" Chez soi. C'était où exactement ? La maison dans laquelle Daphné avait grandi, sans la moindre idée de ce qui se passait sous son toit, semblait-il ? Cette maison qui, en cet instant même, était passée au peigne fin par des détectives en quête d'empreintes, de taches de sang et de traces de poudre ?" Préparatifs de fête, joie des retrouvailles familiales, excitation de dernière minute... Un seul coup de fil et la situation vire au drame le plus sordide : Daphné, Kitty et Alicia se retrouvent à la prison de Miramonte, face à leur mère qui a tué leur père de sang-froid et refuse de donner la moindre explication. Quelle force implacable a poussé Lydia à tuer son mari ? Les trois sœurs se lancent dans une enquête commune. L'image du bonheur idéal se fêle peu à peu et le passé déchiffré est bien plus noir que tout ce qu'elles auraient pu imaginer.
Relates the author's struggle to overcome her husband's infidelity with other men, drawing on her childhood of innocence and naivete and detailing her journey of healing and forgiveness that has allowed her to love and trust again.
There is a not-so-new, not-so-secret destination where a growing number of American black men are traveling for the kind of sex and freedom they say they can't find with black women.
When Laura Baxter Jacobs finds out that her husband is involved in an adulterous relationship and wants a divorce, she decides she will love him and remain faithful to her marriage, in the bestselling series that shows how God can redeem ...
I often have lunch in Bryant Park in the summertime , ” Nora babbled . “ When are you going back to New Rochelle ? ” “ I'm taking the five twenty train . ” “ Well , you're looking quite smart today , ” Nora complimented .
With her growing reputation Aphra became friends with many of the most notable writers of the day. This is The Age of Dryden and his literary dominance. From the mid 1680's Aphra's health began to decline.
After discovering her husband's infidelity, Jordan Radcliffe moves back to her childhood home where she, swearing off men, is drawn to her new employer--architect Owen Gage, a compassionate man who...
Set in and around New Orleans, The Awakening tells the story of Edna Pontellier, a young wife and mother.
The power of sensuality, the delusion of ecstatic love, and the solitude that accompanies the trappings of middle- and upper-class convention are themes of this now-classic novel.
Selected Bibliography KATE CHOPIN : WORKS Seyersted , Per , ed . The Complete Works of Kate Chopin . Two volumes . Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press , 1969 . BIOGRAPHY Deyo , C. L. “ Mrs. Kate Chopin , ” St. Louis Life ...
Like all of Hawthorne's novels, "The Scarlet Letter" has but a slender plot and but few characters with an influence on the development of the story.