Have
you ever read a book you couldn’t finish fast enough but also were desperate to
never finish? That’s what this one was like for me. I savored every
single sentence.
A beautiful homage to Little Women (that alone meant I
couldn’t resist!), it’s the story of a Chicago family, tight as can be, who
splinter following a seeming betrayal within their ranks. What happens next is
a long-stretching unfolding of highs and lows, as each character discovers
their identity, mends relationships, and realizes the true power of familial
bonds.
In a word, this book is simply stunning. Do yourself a favor and read
it…but not without tissues nearby.
From the New York Times bestselling author of Dear Edward comes a poignant and engrossing family story that asks: Can love make a broken person whole?
“Hello Beautiful is exactly that: beautiful, perceptive, wistful. It’s a story of family and friendship, of how the people we are bound to can also set us free. I loved it.”—Miranda Cowley Heller, author of The Paper Palace
William Waters grew up in a house silenced by tragedy, where his parents could hardly bear to look at him, much less love him—so when he meets the spirited and ambitious Julia Padavano in his freshman…
It’s hard to put into words what a really, really
great book does to me. But this one did it, as I knew it would (I loved the
author’s debut, The Push).
Audrain manages to capture motherhood in a
way no one else does. When a terrible accident happens—but was it an
accident?—it forces a wedge between neighborhood friends, all of whom harbor
their own secrets. The story explores envy, women’s friendships, motherhood,
and lies we tell ourselves in such a raw and unfiltered way. And the ending
(!!)…don’t cheat…getting there is the best part, trust me.
“Expertly, subtly and powerfully rendered….[The Whispers] delivers a sucker-punch ending you’ll have to read twice to believe.”—The New York Times Book Review
“[An] electrifying…razor-sharp page-turner.” —Carley Fortune, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Every Summer After
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From the New York Times bestselling author of The Push, a propulsive page-turner about four families whose lives are changed when the unthinkable happens—and what is lost when we give in to our own worst impulses
On Harlow Street, the well-to-do neighborhood couples and their children gather…
Here’s the best way to describe this book: utterly
heartbreaking and yet simply beautiful. Some reviews call it depressing, but I
don’t see it that way. Maybe I just love sad books?
There’s something about
being gutted by such rich storytelling, in this case about a family navigating
the ups and downs of life, following a tragic accident involving one of their
own. I don’t know if I’ve ever read a story that so resonated with the female
experience in marriage and parenthood. It will make you smile, it will make you
cry, and it will stay with you long after reading.
In her most ambitious novel to date, New York Times bestselling author Joyce Maynard returns to the themes that are the hallmarks of her most acclaimed work in a mesmerizing story of a family-from the hopeful early days of young marriage to parenthood, divorce, and the costly aftermath that ripples through all their lives
Eleanor and Cam meet at a crafts fair in Vermont in the early 1970s. She's an artist and writer, he makes wooden bowls. Within four years they are parents to three children, two daughters and a red-headed son who fills his pockets with rocks, plays the…
Born with a medical condition
that prevents the possibility of pregnancy, forty-one-year-old Cate wants
nothing more than to be a mother. After two failed adoptions, Cate is not only
distraught but desperate. But when a baby appears on her doorstep with a note
asking her to take him, Cate is faced with the ultimate dilemma: call the
police and lose the baby, or pass him off as hers, fulfilling her lifelong
dream.
A
sudden slice to the façade threatens to expose the lie she has been so
desperate to hide. Can Cate discover who the child’s real mother is? And if so,
will she be able to make the hardest decision of her life to protect the child?
