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Paulette n'est pas «la poulette grise qui a pondu dans l'église», cette comptine que son père lui chantait pour la taquiner. Paulette n'aime pas la taquinerie et ne comprend ni l'humour ni le mensonge. Dans ce corps de jeune fille, habite une enfant qui tend à prendre les choses au pied de la lettre et à croire tout ce qu'on lui dit. Comment saura-t-elle réagir aux trahisons, aux premiers émois amoureux et à la perte de ses repères habituels?

In this profoundly honest and examined memoir about returning to Iowa to care for her ailing parents, the star of Orange Is the New Black and bestselling author of Born with Teeth takes us on an unexpected journey of loss, betrayal, and the transcendent nature of a daughter's love for her parents. They say you can't go home again. But when her father is diagnosed with aggressive lung cancer and her mother with atypical Alzheimer's, New York-based actress Kate Mulgrew returns to her hometown in Iowa to spend time with her parents and care for them in the time they have left.

Beth Thatcher returns home from her first year as a schoolteacher in the mining town of Coal Valley and steps into a whole different world. Her life back among her wealthy Eastern family is a stark contrast to her primitive life in the West, and Beth isn't sure where she belongs anymore. She barely has time to settle in before her mother announces plans for a family holiday'a luxurious steamship tour along the eastern coast of Canada and the U.S. Wishing to reconnect with her mother and sister, Beth agrees to go but quickly finds herself at odds with her mother's expectations.

Les grands-parents d’aujourd’hui, en grande partie des « papy-boomers », ont un statut bien particulier. La relation qu’ils entretiennent avec leurs petits-enfants, avant tout basée sur de belles découvertes et de nombreux moments de partage et de plaisirs, comprend aussi une part de responsabilités. Ils ont beaucoup à apporter et en reçoivent tout autant ! Plus jeunes et plus actifs qu’auparavant, ils peuvent parfois être appelés à vivre des situations un peu plus complexes avec leurs enfants ou leurs petits-enfants, et ce, tout au long du développement de ces derniers.

Widower Jick McCaskill, his daughter Mariah, and Mariah's ex-husband Riley take a road trip back and forth across Montana. As Jick recounts his memories of the area, Riley and Mariah fall in and out of love--and Jick unexpectedly discovers a new partner.

When her husband dies on the eve of their impending European vacation, housewife Emma Hanley watches her dreams of world travel vanish even as she becomes more immersed in the lives of her two living children.

Career jounalist Marge Hairston and her three loving children, Drogan, Cassie, and Sharon, are about as close as a family can be. After her husband died, Marge was left to raise the children on her own. She persevered, while at the same time bringing The Woodmore Times notoriety as North Carolina's premier African-American newspaper. But when she becomes seriously ill, her children are faced with the hardship of honoring their mother's legacy.

Sales executive Chantell Meyers has life all figured out. "People treat you better when they think you have money, or are beautiful." Chantell has it all, too--a great career, beautiful clothes, lots of spending money, a cool car, and a picture-perfect fiancée. So why is she so unhappy? She promises God that she will become a better person as her father lays on his deathbed. But, keeping that promise unravels Chantell's seemingly perfect life.

Trouble is brewing in the sleepy hamlet of Morning Shade. Multiple chain letters are circulating throughout town, and a local resident is to blame. Little old ladies are being victimized by empty promises of vast riches and rejuvenated health. Fortunately, the plucky Stella Diamond is on the case.