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Rainy Day Friends: A Novel

JILL SHALVIS · William Morrow Paperbacks
Pages: 384
Format: Paperback

First Time in Print!Following the USA Today bestselling author of Lost and Found Sisters comes Jill Shalvis' moving story of heart, loss, betrayal, and friendship.Six months after Lanie Jacobs' husband's death, it's hard to imagine anything could deepen her sense of pain and loss. But then...
 
 
Left: A Love Story

MARY HOGAN · William Morrow Paperbacks
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback

In this beautifully crafted novel from the author of the critically-acclaimed Two Sisters, comes the story of a woman who retreats into a fantasy world on New York City's Upper West Side as she slowly loses her once whip-smart husband to dementia - perfect for fans of Still Alice.When...
 
 
The Bar Harbor Retirement Home for Famous Writers

Terri-Lynne DeFino · William Morrow Paperbacks
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback

A whimsical, moving novel about a retirement home for literary legends who spar, conjure up new stories, and almost magically change the lives of the people around them.Alfonse Carducci was a literary giant who lived his life to excess - lovers, alcohol, parties, and literary rivalries....
 
 
Baby Teeth: A Novel

ZOJE STAGE · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

Sweetness can be deceptive.In the tradition of THE DINNER and WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN comes a "bad seed" debut about a mom desperate to find help for her mute young daughter, whose disturbing behavior grows increasingly dangerous."Unnerving and unputdownable, Baby Teeth...
 
 
The Patchwork Bride

Sandra Dallas · St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

From the best-selling author of A Quilt for Christmas comes the irrepressible story of a runaway bride. Ellen is putting the finishing touches on a wedding quilt made from scraps of old dresses when the bride-to-be - her granddaughter June - unexpectedly arrives and announces she's calling...
 
 
A Carnival of Losses: Notes Nearing Ninety

DONALD HALL · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

New essays from the vantage point of very old age, once again "alternately lyrical and laugh-out-loud funny,"* from the former poet laureate of the United States * New York TimesDonald Hall has lived a remarkable life of letters, one capped most recently by the New York Times...
 
 
Eden

Andrea Kleine · HighBridge Audio
Format: Audiobook

Every other weekend, Hope and Eden-backpacks, Walkmans, and homework in hand-wait for their father to pick them up, as he always does, at a strip-mall bus stop. It's the divorce shuffle; they're used to it. Only this weekend, he's screwed up, forgotten, and their world will...
 
 
The Lido

Libby Page · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

A tender, joyous debut novel about a cub reporter and her eighty-six-year-old subject - and the unlikely and life-changing friendship that develops between them.Kate is a twenty-six-year-old riddled with anxiety and panic attacks who works for a local paper in Brixton, London, covering...
 
 
A Place for Us: A Novel

FATIMA FARHEEN MIRZA · SJP for Hogarth
Pages: 448
Format: Hardcover

The first novel from Sarah Jessica Parker's new imprint, SJP for Hogarth, A Place for Us is a deeply moving and resonant story of love, identity and belongingA Place for Us unfolds the lives of an Indian-American Muslim family, gathered together in their Californian hometown to celebrate...