After his wife's death, a man untangles the truth of her infidelity, in this masterful novel of pre-WWI England by the celebrated author of Parade's End.
A middle-aged stockbroker leaves his family to become an artist in this novel inspired by the life of Paul Gauguin from "e;a notable and original writer"e; (The New York Times).
A young man fights to save his mother and sister-and a group of abused schoolboys-in this novel of hardship and heroism from the great Victorian writer.
A Wisconsin man rejects his middle-class life in this controversial 1923 novel of madness and sexual freedom by the celebrated author of Winesburg, Ohio.
The Whitbread Award-winning author "e;demonstrates a master's touch"e; in this tale of an aristocratic Irish family's ruinous path toward modernity (The New York Times).
An Englishwoman is taken in by a duplicitous suitor in this "e;constantly surprising work"e; from the Whitbread Award-winning author of Love and Summer (John Updike, The New Yorker).
Three epic historical romances from the "e;compulsively readable"e; New York Times-bestselling author of A World Full of Strangers (TheWashington Post Book World).
The "e;darkly exuberant and passionate"e; saga of a man who flees Victorian England in disgrace-only to build an empire of corruption in America (The New York Times).
New York Times Bestseller: The "e;touching and effective"e; story of an American minister who returns home from WWII with five orphaned Holocaust survivors (The New York Times).
New York Times Bestseller: A sprawling epic of an American railroad dynasty's "e;sensational intrigues and stormy struggles for power"e; (The New York Times Book Review).
New York Times Bestseller: In the "e;undeniably powerful"e; sequel to Dynasty of Death, a new generation of Bouchards battles over the family empire (The New York Times Book Review).
Three wise and witty novels of the sixties, sexuality, and the South by a New York Times-bestselling "e;strong, salty, original talent"e; (Doris Lessing).
Plantagenet Palliser must face new challenges and a changing world if he is to hold his family together in the final installment of the Palliser Novels.
A troubled European family struggles to make a life in India during WWII in this "e;absorbing"e; novel from a New York Times-bestselling author (Kirkus Reviews).
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.
New York Times Bestseller: A passionate, "e;no-holds-barred"e; story of an illicit suburban love affair from the acclaimed author of The Blackboard Jungle (The New York Times).
Three generations of a British family struggle through war, intolerance, infidelity, and illness in this "e;extraordinary blockbuster"e; (Time Out London).
Bestselling British author Patrick Gale chronicles the misadventures of a misfit tree surgeon in this "e;modern-day myth of self-discovery"e; (The Guardian).
The classic New York Times-bestselling tale of friendship, generosity, and the magic and wonder of the Christmas spirit On his annual search for Rockefeller Center's next Christmas tree, the chief gardener spots an ideal candidate: a stately Norway spruce located on the grounds of a convent.
Four siblings discover truths about their late mother, a troubled artist-and themselves-in this "e;uplifting, immensely empathetic novel"e; (The Guardian).
New York Times Bestseller: This "e;landmark women's novel"e; about female friendship and women's lib is "e;something akin to Mary McCarthy's The Group"e; (People).
On the eve of World War II, twin brothers are divided by the murder of a German Jew, in this epic tale from New York Times-bestselling author Taylor Caldwell.
Margery Sharp's most poignant novel, set during World War II and filled with her trademark wit and warmth, tells the story of the powerful bond forged between a British spinster and the unusual little girl left in her careAs the threat of war looms, Cecilia and Rab Guthrie leave their young daughter, Antoinette, with a spinster friend in East Anglia, England, so they can enjoy a holiday on the continent.
A New York Times Notable Book: A woman learns the truth about her husband's deceptions in this "e;superb"e; novel by the bestselling author of Gone to Soldiers (Boston Herald).
The national bestseller and basis for the Ang Lee film is a "e;powerful"e; novel of two troubled families during a blizzard in 1970s suburban Connecticut (Newsday).
A thirteen-year-old hatches a plan of escape, solace, and utter independence through a dream of flight that's both literal and figurative in this engrossing novel by National Book Award finalist Jim ShepardAs beset by the world as any thirteen-year-old and maybe a little more so Biddy Siebert does his best to negotiate both the intimacies and isolations of his world and his own maddening and slightly comical idiosyncrasies.
An aging California vintner is determined to protect her empire from a hostile family takeover and the dark secrets that could destroy everything she lovesAt age seventy-four, Assaria "e;Sari"e; LeBaron is still a force to be reckoned with.
From the New York Times-bestselling author of "e;Our Crowd"e;: A novel of a powerful family, a cosmetics empire, and the dark secrets that could destroy both.
A poignant and unforgettable rags-to-riches family saga following three generations of a remarkable clan from downtown ghetto to Park Avenue opulence Marrying Jack Auerbach was Essie Litsky's salvation, enabling her to break free of her strict Russian-Jewish immigrant parents and escape New York's poor, dirty, overcrowded Lower East Side.
A gripping novel of dark family secrets, bigotry, lust, and lies set in the world of the phenomenally wealthyThe Liebling family is among the wealthiest in New York, but in the eyes of "e;old money"e; gentile aristocrats like the patrician Van Degans, they will always be lower-class Jewish nouveau riche especially since it's common knowledge that patriarch Jules Liebling built the powerful Ingraham Corporation from the profits he made selling liquor during Prohibition while in cahoots with dangerous mobsters.
