Rose Tremain
Author
Language
English
Description
Growing up sheltered from the echoes of World War II, Gustav forges an intense relationship with a mercurial Jewish boy, Anton, a talented pianist who introduces him to the harsh realities of racism, tolerance, and cruelty during a friendship spanning half a century.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Winner of the Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction 2008, The Road Home is the best-selling story of Lev, a middle-aged migrant from Eastern Europe, who moves to London in search of work after losing his wife and job. Lev's London is awash with money, celebrity and complacency. The world Tremain creates is both convincing and poignant.
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Description
232 pages : illustration ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Trapped in a London apartment, Beth remembers a transgressive love affair in 1960s Paris. The most famous writer in Russia takes his last breath in a stationmaster's cottage, miles from Moscow. A young woman who is about to marry a rich aristocrat instead begins a torrid relationship with a construction worker. A father, finally free of his daughter's demands, embarks on a long swim from his Canadian lakeside retreat. A middle-aged woman cares for...
8) Trespass
Author
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Description
253 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Author
Pub. Date
[1985]
Physical Description
274 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
After the collapse of his swimming pool construction business, Larry Kendall and his wife, Miriam, have exiled themselves to a sleepy French village. When Miriam is summoned to her mother's deathbed in Oxford, Larry begins to formulate a dazzling new idea: the creation of the most beautiful, most artistic swimming pool of all.
15) Restoration
Series
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (118 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In 17th century Britain, a young man seduced by the wealth and indolence of the Restoration court finds redemption of sorts through the love of a woman.
16) Ricky
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (89 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
When Katie, a struggling single mother and French factory worker, falls in love with her Spanish co-worker Paco, they produce something truly extraordinary: an angelic baby named Ricky. It isn't long before Ricky develops bumps on his back which look like something that will have the media in an uproar. This miraculous little creature brings the young family challenges and joys no parent could be prepared for, or could ever live without.
17) Dark river
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Following the death of her father, Alice returns to her home village for the first time in fifteen years, to claim the tenancy to the family farm she believes is rightfully hers.
