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Sara wants this baby more than she has ever wanted anything.Sara has worked her entire life to overcome the name Barefield. To be a Barefield in the Appalachian town where she grew up means that you are the poorest of the poor, that you...

When Charlie Shade and Alice Bussard find each other, neither is prepared for the powerful, aching feeling of love that unites them. After falling for the cheerful and empathetic young man, Alice asks God: "Please, leave us alone. Leave us just like this." But...

From New York Times bestselling author Marie Bostwick comes a beautiful novel of sisterhood lost and found--and of the ways we create the rich tapestries that encompass the past and the future... The economic downturn has hit New Bern, Connecticut, and Tessa Woodruff's herbal...

From prizewinning short story writer James Whorton, Jr., Approximately Heaven is a marvelously rambunctious debut novel about one hapless man's pursuit of happiness -- or at least another six-pack. Preferably both. Don "Wendell" Brush is an unemployed 32-year-old Tennessee electrician who likes a few...

Nineteen years ago, a famous filmmaker disappeared from Los Angeles, taking his two children, Dorothea and Jimmy, to a desolate corner of New Mexico. There he raised them in complete isolation without television, computer, radio -- not even a newspaper. Now, at twenty-three, Dorothea...

"A cheeky tale for recession-era romantics," (More) from a bestselling author The year is 2006 and Holly Talbott is married to the founder of Comer Capital at the apex of excess on Wall street. Sure, Holly loves being a stay-at-home mom and keeping house...

Nothing gets Eleanor Samuels's heart racing like a double scoop of mocha fudge chunk. Sure, the magazine writer may have some issues aside from food, but she isn't quite ready to face them. Then her beloved Uncle Benny falls ill, and what at first...

Miss Peggy, Dr. Maggie, and Miss Li'l Bit, friends and confidantes for nearly a lifetime, find it funny and bewildering that they have become icons in Charles Valley, Georgia. Little does the rest of the town know that beneath the irreproachable fa ades of...

"A gripping two-pronged tale of psychological terror and spiritual redemption."--The New York Post Successful London lawyer Carter Graham has power, sex appeal, and a well-ordered life. Everything has gone according to plan, including her recent marriage to Kim Betz, an investment banker with the...

Francesca's father is a well-known painter in the bustling port city of Amsterdam; he is also a gambler. Though their household is in economic chaos, thankfully the lessons she learned in his studio have prepared her to study with Johannes Vermeer, the master of...

The story of an immigrant family trying to build a life in an unforgiving new world, Under This Unbroken Sky is a mesmerizing and absorbing first novel of love and greed, pride and desperation. Award-winning writer Shandi Mitchell based this evocative and compelling narrative...

In the new novel from the author of Last Night at the Lobster, a middle-age couple goes all in for love at a Niagara Falls casino Lokk out for City of Secrets coming from Viking on April 26, 2016 Stewart O'Nan's thirteenth novel is...

Author: Kate VeitchISBN-10: 0452296358ISBN-13: 9780452296350Publisher: Penguin Publishing GroupLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/29/2010Pages: 368Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.67lbsSize: 7.96h x 5.34w x 0.78dReview Citation(s): Romantic Times 07/01/2010 pg. 57 - Very Good

In a land destabilized by unsafe air, wildfires, floods, viruses, supply shortages, and homegrown terror, Cass is raising three small children by herself in the city. Her husband, Nathaniel, has gone all too willingly to serve as a medic in an overseas war. His...

Dexter comes into the world with many problems, and he turns his family's life upside down. Outside and lonely, he pulls the siding off the house, destroys the back door, chews up the cable wires and wood patio furniture. Inside, he does more of...

Mother Nature does her best to rip this family apart. When a hurricane threatens to wreak havoc on the South Carolina coast, Annie prepares Sweet Magnolia for what she thinks will be a day or two without electricity while Jack checks on Lady Powell...

Exhausted after the grand wedding, Jack and Annie set off to California for their honeymoon only to be called back early because of a fire to the bakery.The fire is extensive and they aren't sure if Sweet Indulgence can be saved. But the Powell's...

A New York Times Editors' Choice "[An] intelligent, funny, and remarkably assured first novel. . . . [Andrew Ridker establishes] himself as a big, promising talent. . . . Hilarious. . . . Astute and highly entertaining. . . . Outstanding." --The New York...

An illuminating debut following three women in sub-Saharan Africa as they search for home and family Leona, an isolated American anthropologist, gives birth to a baby girl in a remote Maasai village and must decide how she can be a mother despite her own...

For more than three decades, Beth Konkoski has been publishing her fiction, poetry, and essays while teaching high school English. Her work has been published in journals such as: Story, Smokelong Quarterly, The Baltimore Review, and Split Lip Magazine. From her childhood days of...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - From the beloved Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Breathing Lessons "BALTIMORE WOMAN DISAPPEARS DURING FAMILY VACATION." The headlines are all the same: Beloved mother and wife Delia Grinstead was last seen strolling down the Delaware shore, wearing only a bathing...

In the rocky path of her early life, Norther had Marie making words for loving and sharing. Leaving her rough beginnings, she would make a friend, and then more, learning with them of love, land and imagination. All the while, Marie would have her...

She's had this feeling before. This feeling of marking time. Of pressing her nose against a window and watching as everyone else lives their best lives. Isla Wintergreen has not seen her grandfather since she was seven, but when she unexpectedly inherits his cottage...

It was October 7, 1967.The festival in Filbert Ridge, Oregon, came early, and many wondered if they had followed the usual tradition of celebrating the hazelnut harvest on the second Saturday of October, perhaps things would have gone in a different direction. Instead, town...

Can we ever escape our past?When three women move to Portugal and are thrown together by happenstance, little do they know how dramatically their lives are about to change.Fatima Khan is a Pakistani writer with a gift for languages, a German husband, a ten-year-old...

"It's not what you're going to do with your life, but what you're going to do in your life that matters."From its complex harmony and syncopated beats to its rhythm, heart and soul, for Jackie Cavanagh, jazz has become a part of his very...

"An audacious, wildly funny, completely unpredictable novel by a writer so singular that it's hard to compare her to anyone else . . . absolutely brilliant." --Kevin Wilson A bold, laugh-out-loud funny, and heartwarming story about one young woman's attempt to navigate adulthood, new...

Zoe Green is a new woman. She's got a new haircut, freshly signed divorce papers, and a new dog. The peace and quiet of Laurel Valley is exactly what she's looking for to start fresh. But peace and quiet is the last thing she...

"Silas Marner" is a novel written by George Eliot, the pen name of Mary Ann Evans, first published in 1861. Set in the early 19th century, the story unfolds in the fictional rural village of Raveloe in England's Midlands region.The novel revolves around the...

When Tom and Ella Watson seek a post-retirement new life, little did they know that Ella's talent for creating tasty baked goods would bring the Devlin Bakery of Martinsville, Illinois, back to life. After being shuttered for three years, the enticing aroma of fresh...

When Tom and Ella Watson seek a post-retirement new life, little did they know that Ella's talent for creating tasty baked goods would bring the Devlin Bakery of Martinsville, Illinois, back to life. After being shuttered for three years, the enticing aroma of fresh...

In this haunting novel about the enduring bonds of womanhood, a young girl weaves together the truth behind her family history and the secrets that resonate through generations.Eighteen-year-old Alice Ribeiro is constantly fighting--against the status quo, female oppression in Brazil, and even her own...

A restless New York artist searching for purpose returns to Barbados and stumbles into the role of activist in this scathingly funny and brilliantly observed satire about privilege, family discord, and performative do-gooding.Dark, lanky, and bald, New York-raised photographer Sabre Cumberbatch can't tell if...

In early 19th-century rural Suffolk, England, young shoemaker Charles Barber's world is transformed when he falls in love with Penelope, the blacksmith's daughter.Rachel, Charles' mother, whose shrouded past and shocking secrets threaten to unravel the fabric of their idyllic romance, is staunchly opposed to...

When Joshua Shaw and Casey Byrne meet at a party in their early twenties they instantly dislike each other-Casey deems bookish Joshua not worthy of her time and Joshua resents her arrogant beauty and seemingly charmed life. Chance and a shared history ensure their...

As Pamela sits heartbroken in her favorite chair following the death of her beloved husband, Takis, she attempts to unravel the layers of her existence whose very first memory could have been her last. We follow her through her cinematic reality, rewinding time and...

Harper Alexander is devastated by a miscarriage even though she thought she never wanted to be a mother. Because of her husband's determination to create a family and her inability to carry a child to term, they consider alternative options.As the result of a...

After the turmoil of the past few years, the Nelson family is finally starting to come back together. Jan has opened her bakery, Jack has established his pottery shop, and the toddler twins-Joe and Mary-are growing fast. Jack is realizing, through Jan, how important...

When Marina's father summons her to their Croatian island from New York--and away from her evaporating marriage--to help him save his failing cheese factory, she must face her rocky past and an uncertain future. How do you begin again when the past threatens to...

A wondrous, tender novel about a young girl grappling with her role in a tragic loss--and attempting to reshape the narrative of her life--from PEN/Faulkner Award nominee Claire OshetskyMargaret Murphy is a weaver of fantastic tales, growing up in a world where the truth...

Embark on an Inspiring Tale of Resilience and Rebirth Amidst Ireland's CharmDiscover a heartwarming saga of resilience, love, and rebirth in Dr. Jac Fitzenz's The Shanahans Full House. Set against the tumultuous backdrop of the 2008 financial crisis, this third novel in the Shanahans...

Two sisters scramble to save their family's legacy in a funny, huge-hearted novel about grandiose plans and summers to remember by the author of I Thought You Said This Would Work.Cat McCarthy has spent years extricating herself from the family business--an increasingly run-down theater...

From the winner of the PEN/Malamud Award and "one of our most gifted writers" (Chicago Tribune) comes a comic novel about a divorced Midwestern dad who takes a cutting-edge medical test and learns that he has a predisposition to murder. In this fresh take...

A mesmerizing new novel from the author of Evening the story of a woman swept into a love affair at mid-life Ivy Cooper is 52 years old when Ansel Fleming first walks into her life. Twenty years her junior, a musician newly released from...

In this stunning debut novel, four generations of complex Black women contend with motherhood and daughterhood, generational trauma and the deeply ingrained tensions and wounds that divide them as they redefine happiness and healing for themselves.Erudite Evelyn, her cynical daughter Charlotte, and Charlotte's optimistic...

"The people in these stories need Meg Pokrass. Their lives are tough but her imagination is the fire-lasso that can save them, save us." -Bob Hicok, author of Elegy Owed and Sex & Love A sixteen-year-old transplanted Pennsylvanian navigates sunburn and heartbreak in equal...

1884 - When Betsan Morgan's mother succumbs to a devastating illness, she doesn't think her life could get much worse. But then her father moves in his new beau, an unserious flitty woman and coincidentally also the bargirl in the pub he works in,...

New beginnings don't always mean painful endings . . .A fabulous, timeless story of friendship set in Devon from bestselling author Jennifer Bohnet.As time ebbs and flows over the summer both Katie Teague and her godmother Mattie Cranford discover their lives are at a...

Every child has a First day of School. They prepare & talk about all week. They really be excited to see their friends. For Journey it's her 1st year. Follow along with her as she explore so many new things .please enjoyAuthor: Jonny Hossain,...

This whimsical book gives some fun advice. This is just a cute little book for beginning to intermediate readers.Author: Jeanetta P. JohnsonISBN-10: 8369930166ISBN-13: 9798369930168Publisher: Independently PublishedLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/16/2022Pages: 32Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.22lbsSize: 8.50h x 8.50w x 0.08d