The first novel by Newbery Award-winning author Nancy Willard: A stunning story of magic and miracles, and a testament to the enduring power of faith and love Ben and Willie Harkissian are twin brothers (think Cain and Abel, Jacob and Esau) growing up in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on the eve of World War II.
From the award-winning author of Minor Characters comes a haunting novel about the persistence of love and the sustaining and destabilizing power of memoriesIn the vibrant downtown Manhattan art world of the 1960s, where men and women collide in "e;lucky and unlucky convergences,"e; a series of love affairs has left Joanna Gold, a young photographer, feeling numbed.
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 deceivedIn the great wave of husband-leaving ushered in by the Sexual Revolution, Molly Held frees herself from her cold, flagrantly unfaithful husband after their final quarrel turns violent.
From the award-winning author of Minor Characters comes a haunting novel about the persistence of love and the sustaining and destabilizing power of memoriesIn the vibrant downtown Manhattan art world of the 1960s, where men and women collide in "e;lucky and unlucky convergences,"e; a series of love affairs has left Joanna Gold, a young photographer, feeling numbed.
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 deceivedIn the great wave of husband-leaving ushered in by the Sexual Revolution, Molly Held frees herself from her cold, flagrantly unfaithful husband after their final quarrel turns violent.
Set against the tumult of the 1947 Partition, Manju Kapur's acclaimed first novel captures a life torn between family, desire, and loveThe one thing I had wanted was not to be like my mother.
A woman in an arranged marriage is liberated by a desire that threatens her family and futureAn only child raised to become a dutiful wife, Astha is filled with unnamed longings and untapped potential.
A #1 bestseller in India: Three generations of Delhi shopkeepers confront a changing worldHome tells the story of Banwari Lal and his family, merchants in one of the oldest districts of Delhi.
In a world of rapidly changing values and traditions, an Indian woman enters into an arranged marriage to a man she barely knows and moves to distant CanadaThirty-year-old Nina is an English teacher living alone in Jangpura, India.
Tom tried everything to get away from the world-but it had a way of getting back to himWhen Tom was diagnosed with AIDS, he thought of it as a death sentence.
A "e;sparkling"e; novel of love and loss from the bestselling author of Kitchen Yarns, "e;one of the best young writers in the world of contemporary fiction"e; (Booklist).
A family heals in unexpected ways in the wake of senseless tragedyAlexander Porter is on the phone with his six-year-old son when he is struck by lightning and killed.
Two books in one: Irwin Shaw's bestselling Rich Man, Poor Man and Beggarman, Thief chronicle one family's struggle with the forces of change after WWII.
The arrival of a mysterious young stranger disrupts the lives of a wealthy, unhappy familyEver since he was a little boy, Aldo Rugani has been drawn to the world of the aristocracy.
From the author of 365 Days comes a poignant, personally inspired tale of a rookie doctor fighting for the life of a desperately ill young girl-a story that grows ever more relevant in this world of increasingly sophisticated and technical medical careIn this riveting and passionately rendered novel, an intern faces the harsh realities of his profession, and the overwhelming highs and lows for which medical school was unable to prepare him.
From the "e;wonderfully quirky imagination"e; of the New York Times-bestselling author: A tabloid reporter is surprised to find magic in a mundane world (The New York Times).
From the "e;wonderfully quirky imagination"e; of the New York Times-bestselling author: A tabloid reporter is surprised to find magic in a mundane world (The New York Times).
New York Times-bestselling author of The Women's Room: While a man lies in the hospital, his four daughters struggle to make peace with him-and one another.
After her husband's death, a mother moves her family onto a farm and hatches a scheme to win back the land she used to ownAn unlikely criminal, Andy Durant is robbing gas stations to buy back land once connected to his wife's farm in upstate New York.
A nun struggles to keep her order afloat while her imprisoned brother fights for survival in this "e;elegiac tale of tragedy and redemption"e; (Booklist).
A young carpenter finds himself in turmoil as his wife rapidly descends into mental illnessThe Deer at the River follows an especially intense period in the life of Noah Dubbins, a young carpenter and father of three living in rural New Hampshire.
Hortense Calisher's revelatory novel of celebrity, small-town values, and a young woman's coming of ageFamous playwright Craig Towle has decided to return to his New Jersey hometown, a suburb of New York City.
A complex masterpiece that reveals the mind of a contemporary woman beyond the confines of family, love, and duty to one's selfLexie, a married woman with four children, undergoes a midlife crisis and questions her role as wife, mother, and lover.
A sprawling, multicharacter masterpiece of guilt and the hope for redemptionOpening in 1943 and spanning over a decade, The New Yorkers is Hortense Calisher's most ambitious novel.
A study in motives, conflicts, ambitions, and fears as idealistic young newlyweds face unanticipated realitiesHortense Calisher's second novel is a multigenerational story of art, family, and marriage.
A novel that examines aging and marriage with sincerity and insightRupert and Gemma, an elderly couple still very much in love, know that death will inevitably come for one of them before taking the other, so they keep private journals to ensure that the survivor's mate will never truly be gone, living on instead through his or her words.
New York Times bestselling author Cynthia Freeman delivers another triumph in this multigenerational saga set against a backdrop of dazzling wealth and towering ambitionTheir lives have all the trappings of a fairytale.
The New York Times-bestselling saga of love, loyalty, and family: "e;A poignant look at an earlier era"e; from the author of The Last Princess (Publishers Weekly).
The New York Times-bestselling novel of a forbidden 1920s romance between a rebellious society woman and a Jewish writer from the author of No Time for Tears.
An estranged brother and sister reconnect in this moving novel from "e;perhaps the most significant lesbian fiction writer of the 20th century"e; (Katherine V.
FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR & GLOBAL TIK TOK SENSATION, EMILY HENRY'One of my favourite authors' COLLEEN HOOVER, It Ends With Us Emily knows how to craft a love story like the all-time greats TAYLOR JENKINS REID, Daisy Jones and The Six-----Daphne always loved the way Peter told their story.
A novel of a Southern woman trapped in the past and two brothers divided by the Civil War, from the New York Times-bestselling author of The Good Earth.
Set on a farm on Ireland's West Coast, this gripping novel by Kate Thompson revolves around a missing teenager-and the shattering effect of her disappearance upon her family and friendsNineteen-year-old Martina Keane has vanished, seemingly into thin air.
A disadvantaged kid struggles to rise above his circumstances in a New York Times-bestselling author's "e;poignant, honest, and thoroughly memorable"e; novel (Dorothy Allison, author of Bastard out of Carolina).
**DIVE INTO THE DEBUT OF THE SUMMER**A captivating novel set against the wild of the Belize jungle - where danger pulses both outside and inside the door.
This searing novel, a National Book Award finalist, "e;transforms one woman's experience with cancer into a work of vision and intelligence"e; (The Washington Post).
