A father is forced to choose between two sons, a decision that haunts the family decades laterHaim Kalinsky lies in an Israeli hospital, terminal lung cancer about to cut his life short.
The vivid and absorbing story of a man whose unwavering pursuit of success leaves him searching for the true meaning of life Raised in rural Arkansas during the Great Depression, Frank "e;Son"e; Wynn leaves home at age fourteen to seek his fortune.
Between Scotland and Botany Bay, two incarcerated young women-a century apart-are united by crime-in this "e;brilliant"e; novel from the award-winning author (Nick Hornby).
A tale of the battles between a father and son by an author whose novels are "e;robustly intelligent, very funny, and beguilingly humane"e; (Philip Roth).
A gay man who fled his hometown in a cloud of scandal and guilt returns home to his estranged family-and the boy he left behindThe first call is from Wally Day's estranged mother, begging him to come home.
Even an East Coast academic can't resist Hollywood's siren allure in this hilarious novel of the dangers that come with fame and fortuneLiterature professor Perry Moss has slowly amassed it all: a steady job at Haviland College in southern Vermont, a successful writing career, and a beautiful wife, Jane.
The tender, engaging story of a family in pain and a boy whose quest for courage leads him deep into the wilds of AppalachiaIn 1948 Madeline Tally leaves her philandering husband and returns home to North Carolina, where she and her thirteen-year-old son, James, move into an ugly purple trailer in the cow pasture behind her father's farmhouse.
Grappling with the loss of her brother three decades prior, a woman digs into her family's past and uncovers generations of betrayal, half-truths, and secrecyImogen's brother, Johnny, disappeared thirty years ago, ostensibly the victim of a drowning accident a story to which everyone but Imogen subscribes.
Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize: In the midst of the Troubles in Northern Ireland, a young schoolboy struggles to escape the destruction storming around himInside his home in Derry, Joe Logan's life is ruled by his tormented father; outside, by the tension and violence of the Troubles.
From the author of The Rules of Magic: A novel of a Long Island family matriarch and her namesake granddaughter who discover the power the past holds over their present.
In the tradition of Anne Rivers Siddons and Pat Conroy comes this sensual, beautifully written novel of the South, about a world on the verge of change and the secrets it fears will be revealed When you enter the town of Fawley, you take a step back to a simpler time, back to when neighbors shared potluck dinners, church socials were the only parties decent people attended, and people knew who they were and what they valued and didn't tolerate outsiders who tried to change things.
A New York Times bestseller about a 1950s suburb transformed by the arrival of a divorced mother: "e;part American Graffiti, part early Updike"e; (The New York Times).
Sara and Daniel, two New Yorkers used to the buzz of the Big Apple and the Metropolitan Museum, pack their books and cats in a pickup and set off for the backwoods of Atlantic Canada, their lovely young heads filled with lovely rustic dreams.
When the lustful but impotent professor-novelist Lee Youngdahl encounters the beautiful Mariolena Sunwall, a student in his writing class, he learns of a novel she's eager to have published and decides he can help her land a book contract with one of New York's most prestigious publishing houses.
'Heartbreaking, beautiful and confronting' SARAH WINMAN'A timely conversation-starter of a book' WIZ WHARTON'Kept me enthralled until the very last page' ROWAN COLEMAN'Truly gripping and moving .
In The Good Neighbor, Rory Fallon is walking his dog along the streets of the exclusive Venetian Vistas neighborhood when he notices activity at the house next door.
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.
An award-winning novel of lesbian identity and camaraderie amid violence and warRuth Wheeler is the one-armed caretaker of a motley crew of boarders living in her rooming house in Vancouver, British Columbia.
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.
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.
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.
