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Napoleon's Last Island: A Novel
Thomas Keneally · Atria Books
Pages: 432
Format: Print book |
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From the bestselling author of Schindler's List and The Daughters of Mars, a new historical novel set on the remote island of Saint Helena about the remarkable friendship between a young woman and one of history's most intriguing figures, Napoleon Bonaparte, during the final years of his life... |
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Hag-Seed
Margaret Atwood · Hogarth Shakespeare
Pages: 301
Format: Print book |
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William Shakespeare's The Tempest retold as Hag-Seed Felix is at the top of his game as Artistic Director of the Makeshiweg Theatre Festival. His productions have amazed and confounded. Now he's staging a Tempest like no other: not only will it boost his reputation, it will heal emotional... |
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We Are Unprepared
Meg Little Reilly · Mira Books
Pages: 352
Format: Print book |
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We Are Unprepared is a novel about the next big storm, the one that changes our relationship to nature and each other ... the superstorm that threatens to destroy a marriage, a rural Vermont town and the Eastern Seaboard when it hits. But the destruction begins months earlier, when fear... |
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Cajun Waltz: A Novel
Robert H Patton · Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press
Pages: 272
Format: Print book |
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The lyrics of a Cajun waltz may be dark as midnight with heartache and trouble, but still the music swings. The same goes for what happens after a shifty musician and a lonely shopgirl let destiny sweep them into an ill-suited marriage in swampy southwest Louisiana on the eve of the Depression.Love... |
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The Imperial Wife: A Novel
Irina Reyn · Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press
Pages: 288
Format: Print book |
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"The Imperial Wife is a smart, engaging novel that parallels two fascinating worlds and two singular women. Irina Reyn writes beautifully of immigrants, art and the vagaries of love."--Jess Walter, National Book Award finalist and author of the New York Times bestseller, Beautiful... |
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Valley of the Moon: A Novel
Melanie Gideon · Ballantine
Pages: 416
Format: Print book |
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In this captivating novel from the author of Wife 22, a woman who feels lost in her own time stumbles across a California community that has, impossibly, been marooned in the early twentieth century - perfect for readers of The Time Traveler's Wife, Time and Again, and Sarah Addison Allen.... |
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The Girls: A Novel
Lisa Jewell · Atria Books
Pages: 312
Format: Print book |
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Full of suspense yet emotionally grounded Fans of Liane Moriarty, Paula Hawkins, and Carla Buckley will adore this peek inside a gated community that truly takes care of its own, no matter the consequences. " "BOOKLIST " (starred review) Imagine that you live on a picturesque... |
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Paradise Lodge
Nina Stibbe · Little
Pages: 288
Format: Print book |
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A delightful story of growing up, getting old, and every step in between, from the acclaimed author of Man at the Helm and Love, Nina.After succeeding in her quest to help her unconventional mother find a new "man at the helm," fifteen-year-old Lizzie Vogel simply wants to be a normal... |
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Appetite: A Novel
Sheila Grinell · She Writes Press
Pages: 328
Format: Print book |
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When Jenn Adler returns from a year in India, she has a surprise for her parents: a young guru from Bangalore whom she intends to marry. Her father, Paul, is wary of this "beggar" Jenn has brought home -- who, he suspects, is conning his much-loved daughter -- while her mother,... |
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We Are All Made of Stars: A Novel
Rowan Coleman · Ballantine Books
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover |
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"Fans of Jojo Moyes will love We Are All Made of Stars," raves Good Housekeeping. Rowan Coleman's beautiful, life-affirming novel tells an unforgettable story about second chances, the power of words, and the resilience of the heart.A dedicated nurse, Stella finds comfort at the hospice... |
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The Charmers
Elizabeth Adler · Minotaur Books
Pages: 288
Format: Print book |
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When Mirabella Matthews' Aunt Jolly dies unexpectedly and under mysterious circumstances Mirabella suddenly finds herself the new owner of a villa in the South of France. But with the inheritance come unexpected mysteries ... and dangers.On her way to the villa, Mirabella is run off the road... |
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The Sun in Your Eyes: A Novel
Deborah Shapiro · William Morrow
Pages: 304
Format: Print book |
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A witty and winning new voice comes alive in this infectious road trip adventure with a rock-and-roll twist. Shapiro's debut blends the emotional nuance of Elena Ferrante with the potent nostalgia of High Fidelity, in a story of two women - one rich and alluring, the other just another... |
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The Boy in the Shadows
Carl-Johan Vallgren · Quercus Books
Pages: 400
Format: Print book |
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1970: In an overcrowded Stockholm subway station, a harried father and his two boys are late for their train. Joel, the youngest, is howling in his stroller and his seven-year-old brother, Kristoffer, refuses to take the elevator. A woman approaches and helpfully offers to lead Kristoffer... |
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Nine Women, One Dress: A Novel
Jane L Rosen · Doubleday Canada
Pages: 272
Format: Print book |
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A charming, hilarious, irresistible romp of a novel that brings together nine unrelated women, each touched by the same little black dress that weaves through their lives, bringing a little magic with it.Natalie is a Bloomingdale's salesgirl mooning over her lawyer ex-boyfriend who's engaged... |
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Heroes of the Frontier
Dave Eggers · Alfred A. Knopf
Pages: 385
Format: Print book |
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A picaresque adventure and spiritual coming-of-age tale On the Roadcrossed with Henderson the Rain King Deeply affecting. Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times Longlisted foran Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction A captivating, often hilarious novel of family and wilderness from... |
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The Nix: A novel
Nathan Hill · Knopf
Pages: 640
Format: Print book |
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"The Nix is a mother-son psychodrama with ghosts and politics, but it's also a tragicomedy about anger and sanctimony in America. . . . Nathan Hill is a maestro." - John Irving A Nix can take many forms. In Norwegian folklore, it is a spirit who sometimes appears as a white... |
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Absalom's Daughters: A Novel
Suzanne Feldman · Henry Holt and Company
Pages: 253
Format: Print book |
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A spellbinding debut about half sisters, one black and one white, on a 1950s road trip through the American SouthSelf-educated and brown-skinned, Cassie works full time in her grandmother's laundry in rural Mississippi. Illiterate and white, Judith falls for "colored music" and dreams... |
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To the Bright Edge of the World: A Novel
Eowyn Ivey · Little
Pages: 417
Format: Print book |
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An atmospheric, transporting tale of adventure, love, and survival from the bestselling author of The Snow Child, finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. In the winter of 1885, decorated war hero Colonel Allen Forrester leads a small band of men on an expedition that has been deemed impossible:... |
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Break in Case of Emergency: A novel
Jessica Winter · Alfred A. Knopf
Pages: 288
Format: Print book |
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A smart, irreverent, blistering workplace satire set in the world of a nonprofit feminist startup, for fans of Then We Came to the End and The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P. When Jen takes a poorly defined job at a start-up chaired by Leora Infinitis--a wealthy sit-com actress and celebrity... |
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Luck, Love & Lemon Pie
Amy E Reichert · Gallery Books
Pages: 320
Format: Print book |
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From the author of the "clever, creative, and sweetly delicious" (Kirkus Reviews) The Coincidence of Coconut Cake comes a novel about a frustrated wife and mother who hatches a scheme to reignite her marriage - and risks everything in a gamble she hopes is a sure bet.When Milwaukee-area... |
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