Stephen Chbosky Livres

The critically acclaimed debut novel from Stephen Chbosky, Perks follows observant “wallflower” Charlie as he charts a course through the strange world between adolescence and adulthood. First dates, family drama, and new friends. Sex, drugs, and The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Devastating loss, young love, and life on the fringes. Caught between trying to live his life and trying to run from it, Charlie must learn to navigate those wild and poignant roller-coaster days known as growing up. Listening Length: 6 hours and 18 minutes

Tout a commencé par une lettre. Une simple rédaction demandée par un prof : écrire à un disparu. Laurel a choisi Kurt Cobain, parce que sa grande sœur May l’adorait. Et qu’il est mort jeune, comme May. Si elle ne rend jamais son devoir, très vite, le carnet de Laurel se remplit de lettres à Amy Winehouse, Heath Ledger… À ces confidents inattendus, elle raconte sa première année de lycée, sa famille décomposée, ses nouveaux amis, son premier amour. Mais avant d’écrire à la seule disparue qui lui tient vraiment à cœur, Laurel devra se confronter au secret qui la tourmente, et faire face à ce qui s’est vraiment passé la nuit où May est décédée.

Belle dreams of adventures like the ones she reads about in her books - until she becomes the prisoner of a fearsome Beast in a mysterious, enchanted castle. But life in the castle isn't as terrible as Belle imagines, and soon she realizes there is more to the Beast than first meets the eye. Experience this tale as old as time about adventure and love, about looking past first appearances, about the inner Beauty and Beast in all of us. Disney Beauty and the Beast Book of the Film is based on the live-action film starring Emma Watson.

Kate Reese is a single mother fleeing an abusive relationship by starting over in a new town, with her young son Christopher. But Mill Grove, Pennsylvania, is not the safe place they thought it would be... Their world begins to unravel after Christopher vanishes into the Mission Street Woods - where 50 years earlier an eerily similar disappearance occurred. When he emerges six days later, unharmed but not unchanged, he brings with him a secret: a voice only he can hear and a warning of tragedy to come. What follows is a moving, thrilling, chilling modern masterpiece on a par with the very best of Stephen King...

Charlie ist 15 Jahre alt und beginnt gerade die Highschool. Auf der neuen Schule fühlt er sich am Anfang oft allein. Deshalb schreibt er Briefe an einen namenlosen Freund. In den Briefen erzählt Charlie von seinen Sorgen und Problemen. Aber auch von seinen neuen Freunden, mit denen er viel erlebt. „Das also ist mein Leben“ ist eine bewegende Geschichte über das Erwachsenwerden. Die Geschichte wurde unter dem Titel „Vielleicht lieber morgen“ verfilmt.