Set in the 1870s, Edith Wharton examines the American elite culture on the East Coast. Newland Archer is a lawyer and heir to one of New York City's most prominent families. He is arraigned to be...
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Author: Wharton, EdithSummary:
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Author: Dekker, TedSummary:
A sweeping epic set in the harsh deserts of Arabia and ancient Palestine. A war that rages between kingdoms on the earth and in the heart. The harrowing journey of the woman at the center of it...
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Author: Dekker, TedSummary:
Maviah is an outcast, but when she meets a man named Yeshua, he opens her eyes. Because of his teachings, she has gathered her own traveling kingdom of outcasts deep in the desert. But when her...
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Author: Zailckas, KorenSummary:
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Author: Haslett, AdamSummary:
"Haslett is one of the country's most talented writers, equipped with a sixth sense for characterization."--Wall Street Journal "Ambitious and stirring ... With Imagine Me Gone, Haslett has...
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Author: Overton, HollieSummary:
Held captive for eight years, Lily has grown from a teenager to an adult in a small basement prison. Her daughter Sky has been a captive her whole life. But one day their captor leaves the...
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Author: Donoghue, EmmaSummary:
To five-year-old Jack, Room is the entire world. It's where he was born, where he and his Ma eat and play and learn. But to Ma, it's the prison where she's been held for seven years. Jack's...
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Author: Carcaterra, LorenzoSummary:
Award-winning editor Otto Penzler presents a collection of short and sizzling masterpieces of kisses and kiss-offs, gams and gats, published for the first time anywhere. In "Third Party," Jay...
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Author: Fogel, SusannaSummary:
Told entirely in letters to a heroine we never meet, Nuclear Family is a comedic novel about a fractured family of New England Jews and their discontents.