THE CIDER HOUSE RULES
ISBN : 9780552992046
Set among the apple orchards of rural Maine, it is a peverse world in which Homer Wells' odyssey begins. As the oldest unadopted offspring at St Cloud's orphanage, he learns about the skills which, one way or another, help young and not-so-young women, from Wilbur Larch, the orphanage's founder -- a man of rare compassion and an addiction to ether.
26a
ISBN : 9780099479048
Identical twins Georgia and Bessi live in the loft of 26 Waifer Avenue. It is a place of beanbags, nectarines and secrets, and visitors must always knock before entering. Down below there is not such harmony. Their Nigerian mother puts cayenne pepper on her Yorkshire pudding and ahs mysterious ways of dealing with homesickness; their father angrily roams the streets of Neasden, prey to the demons of his Derbyshire upbringing. Forced to create their own identities, the Hunter children build a separate universe. Older sister Bel discovers sex, high heels and organic hairdressing, the twins prepare for a flapjack empire, and baby sister Kemy learns to moonwalk for Michael Jackson. It is when reality comes knocking that the fantasies of childhood start to give way. How will Georgia and Bessi cope in a world of them will be stronger?
BELOVED
ISBN : 9780099273936
A story set in the mid-19th century, when moves to abolish slavery are at their height, and one man's world of love turns to violence when his daughter dies at the hands of her mother. From the author of EN-GENDERING and NOBEL SPEECH.
PERSUASION
ISBN : 9780099511175
General & literary fiction/Classic fictionNew edition of 3 of Austen's classic novels, with stylish and attractive jackets. 'Jane Austen is the pinnacle to which all other authors aspire' J.K. Rowling
Oona & Salinger
ISBN : 9782253017400
En 1940, à New York, un écrivain débutant nommé Jerry Salinger, vingt et un ans, rencontre Oona O'Neill, quinze ans, la fille du plus grand dramaturge américain. Leur idylle ne commencera vraiment que l'été suivant... quelques mois avant Pearl Harbor. Début 1942, Salinger est appelé pour combattre en Europe et Oona part tenter sa chance à Hollywood. Ils ne se marièrent jamais et n'eurent aucun enfant.