Pedigree

5 best books like Pedigree (Georges Simenon): The Housekeeper and the Professor, Hill William, The Brotherhood of the Grape, Johnny Cash: The Life, La Vraie Vie

The Housekeeper and the Professor
AuthorYōko Ogawa
ISBN0312427808
He is a brilliant math Professor with a peculiar problem--ever since a traumatic head injury, he has lived with only eighty minutes of short-term memory.

She is an astute young Housekeeper, with a ten-year-old son, who is hired to care for him.

And every morning, as the Professor and...
AuthorScott McClanahan
ISBN0985023554
"You can tell McClanahan feels something when he writes and when he lives. He wants you to feel something too."—The Huffington Post

I walked up to the side of the mountain like I used to do when I was a little boy. I looked out over Rainelle and watched it shine. The coal trucks and the logging trucks...
The Brotherhood of the Grape
AuthorJohn Fante
ISBN1841956198
Henry Molise, a 50 year old, successful writer, returns to the family home to help with the latest drama; his aging parents want to divorce. Henry's tyrannical, brick laying father, Nick, though weak and alcoholic, can still strike fear into the hearts of his sons. His mother, though ill and devout to...
Johnny Cash: The Life
AuthorRobert Hilburn
ISBN0316194751
The national bestseller celebrated as "the ultimate Johnny Cash biography....Rock writer great Robert Hilburn goes deep." -- Rolling Stone

In this, the definitive biography of an American legend, Robert Hilburn conveys the unvarnished truth about a musical superstar. Johnny Cash's...
La Vraie Vie
AuthorAdeline Dieudonné
ISBN2378800231
Un roman initiatique drôle et acide. Le manuel de survie d'une guerrière en milieu hostile. La fureur de vivre.

Chez eux, il y a quatre chambres. Celle du frère, la sienne, celle des parents. Et celle des cadavres. Le père est chasseur de gros gibier. Un prédateur en puissance. La mère...
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