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[LastNerdStanding]

Excellent livre. Tellement bien écrit et d'un humour...décapant! Mention spéciale à la mère-de mémoire- qui ne supporte pas ces Français tellement imbus d'eux-mêmes qu'ils se croient obligés d'avoir deux prénoms...
En revanche je ne sais pas s'il a été traduit ?

[Mira2012]

Pour la petite histoire, Rita a été pendant quelques temps proche de la tenniswoman Martina Navratilova.

[LastNerdStanding]

Mira2012 j'aime bien l'euphémisme! Alors je vais y aller du mien aussi : elle a aussi été proche de Fannie Flagg, auteure du fameux "Beignets de tomates vertes".

[zebra]

Comme il n'y a pas grand chose à se mettre sous la dent en français, voici quelque romances lesbiennes en anglais, très chouettes :

Danger, destiny, and romance on the river.
A wilderness kayak adventure brings together two very different women—Chaz Herrick, a laid-back outdoorswoman, and Megan Maxwell, a workaholic news executive. As they battle the challenges of nature for survival, they discover that true love may be nothing at all like they imagined.



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Gretchen Kaiser is a workaholic corporate honcho with issues – she’s got daddy issues, she’s got female-executive-in-a-man’s-world issues, and she’s got one night stand issues. What she doesn’t have are love issues. She isn’t looking for it, she doesn’t feel she needs it, and she doesn’t expect to find it…certainly not right under her nose. Kylie O’Brien is the kind of girl who believes in true love and is willing to wait until it shows up at her door. Her best friend Mick would sweep her off her feet given the chance, but Mick doesn’t make Kylie feel the way true love should. And now Kylie has to worry about her new boss – Gretchen Kaiser’s icy reserve makes life as her administrative assistant a challenge. It doesn’t matter one damn bit that Gretchen is extremely attractive with a voice as rich and smooth as melted chocolate. It absolutely doesn’t…



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Two women on a vacation that turns deadly face down one of nature's most ruthless killers—and find themselves falling in love.
Refusing to allow her absent lover to ruin her vacation in an exotic corner of Thailand, Emily Stone determines to set her private disappointment aside and enjoy herself—until a natural disaster strikes and turns her world upside down. Major Hayden Caldwell plans to escape the restrictions of her job for a rare few days of freedom when she and Emily are forced into the fight of their lives. Together, Hayden and Emily face death, disease, despair, and imminent death, and find in themselves and each other the strength to deny the tsunami two more victims. But can their intense bond survive outside of the extreme situation in which it was forged?
Uncharted Passage is the story of two women who face one of life’s deadliest challenges and find their hearts forever changed.



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Burnt out from the emotionally grueling practice of family law, attorney Kate Brennen decides to take a mental health break and joins a corporate firm. Except for occasional annoyances (like her boss’ insistence that she take on his brother’s messy divorce case), the change is just what the doctor ordered. And the substantial salary increase and 9-to-5 schedule gives her more time and money for her preferred pastime: shopping for antiques.
On one such outing, Kate meets Annie Walsh, owner of the small shop, Treasured Past. Although she’s barely making ends meet, Annie finds struggling to keep her shop open preferable to dealing with the turmoil of her personal life. The women become friends and before long they are sharing much more than their passion for antiques. All signs point to a happy ending—until Kate learns something surprising about the client she's been forced to represent...



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Every skier knows that anything can happen when trails merge.
After a devastating ultimatum from her lover, Campbell Carson returns to her childhood home, Bear Run Ski Resort, seeking her family’s unconditional solace and support. Parker Riley escapes to the mountain after the high-powered world of Chicago’s political machine leaves her questioning her judgment in both life and love. Despite their initial wariness, the women find their budding friendship snowballing toward romance. The idyllic mountain resort is the perfect setting for them to learn to rebuild trust, and perhaps to find a second chance at love. However, when Parker’s past resurfaces, Campbell is forced to face her own hard truths. As barely healed wounds reopen, the unexpected obstacles in their path threaten any hope for a future together.



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When an Oklahoma tornado rips through Lan Harding’s life, destroying her beloved marina Shared Winds, Lan must somehow find a way to rebuild her business and her world.
Lan’s hopes and dreams are perilously close to dissolving unless she can find a contractor to rebuild her business before a season without revenue forces her to close her doors forever. But with such widespread damage throughout the area, Lan’s frustration mounts as the lack of available contractors becomes apparent.
Then Emma Bishop, daughter of the most renowned contractor in the county, steps in to offer her services. The offer seems like an answer to Lan’s prayers until she learns of Emma’s inexperience and ulterior motives…
As the two women work closely together to rebuild the marina, each is caught unaware as something else begins to threaten their contractor-client relationship. Despite their best efforts, a smoldering caldron of emotion and desire begins to bubble up through the icy Oklahoma winter…

[Fantasmagorie]

The Paying Guests - Sarah Waters

Griottesurlegateau a écrit :
Par contre,

Fantasmagorie a écrit :
A la fin, j'ai souhaité perdre la mémoire sur cette histoire, pour pouvoir revivre cette atmosphère, cette ville, ces personnages, cette fin décevante.

n'augure rien de bien agréable ...

Lorsque l'on regarde de très près, tous les romans de Waters ont une caractéristique commune. (En tout cas les titres lesbiens ont cette caractéristique). A part The Paying Guests justement.

Le premier roman de Waters que j'ai lu était Affinity. Le second, Ronde de Nuit (The Night Watch) ou Du bout des doigts (Fingersmith) et le dernier Caresser le velours ont tous une caractéristique commune : Le fait que chaque "couple" dans chacun de ces romans, une personne (dans le couple) se fait berner. A ce niveau là Ronde de nuit échappe un peu à la règle mais juste un peu. Le roman étant construit différemment et contenant "plusieurs couples".

En lisant Derrière la porte (The Paying Guests), je m'étais préparée à cette éventualité. A l'éventualité que Lilian menait Frances en bateau et qu'elle avait un plan avec son mari ou quelque chose comme ça. La déception vient du fait que j'attendais un tel retournement durant toute la lecture, et aussi du fait que le roman s'est bien fini ! Oui Fingersmith s'est bien terminé quelque part mais dans la seconde partie seulement du livre, Caresser le velours aussi. J'aime bien les Happy Ends (et encore Happy End pour qui dans Derrière la porte ?) mais là j'ai franchement été déçue de la fin car elle n’offrait aucun rebondissement. Aucune surprise... Enfin si quand même. Ma plus grande surprise ce fût cette fin là justement car je ne m'attendais pas à ce que cela se finisse bien...

[zebra]

With wounded soldiers all around her, Major Logan Sharp doesn't have time to pamper some photographer from stateside. What spare energy she does have goes to worrying what she'll do when she ships home from Afghanistan. Home—for Logan, the word means nothing. But photographer Jillian Knight is not what she expects, and certainly not what she needs complicating her last tour.
Leaving her partner and daughter at home, Jillian Knight is on assignment in Kandahar to record the heroic work of medical units in war zones. She knows it'll be rough, but Logan Sharp's dedication and competence is reassuring. Jillian finds herself looking forward to her encounters with the intriguing military doctor, understanding that by-the-rules demeanor is a must for surviving in a land where life is cheap.
Under the pressures of danger and conflict, the intense feelings of comrades threaten to overwhelm their good sense, but they follow the rules. After a single heart-stopping kiss, they do the only thing they must—say goodbye. Keeping in touch is not part of the plan,but when their paths cross unexpectedly more than a year later, abiding by the rules is suddenly much harder than they ever expected.



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Presidential candidate Jane Kincaid—gorgeous, dynamic and extremely driven—is taking the country by storm, passionately outlining her blueprint for America. Voters quickly fall in love with her...and so, unwittingly, does Secret Service Agent Alexandria Warner.
Their mutual attraction begins to take on a fiery life of its own, and soon Jane fears that their intense feelings for each other are a tinder box that could destroy the landscape of her career and alter the history of the country.
Jane had always expected the road to the White House would exact a high personal toll. She just never knew how high, until she's forced to choose between her heart and her political destiny.



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All her life, Annie suffered through her brother's constant practical jokes. Now he sets her up on a blind date with Drew, a lesbian winemaker, even knowing his sister is straight. Annie and Drew decide to turn the tables on him by pretending to fall in love.
But what starts as a revenge plan soon turns their lives upside down as the lines between pretending and reality begin to blur.



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After the untimely death of a former lover, Casey Bennet receives a letter from Julie's lawyer, begging Casey to help Julie's partner, Liz Kennedy, and their adorable, yet precocious three-year old, Skye, who are now alone.
An avowed bachelorette, Casey has no idea what's in store when she grudgingly agrees to help Liz, who, by the way, is also pregnant and due in four months.
Casey, Liz, and little Skye find themselves in for a hilarious, tender ride that will change their lives forever.



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Love has a way of derailing the best of plans. Wynter Thompson, divorced with a young child, struggles to balance the demands of her surgical residency with the responsibilities of motherhood—and between the two, discovers there is little time left for anything else. She manages to convince herself that she has everything she needs, because another chance at love is definitely not in her game plan. Pearce Rifkin is a woman with a plan, and it doesn’t include a serious relationship. Chief Surgical Resident is just a stepping stone to her lifelong goal—chairmanship at one of the top ten medical centers. Determined to follow in her father’s footsteps, even though she isn’t the son he dreamed of, Pearce has no time for romance. Two women with nothing in common but a shared passion for surgery clash at every opportunity, especially when matters of the heart are suddenly at stake.



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A successful business woman and single mother, Liz Elliott is fast approaching the age of forty. Her nineteen-year-old daughter Becca is a freshman at Chilton College in Ashton, Vermont. Becca also happens to be a rising star for the Lady Stingers basketball team—just as her mother had been twenty years ago. But back in those early days a dirty little secret had collapsed Liz's world—a secret she has kept hidden from everyone—especially her daughter. Now Liz finds herself accepting her daughter's challenge to return to college and finally earn the degree that has so long eluded her. As if that isn't enough, Liz has also somehow found herself back in the gym—and playing out her final year of basketball eligibility. Soon sparks fly when Liz encounters resistance from the new head coach, Sheridan Ross.
Coach Ross has no patience for babysitting an over-the-hill athlete—not while she's worried about her own plans to move up the career coaching ladder as quickly as possible. Now in addition to battling the coach, Liz's world begins to crumble when the secret from her past returns to Ashton...

[Arpagon]

We love You Charlie Freeman

We love you Charlie Freeman de Kaitlyn Greenidge

un roman qui revêt un caractère encore plus tragique avec cette ère Trompe , qui nous fait penser à un bien sordide cauchemar éveillé.
Ainsi, outre l'homosexualité, l'auteure met en lumière le racisme au pays de l'Oncle Sam, au travers d'un roman ambitieux et prenant.
La famille Freeman est une famille noire, qui a toujours vécu dans un quartier 'afro', du Massaschussets, qui déménage pour un endroit pour les blancs, siége d'un centre de recherches et expérimentations sur les possibilités de communiquer avec les primates, grâce au langage des signes.

Charlotte , l'une des enfants Freeman , quartoze ans, tombe amoureuse d'une autre ado, Adia

[zebra]

En un an j'ai du faire le tour de la littérature lesbienne américaine, plus de 500 livres récupérés à ce jour... Ca fait du bien de connaître d'autres auteures que Radclyffe et Gerri Hill toutes aussi talentueuses... Mais inconnues en France, car en France on doit traduire au max, 4 livres par an. Y'a du chemin à faire, si on considère des livres édités depuis 2008.... Voilà maintenant je suis incollable et surtout c'était génial de découvrir tous ces romans inconnus !

[Luck]

J'ai autant aimé le livre que le film, pour ma part. Deux petits chefs-d'œuvre à leur manière (et ne parlons pas du Talentueux Mr. Ripley...). Le genre de livre qui donne envie, physiquement, d'écrire.
Ce qui est amusant, avec les dernières éditions de Carol, c'est de lire la postface que Highsmith a rédigée dans les années 80 (de mémoire). L'auteur revient, avec lucidité, sur la prudence des maisons d'édition et, en retour, la gratitude que les lecteurs lui ont manifestée, par courrier, après la publication; Carol mettait enfin un coup d'arrêt aux fins malheureuses et tragédies diverses auxquelles les histoires non conventionnelles étaient immanquablement destinées. C'est assez touchant à lire et l'on mesure quel espoir, quel soulagement un tel livre a pu représenter, à l'époque...

Je signale pour le plaisir cette courte (mais riche) interview de 1971, disponible sur le net. Où Patricia Highsmith s'exprime, non loin de la robuste Olympia, sur l'honnêteté, la famille, les amis et la (sa) solitude.

http://www.ina.fr/video/CPF86642006

[Griottesurlegateau]

Merci d'avoir fait remonter ce topic Zebra ...un nouvel univers s'ouvre à moi...y'a du boulot ...et peut-être puis-je espérer lire un jour fluently en anglais ...