Il s'agit de sourire de tout, du quotidien, de nos rapports avec les autres, l'amour en tête. Avec de courts récits, Daniel Sée trouble le lecteur, en créant un univers où l'étrange se mêle au familier, le réel au rêve. L'humour tendre, poétique, métaphysique même, s'inscrit dans la rencontre avec un galet vivant, le désir adolescent, les problèmes du temps et de la liberté... La sensualité gourmande est implicite. Le fantastique naît des enchaînements naturels, tous univers mêlés. L'effet Pirouette est certainement une première mondiale !

Orphan Anna's life is changed for the better when she inherits an estate from her maternal uncle. Kind and intelligent, Anna decides to pass on some of her wealth by setting up a home for twelve women who have been mistreated throughout their life. These twelve women will be freed from financial worries, and will therefore not need to marry. Instead, they will be able to live in a place of natural beauty, forming a group of friends. Her goal is to make the women happy but achieving that may be harder than imagined... `The Benefactress' by Elizabeth von Arnim is a humorous historical fiction classic that will be enjoyed by fans of `Great Expectations'. Elizabeth von Arnim was an English novelist - a cousin of the New Zealand-born writer Katherine Mansfield - born as Mary Annette Beauchamp in Australia in 1866. She married a German aristocrat and her earliest written works are set in Germany. Von Arnim launched her career as a writer with her satirical and semi-autobiographical work `Elizabeth and Her German Garden', published anonymously in 1898. Although she was known by the name May in her early life, when she began writing, her success as `Elizabeth' meant that her writings were ascribed to the name Elizabeth von Arnim.

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 Howard's father suffered a nervous breakdown in 1928, and the family moved to Southern California. Howard attended Glendale High School, and he was a star player on the basketball team. He met his future wife, Ruth Hempel, while attending Walther League, the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod's youth Bible and social organization. #2 During the 1930s, the United States wanted to avoid foreign entanglements and favored a policy of noninvolvement in European affairs. Americans envisioned a repeat of World War I and desired to stay out of the never ending quarrels between European nations. #3 In the fall of 1940, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt began to prepare the United States for war by drafting all men between the ages of 21 and 35. Howard Snyder registered on October 16, 1940, and was inducted into the Army on April 1, 1941. #4 The attack on Pearl Harbor shocked America, and the country quickly united against Japan. The lives of Howard and Ruth Snyder were changed forever. Not only would the young couple's lives be dramatically changed by the war, but also by Ruth becoming pregnant during her visit with Howard at Fort Lewis that 1941 Christmas.