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Une femme prise dans l'étau de la justiceUn moment d'inattention, un seul, et une vie peut basculer. Perdue dans la contemplation d'une carte du monde qu'elle avait dessinée jadis, Alice laisse sans surveillance la fille de sa meilleure amie. Lorsqu'elle revient à elle, il est trop tard...Acculée par les accusations de son entourage, prise dans l'étau de la justice, Alice est gagnée peu à peu par la folie. Le début d'un véritable voyage en enfer, entre remords et rédemption.De ce qui pourrait n'être que le récit d'un accident, Jane Hamilton tisse le point de départ d'un roman sur la culpabilité et le pardon qui a bouleversé l'Amérique. Peu d'écrivains ont su évoquer ainsi le sentiment de culpabilité, de trahison, et cette façon dont nos vies peuvent soudain basculer.Il a été adapté au cinéma en 1999, Sigourney Weaver incarnant avec une justesse poignante le rôle d'Alice.Première édition : l'Archipel, 1999

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A new classic from the author of Oprah''s Book Club picks A Map of the World and The Book of Ruth. "This is the book Jane Hamilton was born to write... [it is] magnificent." —Ann Patchett, New York Times bestselling author of Commonwealth Mary Frances "Frankie" Lombard is fiercely in love with her family''s sprawling apple orchard and the tangled web of family members who inhabit it. Content to spend her days planning capers with her brother William, competing with her brainy cousin Amanda, and expertly tending the orchard with her father, Frankie desires nothing more than for the rhythm of life to continue undisturbed. But she cannot help being haunted by the historical fact that some family members end up staying on the farm and others must leave. Change is inevitable, and threats of urbanization, disinheritance, and college applications shake the foundation of Frankie''s roots. As Frankie is forced to shed her childhood fantasies and face the possibility of losing the idyllic future she had envisioned for her family, she must decide whether loving something means clinging tightly or letting go. "Everything you could ask for in a coming-of-age novel-- funny, insightful, observant, saturated with hope and melancholy." —Tom Perotta, author ofLittle Childrenand The Leftovers "Tender, eccentric, wickedly funny and sage...gives full voice to Jane Hamilton''s storytelling gifts." - Nancy Horan, author of Loving Frank and Under the Wide and Starry Sky

PEN/Hemingway Award Winner: An "enthralling" novel of a woman trapped within a tragically dysfunctional family ( Entertainment Weekly). From the New York Times–bestselling author of The Excellent Lombards and A Map of the World, this is "an extraordinary story of a family''s disintegration [that] will be compared to Jane Smiley''s A Thousand Acres" ( People). It follows Ruth Grey, a young woman in a tiny Illinois farm town, who has lost her father to World War II, and constantly faces her unhappy mother''s wrath—when she isn''t being ignored in favor of her math-prodigy brother. As Ruth navigates her lonely life, she strives to find happiness and pleasure where she can, but the world may conspire to defeat her. "A sly and wistful, if harrowing, human comedy . . . [An] original voice in fiction and one well worth listening to." — The Boston Sunday Globe "Unforgettably, beat by beat, Hamilton maps the best and worst of the human heart and all the mysterious, uncharted country in between." — Kirkus Reviews "Hamilton''s story builds to a shocking crescendo. Her small-town characters are as appealingly offbeat and brushed with grace as any found in Alice Hoffman''s or Anne Tyler''s novels." — Glamour

À 17 ans, Henry vit une adolescence tranquille à Chicago entre un père professeur de lycée, une mère pianiste et une soeur cadette qui joue les garçons manqués. Mais le jour où il se connecte par hasard sur la messagerie Internet de Lisa, sa mère, il découvre que, dans le monde des adultes, les apparences sont bien souvent trompeuses, que Lisa est aussi une femme, et qu'elle a une liaison passionnée avec un violoniste... Racontés par le jeune homme, dix ans après, les événements de cette année-là dévoilent les liens subtils et les non-dits au sein d'une famille ordinaire. Désillusions, tensions psychologiques, difficulté à se construire et à se comprendre : un roman d'apprentissage qui témoigne, avec subtilité et compassion, de la fragilité et de l'imperfection de la nature humaine.

Accounting Theory 7e is the new edition of this widely respected accounting theory textbook. The new edition has been updated in accordance with ongoing developments the IASB Framework and reporting and disclosure requirements as a consequence of international harmonisation of accounting standards. The strength of this textbook has always been the balanced approach taken to explain and discuss alternative theories. The new edition continues with this tradition and seeks to make a clearer connection for students, studying accounting theory, that accounting theory is important and relevant. The Framework of the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) has required significant consolidation and rewriting of chapters. More than ever, the focus of this new edition is to provide students with an understanding of the Framework and how accounting information can be interpreted, disclosed and reported in practice. The new edition continues to present the latest research and developments in accounting theory whilst maintaining an objective perspective.

Laura and Charlie Rider have been married for twelve years. They share their nursery business in rural Wisconsin, their love for their animals, and their zeal for storytelling. Although Charlie''s enthusiasm in the bedroom has worn Laura out, although she no longer sleeps with him, they are happy enough going along in their routine. Jenna Faroli is the host of a popular radio show, and in Laura''s mind is "the single most famous person in the Town of Dover." When Jenna happens to cross Charlie''s path one day, and they begin an e-mail correspondence, Laura cannot resist using Charlie to try out her new writing skills. Together, Laura and Charlie craft florid, strangely intimate messages that entice Jenna in an unexpected way. The "project" quickly spins out of control. The lines between Laura''s words and Charlie''s feelings are blurred and complicated, Jenna is transformed in ways that deeply disturb her, and Laura is transformed in her mind''s eye into an artist. The transformations are hilarious and poignant, and for Laura Rider, beyond her wildest expectations.

Jane Hamilton, award-winning author of The Book of Ruth and A Map of the World brings us a rich and loving novel about a non-traditional family in the aftermath of a terrible accident.When Aaron Maciver’s beautiful young wife, Madeline, suffers a head injury in a bicycle crash, she is left with the mental capabilities of a six-year-old. In the years that follow, Aaron and his second wife care for Madeline with deep tenderness and devotion as they raise two children of their own. Inspired in part by Elizabeth Spencer’s Light in the Piazza, Hamilton offers an honest and exquisite portrait of how a family tragedy forever shapes the boundaries of love.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the author of the widely acclaimed The Book of Ruth comes a harrowing, heartbreaking drama about a rural American family and a disastrous event that forever changes their lives. "It takes a writer of rare power and discipline to carry off an achievement like A Map of the World. Hamilton proves here that she is one of the best." —Newsweek The Goodwins, Howard, Alice, and their little girls, Emma and Claire, live on a dairy farm in Wisconsin. Although suspiciously regarded by their neighbors as "that hippie couple" because of their well-educated, urban background, Howard and Alice believe they have found a source of emotional strength in the farm, he tending the barn while Alice works as a nurse in the local elementary school. But their peaceful life is shattered one day when a neighbor''s two-year-old daughter drowns in the Goodwins'' pond while under Alice''s care. Tormented by the accident, Alice descends even further into darkness when she is accused of sexually abusing a student at the elementary school. Soon, Alice is arrested, incarcerated, and as good as convicted in the eyes of a suspicious community. As a child, Alice designed her own map of the world to find her bearings. Now, as an adult, she must find her way again, through a maze of lies, doubt and ill will. A vivid human drama of guilt and betrayal, A Map of the World chronicles the intricate geographies of the human heart and all its mysterious, uncharted terrain. The result is a piercing drama about family bonds and a disappearing rural American life.

Walter McCloud is a boy with dreams unlike most. Introduced as a child to the genius of Balanchine and the lyricism of Tchaikovsky, Walter has always aspired to be a dancer. As he grows older, it becomes clear that despite his desire, he lacks the talent, and he faces the painful knowledge that his more gifted friends have already surpassed him. Soon, however, that pain is overshadowed when his older brother, Daniel, finds a strange lump on his neck and Walter realizes that a happy family can change overnight. The year that follows transforms the McClouds, as they try to hold together in the face of the fearful consequences of Daniel''s illness, and Walter makes discoveries about himself and his friendships that will change him forever. Decades later, after Walter has left home and returned, he must come to terms with the memories of that year, and grapple once and for all with the challenge of carving out a place for himself in this all-too-familiar world. A moving story of the torments of sexuality and the redemptive power of family and friendship, The Short History of a Prince confirms Jane Hamilton''s place as a preeminent novelist of our time.

Mollenhoff and Hamilton provide the definitive history of the building''s design, the tempestuous relationship of Wright to his hometown of Madison, and the support for and opposition to the project. Drawing from the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives, thousands of newspaper accounts, extensive government records, and dozens of interviews, the book also features more than 300 illustrations in color and black and white, including many published here for the first time.

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Examines the Hmong''s struggle for freedom and survival from 1942 to the present.

In hopes of helping their poor village, a fifteen-year-old Lahu boy and his friends secretly sow and harvest a crop of opium poppies they can sell to Chinese traders.

After waiting all year to make a special wish for himself at the Loy Kathong festival, a ten-year-old Thai boy finds himself wishing instead for the welfare of a trapped white elephant.