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The Past is a novel written by Ellen Glasgow. The story revolves around the lives of two sisters, Laura and Lavinia, who live in Virginia during the early 20th century. Laura is a successful writer who has moved to New York City, while Lavinia...

Pete is content in his simple life in a remote Montana town, but elderly widow Wilma is busy meddling in Pete's life to make up for past wrongs. When the sister Pete was separated from as a child shows up, Pete must confront a...

"I have no doubt that it will stand the test of time and become a classic in its own right." -Behind the BookshelfIt's Christmas Eve in western Kansas and a snowstorm is gaining strength as Bear Bailey, a devoted Great Pyrenees, tries to comfort...

Their love will ignite a war in this Romeo and Juliet retelling from gripping New York Times bestselling author Chantal Fernando. Romeo I was born to rule the Devils MC. Every decision, every move I made was to further that goal--until I met Julianna....

Author: Lola Akinmade AkerstromISBN-10: 8885795420ISBN-13: 9798885795425Publisher: Thorndike Press Large PrintLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/10/2024Format: Library BindingWeight: 1.63lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.20dLarge Print

In this classic novel that inspired the TV series The Waltons, a father struggles to support his large family in Depression-era rural Virginia. For generations, the Spencers lived on the mountain that still bears their name in the Blue Hills of Virginia. But the...

Barbara Pym affectionately skewers the charms, eccentricities, and secret yearnings of British middle-class life Jane Cleveland and Prudence Bates were close friends at Oxford University, but now live very different lives. Forty-one-year-old Jane is married to a vicar, has a daughter she adores, and...

On a sultry South Carolina island, sunlight teases out the darkest secrets of the heart, in this novel from the author of An Undisturbed Peace. Joe and Abigail Becker, a Jewish couple from Boston, have inherited a house on Sweetgrass Island in South Carolina's...

Barbara Pym's first novel offers a self-assured slice of small-town life as it takes us into the lives of two sisters living in post-World War II England Belinda and Harriet Bede live together in a small English village. Shy, sensible Belinda has been secretly...

A retired musician returns to performing in this "soul-satisfying" novel from the award-winning author of A Wrinkle in Time (Norman Lear). Now in her seventies, Katherine Vigneras, n馥 Forrester, has returned to New York City after a successful career touring as a concert pianist...

From the National Book Award-winning author of A Wrinkle in Time, an atmospheric novel of a young British bride in the American South after the Civil War. When nineteen-year-old Stella marries Theron Renier, she has no idea what kind of clan she's joined. Soon...

Author: Elizabeth MillaneISBN-10: 1504086317ISBN-13: 9781504086318Publisher: Bloodhound BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/01/2023Pages: 316Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.80lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.71d

A brilliantly inventive novel about three astronauts training for the first-ever mission to Mars, an experience that will push the boundary between real and unreal, test their relationships, and leave each of them--and their families--changed forever. "A transcendent, cross-cultural, and cross planetary journey into...

"An unusual and beautiful book," the first novel by the bestselling author of A Wrinkle in Time explores the life of a young artist (Los Angeles Times). At only ten years old, Katherine Forrester has already experienced her fair share of upheaval. It has...

On a sultry South Carolina island, sunlight teases out the darkest secrets of the heart, in this novel from the author of An Undisturbed Peace. Joe and Abigail Becker, a Jewish couple from Boston, have inherited a house on Sweetgrass Island in South Carolina's...

A Real Simple Must-Read Book of Summer 2023 "Mai Nguyen has proven herself to be a real standout." --Taylor Jenkins Reid, New York Times bestselling author A tender, humorous, and page-turning debut about a Vietnamese Canadian family in Toronto who will do whatever it...

Long out of print, the second novel by the bestselling author of A Wrinkle in Time looks at the darker side of love in a Southern town. From the moment Henry Porcher first sees Ilsa Brandes, he worships her. Despite controversy surrounding the young...

"Lonesome Dove meets Where the Crawdads Sing" in this "gripping saga about a perilous time in our nation's history and a woman who survived it against all odds" (Patricia Wood, author of Lottery, shortlisted for the 2008 Orange Prize for Fiction). "I could not...

An innocent Texan beauty teaches a wealthy, cold-hearted rancher how to love in this classic romance by a New York Times-bestselling author. While he's very rich and very handsome, Colter Langston is not a good or kind man. But he understands that his young...

From the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of North and South: The first in a saga about a German immigrant and his family's rise in 20th-century America. The tide of the twentieth century is rising upon the world, and on its crest rides the...

Past and present collide in this heartfelt novel of love and loss from the National Book Award-winning author of A Wrinkle in Time. After the tragic death of her son and the seeming collapse of her marriage, Charlotte Napier flees to Portugal in the...

A poignant and evocative novel of self-discovery that follows a young man in America and abroad, on a journey into adulthood during the turbulent 1960sIt is 1964, and Peter Levi, a young student and bird watcher, has come to Paris to study at the...

From Pulitzer Prize winner Richard Ford: the final novel in the world of Frank Bascombe, one of the most indelible characters in American literatureOver the course of four celebrated works of fiction and almost forty years, Richard Ford has crafted an ambitious, incisive, and...

"Therese Anne Fowler has taken the ingredients of racism, justice, and conservative religion and has concocted a feast of a read: compelling, heartbreaking, and inevitable. I finished A Good Neighborhood in a single sitting. Yes, it's that good." --Jodi Picoult, #1 New York Times...

A Harvard reunion prompts a Boston Brahmin's search for meaning in this comedy of manners by the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of Point of No Return. In preparation for the twenty-fifth reunion of his class at Harvard, Harry Pulham is asked to collect...

An award-winning author explores the meaning of family in a novel that draws parallels between the lives of a modern man and an ancient biblical king. As he struggles with cancer, legendary screen actor David Wheaton contemplates the one role that always eluded him:...

This tale of a family in Little Italy is "a minor miracle . . . documenting the madness and the grace of God in everyday life" (Newsweek). On a 1950s September night so hot that the devout Catholics of Little Italy wonder if New...

A debut novel sparkling with wit and insight about a young woman whose reluctant return to her Jersey Shore hometown gives her the second chance she didn't know she needed. Caroline Kline isn't ready to strike out. In New York City, newly single Caroline...

"Beautifully written and vividly drawn . . . [a] dazzling and sexy, dangerous and inspiring journey through the speakeasies of the jazz age to the glamour and darkness of Hollywood." --Jillian Cantor, USA Today bestselling author of Beautiful Little Fools The discovery of a...

Julie Mercer donated her eggs to help her brother and sister-in-law conceive via in-vitro fertilization, never expecting a few years later, she would have to take full responsibility for those children after they lose their parents in a car accident. Julie never wanted kids...

A family struggles for redemption after a funeral brings dark secrets to the surface in this novel from the Booker Prize-winning author of The Sea, The Sea. For the first time in years, Edmund Narraway has returned to his childhood home--for the funeral of...

A family's deepest secrets are exposed in this "haunting domestic drama" from the award-winning author of A Wrinkle in Time (Publishers Weekly). When her teenage granddaughter comes to her with a troubling question, Camilla Dickinson must confront the painful history she's long kept hidden....

Are there really second chances? It is the 1970s and Mady Glazer is trying to hold herself and her three children together after the shocking death of her charismatic husband, David, in a plane crash. When they finally go on vacation to Racer's Cove...

Pregnant with her first child, Diny Branson is haunted by her mother's death years ago in the Hudson River. Was it suicide or accident? Slowly, Diny weaves the many threads of Lise's tragic life--from a fairyland youth to a happy marriage, then through the...

A young girl befriends an elderly woman during the First World War in this remarkable novel by one of Britain's best-loved authors Sibyl Jardine, the former best friend of Rebecca Landon's grandmother, has recently returned to the Priory, her home at the top of...

Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize: From the creator of Luther comes a gripping tale of the deep bonds between father and son Always the Sun finds one man pushed past his limit, walking a wobbly line between safeguarding and carnage. While mourning the...

The award-winning author of Minor Characters writes with delicious transparency about a love that cannot be harnessed and a woman who refuses to be deceived In the great wave of husband-leaving ushered in by the Sexual Revolution, Molly Held frees herself from her cold,...

From New York Times bestselling author Eileen Goudge comes a poignant new novel that asks the question, "What would you do if you were told you had only six months to live?" For one professional matchmaker the answer is heart-wrenching: She must find her...

"I couldn't put this down . . . Loved this! This is a really gripping story . . . I was addicted from the start." --Amazon reviewer, five stars A mother is gripped by fear as her daughter approaches adulthood, in this novel of...

"Wow . . . one of the best books I have read!" --Goodreads reviewer, five stars A widower lets a new woman into his heart and his home--but she has her own agenda, in this thriller from the bestselling author of The Girl I...

A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2024 A young mother, in denial after the death of her sister, navigates the dizzying landscapes of desire, guilt, and grief in this darkly comic, highly anticipated debut novel from Kimberly King Parsons, author of the story collection, Black...

In this engrossing novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author, a top Hollywood executive seeks a new beginning when his career takes an unplanned turn.As the head of a prestigious movie studio for nearly two decades, Andy Westfield has had every conceivable...

"Well-written tension and forbidden longing. The angst in this was incredible! Loved every second!" --Penelope Douglas, New York Times bestselling author of Credence When I was five years old, I told Toren Grace we were going to get married someday. He'd been my closest...

When two students are found dead in their small Florida hometown, an aging brother and sister are forced to confront their own dark past while on the hunt for a murdererAs a successful news photographer, Francis Brimm has lived a life of adventure, traveling...

Natalie Hope takes over the reins of the Sugar and Spice bakery and café with the intention of injecting some Christmas spirit. Something her regulars badly need.Newly dumped Rebecca is stuck in a job with no prospects, has lost her home and is struggling...

The New York Times-bestselling author of the Americana series asks if love can truly overcome any hardship--"Dailey remains the best!" (Affaire de Coeur). Stacy and Cord Harris had the perfect marriage. Their love, they thought, would see them through any troubles that came along....

The Birthday Picture and Other Stories is a collection of genre-bending short fiction written by Alaskan author Caitlin M.S. BuxbaumA publication of Red Sweater PressThese stories are the results of an imagination at work over a span of 10 years, from 2010 to 2020....

Do you love to talk as much as Karsyn? In this story you'll meet a fun, energetic, spunky five year old who loves to talk. Girls and boys will be drawn to the illustrations and the fun repetitive words throughout the story. This fun...

Jeff Lockler is a happily married banker, with an incredibly bright sound future. When one night tragedy strikes and Jeff's future, faith and life is put to an incredible test. Almost giving up something amazing happens and Jeff is tested with something he will...

Hermann Stehr (1864-1940) war ein deutscher Schriftsteller aus der Grafschaft Glatz. Das Erscheinen seines Bestsellers "Der Heiligenhof" 1918 befreite ihn aus seinen finanziellen N ten, und er stieg zu einem gefeierten Dichter auf. Aus dem Buch: "Das westf lische M nsterland wirft gegen den...