Resultados para "Gilbert" en Pueblos y campo

Décembre 2020. Clarisse, qui a six filles, élève seule les quatre plus jeunes dans la maison de sa grand-mère, aux abords du hameau de Kingscroft, sur les hauteurs des Cantons-de-l'Est. Raymond, patriarche affectueux quoiqu'un brin malcommode, vit dans la maison d'à côté. Tandis qu'il s'évertue à transmettre à ses petites-filles les traditions de Noël, Clarisse, dans le secret de son coeur, ne cesse de penser à Rabih, son autre voisin, parti pour un long séjour dans sa Syrie natale. Le voyage a pour but de contenter sa mère, qui compte bien lui trouver une épouse.

No final do século XIX, o sertanejo Tonho Pólvora compra a fazenda Alvorada, no interior de Minas Gerais. Com trabalho duro e falando a língua da terra, ele faz o lugar prosperar e se torna uma das lideranças da região. Na mesma época, em São Paulo, o jovem contador José Antônio dá um golpe na empresa onde trabalha e se lança, em fuga, para o interior do país, atrás de um lugar seguro para se estabelecer.

Reuben Downes is a Mallard. The kind that dominates the Co-Ed Fastpitch Softball League for Adults in Western Vermont, aka COFSLAW VT, aka The Coleslaw League. As a newcomer to the team and the town, Reuben is viewed as the oddball “from away” by his teammates and the quirky, curious, often opinionated locals. So, when he puts an “art” installation in his backyard that sets off a firestorm in the community, people demand answers for what it means. But Reuben, always more inclined to let others call the shots, keeps his motivations to himself.

Betty Sweet never expected to be a widow at 40. With so much life still in front of her, she tries to figure out what's next. She couldn't have imagined what God had in mind. When her estranged sister is committed to a sanitarium, Betty finds herself taking on the care of a 5-year-old nephew she never knew she had. In 1960s LaFontaine, Michigan, they make an odd pair. Betty with her pink button nose and bouffant hair. Hugo with his light brown skin and large brown eyes. But more powerful than what makes them different is what they share: the heartache of an empty space in their lives.

John Henry Cole is an operative of Ike Kelly's Detective Agency, based out of Cheyenne, Wyoming Territory. Returning to Cheyenne from what had been a deadly assignment in Deadwood, Dakota Territory, Cole has decided that he has no alternative but to resign from the agency and pursue a different line of work. However, in Cheyenne, Cole learns that Ike Kelly has been murdered and his body burned in a fire that destroyed both the agency office and the shop next door.

Something terrifying is happening to the dogs in the mountain community of Mason County, Virginia. Pets are vanishing mysteriously and “missing dog” posters cover the waiting room walls at Dr. Rachel Goddard’s veterinary clinic. A pack of feral canines roams at night, attacking livestock in a desperate search for food. Now a prominent physician, Gordon Hall, has been found dead in his yard, his throat torn open. Sheriff’s Department investigator Tom Bridger believes the killing was premeditated murder, with a trained attack dog as the weapon.

When Annie Jacobson's brother Mike enlists as a medic in the Army in 1967, he hands her a piece of paper with the address of their long-estranged father. If anything should happen to him in Vietnam, Mike says, Annie must let their father know. In Mike's absence, their father returns to face tragedy at home, adding an extra measure of complication to an already tense time. As they work toward healing and pray fervently for Mike's safety overseas, letter by letter the Jacobsons must find a way to pull together as a family, regardless of past hurts.

Pearl Spence has finally settled into a routine in Bliss, Michigan, far from her home in Red River, Oklahoma. Like all the other kids, she goes to school each day, plays in the woods, and does her chores. But there's one big difference: Mama is still gone and doesn't seem to have a thought for the family she's left behind.

Pearl Spence has been through more in her young life than most folks could handle. But through it all, her family has been by her side. They may not be perfect, but they love her, and they all love each other, come what may. That's one thing Pearl no longer questions.

Ten-year-old Pearl Spence is a daydreamer, playing make-believe to escape life in Oklahoma's Dust Bowl in 1935. The Spences have their share of misfortune, but as the sheriff's family, they've got more than most in this dry, desolate place. They're who the town turns to when there's a crisis or a need. Pearl is proud of her loving, strong family, though she often wearies of tracking down her mentally impaired older sister or wrestling with her grandmother's unshakable belief in a God. Then a mysterious man bent on revenge tramps into her town of Red River.

Eyre is a lost soul searching for a purpose when she impulsively books a trip to Ireland. The last thing she expects is to find love–until she meets Darby, a charming yet grumpy Irishman leading a tour of the Emerald Isle. Something about Darby's wit and kindness speaks to Eyre's wounded heart. As they explore the Irish countryside together, an undeniable connection blossoms. But both Eyre and Darby are nursing their own emotional scars, afraid to take a chance on love. Can these two lost souls find the courage to open their hearts and accept the healing power of Ireland—and each other?

On l'appelle la Mule. Elle est sourde et muette de naissance. Dans ce grand domaine de la haute Corrèze où elle est domestique, on la traite comme une bête ; on abuse d'elle, et de toutes les manières, assuré qu'elle ne saurait dénoncer ses tourmenteurs. Antoine Rolandier, de retour de captivité, la retrouve. Il sait que, tout enfant, Jeanne - c'est le nom de la jeune femme - ne quittait pas d'un pas Paul Rolandier, son grand-père, le plus riche meunier de la vallée de Bar.

Il y a tout juste un siècle (1903), les huit cents habitants de Cornemule, le gros bourg corrézien, ne s'éclairent qu'à la chandelle et à la lampe à pétrole, et s'en trouvent fort bien. Or voici qu'à l'approche des élections municipales, le maire, Valentin Lescure, proclame : "Je vais être celui qui fait briller le soleil à minuit." L'électricité à Cornemule ! On s'émeut, on tremble : les vaches vont crever, les hommes perdre leur virilité, etc. Mais on n'arrête pas le progrès et, un beau soir, la lumière jaillit sur la place.

Suite au décès de sa mère, Grégory, 16 ans, doit quitter Paris pour le village de ses grands-parents. Mais il comprend vite que sa présence dérange la petite communauté.

Ses parents ne pouvant s'occuper d'elle, la petite Clotilde, onze ans, se retrouve sous la garde de sa grand-mère, une femme cassante et aigrie. Son seul ami est le voisin, Aurélien, un aveugle bourru qui s'est pris d'affection pour la petite fille pétillante. Lorsque le vieil homme entreprend de se rendre à Lourdes avec son ami François dans l'espoir d'un miracle qui lui rendrait la vue, Clotilde décide d'être du voyage... Le vieillard atrabilaire, son ami alcoolique et la petite fille au caractère bien trempé se lancent dans l'aventure.

Clément Laurrière a tout pour être heureux - une femme merveilleuse, deux beaux enfants, une bonne situation. Mais il souffre d'une maladie dévorante : le démon du jeu. En une nuit, le jeune homme perd au poker une véritable fortune et hypothèque l'avenir des siens. L'onde de choc provoquée par ce dramatique coup du sort se propage instantanément. Jusqu'au Chaumont d'abord, le domaine des Laurrière dont Clément est l'héritier et qui risque, par sa faute, d'être vendu.

En dos remotas islas de la costa de Maine, en Nueva Inglaterra, los pescadores de langosta han luchado ferozmente durante generaciones por los derechos de pesca en el mar que los separa. La joven Ruth Thomas, hija de uno de los más avariciosos langosteros de Nueva Inglaterra, nace en medio de estas disputas. A los dieciocho años, convertida en una joven despierta, inteligente e irremediablemente poco romántica, Ruth regresa del internado decidida a dejar a un lado su educación universitaria y unirse a los «lobos de mar».

Simplemente he ido escribiendo historias a lo largo de mi vida y esta es una recopilación de veinticinco de ellas. Comienzan en la finca La Esperanza y Sumidero, en las afueras del central Mercedes (hoy 6 de Agosto), Matanzas, Cuba, donde transcurrieron mis primeros 14 años de vida, y terminan con relatos, ya adulto, viviendo de profesor universitario, a un aspirante a trovador y algún que otro avispado gitano carterista.

Someone’s poaching the deer around Heavenly Acres. One of CJ’s friends is murdered. What ensues next is a wild hunt for illegal poachers, foolhardy activists, and a big, bad redneck truck that keeps showing up wherever CJ is. Car wrecks, storms, threats, and more keep CJ and her friends on their toes. It all comes down to the final confrontation. One of the wildest yet. Come along for the ride as CJ and her quirky sidekicks hunt down some poachers.

It was an addiction, really. One she couldn’t kick through no fault of her own. It wasn’t CJ Turley’s fault that someone stuck her dog, Caper, in a canoe in the middle of the lake. She also couldn’t help that Caper kept bringing her diamonds from a recent jewel heist in town. Any homebody seeking adventure would do the same thing, right? Gather your gumshoeing friends and find a jewel thief. What could possibly go wrong? The small-town tiny house community of Heavenly Acres is thrust into yet another mystery that might be CJ’s undoing.