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J'étais là, un bébé parfait dans les bras, et mon corps déchiré. Dans mon orgueil comme dans mon innocence, j'ai pensé que tout s'arrêtait là, alors qu'au contraire, tout commençait. Un soir de novembre, en pyjama sur le parking de la clinique, Julia Kerninon hésite à fuir. Son premier enfant vient de naître et, malgré le bonheur apparent, elle perd pied, submergée par les doutes et la peur des contraintes. Sa vie d'avant lui revient comme un appel au large: les amours passionnels, les nuits de liberté et les vagabondages sans fin.

A memoir of a double life as a Mafia enforcer and a DOJ informant taking down corrupt cops and politicians. Aiden Gabor was still a teenager when Department of Justice agents approached him with an ultimatum: spend his life in prison for racketeering, embezzlement, extortion, and conspiracy to commit murder—or become an undercover agent.

New York Times Bestseller – A Best Book of the Year: The New Yorker – The Atlantic – NPR – Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. The powerful and moving memoir of a fearless political opposition leader who paid the ultimate price for his beliefs. "Patriot is by turns funny, fiery, reflective and tragic, laced with Navalny's trademark wry humor and idealism...

National bestseller – One of The Economist's Best Books of the Year. In this "affecting...intriguing...heartbreaking" (Booklist) coming-of-age memoir, Rob Henderson vividly recounts growing up in foster care, enlisting in the US Air Force, attending elite universities, and pioneering the concept of "luxury beliefs" – ideas and opinions that confer status on the upper class while inflicting costs on the less fortunate. Rob Henderson was born to a drug-addicted mother and a father he never met, ultimately shuttling between ten different foster homes in California.

"Depuis des années, je tourne autour de cet événement de ma vie. Lire dans un roman le récit d'un avortement me plonge dans un saisissement sans images ni pensées, comme si les mots se changeaient instantanément en sensation violente. De la même façon entendre par hasard La javanaise — J'ai la mémoire qui flanche — n'importe quelle chanson qui m'a accompagnée durant cette période — me bouleverse." Annie Ernaux.

#1 New York Times Bestseller – "A billowingly triumphant American tale." – The New York Times Book Review (Editors' Choice) – A New York Times Book Review and New Yorker Best Book of the Year. In her "vulnerable, tender, and infinitely inspirational" (Oprah Daily) memoir, the first Black woman to ever be appointed to the Supreme Court of the United States chronicles her extraordinary life story.

The Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller – The Global #1 Bestseller. The extraordinary life of Cher can be told by only one person... Cher herself. After more than seventy years of fighting to live her life on her own terms, Cher finally reveals her true story in intimate detail, in a two-part memoir. Her remarkable career is unique and unparalleled.

Finalist for the 2021 National Book Award for Nonfiction - Winner of the 2022 Asian/Pacific American Award in Literature - A TIME and NPR Best Book of the Year in 2021. This evocative memoir of food and family history is "somehow both mouthwatering and heartbreaking... [and] a potent personal history" (Shelf Awareness). Grace M. Cho grew up as the daughter of a white American merchant marine and the Korean bar hostess he met abroad.

Vingt et un ans et l'agrégation de philosophie en 1929. La rencontre de Jean-Paul Sartre. Ce sont les années décisives pour Simone de Beauvoir. Celles où s'accomplit sa vocation d'écrivain, si longtemps rêvée. Dix ans passés à enseigner, à écrire, à voyager sac au dos, à nouer des amitiés, à se passionner pour des idées nouvelles. La force de l'âge est pleinement atteinte quand la guerre éclate, en 1939—mettant fin brutalement à dix années de vie merveilleusement libre.

Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller. "Heart-wrenchingly personal...dizzying." – Rolling Stone. From eldest daughter Shari Franke, the shocking true story behind the viral 8 Passengers family vlog—now the subject of a new Hulu docuseries—and the hidden abuse she suffered at the hands of her mother, and how, in the face of unimaginable pain, she found freedom and healing. Shari Franke's childhood was a constant battle for survival.