Anne McWilliams has lost everything, so she takes to the road to ask long-lost friends and strangers a simple question, "What's your best story?" Tyler Bron seemingly has it all, but he has no life. So he hires a struggling novelist to...
Families
- Author:Patterson, James, Constantini, Frank, Raymond, Emily, Sitts, BrianSummary:
- Author:Patterson, James, Constantini, Frank, Raymond, Emily, Sitts, BrianSummary:
Anne McWilliams has lost everything, so she takes to the road to ask long-lost friends and strangers a simple question, "What's your best story?" Tyler Bron seemingly has it all, but he has no life. So he hires a struggling novelist to...
- Author:Saucier, JocelyneSummary:
With twenty-one kids, the Cardinal family is a force of nature. And now, after not being in the same room for decades, they're congregating to celebrate their father, a prospector who discovered the zinc mine their now-deserted...
- Author:Ferrante, ElenaSummary:
Following her mother's mysterious death, Delia embarks on a voyage of discovery through the streets of her native Naples searching for the truth about her family. A series of mysterious telephone calls leads her to compelling and...
- Author:Gay, Marie-Louise, Homel, DavidSummary:
Family vacations are supposed to be something to look forward to. Unless, that is, your parents have a habit of turning every outing into a risky proposition -- by accident, of course. So instead of dream vacations to Disney World and...
- Author:MacDonald, Hugh R.Summary:
Set in a 1920s coal-mining town, 13-year-old JW Donaldson is a good student with a bright future. As school ended for the year in 1926, JW was looking forward to summer. His father works in the mine, and there is a lot of talk around...
- Author:Rachel CuskSummary:
In the wake of family collapse, a writer moves to London with her two young sons. The process of upheaval is the catalyst for a number of transitions—personal, moral, artistic, practical—as she endeavors to construct a new reality for...
- Author:Gunn, GenniSummary:
Tracks is a compilation of personal travel essays that range across three continents: from Italy, where Genni Gunn was born and spent her early years, to Canada and Mexico, and through Asia, where she has travelled many times, both...
- Author:Brown, JenniferSummary:
Raised in the Midwest, Jersey Cameron knows all about tornadoes--or so she thinks. When her town is devastated by a twister, Jersey survives but loses her mother, her sister, and her home. Sent to live with her only surviving relatives...
- Author:Brown, JenniferSummary:
Raised in the Midwest, Jersey Cameron knows all about tornadoes--or so she thinks. When her town is devastated by a twister, Jersey survives but loses her mother, her sister, and her home. Sent to live with her only surviving relatives...
- Author:Ellis, ShellySummary:
For the wealthy Murdochs of Chesterton, Virginia, managing scandalous damage and killer drama is now their only chance at survival ...For Evan Murdoch, the bad news just won't stop. As he battles an attempted murder charge, he's on the...
- Author:Schraff, Anne E.Summary:
Written for young adults, the Urban Underground series confronts issues that are of great importance to teens, such as friendship, loyalty, drugs, gangs, abuse, urban blight, bullies and self-esteem to name a few. More than...
- Author:Schraff, AnneSummary:
Written for young adults, the Urban Underground series confronts issues that are of great importance to teens, such as friendship, loyalty, drugs, gangs, abuse, urban blight, bullies and self-esteem to name a few. More than...
- Author:Meacham, LeilaSummary:
In early 1900s Texas, Samantha Gordon, heiress to a large cattle ranch, and Nathan Holloway, a charming farm boy, find their fates intertwined. As changes sweep the rustic countryside, their connection drives this narrative compulsively...
- Author:Hamilton, VirginiaSummary:
Eleven-year-old Valena lives both in the present and the past as she struggles with racism in her daily life and listens to her mother's tales of her family's proud history.
- Author:Schraff, Anne E.Summary:
Written for young adults, the Urban Underground series confronts issues that are of great importance to teens, such as friendship, loyalty, drugs, gangs, abuse, urban blight, bullies and self-esteem to name a few. More than...
- Author:Nunn, JudySummary:
This is a tiger town, a place at the bottom of the world where God turns a blind eye to pillage and plunder.' Van Diemen's Land was an island of stark contrasts; a harsh penal colony, an English idyll for its landed gentry,...
- Author:Patton, AnneSummary:
Dorothy's father has always dreamed of having his own farm. So, with the help of Dorothy, her family, and a community that comes together despite their different backgrounds, the Boltons set out with their wagons, horses, dogs, and...
- Author:Boyden, JosephSummary:
Cree bush pilot Will Bird lies comatose in a hospital, while his wayward niece Annie arrives to sit in silent vigil by his side. Slowly their stories reveal two people previously separated by great distances, beaten and broken, and...
- Author:Arenson, DanielSummary:
The old emperor is dead. His daughter, the sadistic Porcia Octavius, has won a bloodthirsty battle for the crown. But she will not rest easy on her throne. Already her brother sails to foreign lands, seeking to build an army and...