FRECKLES de Cecelia Ahern

An unforgettable novel about family, belonging and human connection, from million-copy bestselling author Cecelia Ahern.

FRECKLES
by Cecelia Ahern

HarperCollins UK, September 2021
(chez Park & Fine Literary and Media – voir catalogue)

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Cecelia Ahern was born and grew up in Dublin. Her novels have been translated into thirty-five languages and have sold more than twenty-five million copies in over fifty countries. Two of her books have been adapted as films and she has created several TV series. She and her books have won numerous awards, including the Irish Book Award for Popular Fiction for The Year I Met You. She lives in Dublin with her family.

Praise for Cecelia’s previous book, Postscript:

[Ahern has a gift] for creating clever and original ideas, intriguing plot developments and unexpected twists. » —Irish Times
Fans of P.S. I Love You are in for a treat… Warmth emanates from the pages of this lovely, uplifting novel.” —Good Housekeeping
A poignant, warm and hopeful novel.” —Woman & Home
Another weepy about grief and the enduring power of love.” —Sunday Mirror
This is a novel to delight loyal fans and new readers alike.” —Woman’s Weekly

THE REIGN OF WOLF 21 by Rick McIntyre

The Druid Peak Pack was the most famous wolf pack in Yellowstone National Park, and maybe even in the world. This is the dramatic true story of its remarkable leader, Wolf 21.

THE REIGN OF WOLF 21
by Rick McIntyre

Greystone, September 2020 (voir catalogue)

In this compelling follow-up to the national bestseller The Rise of Wolf 8, Rick McIntyre profiles one of Yellowstone’s most revered alpha males, Wolf 21. Leader of the Druid Peak Pack, Wolf 21 was known for his unwavering bravery, his unusual benevolence (unlike other alphas, he never killed defeated rival males), and his fierce commitment to his mate, the formidable Wolf 42. Wolf 21 and Wolf 42 were attracted to each other the moment they met—but Wolf 42’s jealous sister interfered viciously in their relationship. After an explosive insurrection within the pack, the two wolves came together at last as leaders of the Druid Peak Pack, which dominated the park for more than 10 years. McIntyre recounts the pack’s fascinating saga with compassion and a keen eye for detail, drawing on his many years of experience observing Yellowstone wolves in the wild. His outstanding work of science writing offers unparalleled insight into wolf behavior and Yellowstone’s famed wolf reintroduction project. It also offers a love story for the ages.

Like Thomas McNamee, David Mech, Barry Lopez, and other literary naturalists with an interest in wolf behavior, McIntyre writes with both elegance and flair, making complex biology and ethology a pleasure to read. Fans of wild wolves will eat this one up.” —Kirkus starred review

Rick McIntyre has spent more than fifty years watching wolves in America’s national parks, twenty-five of those years in Yellowstone, where he has accumulated over 100,000 wolf sightings and educated the public about the park’s most famous wolves. He has spoken about the Yellowstone wolves with 60 Minutes, NPR, and CBC, and he is profiled extensively in Nate Blakeslee’s American Wolf and in international publications. He lives in Silver Gate, Montana.

UNDER THE MAGNOLIAS de T.I. Lowe

In the vein of Where The Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens and The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah, a young woman’s breathtaking coming of age story set in the 1980s.

UNDER THE MAGNOLIAS
by T.I. Lowe
Tyndale House, Spring 2021
(chez Browne & Miller – voir catalogue)

Austin Foster is barely a teenager when her mother dies giving birth to her second set of twins. Austin, the second oldest of seven kids, has no choice but to take up the two babies and raise them along with her brothers and sister, since her father is paralyzed by the tragedy. The Fosters don’t have much but thankfully, Austin is a capable girl who knows how to keep everyone fed and clothed and mostly out trouble. She also knows how to do things most girls her age don’t like how to cultivate a bountiful crop of tobacco, plow a straight line, wrangle snakes when needed, and how to manage her father and his erratic behavior. How Austin finds what she doesn’t know she needs and manages to save her poor farming family, fall in love, and help her beloved father overcome his mental health struggles, makes UNDER THE MAGNOLIAS the kind of read that breaks your heart then heals it in the best possible way.

T. I. Lowe took a leap of faith in 2014 and independently published her first novel which became a bestseller with hundreds of thousands of copies sold. She went on to self publish 11 more successful novels and then was signed by Tyndale House Publishers in 2018. A wife, mother, and active in her church community, she resides near Myrtle Beach, South Carolina with her family.

EVERYTHING WE DIDN’T SAY de Nicole Baart

A librarian returns to her small hometown where a brutal double homicide remains unsolved and unpunished.

EVERYTHING WE DIDN’T SAY
by Nicole Baart
Atria/Simon & Schuster, Fall 2021
(chez Browne & Miller – voir catalogue)

Fan favorite Nicole Baart explores the irresistible question What if you could go back to the one moment that changed everything? in this electrifying dark tale of a woman trying to reconcile her past mistakes while confronting her memories of the savage slayings of her next door neighbors. Juniper’s life took an unexpected turn after the murders but now that she’s back in town, the possibility that someone in her own family may be guilty of the crimes becomes more apparent than ever. She’s willing to risk everything to save her daughter, even when her desperate attempts to unearth the truth turn deadly. Meticulously crafted and tension laden, past and present are on a collision course in this page turner!

Nicole Baart is the mother of five children from four different countries. The co founder of a non profit organization, One Body One Hope, she lives in a small town in Iowa. She is the author of nine novels including You Were Always Mine and Little Broken Things.

MAGNOLIA MOON d’Edwina Wyatt

Irrepressibly joyful and utterly unique, with lavish illustrations by Katherine Quinn, MAGNOLIA MOON has all the spirited imagination and jubilance of Pippi Longstocking, and is a delightful reminder of just how much can happen in a year of being nine.

THE SECRETS OF MAGNOLIA MOON (Book 1)
THE MAGIC OF MAGNOLIA MOON (Book 2)
THE WONDERS OF MAGNOLIA MOON (Book 3)
by Edwina Wyatt
Walker Australia, November 2019; October 2021; Winter 2022

Magnolia Moon is nine years old, likes Greek mythology, her best friend Imogen May (who understands the importance of questions like, “If you could be one fruit, any fruit, what would you be?”), wishing trees, and speaking crows. She knows instinctively that buffadillos are armadillos crossed with buffalos and believes there are walramingos living in her garden. She’s also the kind of person who can be entrusted with a great many secrets.
Each chapter in this novel, which captures Magnolia’s year of being nine and ends on Chapter Almost 10, reveals a secret that Magnolia is keeping. But the novel also chronicles a year of change for Magnolia. From her best friend moving to the birth of her little brother Finnegan, Magnolia navigates every challenge and secret that comes her way with the kind of authenticity and innocence that comes from being nine years wise.

CBCA Young Readers’ Book of the Year 2020
• Shortlisted for the Readings Children’s Book Prize 2020
• A Sydney Morning Herald 2019 ‘Stand Out’ Title

“Utterly sublime. . . Sophisticated and elegant with a nice splash of quirkiness and gentle humour.” —Children’s Book Review

Edwina Wyatt is an Australian children’s author. She grew up in Sydney and worked as a lawyer and a high school teacher before becoming a writer of books for young readers. Her debut junior fiction novel The Secrets of Magnolia Moon (Walker Books) was awarded the CBCA Honour Book of the Year for Younger Readers (Australia’s version of the Newbery), and shortlisted for the Readings’ Children’s Book Prize. She has twice been awarded a CBCA Notable for her picture books. Edwina lives in the Victorian High Country with her husband, two children, a dog, cat, and too many chickens.