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Two parents conduct an increasingly desperate search for their missing daughter in "a clever, chilling thriller that is also unexpectedly moving" (Shari Lapena, New York Times bestselling author of Everyone Here Is Lying) "Imran Mahmood is the only author writing about a missing person...

Socially awkward, anxiety-riddled Beverly Bonnefinche only loves three things in life: her parents, books, and a homeless man named Bill. Without them, the only way Beverly manages to get by each day is with the help of a peculiar coping mechanism that allows her...

Recently widowed Sara Ness moves to Cliffside Bay to hide from her painful past and the scandal that cost her far too much. With a baby daughter to raise alone, the peaceful privacy of small town life, and the comfort of the local grief...

AN NPR AND NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR - An exquisite new collection from a Pulitzer Prize-winning master of the short story, the culmination of a five-decade career: work that takes us beneath the placid surface of suburban life into the elusive...

Seventeen-year-old Ruby arrives home to find that her father has fallen down a flight of stairs. After he dies, Ruby tries to hold the pieces of her life together, while her mother Cristina recalls her marriage and compares it to her mother Lina's. J....

George's life was boring until one day he meets Amy and falls in love. Follow George as his life changes in an instance as one thing goes to another. From running his sweet shop to going to prison, discover how George survives in this...

An epic and powerfully intimate novel about an unconventional and irresistible family--from the New York Times bestselling author of In Love, White Houses, and Away Immigrating alone from Paris to New York after the crucible of World War II, Gazala Benamar, still a teenager,...

FINALIST for the WOMEN'S PRIZE for FICTION * One of Vogue's Best Books of the Year Award-winning author Claire Kilroy's "lyrical and incisive" (The New York Times Book Review) novel that reads with the pace of a thriller and is filled with astute and...

It's 1867 and the Munros have lost their entire homestead to a wildfire. The whole family-Moses, Grandma, Pa, Ollie, Judith, and newlyweds Jimmy and Celine-flee north and return to Rupert's Land. Desperate for work, Moses, Jimmy, and Celine gratefully accept the offer to guide...

Winner of the Prix Goncourt A powerful autobiographical novel of loss, the incandescent love that remains, and the small decisions that define the course of fatePaced and structured with the inevitable suspense of a countdown, Brigitte Giraud's tense and haunting novel follows one woman's...

Joan thinks her story is over. But what if there is one more chapter...? 'The warmest, most completely charming story to sink into' Jenny Colgan, Sunday Times bestselling author 'A wonderful tale proving change is always possible' Katie Fforde, Sunday Times bestselling author ----...

'Loved this clever and funny novel' Anna Mazzola'A heartwarming depiction of female friendship as a bond stronger than any other' The Times'Moving' Daily Mail A funny, addictive and poignant novel about what happens when the lines between friendship, romance, and family begin to blur....

"An Eye for an Eye" by Anthony Trollope is a quintessential work of British literature that delves into the complexities of revenge, justice, and morality within the Victorian era. At its core, the novel explores the intricate dynamics of family, social class, and romantic...

A bracing and darkly comic novel about a disgraced priest who finds himself haunted by his dead and disapproving father, this little-known classic of Swiss literature is impossible to forget. In a small town in Switzerland, a man named Franz--ex-clergyman, ex-husband, current counselor of...

Mary Flynn's stories are an eclectic and imaginative mix of humor, pathos and irony that explore the human experience, usually with a surprising twist. While most will touch the heart or funny bone, there is the occasional wicked tale, yet without a trace of...

Grace is convinced her father is involved in the illegal alcohol trade and fears his activities will lead to his arrest. Should this happen, her grandparents, civic leaders and trusted merchants in town, would be disgraced. And what about her relationship with Jerome? Even...

Ida Solomon led an uneventful life in rural St Lucia until the day she bumped into Playboy Marcel Aubertine II in town. By the end of the week, they are inseparable, but the path of true love is rarely straight.Islander Clem Rochard has set...

SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO LEAVE HOME TO FIND YOUR WAY BACK. One small town. One magical Christmas. Connor Norton returns to his childhood home for the holidays, still grieving after his mother's recent death. Tom, her orange tabby cat, is with him.He runs into...

Matthew Gallagher is a train conductor extraordinaire. He travels about the country, escaping from one life and relocating to another on a daily basis, a status he prefers, with no roots to tie him down. Neddie Anderson is a country girl who has never...

A rape victim raising a biracial baby. A drug addict haunted by a dead girlfriend. A homosexual mourning a dead lover. A teacher having an affair with his student. And a businesswoman sexually harassed by her boss. What do they all have in common?...

Isaiah, Kyle, and Jennifer. As children, the three cousins laughed together, played pranks, and generally caused chaos within the family. Now, as they approach adulthood, each faces a special challenge. Isaiah's father, Chris, has dreams for his first-born son, anticipating that he will travel...

In hypnotic and mesmerizing language, Kirsty Gunn explores the dark world of a young girl who has grown up with a mother dependent on storytelling and the oblivion of addiction to cope with the memory of lost love, the girl's father. Raised on deceptive...

An emotional and poignant novel by the bestselling author of Dancing in the Moonlight, Rita Bradshaw.Author: Rita BradshawISBN-10: 1447271580ISBN-13: 9781447271581Publisher: Pan PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/05/2015Pages: 498Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.75lbsSize: 7.70h x 5.10w x 1.20d

Author: Abbi WaxmanISBN-10: 1420519204ISBN-13: 9781420519204Publisher: Thorndike Press Large PrintLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/12/2025Format: PaperbackLarge Print

A read-in-one-night suspense thriller narrated by a compulsive liar whose little white lies allow her to enter into the life and comfort of a wealthy married couple who are harboring much darker secrets themselves. For the millions of us still chasing those gone girls,...

Author: Jessica RedlandISBN-10: 183518300XISBN-13: 9781835183007Publisher: Boldwood Books LtdLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/22/2025Pages: 370Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.72lbsSize: 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.92d

"A vibrant and moving debut that takes to heart our deferred dreams and the value of remaining hopeful."--Diane Marie Brown, author of Black Candle Women How much of their lineage is one family willing to unearth in order to participate in the nation's first...

Author: Paula Jane HillISBN-10: 1779622651ISBN-13: 9781779622655Publisher: Tellwell TalentLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/13/2024Pages: 238Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.07lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56d

Author: Lee AllenISBN-10: 1662960263ISBN-13: 9781662960260Publisher: Inspira Books Publishing LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/09/2024Pages: 114Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.62lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.44d

A New Yorker Best Book of the Year"This is a tender, deeply perceptive tale of what kin owes kin, and how we might work to mend old wounds together."--ElleIn this stunning debut novel, four generations of complex Black women contend with motherhood and daughterhood,...

Up till 1950, Marceline Gillis' life has been anything but joyous. An immigrant mother from Canada and now in her early sixties, she's already survived the Great Depression, a World War, and caring for seven kids while almost being abandoned by her alcoholic husband...

Judge Not... is a family saga about the Crapper family, most specifically focused on Judge Bat Crapper's life and two important cases he has had to deal with in his career. Beginning with his mother, Ophelia, in 1895, the story unfolds with the circumstances...

Max Thompson never expected his Christmas wish to come true-especially not one like this. When he asks Santa for something different this year, he's in for the surprise of his life: an invitation to become Santa's apprentice at the North Pole.But being Santa's helper...

In the darkness of the Great War, can she create a brighter future? Martha Owen has not had an easy start in life. Her abusive father dominates the family and she has lost her only friend after a painful falling-out. Her father's reliance on...

Reina Maruyama has always had sweet memories of her hometown of Kyoto, Japan. But when her father dies and her mother relocates her to Tokyo, life for Reina is turned on its head. Longing for the home she lost, she struggles to adjust, until...

An artist and her perfectionist mother unpack a lifetime of secrets while on vacation in Paris in this moving novel--perfect for fans of One Italian Summer. A mother and daughter on vacation in Paris unpack a lifetime of secrets and hopes--with a giant Pattersonian...

"Hearts Across Borders" is an inspiring and heartfelt story that delves into the life of a gay couple, Alex and his partner, who embark on a journey to adopt siblings from Cambodia. Their lives are filled with joy and challenges as they raise their...

Mick wants to know when he's going to die. Luckily-or unluckily-there's an app for that . . . Dr. Mick Strong has bought himself something unusual for his seventy-fifth birthday: a LifeTime projection. This new tech crunches data including your medical history, diet, and...

Newly reissued for the modern reader, Martin Amis's Success is "a terrifying, painfully funny, Swiftian exercise in moral disgust" (The Observer). Foster brothers Terrance Service and Gregory Riding could not be more different from one another--Terry "a quivering condom of neurosis and ineptitude" and...

A heartfelt and emotional tale of a woman's journey through love and loss, as she navigates the complexities of family and community in a small southern town.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base...

USA Today Bestselling author Brooke O'Brien takes you on tour with A Rebels Havoc in this close proximity, brother's best friend rock star romance. Grab your copy at the discounted pre-sale price!Tysin Briggs is a player.He's cocky, selfish, and sexy as sin. I've heard...

Ethan is only in grade one and already has been kicked out of one school due to his tantrums and pattern of running away when in a panic. Now, his mom's enroled him in a new school but remains glued to her phone, waiting...

Author: Maxima MozleyISBN-10: 1731560516ISBN-13: 9781731560513Publisher: Independently PublishedLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/16/2018Pages: 102Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.57lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.21d

Aaron and the White Sturgeon is a story about a road trip where a family of three sees and helps with the landing of a white sturgeon. The story takes place in the 1950s before freeways.Author: Bobbie KaaldISBN-10: 1516845366ISBN-13: 9781516845361Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage:...

Joy Street is a novel by Frances Parkinson Keyes that tells the story of a wealthy family living in Boston in the early 1900s. The story revolves around the life of the family's matriarch, Mrs. Mariah Talbot, and her struggle to keep her family...

Winner of the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Europe and South Asia.Winner of the 2008 PEN Beyond Margins Award. Identity, friendship, and a long-hidden crime lie at the heart of Naeem Murr's captivating novel about five friends growing up in a small 1950s Missouri river...

Morningside Heights, a Manhattan neighborhood sandwiched between Columbia University and the Hudson River, is home to an eclectic mix of academics, struggling artists, and rooted families. In this distinctive world, Peter Frankel, a successful partner in a prestigious law firm, lives a seemingly contented...

A first-rate, beautifully-written novel about an migr living in the States who goes back to her native South Africa to look for her missing mother--a fictional debut that will be a draw both to critics and to readers of fine, accessible fiction Set against...

"A magical tale of love and redemption that is as wonderfully written as it is captivating . . . Angels earns its wings."-Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Margaret Quinn lives alone, quietly mourning the disappearance of her only child, who fled ten years earlier to join a...

Even the closest families have secrets ... it's when they are shared that things begin to change. The lives of three very different sisters collide in this witty new novel from bestselling author Maggie Alderson. Recently divorced Rachel is juggling her new dream job...