Portail des médiathèques du réseau Paris-Saclay

Oeuvrant au sein de ligues nègres, à l'époque où les lois ségrégationnistes sont toujours en vigueur, Jim Crow est devenu un héros pour de nombreux Afro-Américains et Blancs amateurs de base-ball.

THE ROAD - but with hope. Hig, bereaved and traumatised after global disaster, has three things to live for - his dog Jasper, his aggressive but helpful neighbour, and his Cessna aeroplane. He's just about surviving, so long as he only takes his beloved plane for short journeys, and saves his remaining fuel. But, just once, he picks up a message from another pilot, and eventually the temptation to find out who else is still alive becomes irresistible. So he takes his plane over the horizon, knowing that he won't have enough fuel to get back. What follows is scarier and more life-affirming than he could have imagined. And his story, THE DOG STARS, is a book unlike any you have ever read.

England, late 1930s, and Alice Wright - restless, stifled - makes an impulsive decision to marry wealthy American Bennett Van Cleve and leave her home and family behind.

But stuffy, disapproving Baileyville, Kentucky, where her husband favours work over his wife and is dominated by his overbearing father, is not the adventure - or the escape - that she hoped for.

That is, until she meets Margery O'Hare, a troublesome woman - and daughter of a notorious felon - the town wishes to forget.

Margery's on a mission to spread the wonder of books and reading to the poor and lost - and she needs Alice's help.

Trekking alone under big open skies, through wild mountain forests, Alice, Margery and their fellow sisters of the trail discover freedom, friendship - and a life to call their own.

But when Baileyville turns against them, will their belief in one another - and the power of the written word - be enough to save them?
Angleterre, fin des années 1930, et Alice Wright - agitée, étouffée - prend la décision impulsive d'épouser le riche Américain Bennett Van Cleve et de laisser sa maison et sa famille derrière elle.

Mais Baileyville, dans le Kentucky, où son mari préfère le travail à sa femme et est dominé par son père autoritaire, n'est pas l'aventure - ou l'évasion - qu'elle espérait.

C'est-à-dire que jusqu'à ce qu'elle rencontre Margery O'Hare, une femme gênante - et fille d'un criminel notoire - que la ville souhaite oublier.

Margery a pour mission de répandre la merveille des livres et de la lecture auprès des pauvres et des perdus - et elle a besoin de l'aide d'Alice.

En marchant seuls sous un grand ciel ouvert, à travers des forêts de montagne sauvages, Alice, Margery et leurs compagnes de route découvrent la liberté, l'amitié - et une vie qui leur est propre.

Mais lorsque Baileyville se retournera contre elles, leur croyance mutuelle - et le pouvoir de l'écrit - suffiront-ils à les sauver ?