to William Ransome, Aldwinter's vicar, who is also deeply suspicious of the rumours, but thinks they are a distraction from true faith.As he tries to calm his parishioners, Will and Cora strike up an intense relationship, and although they agree on absolutely nothing, they find themselves at once drawn together and torn apart, affecting each other in ways that surprise them both.
Nord de la Californie, fin des années 1960. Evie Boyd, quatorze ans, vit seule avec sa mère. Fille unique et mal dans sa peau, elle n'a que Connie, son amie d'enfance. Lorsqu'une dispute les sépare au début de l'été, Evie se tourne vers un groupe de filles dont la liberté, les tenues débraillées et l'atmosphère d'abandon qui les entoure la fascinent. Elle tombe sous la coupe de Suzanne, l'aînée de cette bande, et se laisse entraîner dans le cercle dune secte et de son leader charismatique, Russell. Caché dans les collines, leur ranch est aussi étrange que délabré, mais, aux yeux de l'adolescente, il est exotique, électrique, et elle veut à tout prix s y faire accepter. Tandis qu elle passe de moins en moins de temps chez sa mère et que son obsession pour Suzanne va grandissant, Evie ne s'aperçoit pas quelle s'approche inéluctablement dune violence impensable. Dense et rythmé, le premier roman d Emma Cline est saisissant de perspicacité psychologique. Raconté par une Evie adulte mais toujours cabossée, il est un portrait remarquable des filles comme des femmes qu'elles deviennent.
À Scion-Londres, les clairvoyants n'ont pas droit de cité. Ils sont pourtant nombreux à vivre et à travailler dans la clandestinité, comme Paige, dont le job consiste à voler des informations dans l'esprit des gens pour le compte d'un baron de la pègre. Un soir, la police psychique l'appréhende et l'envoie à Oxford, dans un camp de rééducation où des êtres dotés d'un pouvoir inimaginable, les réphaïm, font régner la terreur. L'un d'eux, le gouverneur Arcturus, la prend sous son aile et lui propose même de l'aider à développer ses talents. Mais Paige n'a qu'un seul objectif : l'évasion.
Dejima, comptoir de la Compagnie néerlandaise des Indes orientales, ou la promesse d'une fortune facile. Jeune clerc, Jacob de Zoet débarque sur l'île en 1799, bercé par l'espoir d'un mariage à son retour. Là, il est comme envoûté par Mlle Aibagawa, douce sage-femme au visage étrangement brûlé. Or la demoiselle est enlevée sous ses yeux par le diabolique Enomoto et conduite sur le mont Shiranui...
Adam Ewing est un homme de loi américain, embarqué à bord d'une goélette partie de Nouvelle-Zélande et faisant route vers San Francisco, sa ville natale. Il n'a rien à voir avec Robert Frobisher, lequel, un siècle plus tard, se met au service d'un compositeur génial pour échapper à ses créanciers. Ni l'un ni l'autre ne peuvent connaître Luisa Rey, une journaliste d'investigation sur la piste d'un complot nucléaire, dans la Californie des années 1970. Ou Sonmi~451, un clone condamné à mort par un État situé dans le futur. Pourtant, si l'espace et le temps les séparent, tous ces êtres participent d'un destin commun, dont la signification se révèle peu à peu. Chaque vie est l'écho d'une autre et revient sans cesse, telle une phrase musicale qui se répéterait au fil d'innombrables variations. Comme Écrits fantômes (2004), Cartographie des nuages invite le lecteur à plonger dans un des univers romanesques les plus singuliers du XXIe siècle.
Novel by Norman Mailer on Adolf Hitler, Chapter one begins with the search for Hitler's grandmother, then writes of his mother and father and all the others he knew.
