Grégoire Delacourt

Money can buy you freedom. But what about happiness?When Jocelyne looks at herself in the mirror, she sees a middle-aged, married woman who runs a dressmaking shop in a small provincial French town and lives a very ordinary existence. But what happened to all those dreams she had when she was seventeen?Then she wins millions on the lottery and has the chance to change her life for ever. So why does she find herself reluctant to accept the money? To help her decide what to do, she begins to compile a list of her heart''s desires, never suspecting for one moment that the decision might be taken out of her hands ...

The #1 bestselling international phenomenon that asks, If you won the lottery, would you trade your life for the life of your dreams? Jocelyne lives in a small town in France where she runs a fabric shop, has been married to the same man for twenty-one years, and has raised two children. She is beginning to wonder what happened to all those dreams she had when she was seventeen. Could her life have been different? Then she wins the lottery--and suddenly finds the world at her fingertips. But she chooses not to tell anyone, not even her husband--not just yet. Without cashing the check, she begins to make a list of all the things she could do with the money. But does Jocelyne really want her life to change?

Le 15 septembre 2010, Arthur Dreyfuss, en marcel et caleçon Schtroumpfs, regarde un épisode des Soprano quand on frappe à sa porte. Face à lui : Scarlett Johansson. Il a vingt ans, il est garagiste. Elle en a vingt-six, et elle a quelque chose de cassé.

What would it take to change your life? Jocelyne is 47. She lives in a small provincial French town, runs her own dressmaking shop, has been married to the same man for what seems like an eternity, has had two children and lives a very ordinary existence. In fact so ordinary that she is beginning to wonder what happened to her, to all those dreams she had when she was seventeen. Then comes the chance to change her life completely - but should she? For when Jocelyne begins to look at her life and its small pleasures - her friendship with the twins who run the hairdresser next door, her weekends away, her sewing blog - she realises that maybe ordinary isn''t so bad. Until the decision is taken out of her hands...The List of my Desires is a wonderfully heart-warming novel about what we value in life and the search for happiness.

Jocelyne, apodada Jo, es propietaria de una mercería en Arras, una pequeña ciudad francesa. Madre de dos hijos, vive con su marido Jocelyn, tambien Jo, a quien sigue queriendo despues de años de matrimonio. Escribe un blog sobre costura y manualidades, su gran pasion, que cuenta con miles de seguidoras. A pesar de todas sus imperfecciones, a Jo le gusta su vida, y sale adelante disfrutando de las pequeñas cosas. Incluso ha elaborado su propia lista de deseos, que va tachando a medida que los consigue. Pero cuando, agraciada por el azar, gana dieciocho millones de euros en el Euromillon, decide hacer algo completamente imprevisible. ¿Esta preparada para cumplir sus sueños?

magine you are a young mechanic living in a small community in France. You own your own home, and lead a simple life. Then, one evening, you open your front door to find a distraught Hollywood starlet standing in front of you. This is what happens to Arthur Dreyfuss in the village of Long, population 687 inhabitants. But although feigning an American accent, this woman is not all that she seems. For her name is Jeanine Foucamprez, and her story is very different from the glamorous life of a star. Arthur is not all he seems, either; a lover of poetry with a darker past than one might imagine, he has learnt to see beauty in the mundane. THE FIRST THING YOU SEE is a warm, witty novel about two fragile souls learning to look beyond the surface - for the first thing you see isn't always what you get!

Le 15 septembre 2010, Arthur Dreyfuss, vêtu de son caleçon fétiche, regarde un épisode des Soprano quand on frappe à sa porte. Il ouvre. Scarlett Johansson. Il a vingt ans, il est garagiste. Elle a v

Emma, quarante ans, mariée, trois enfants, heureuse, croise le regard d'un homme dans une brasserie. Aussitôt, elle sait. Après On ne voyait que le bonheur, Grégoire Delacourt explore dans ce roman v

There is nothing like the love of a parent for a child. But what happens when that love falters?Deprived of his parents' love as a child, Antoine is determined to give his son and daughter the perfect childhood he never had. He is a dreamer, an optimist, a man who fell in love at first sight and who believes that he has found the secret to living a happy life. But when tragedy strikes he becomes someone even he does not recognise. Taken to his lowest point, he performs an act of desperation. But can he find a way back? And what does happiness actually mean?

J'avais envie d'amour. Envie d'une grande nuit d'amour. D'une rencontre. De ce moment étrange, poétique parfois, qui change le cours de l'eau d'une vie. Je voulais comprendre jusqu'où l'on peut aimer

Jocelyne fuhrt einen Kurzwarenladen im nordfranzosischen Arras. Die Kinder sind aus dem Haus, und Jocelynes ganze Leidenschaft gilt ihrem Internet-Blog ubers Sticken und Nahen. Sie liebt ihr kleines Leben, liebt sogar ihren ungehobelten Mann bis durch einen Lottogewinn alles aus den Fugen gerat.

Che peso ha la bellezza nella vita? Siamo capaci di accettarci per quello che siamo? Si può essere amati per sé, o siamo amati per quello che colmiamo nell'altro? Queste domande giacciono nel profond

Money can buy you freedom. But what about happiness? When Jocelyne looks at herself in the mirror, she sees a middle-aged, married woman who runs a dressmaking shop in a small provincial French town and lives a very ordinary existence. But what happened to all those dreams she had when she was 17? Then she wins millions on the lottery and has the chance to change her life for ever. So why does she find herself reluctant to accept the money? To help her decide what to do, she begins to compile a list of her heart's desires, never suspecting for one moment that the decision might be taken out of her hands ...

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