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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...

From the windswept beaches of Anglesey, an unforgettable story of love, forgiveness and rediscovered hope.When her father dies unexpectedly, Beth Macintosh rushes home to the island of Anglesey to be by her mother's side. Stepping into the converted windmill she once called home, Beth...

"We're calling it... Lotte Jeffs' novel is the new One Day." --Sunday Times Style Magazine"The love story we've been waiting for." --ELLE UKAn utterly charming and modern debut novel spanning ten years of extraordinary friendship, about soulmates, unconventional families, and the limitless, ever-changing forms...

A young woman crashes the wedding of the summer on Fire Island in search of her birth mother--and gets a whole lot more than she bargained for--in this warm, heart-stopping getaway from Jane L. Rosen Maggie Mae Wheeler is content with her life. At...

Our Hero has a philosophy, a way of life. The way of the eternal optimist. Part narcissistic delusion, part lovingly transcendent. He remains unflappable as he sails through a series of tragedies which would leave most humans in ruins. The death of his parents....

Casting Off: 1. Ending a knitted work. 2. Releasing lines holding a boat to its mooring. 3. Letting go... On a tiny island off the west coast of Ireland, the fishermen's handmade sweaters tell a story. Each is unique-feelings stitched into rows, memories into...

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...

An intertwining tale of love, laughter, heartbreak, and the roots of strong Southern women. Pauline Smith, a retired insurance processor, is comfortable in her habits and her home. She is a born worrier with strong opinions and believes in family taking care of family....

If you were to select a precise moment in time in which you stopped learning, when do you think that would be?This thought provoking question is at the core of this sweet story, How I Learned to Grow, about a baby's development in terms...

Banjo Man tells the story of Susan Willson Reese, a widow, retired schoolteacher, and accomplished bluegrass and old-time banjo picker. A native of the fictional community of Willson's Cove in the North Carolina mountains, she has been trying to find one of the many...

Imagine the look on your father in-law's face when they see you reading this book If you're really looking for the top 10 ways to kill your father in-law, stop what you're doing and seek psychiatric help immediately.For the rest of you, bring some...

A brilliant new Christmas novel from the Sunday Times bestselling Trisha Ashley will more than satisfy romantic comedy fans looking for the perfect festive read. Recovering after an illness Meg is far from in the Christmas mood, in fact she's hardly aware it's approaching...

Joe is the successful screenwriter behind a series of blockbuster movies, but his personal life is in shambles. He hasn't had a date in over eighteen years, and his relationship with the daughter he raised by himself has gone off the rails. Once a...

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Karen Kingsbury comes A Baxter Family Christmas, an inspiring Christmas story featuring everyone's favorite family, the Baxters. Two years have passed since the terrible car accident that took the life of John Baxter's daughter, Erin, along with...

From acclaimed author Camille Pag n comes a wry, heartfelt exploration of love and loss.When struggling novelist James Hernandez meets poet Louisa "Lou" Bell, he's sure he's just found the love of his life. There's just one problem: she's engaged to his oldest friend,...

The Water Cure is a novel written by Ring Lardner, an American author and journalist. The book was first published in 1930 and is set in the fictional town of Shillingburg, Illinois. The story follows the life of a young man named Enoch Robinson,...

Shine is about Americo, a nearly twelve-year-old boy living with his crippled father in a mostly Italian slum in 1942 Queens, an outer part of New York City. With the father's monthly disability checks and the son's earnings shining shoes, they meagerly get by....

"What a Great Book " - Jennifer P., HISTORY/A+E - - - - "A Blazing Gilded Age" is the epic story of a volatile nation burning with ambition, yet bleeding with injustice. It was a time of profound change, boldly transforming from an agrarian...

In Eden's Glen, an iconic world of privilege and ease, the comfortable rituals of wealth and leisure have created an enclave almost untouched by time. But position is not easy to attain, or to keep. And quiet desperation has suddenly found its way into...

A poignant, sharp-eyed, and bitterly funny tale of a family struggling to stay together in a country that's rapidly coming apart, told through the eyes of their wondrous ten-year-old daughter, by the bestselling author of Super Sad True Love Story and Our Country Friends...

"Southern bestselling sensation" (Katie Couric Media) Kristy Woodson Harvey returns with a delightfully moving new novel about a mother-daughter duo learning to lean on their community of women--and each other--after their world is turned upside down. When Charlotte Sitterly's husband is arrested for a...

ONE OF THE MILLIONS' MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF 2024 "This is an astonishingly accomplished novel...Just stunning." - Kirkus Reviews, starred review "Magnificent" - Publisher's Weekly, starred review NOW IN PAPERBACK A stirring, unsparing novel about Black life in Philadelphia and the struggle to build...

Ukrainian writer and military serviceman Artem Chekh's book was the winner of the 2021 BBC News Ukraine Book of the Year Award and is a gritty and bald bildungsroman, a lilting picaresque of a life lived in the shadow of someone else's war. When...

A funny and intensely moving portrait of childhood, death and a man's relationship with his larger-than-life mother. This poignant, witty, warm-hearted yet unsentimental novel charts the turbulent relationship of a mother and son. As a young boy, Rory Keenan finds his mother bewilderingly and...

Author: Monique ChampagneISBN-13: 9798991912914Publisher: Monique ChampagneLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/18/2024Pages: 142Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.84lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d

Author: Monique ChampagneISBN-13: 9798991912907Publisher: Monique ChampagneLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/18/2024Pages: 142Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.48lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.33d

Author: Stacy J. LadymanISBN-13: 9798218453558Publisher: Stacy J. Ladyman, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/26/2024Pages: 214Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.52lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.49d

Author: Celia LatzISBN-10: 1662955820ISBN-13: 9781662955822Publisher: Gatekeeper PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/30/2024Pages: 106Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.60lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.38d

Author: Sue HincenbergsISBN-10: 006339801XISBN-13: 9780063398016Publisher: William Morrow & CompanyLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/06/2025Pages: 336Format: Hardcover

Author: Catherine NewmanISBN-10: 006334517XISBN-13: 9780063345171Publisher: Harper PerennialLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/27/2025Pages: 240Format: Paperback

Friends since their youth in Brooklyn of the 1950s Margo and Angela have shared everything from wedding plans, to childrearing, to careers. Years later, when Angela's husband, a chemist and entrepreneur, recruits Margo and Kevin's son to run and eventually take over the family...

The BRAND NEW hilarious novel from the #1 bestselling author, Maddie Please guarenteed to make you laugh out loud! Joy Chandler has had enough! All she wanted was a lovely family Christmas with perfect turkey and luxury crackers. Instead, daughter Sara announces she's getting...

A woman is forced to flee her past and come to terms with her truth in this unputdownable novel that launched #1 New York Times bestselling author and "literary phenomenon" (The Detroit News) Danielle Steel's legendary career. In the sun-swept beauty of San Francisco,...

Nikkal and her husband, Tobi, help manage the family's farm near the city of Rabbah. Although the birth of their first child has brought them joy, the past several years saw drought, famine, and pestilence in the land of Canaan. Furthermore, after forty years...

Teenage Pregnancy Struggles Turn Magical: A Tale of Resilience, Hope and Unexpected Christmas Miracle Unveiling the True Worth of a Remarkable Young Woman. In To Wish Upon the Christmas Moon, we meet Wanda, a young girl of sixteen, carrying a life within her, yet...

"The Pillars of the House: Or, Under Wode, Under Rode Vol. I" by Charlotte M. Yonge, a captivating Victorian family saga. Charlotte M. Yonge's "The Pillars of the House: Or, Under Wode, Under Rode" Vol. I, transports readers to the heart of Victorian England,...

Embark on an exhilarating tale of survival and adventure with the Swiss Family Robinson. Marooned on a deserted island, this resilient family showcases ingenuity and courage as they conquer nature's challenges. Join their extraordinary journey of exploration, resilience, and the triumph of the human...

The first three books in the Broken Girl series by Marnie Cate, now available in one volume!Chasing Caitlyn: After Caitlyn discovers that her husband is cheating on her, she decides that he deserves to pay. But after a surprise element comes into play, Caitlyn...

Set in Paris, an offbeat and sweet novel about family, loss and recovery, and the magic of memory.When Mira takes a trip to Paris with her nephew, Bernard, she expects to ride bicycles through the picturesque streets and admire the parks and courtyards. But...

Living a disease-free life or minimizing your risk of developing diseases involves a combination of factors related to your lifestyle, genetics, and access to healthcare. While it's impossible to guarantee a completely disease-free existence, you can take steps to reduce your risk and improve...

From the prolific author of Little Women, this crime fiction novella highlights the breadth of Louisa May Alcott's talent. First published in 1866, Behind a Mask takes place in Victorian England and follows a sly, master manipulator, Jean Muir. Working as the governess for...

He's used to putting out fires, not starting them. Firefighter Blake Steele is living day-to-day, desperately trying to escape the guilt of his haunted past. He doesn't deserve love after what he did, but when the gorgeous Mary Franks moves in next-door, the conflict...

This is a story of an Italian American family. Giovanni was the son of a tenant farmer who would always be a tenant farmer like his father and his grandfather until he fell in love with the owner's daughter of the estate where he...

The Offshore Pirate is a short story written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, an American author and novelist. The story was first published in the Saturday Evening Post in 1920 and later included in Fitzgerald's collection of short stories titled Flappers and Philosophers. The story...

In these beautifully crafted stories, Graham Swift--author of the Booker Prize-winning Last Orders--presents a vision of a country, England, that is both a crucible of history and a maze of contemporary confusions. Moving from the seventeenth century to the present day, from world-shaking events...

The Escape of Bobby Ray Hammer is a second generation "Grapes of Wrath" novel in that Bobby's parents migrated to California during the 1930s, the "Dust Bowl" days. Bobby is just entering his senior year in high school and eager to graduate and go...

After a harrowing voyage from Italy, during which his mother died, seven-year-old Vittorio arrives in Canada with his newborn half-sister, and is reunited with his estranged father, a dark, isolated, and angry figure he hardly knows. The story that follows spans two decades of...

Faith Freeman has a secret: When she was eleven years old, she caught her stepfather molesting her twin sister, Hope. Years later, Faith is a successful literary agent. Her twin, addled by drugs and prostitution, struggles through life on the Harlem streets. When Hope...

Author: Elizabeth TommeISBN-13: 9798893165845Publisher: Selfpublishing.comLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/19/2024Pages: 434Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.77lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.13d

A stunning deluxe edition--featuring sprayed edges, four-color endpapers, and more--of New York Times bestselling author Christina Lauren's fan favorite "resoundingly life-affirming tale" (Entertainment Weekly) about childhood sweethearts reconnecting by chance. Macy Sorensen is settling into an ambitious if emotionally tepid routine: work hard as...