Book by Roth Arthur
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Dans un récit très détaillé, la romancière australienne Julia Leigh chronique ses longs efforts pour avoir un enfant. En février 2008, elle a trente-huit ans. Elle se rend avec Paul, son compagnon, dans une clinique où on pratique la procréation médicale assistée. S’ensuit une longue série d’examens et d’interventions avant même de démarrer le traitement hormonal. Parallèlement, le couple se marie mais, très vite, leur relation se dégrade. Après leur séparation, Paul accepte de laisser Julia utiliser ses spermatozoïdes pour la fécondation in vitro mais il ne tarde pas à changer d’avis. Elle cherche alors un donneur parmi les hommes qu’elle connaît ; un de ses vieux amis finit par accepter.
En dépit de ces déceptions à répétition, Julia recommence avec obstination, soumettant son corps à de constantes et invasives manipulations. La réalité finit par s’imposer. Elle arrête tout, prête à chercher une autre raison de vivre, d’aimer et d’espérer.
Un témoignage d’une sincérité brutale sur l’exploitation sociale et économique du désir d’enfant. Julia Leigh examine l’alternance d’espoir, de perte, de fatigue, de persévérance ; les figures bienveillantes ou insensibles de la médecine, le soutien ou la désapprobation des amis ou des étrangers. Partant de sa propre expérience, elle soulève des questions générales sur le désir d’être mère. De l’individuel au collectif, la romancière explore un sujet qui, de nos jours, concerne de plus en plus de femmes.
Née en 1970 à Sydney, Julia Leigh a fait des études de psychologie et de droit avant de se consacrer à l’écriture. Son premier roman, Le Chasseur, a été traduit dans six langues et a reçu de nombreuses récompenses avant d’être adapté au cinéma. Elle a également collaboré à la rédaction du Guardian, de l’Australian, et du Sydney Morning Herald.
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Paperback. Etat : Fair. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way. N° de réf. du vendeur 0590422677-7-1
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Vendeur : World of Books (was SecondSale), Montgomery, IL, Etats-Unis
Paperback. Etat : Fair. In Patrick F. McManus's comic mystery, a person who turns up missing during an avalanche turns up murdered--and everyone is a suspect. When the call comes in that Mike Wilson, the unlikable owner of West Branch Lodge, has gone missing, Sheriff Tully is delighted. This is an excellent opportunity for Tully, his tracker pal Dave, and his retired sheriff father, Pap, to enjoy a few evenings of hot tubs and single-malt scotch at the luxurious lodge while working the case. However, visions of R & R vanish in a flash on the drive up, when Tully and Pap suddenly realize an avalanche is thundering down the mountain, straight toward them. Tully manages to outrun the crush of snow, but the road behind is blocked, and there's no telling for how long. Tully's stranded at the lodge with a motley group of vacationers and locals: a sassy co-ed, a group of rambunctious fraternity boys, a shadowy group of what looks like ex-cons, the missing owner's wife, a suspiciously good-looking bartender, and worst (or perhaps best) of all, Tully's old flame, who shows up with her dogsled and naughty intentions. Both vacationers and locals start to look like suspects when Tully discovers startling evidence proving that the avalanche was no accident of nature. But why would anybody want him dead? And then the missing persons case turns into a murder case when Mike Wilson's body turns up in the river a couple of days later. But who killed him, and how? Furthermore, when another murder in Blight City is reported that week, the only suspect who makes sense.is the dead guy, Mike Wilson. But how could that have happened? It's up to Tully to figure it all out in this comic romp through the wilds of Blight County, from bestselling author Patrick McManus. N° de réf. du vendeur 00109851669
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Vendeur : World of Books Inc, Montgomery, IL, Etats-Unis
Paperback. Etat : Fair. In Patrick F. McManus's comic mystery, a person who turns up missing during an avalanche turns up murdered--and everyone is a suspect. When the call comes in that Mike Wilson, the unlikable owner of West Branch Lodge, has gone missing, Sheriff Tully is delighted. This is an excellent opportunity for Tully, his tracker pal Dave, and his retired sheriff father, Pap, to enjoy a few evenings of hot tubs and single-malt scotch at the luxurious lodge while working the case. However, visions of R & R vanish in a flash on the drive up, when Tully and Pap suddenly realize an avalanche is thundering down the mountain, straight toward them. Tully manages to outrun the crush of snow, but the road behind is blocked, and there's no telling for how long. Tully's stranded at the lodge with a motley group of vacationers and locals: a sassy co-ed, a group of rambunctious fraternity boys, a shadowy group of what looks like ex-cons, the missing owner's wife, a suspiciously good-looking bartender, and worst (or perhaps best) of all, Tully's old flame, who shows up with her dogsled and naughty intentions. Both vacationers and locals start to look like suspects when Tully discovers startling evidence proving that the avalanche was no accident of nature. But why would anybody want him dead? And then the missing persons case turns into a murder case when Mike Wilson's body turns up in the river a couple of days later. But who killed him, and how? Furthermore, when another murder in Blight City is reported that week, the only suspect who makes sense.is the dead guy, Mike Wilson. But how could that have happened? It's up to Tully to figure it all out in this comic romp through the wilds of Blight County, from bestselling author Patrick McManus. N° de réf. du vendeur CIN0590422677A
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