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Gina S. lives an orderly life, commuting to her secretarial job in Chicago, watching movies, or visiting her elderly neighbor, until a rainy weekend when unexpected events disrupt her routine. A blind date, a mysterious envelope, and a voicemail from Korea-each pushes Gina to...

Winner of the 2021 Nebraska Book Award for Fiction! Inspired by true events, The Brightest Place in the World traces the lives of four characters haunted by an industrial disaster. On an ordinary sunny morning in 2012, a series of explosions level a chemical...

The Fitzgeralds are buttressed by wealth and privilege, but they are also buffeted by crisis after crisis, many of their own creation. Even so, they live large, in love and in strife, wielding power, combating adversaries and each other. The Good Family Fitzgerald is...

The Devil and Max Largent is a work of philosophical wonder-blending humor, insight, and heart to illustrate the splendor of the human experience.A humorous and ultimately sanguine story of a dying man who finds himself on a journey of second chances and eventual closure.Max...

Talented Army Dupuis has earned admission into a prestigious art college. But before he can graduate high school, golden-haired Liesel Vandt appears in his life, attracting him with her beauty and mystery. When she inserts herself deeper into his family life, he grows uncomfortable...

A novel of love, homelessness, and learning to be fearless In the garden, there were three flamingos. Not real flamingos, but real emblems, real gateways to a time when life was impossibly good. They were mascots, symbols of hope. Something for a boy to...

A delectable comedy about an imploding social media star, an Italian bakery, the treachery of fame, and the pink-frosted pastry at the heart of it all.YouTuber Sabine Rose is a star about to go supernova. Her baking channel attracts millions, her production team agonizingly...

In his English language debut, Santiago H. Amigorena writes to fight the silence that "has stifled [him] since [he] was born", weaving together fiction, biography, and memoir to distill a stirring novel of loss and unshakeable love.A critical sensation in France, The Ghetto Within...

From New York Times bestselling author Karen Harper comes a novel based on the lives of two amazing sisters . . .One sailed the Titanic and started a fashion empire . . .The other overtook Hollywood and scandalized the world . . .Together, they...

By the time I realized the truth about Daniel it was too late. But the truth about me? He never saw that coming... Dr Daniel Ashcroft was perfect: handsome, romantic, protective. I thought I was so lucky. But then I heard the rumors about...

Reprint of the original, first published in 1864.Author: Oliver GoldsmithISBN-10: 3752593350ISBN-13: 9783752593358Publisher: Salzwasser-VerlagLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/05/2022Pages: 240Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.15lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d

Reprint of the original, first published in 1864.Author: Oliver GoldsmithISBN-10: 3752593342ISBN-13: 9783752593341Publisher: Salzwasser-VerlagLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/05/2022Pages: 240Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.70lbsSize: 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.55d

While the characters portrayed in this novel are fictious, the settings for the novel are based on historical events that took place during and shortly after the second world war. Hans, a German enlisted in the French Foreign Legion to fight the Nazi regime...

Devan Ross and Rachel Winters are anything but average teenagers. Having met in the late 1980's while attending the same junior high school in Jacksonville, Florida they became close friends and successful entrepreneurs by building one of the largest marijuana distribution networks spreading throughout...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - Two different worlds and two very different lives collide in Paris in this captivating novel by Danielle Steel. Joachim von Hartmann was born and raised in Buenos Aires by his loving German mother, inseparable from his identical twin, Javier....

"Sally Koslow channels Nora Ephron in this lively tale of obligation versus desire and the politics of family power. Deftly written with equal parts intelligence, pathos, and humor, The Real Mrs. Tobias is a pure pleasure to read."--Therese Anne Fowler, New York Times bestselling...

Perfect for fans of Taylor Jenkins Reid, Jodi Picoult, and Emma Cline, this vividly lyrical, evocative novel from the award-winning author transports readers to the gritty atmosphere of 1970s New York City as the precarious lines between girl and woman, art and obscenity, fetish...

A GOOD MORNING AMERICA and READ WITH MARIE CLAIRE BOOK CLUB PICK!Named a best book by Glamour, Marie Claire, TIME, Good Housekeeping, Cosmopolitan, and more!From New York Times bestselling Emiko Jean, a whip-smart, laugh-out-loud funny, and utterly heartwarming novel about motherhood, daughterhood, and love--how...

AUTHOR'S PREFERRED EDITIONThis is the story of two young men, one white, one black, who grew up in the 1960s, who were best friends-their high school's Salt 'n' Pepper running backs. One went to Vietnam, the other avoided the draft.Their worlds begin to disintegrate...

It's 1967 and five-year-old David Hyler already knows that bad things happen when his father becomes angry. His best friends are his beloved stuffed dog, Ginger, and his mother. But when his mother is killed in a car accident, David's challenges become overwhelming. After...

In the 1930s, the fictional town of Toad Springs, Florida, is filled with the adventures and daily whatnots of worthy, down-to-earth folk such as Flavey Stroudamore, owner of a three-legged gator named Precious who also just happens to have a birthmark of Jesus on...

"I can consistently count on (Julie Coulter Bellon) to keep me turning pages and loving each new twist . . ." ---Meridian Magazine". . . a refreshingly sweet tale of how love really can change lives and about two people who find home together."...

A current of longing runs through twenty-two short stories by Oregon writers. As the characters strive for connection, they make mistakes, reach out to the wrong people, and recalibrate their lives based on what they desire, whether or not it's attainable--or even a good...

Author: Bette Lee CrosbyISBN-10: 0983887926ISBN-13: 9780983887928Publisher: Bent Pine PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/22/2011Pages: 332Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.07lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.74d

At a time of war, the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal was caught in the crossfire between two nations. Hugh Fitzgerald proudly calls himself a "canawler." He works on the C&O Canal transporting coal nearly 185 miles between Cumberland, Maryland, and Georgetown. For nine months...

One marriage. So many secrets. Can a camera that captures those secrets, exposing them through pictures, save the marriage or send it crashing into the sea?Kelly Whitely is at the height of her career, selling the latest miracle drug to doctors and pharmacies across...

Gabriel's father, a washed-up rock musicisn, has been chucked out of the house. His mother works nights in a pub and sleeps days. Navigating his way through the shattered world of his parents' generation, Gabriel dreams of being an artist. He finds solace and...

In a time of accusations, treachery and lies, some secrets were heartbreaking.... Others were deadly. Once, Nick Kotlar tried to save his father. From the angry questions. From the accusations. From a piece of evidence that only Nick knew about and that he destroyed--for...

A touching novel full of Southern comfort for fans of Joshilyn Jackson and Fannie Flagg. Dell Haley's mama always said there were two things a man couldn't get enough of: good cookin' and good lovin'. Well, Dell knows she's got the cookin' down pat,...

"Holmes trains a precise lens on the millennial generation's mixed bag of manners, mores, and machinations... In these] beautifully brazen stories, worlds collide in fresh, imaginative ways." --Elle A fresh, honest, and darkly funny debut collection about family, friends, and lovers, and the flaws...

Even on their wedding day, John and Irene sensed that they were about to make a mistake. Years later, divorced, dating other people, and living in different parts of the country, they seem to have nothing in common--nothing except the most important person in...

In this captivating first novel, a young man's plan to revitalize his hometown leads four of its inhabitants down alternating paths of desire and deceitWhen the charismatic Jack Lambeau returns to his hometown along Lake Ontario with an eye toward revitalizing its fading post-industrial...

Previously published as 'For Better For Worse'A dramatic read from Sunday Times bestseller, Pam Weaver, filled with bigamy, scandal and friendships which bring hope in the darkness. The perfect read for fans of Katie Flynn and Maureen Lee.July 1948. As Britain recovers from WWII,...

A bestselling Italian writer makes her American debut with this delightful dramedy of manners, family, romance, and fashion that is set on the island of Sardinia at the end of the nineteenth century--a dazzling and original literary blend of Jane Austen and Adriana Trigiani.In...

A bestselling Italian writer makes her American debut with this delightful dramedy of manners, family, romance, and fashion that is set on the island of Sardinia at the end of the nineteenth century--a dazzling and original literary blend of Jane Austen and Adriana Trigiani.In...

"Full of surprises and captivating plot twists all the way until the very last page." --ExaminerAn unsolved murder. A missing child. A lifetime of deception.In 1977, pregnant Genevieve Russell disappeared. Twenty years later, her remains are discovered and Timothy Gleason is charged with murder....

For seven years I believed my husband was dead - until the note arrived this morning... The day her husband Tom disappeared, Rachel's life fell apart. Childhood sweethearts with two young children, they'd done everything together. And then, suddenly, Tom was gone. Without a...

"Propulsive . . . . Good books sometimes cut to the bone, and this one feels like a scythe." --The New York Times Book Review"This wise, brilliant novel is so special, so overflowing with honesty and love--about motherhood, sisterhood, what it's like to be...

INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER WINNER OF THE STORY PRIZE SHORTLISTED FOR THE DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY USA TODAY, NPR, VULTURE, MARIE CLAIRE, THE TIMES OF LONDON, GOOD HOUSEKEEPING, AND PUBLISHERS WEEKLY A group portrait of young adults enmeshed...

For thirty years, E.J. Kane exemplified perfection in law enforcement. But when he loses a son to the war on terror in Afghanistan, both his marriage and his career as a Texas Ranger are crushed. Incapable of acknowledging his daughter's drug addiction, she ends...

Trent Mullins holds the bottle of pills that failed to aid his climb out of the black hole that nearly killed him. Tossing the bottle over the Wrightsville Beach Drawbridge, he feels the first sliver of light in months.He leaves family, friends, and the...

Finalist for the Seventh Annual Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writer Prize in the Literary Fiction categoryIncludes author-curated discussion questions!Traci Skuce's Hunger Moon is a collection of stories that echo with the yearning to be replenished, to be made full. Here are characters at cusp-points in...

A boy living in rural Ohio goes on his first big trip with his family to a distant tropical paradise in Florida and quickly learns his place in the world is much smaller than he realized. Seeing such vast differences to his hometown gives...

Prize-winning Korean author Kim Hye-Jin's debut confronts familial love, duty, mortality, and generational schism through the incendiary gaze of a tradition-bound mother faced with her daughter's queer relationship.When a widowed, aging mother allows Green, her thirty-something daughter, to move into her apartment, all she...

2022 Scotiabank Giller Prize Longlist For readers of My Dark Vanessa, a mesmerizing, disturbing, and thoroughly compelling novel about one woman's role in preserving--or destroying--her famous father's legacy. In front of me are hundreds of pages of work. Already I feel it leaving me....

Twelve-year-old Connor has moved house yet again. His mum has signed him and his wee sister up to another new school, just so they can get fed. He is dreading the barrage of looks and stares he will get, being the newcomer again. And...

Move over, Dickens--America's favorite storyteller has written a gift, "a delightful Christmas story to be shared by the whole family" (Kirkus), destined to become as treasured as A Christmas Carol. At Christmastime, a family of three are missing someone dear to them. Until unexpected...

In this moving love story, three friends find out what it really means to save someone. "A heart-stopping, heart-wrenching, and heartwarming story that kept me reading well into the night."--Clare Pooley, New York Times bestselling author of The Authenticity Project Kerry Smith is going...

Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded (1740) is a novel by English writer and printer Samuel Richardson. Recognized as the first English novel, Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded is an epistolary novel that takes on the themes made popular in conduct literature, a genre dedicated to educating...

For the Love of Jake is a story about how all children deserve a family of their own who loves them. Jake loves his family but knows it is different from others. Come meet Jake and his parents as Jake tells his familys story.Author:...