Title : Lightning - Danielle Steel - book Summary : It was during a routine checkup that her life was turned upside down: at 42, Alexandra learned she had breast cancer. A mutilating operation, grueling chemotherapy. Sam, her husband, was unable to cope with the situation and left her. Her only reason for living was now her little girl. And those around her, who were determined not to leave her alone to overcome this terrible ordeal. EAN: 9782266180344 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The First Sip of Beer and Other Tiny Pleasures - Philippe Delerm - book Summary : It's easy to shell peas. Press your thumb against the slit of the pod and it opens, docile, offered. Some, less ripe, are more reluctant - an incision with your index fingernail then allows you to tear the green, and feel the wetness and the dense flesh, just beneath the faux-parchment skin. Then you slide the balls off with a single finger. The last one is so tiny. Sometimes you want to bite into it. It's not good, a little bitter, but fresh as the kitchen at 11 o'clock, cooking cold water, peeled vegetables - nearby, against the sink, a few bare carrots shine on a cloth, finishing drying. So we talk in small bursts, and here too the music of the words seems to come from within, peaceful, familiar. We talk about work, projects, fatigue - not psychology. EAN: 9782070744831 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Music of a Life - Andrei Makine - book Summary : RTL Lire Grand Prix 2001 In the heart of the storm, in the vast white Urals, frozen travelers wait for a train that never comes. As this endless night stretches on, an old pianist traces his life, from the beginnings of a great career to the trauma of war. Guided by an inner music, Alexei's memories reveal to us the indomitable strength of the Russian spirit. Born in Siberia in 1957, Andrei Makine is notably the best-selling author of French will (Goncourt Prize and Médicis Prize 1995) and The Woman Who Waited , available in Points. “A very beautiful novel with refined writing that aims for emotion and touches the heart.” The Express RTL-Lire Prize 2001 EAN: 9782020542852 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : A Bright Future - Catherine Cusset - book Summary : 2008 Goncourt High School Students' Prize Elena, a young Romanian woman born in Bessarabia and tossed about by history, meets a man at a ball in 1958 with whom she falls passionately in love. He is Jewish, and her parents oppose the marriage. Elena ends up marrying Jacob and realizing her dream: to leave Ceausescu's communist and anti-Semitic Romania. To emigrate to the United States. She becomes American, and calls herself Helen. She has broken with the past, but the future is no longer a dream. Helen is now confronted with a reality that escapes her: the illness and depression of her husband; the independence of this son for whom she has sacrificed everything, and who is marrying a French woman despite his parents' opposition. Helen does not like this selfish, arrogant young woman, imbued with an almost national sense of superiority. Marie fears this mother-in-law, whose silence conceals growing hostility. Yet, between these two women who are complete opposites - their origins, their values ​​and their attachment to the same man - something grows that resembles love. EAN: 9782070402588 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Oh... - Philippe Djian - book Summary : December is a month when men get drunk - kill, rape, get into relationships, recognize children who aren't theirs, run away, moan, die..." "Oh..." recounts thirty days of a life without respite, where memories, sex and death short-circuit each other at every moment. EAN: 9782070456284 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Spell of the Antilles - Cartland Barbara - book Summary : See photos EAN: 9782277214977 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Consolant - Anna Gavalda - book Summary : The Consoling Charles Balanda, 47, an architect in Paris, incidentally learns of the death of a woman he knew as a child and who embodied for him a world very different from his lower-middle-class family: a world of madness, passion, even pain, a living world. Upon hearing this news, he falls into anguish and grief. He loses his footing. In his relationship, in his work, in his certainties... until his encounter with the luminous Kate changes his vision of the world. EAN: 9782290014288 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : My Sin Belongs to Me Only - Herbjorg Wassmo - book Summary : Benjamin Grønelv returns home—to his Norway. But in Reinsnes, joy is brief. The thriving industry of the late 19th century threatens the family fishery, old loves sow confusion, and the shadow of his mother, Dina, still looms over his family. A world of torment is what the young doctor offers the frail child who accompanies him: his daughter Karna. "Herbjørg Wassmo writes about Norway, its demonic moors, its furious sea, and also tells of human storms, of shipwrecks of love. Wassmo is fiery, a reader-eater." - Télérama EAN: 9782264034557 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : In the City of Intrepid Widows - James Canon - book Summary : 2008 First Foreign Novel Prize Since the day the guerrillas landed and requisitioned all the men in the village of Mariquita, the women have been left to their own devices. No matter! The submissive housewives and docile wives will establish a new social order. Thus, the very mustachioed Morales sisters decide to remedy their condition as frustrated spinsters by creating a traveling brothel; Francisca, the widow of a notorious money-grubber, leads the high life after discovering her husband's loot. And then there is the tenacious Rosalba, self-proclaimed mayor, and Padre Rafael, the only survivor of the male sex, volunteering to ensure the procreation of the new generation... Baroque, dazzling with fantasy, the tragic-burlesque chronicle of a lost village in the depths of Colombia. Cañón, a disciple of García Márquez and his magical realism, succeeds in creating an optimistic, tasty and naughty tale. Jacques Gantié, Nice Matin. EAN: 9782253126638 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Last Prophecy - James Patterson - book Summary : Kathleen was counting on Dr. Higgins to provide a solution to this inexplicable pregnancy. But the appointment with the obstetrician is cut short: the young woman discovers her hanged, in her own office... For Kathleen, a girl from a well-to-do Boston family who has never had sexual relations, nothing will ever be the same again. The nightmare spreads. In Ireland, a similar pregnancy is reported. Around the world, plagues are sweeping the population, claiming thousands of victims. Prophets announce the arrival of the Antichrist. The Vatican is quick to connect the dots: it's time to reveal some dark secrets and commission an expert in miracles and a former nun with a firearms license... The salvation of the world is in the hands of two young virgins. The countdown has already begun. EAN: 9782266124355 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : A Most Wanted Man - John Le Carré - book Summary : Issa, a young, starving Russian Muslim, arrives clandestinely in Hamburg... Along with Annabel, an idealistic lawyer, and Tommy Brue, a bank boss, they form a love triangle that will be swooped down upon by spies from three nations at war with terrorism. With caustic humor, mounting tension, and a poignant final scene, this work reveals a dark vision, impressive in its logic and acuity. EAN: 9782757814680 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Such a Pretty Gypsy - Barbara Cartland - book Summary : See photos EAN: 9782277241003 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : This Life - Karel Schoeman - book Summary : Alone in the darkness of her room, an old woman is dying and reflects on her discreet life, spent listening to and observing others. In the twilight of her existence, she finally lifts the veil on the unspoken secrets of her clan and pieces together an intimate puzzle, full of resentment and pain. Against a backdrop of a landscape woven by wind, dust, and silence, a phantom world unfolds before her eyes: that of the Afrikaners, austere and secretly ardent, who arrived in the arid lands of South Africa at the beginning of the 19th century. There "where forgiveness does not exist." "His work is most subtle, full of nuances and chiaroscuro, like cello music laid on the wounds of a fratricidal nation." André Clavel, Time EAN: 9782264050564 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Optimists - Rebecca Makkai - book Summary : "One of the best novels of the year" The New York Times In 1980s Chicago, in the heart of Boystown, Yale Tishman and his group of friends—artists, activists, journalists, and professors—live the free life they'd always imagined. When the AIDS epidemic hits their community, relationships change, and bonds blur and transform. Little by little, everything around Yale collapses, and all he has left is Fiona, his best friend Nico's little sister. From 1980s Chicago to modern-day Paris, Rebecca Makkai delivers a powerful epic about the power of friendship in the face of tragedy. "Rebecca Makkai displays impressive novelistic skill, which never overwhelms her emotional power, nor the subtlety of the feelings experienced by her characters." Raphaëlle Leyris, The World of Books "Overwhelming and fascinating." Gérard de Cortanze, History EAN: 9782264076854 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Castle in Blur - Donald E. Westlake - book Summary : He's attractive, rich, and a dictator. Too bad for him! His country no longer wants his handsome, enriched face, nor his wife with twelve thousand pairs of shoes. Long live the free Yerbadoro! Suffice to say, it's time to leave, saving what can be saved. The Swiss accounts? Impossible. The suitcases of cash? Too dangerous... There remains one subterfuge: do something enormous to go unnoticed: hide the gold and jewels in the hollow bricks of a castle to be rebuilt in Paris for yet another World's Fair, then find a moment on site to quietly take back his property. Brilliant! Except that the plan is exposed. Eustace Dench, a genius French criminal, arrives ready to help himself. His only problem, in Europe's time, is working with Italians, Germans, and English who, like him, want all the loot and only speak two languages: their own and that of money... Jubilant! EAN: 9782070410736 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : A Life Between Two Oceans - Margot Stedman - book Summary : After experiencing the horrors of the Great War, Tom Sherbourne returns to Australia. Yearning for peace and quiet, he accepts a job as a lighthouse keeper on Janus Island, a wild and remote stretch of land. There, he lives happily with his wife, Isabel. A happiness gradually thwarted by their repeated failures to conceive. Until the day a dinghy washes up on the shore. On board, the body of a man, as well as a baby, safe and sound. To finally experience the joy of parenthood, Isabel asks Tom to ignore the rules, not to report the "incident." A decision with devastating consequences... Translated worldwide, this extraordinary novel, driven by intense dramatic tension, exposes a shocking case of conscience. Claire Julliard, The New Observer. EAN: 9782253167327 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Lambeaux - Charles Juliet - book Summary : In this book, the author wanted to celebrate his two mothers: the lonely and the valiant, the stifled and the valorous, the one thrown into the pit and the one who gave himself entirely. The first, the one who gave birth to him, a peasant woman, following an unhappy love affair, a marriage that disappointed her, and then four successive pregnancies, sank into a deep depression. Hospitalized a month after the birth of her last child, she died eight years later in atrocious conditions. The second, the mother of a large family, also a peasant, took in this child and raised him as if he had been her son. After evoking these two moving figures, the author succinctly recounts his journey. In doing so, he tells us about the birth of a man who managed to triumph over the "unthinkable distress" in which he was trapped. This is why Lambeaux is above all a book of hope. EAN: 9782070400867 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Ice Wind - A Kay Scarpetta Investigation - Patricia Cornwell - book Summary : A prominent paleontologist disappears from a dinosaur bone dig deep in Canada. A gruesome message reaches Kay Scarpetta, leaving her with the uneasy feeling that it might be the culprit. When she is called shortly afterward to retrieve a female corpse from Boston Harbor, events unfold. Kay Scarpetta finds herself facing a highly intelligent serial killer with no fear of arrest. As the evidence seems to link to other unsolved cases, the most advanced forensic science is called into play. The hunt for the culprit begins in the city of Boston, caught in an icy wind. EAN: 9782253175971 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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