Best Selling Books by Betty Smith

Après le très culte Lys de Brooklyn, le retour de Betty Smith avec une chronique à la fois lumineuse et délicate de la première année d''un jeune couple dans une petite ville du Midwest des années 1920. Attendrissante, drôle, une œuvre tout en finesse qui illustre brillamment les joies de l''amour mais aussi les premiers chagrins face à une réalité parfois sans pitié ; la vie à deux, pour le pire comme pour le meilleur. Carl et Annie étaient assis tout près l''un de l''autre, sur la banquette, la main dans la main ; ils attendaient d''être mariés. De temps à autre se faisait entendre un léger sifflement, quand Carl jetait dans le crachoir une cigarette à moitié consumée. Chaque fois, Annie serrait la main de Carl et disait : " Nerveux ? "" Chaque fois il lui rendait la pression de sa main et répondait : " Non. Et toi ? " Invariablement elle répliquait : " Un peu. " Et de nouveau leurs mains resserraient leur étreinte. Publiée aux États-Unis en 1963 et chez Stock en 1964, cette douceur Vintage est à redécouvrir au plus vite !

An old man on his deathbed tells his true life story to his children and grandchildren who have gathered around him. The dying man was James Bell Stephenson. He was born in the wilds of Florida in 1820 and made the long journey to Texas in 1826 to become a member of Stephen F. Austin''s Colony. At sixteen, he joined the Texas army, becoming one of its earliest Texas Rangers. He witnessed Santa Anna''s capture at San Jacinto. At age18 Stephenson was pinned down in a ravine with a handful of Texas Rangers who were surrounded by a horde of angry Comanche Indians. As Captain of the 20th Texas Infantry during the Civil War, he defended the port of Galveston and help provide supplies to the Confederate army. Stephenson was a founding father of Waller County, Texas and one of its first commissioners. The life he led was truly inspirational and definitely worthy of a place in Texas history.

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Betty Smith, the beloved author of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, weaves a riveting modern myth out of the experiences of her own life in this rediscovered classic. In Brooklyn''s unforgiving urban jungle, Maggie Moore is torn between answering her own needs and catering to the desirous men who dominate her life. Confronted by her quarrelsome Irish immigrant father, the feckless lover who may become her husband, and others, Maggie must learn to navigate a cycle of loss, separation, and hope as she forges her own path toward happiness. With characteristic warmth, compelling insight, and easy, conversational prose, Betty Smith''s Maggie-Now poignantly illuminates one woman''s struggles and successes as she grapples with timeless questions of desire, duty, self-sacrifice, and the quest for fulfillment. Maggie-Now is an unforgettable masterpiece from one of the twentieth century''s greatest talents.