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Rachel Joyce

The Perfect

After the success of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry Rachel Joyce follows with a very moving and elegant second novel. England, 1972. Byron Hemmings, age 11, learns from his best friend ...

The Perfect

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Cyril Massarotto

God’s White Lie

“God is a buddy of mine. Or at least he was, until I found out he lied to me. It was just a second ago, right at the moment I died. I thought I was just going to disappear into oblivion ...

God’s White Lie

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Nicolas Vanier

Belle et Sébastien

Nicolas Vanier delivers a brilliant version of Belle and Sebastian, a story of friendship between an orphan and his Great Pyrenees dog in the middle of World War II. High up in a village in the ...

Belle et Sébastien

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Guillaume Musso

Next

She is his past… … he is her future. Emma lives in New York. At age 32, she is still looking for Mr. Right. Matthew lives in Boston. He lost his wife in a terrible accident and is raising ...

Next

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Rachel Joyce

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry

He only meant to post a letter. But he ended up walking over 1000 kilometres. An unforgettable novel that is a success the world over. “I’m on my way. Wait for me. I’m going to save you. I will ...

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry

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Cyril Massarotto

The Forgotten One

With great finesse, humor and sensitivity, Cyril Massarotto brings us to the edges of the mind, memory and familial love. A few months ago, Madeleine started forgetting things. Oh, you know, ...

The Forgotten One

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Guillaume Musso

7 Years Later…

Divorce separated them, danger is going to bring them back together…From the streets of Paris to the heart of the Amazon, an unsparing and brilliantly constructed thriller. A bohemian artist with ...

7 Years Later…

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Kerry Reichs

Leaving unknown

A lively young woman trying to find herself. A fowlmouthed cockatiel. An old rattletrap. All aboard for Hollywood! This time, she’s really fed up! 25 year-old Maeve is about ready to lose it. ...

Leaving unknown

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Myrielle Marc

Little Red Girl with Knife

“Over there, that’s my secret notebook, anyone that finds it better watch out because whoever reads my secrets inside, I’ll knock their brains out . So watch out. My secrets are the Empire.” This ...

Little Red Girl with Knife

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Valéry Giscard d’Estaing

Mathilda

“Each year, when I return to Namibia, I visit Mathilda Schloss’ grave. I help the Namibian trail openers with me to weed and clean up the bougainvilleas that surround out. I wait for them to move ...

Mathilda

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Shin Kyung-Sook

Please Look After Mom

A million-plus-copy best seller in Korea, this is the stunning, deeply moving story of a family’s search for their mother, who goes missing one afternoon amid the crowds of the Seoul Station ...

Please Look After Mom

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Michel Rostain

The Son

2011 GONCOURT DEBUT NOVEL PRIZE “Eleven days after I died, Dad took my blanket to the dry cleaner’s. Walking up the Rue du Couedic, his nose buried in my bedding. He’s telling ...

The Son

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