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Ken and Bobbye met on the beach at Waikiki. Ken was a Marine fighter pilot and Bobbye was a teacher from Tennessee working on her masters in Theater. They chatted for the longest time, then they swam together, surfed, and snacked. Later they formally...

Undressing Lavinia, is a mosaic of memory and imagination, where past and present collide, and ghosts speak to the living.Told from multiple character points of view and alternating timelines, Undressing Lavinia offers a revealing story of a woman's life as she faces her own...

A bold novel about ambition, grief, creativity, beauty, and existential emptiness that retraces the arc of American life and culture in the first decades of the 21st century.It is early 2017 in New York City, Donald Trump is President, and Solomon Fields, a young...

Author: Hanna HalperinISBN-10: 143289305XISBN-13: 9781432893057Publisher: Thorndike Press Large PrintLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/03/2021Pages: 578Format: Library BindingWeight: 1.45lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.10dLarge Print

A New York Times Best Thriller of 2021An Amazon Best Book of the MonthAn Apple Best Book of the MonthA tale not just of profound misunderstanding but dynastic wealth and dysfunction, of how money and power can warp a community...[A] shocker of a finale....

He either lives or dies, no more in between. The line can't be straddled any further.The Turners have been rocked by their oldest child's spiraling depression and self-destructive behavior. It's torn the family apart and drained their limited finances. When the psychiatrists have exhausted...

Life is an extreme sport. The Stories of Our Lives is a series of mind-bending short stories that tell the experiences of characters who find themselves living in the margins of society. These stories show just how far someone will go to survive, find...

Come along, and let's skip and sing to a song and be a part of the many adventures that Eva will take you on. You know, now since Eva has her very own diary! Explore with Eva as she faces the many ups and...

Every guest who comes to stay at O'Mara's Guesthouse in Dublin has a story to tell. The little red fox who visits the bins in the courtyard has a tale of his own as do the long serving staff, and the O'Mara family themselves...

#1 New York Times bestselling author W. Bruce Cameron once again captures the bravery and determination of a very good dog in the gripping sequel to A Dog's Way Home, the acclaimed novel that inspired the hit movie! Bella was once a lost dog,...

This book answers the questions about King David, a man after Gods own heart: how he became expert with the slinghow he became a warrior for the Lordhow he fought to protect the sheephow he felt in the presence of Samuel, the Lords prophethow...

Welcome to Virgin River and the books that inspired the hit Netflix series... Kaylee Sloan's home in southern California is full of wonderful memories of the woman who raised her. But the memories are prolonging her grief over her mother's recent death. A successful...

In Danielle Steel's gripping new novel, a reclusive woman opens up her home to her neighbors in the wake of a devastating earthquake, setting off events that reveal secrets, break relationships apart, and bring strangers together to forge powerful new bonds. Meredith White was...

From the bestselling author of Where the Story Starts comes a tale about dealing with the past--and finally facing the future.Pip Appleby seems to have it all, with her prestigious job as a human rights lawyer and her enviable London home. But then a...

Gary Waldman is a grief-stricken former tennis coach slowly reentering the world after the death of his wife. As he struggles to remain a good father to his six-year-old son, Waldman finds unexpected comfort and stability in the rule-bound confines of the TSA, working...

A love so strong that decades couldn't tear it apart. Poring over a dusty hatbox of photographs in her grandmother's closet, Emily Prentice is shocked to discover her father was married and divorced before meeting her mother. In the summer of 1968, Jack and...

From the bestselling author of The Flight Attendant--Patience Avery is a dowser, a "water witch." Her natural gifts enable her to locate lost items, missing people, and aquifers deep within the earth. This last skill is more in demand than ever, as her home...

A Toronto Star and Globe and Mail Bestseller! On an August afternoon in 1914, the Stephens family acknowledged what most Canadians knew: Canada was at war. They acknowledged it without knowing the innocence they would lose; the beleaguered state they would assume. Welcome to...

'Dee MacDonald's books are so heart-warming. They make you laugh-out-loud one minute, and then have you crying the next... they're really emotional and tug at the heart strings but are fun, life-affirming reads!' Stardust Book Reviews Tess and Simon Sparrow may have a few...

NAMED A REAL SIMPLE BOOK OF THE YEAR From the award-winning author of Dust comes a vibrant, stunning coming-of-age novel about a young woman struggling to find her place in a vast world--a poignant exploration of fate, mortality, love, and loss. On the island...

One of the most widely reviewed debuts of the year, Sightseeing is a masterful story collection by an award-winning young author. Set in contemporary Thailand, these are generous, radiant tales of family bonds, youthful romance, generational conflicts and cultural shiftings beneath the glossy surface...

What if you could ask God anything? What would you ask, and how would He answer? Chelsea Chambers is on her own. After a public split from her NFL superstar husband, Chelsea takes a bold step out of the limelight and behind the counter...

"A story beautifully told, with richly drawn characters that will...make you want to laugh and cry"* from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Lost Friends and Before We Were Yours. All her life, Epiphany Salerno has been tossed like...

In this delightful comedy, Fanny--the quietly observant narrator of Nancy Mitford's two most famous novels--finally takes center stage.Fanny Wincham--last seen as a young woman in The Pursuit of Love and Love in a Cold Climate--has lived contentedly for years as housewife to an absent-minded...

From the author of the #1 New York Times bestsellers Small Great Things and Mad Honey, a novel exploring the story of a young woman overcome by the demands of having a family. Paige has only a few vivid memories of her mother, who...

New York Times bestseller The Valley of Amazement is a sweeping, evocative epic of two women's intertwined fates and their search for identity--from the lavish parlors of Shanghai courtesans to the fog-shrouded mountains of a remote Chinese villageSpanning more than forty years and two...

Trigiani's biggest novel to date--a breathtaking multi-generational love story that spans two continents, two World Wars, and two oceans, replete with the all the drama, sumptuous detail and heart-stopping romance that have made her "One of the reigning queen's of women's fiction" (USA Today).Beloved...

"The face is familiar. Elihu knows he can easily place it. He doesn't complete the thought because the young man speaks... 'My name is Ethan Haas. My mother is Emily Haas. You're my father.'" In his twenties Elihu Goulding was a famous, award-winning author...

Large Print EditionA gripping and emotional novel that will leave you wondering about the neighbors next door...On a cold January night, Sharon Lemke heads outside to see a lunar eclipse when she notices something odd at the house behind her backyard. Through her neighbor's...

Escape to Summer Hill, Virginia, where no one lets the facts get in the way of juicy gossip...Terri Rayburn is a girl with a reputation. She doesn't deserve it but, having grown up on the outskirts of Summer Hill, she knows how small towns...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER - The author of Are you There God? It's Me, Margaret returns with an adult novel that takes us back to the 1950s and introduces us to the town where she herself grew up, where a community is left reeling after a...

Look for Robyn's new book, The Best of Us, a story about family, second chances and choosing to live your best life--order your copy today Mothers and daughters, sisters and cousins, they lived for summers at the lake house until a tragic accident changed...

#1 New York Times bestselling author Terry McMillan's exuberant return to the four unforgettable heroines of Waiting to Exhale.Waiting to Exhale was more than just a bestselling novel--its publication was a watershed moment in literary history. McMillan's sassy and vibrant story about four black...

Family is power. The Original vampire family swore it to each other a thousand years ago. They pledged to remain together always and forever. But even when you're immortal, promises are hard to keep. Arriving in New Orleans in 1722, Original vampire siblings Klaus,...

"Set against the coast of Provincetown, Patry Francis's fierce, ravishing epic cuts deep to the bone about how love binds us together and breaks us apart, and how the past's thumbprint rests on the present. Tender, violent, and alive, it's also unforgettable." -- Caroline...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!In this entertaining anthology, a group of bestselling authors and writers pay tribute to legendary, larger-than-life New York Times bestselling author Dorothea Benton Frank and her literary legacy.Inspired by the title Dorothea Benton Frank planned for her next book--Reunion Beach--these close...

From an immensely talented new voice in international fiction, this "fascinating, ambitious" (The New York Times Book Review) and epic novel seamlessly interweaves five love stories that, together, chronicle sixty years of Bangladeshi history--for fans of Khaled Hosseini's The Kite Runner and Rohinton Mistry's...

For fans of Jojo Moyes, from the bestselling author of The Home for Unwanted Girls, comes another compulsively readable story of love and friendship, following the lives of two women reckoning with their pasts and the choices that will define their futures.Divided by their...

What do you do when it all comes crashing down?*A Pulpwood Queens Book Club Selection!Boo Walker has returned to wine country for the sequel to his powerful, best-selling novel, Red Mountain. Join four wildly colorful characters as they search for life, love, and meaning...

The #1 New York Times bestselling novel beloved by millions of readers the world over. "A vivid and engaging story that reminds us how long his people [of Afghanistan] have been struggling to triumph over the forces of violence--forces that continue to threaten them...

Award-winning author ReShonda Tate Billingsley delivers a poignant, page-turning novel about the power--and fragility--of family, personal identity, and the choices we are called on to make . . . Raised by a widowed mother, Jill Reed has come a long way from her difficult...

THE MEMORIES OF MIDNIGHT START HERE Welcome to the dazzling and surprising novel of suspense from master storyteller Sidney Sheldon. In Paris...Washington...and a fabulous villa in Greece, an innocent American girl becomes a bewildered, horror-stricken pawn in a game of vengeance and betrayal. She...

Mary Alice Monroe, New York Times bestselling author of the Lowcountry Summer trilogy, once again touches hearts with her lyrical, poignant, and moving novel The Butterfly's Daughter! Every year, the monarch butterflies--las mariposas--fly more than two thousand miles on fragile wings to return to...

From the New York Times bestselling author of Watch Us Shine comes a "bewitching, warmhearted grown-up fairy tale about old movies, charming princes, and finding happily ever after in the place where you'd least expect it" (Jennifer Weiner). When Martin Grace enters the hip...

Ria lived on Tara Road in Dublin with her dashing husband, Danny, and their two children. She fully believed she was happily married, right up until the day Danny told her he was leaving her to be with his young, pregnant girlfriend. By a...

Nobel Prize-winner Naguib Mahfouz's magnificent epic trilogy of colonial Egypt--Palace Walk, Palace of Desire, and Sugar Street--together for the first time in one beautiful hardcover volume. The masterwork of the Nobel Prize-winning author, the three novels of The Cairo Trilogy trace three generations of...

New York Times bestselling author Michael Robotham brings us face-to-face with a manipulative psychopath who has destroyed countless lives and is about to claim one final victim.Marnie Logan often feels like she's being watched: a warm breath on the back of her neck, or...

A sweeping and enchanting new novel from the widely beloved, award-winning author Elizabeth McCracken about three generations of an unconventional New England family who own and operate a candlepin bowling alleyFrom the day she is discovered unconscious in a New England cemetery at the...

Runner Up for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize Finalist for the Washington State Book Award Edgar Prize Finalist for Best Debut Novel by an American Author Shortlisted for the Prix Libre Nous, Best Foreign Book in French Translation New York Times, Group Text Pick...

A visit to the family pediatrician prompts Luna to admit to a personal problem. She is very nervous about starting 4th grade in her new school. To help, her mother takes her to see Tere, a kind therapist. She teaches Luna how to work...