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When my sister asks me to help her have a child, I already know I will say yes. She has always dreamed of being a mother, and this might be her last chance. Not long after the embryo is created, my sister is killed in a tragic hiking accident. The grief of losing my best friend is unbearable, but in the days that follow, I realize there is a shimmer of hope: I can still fulfill her dream and bring her baby into the world. But no matter what I do, I can't stop thinking about my sister's last words to me. On the day she died, she said there was something she needed to tell me.

When the two grown daughters of Elizabeth Marshall discover an old diary of their mother's in the attic, it comes as a shock to learn that the true love of Elizabeth's life was not their father. But is all as it seems? That's the mystery the two daughters must unravel as they stay up late reading the words penned by Elizabeth so long ago.

AN INSTANT USA TODAY BESTSELLER A Semi-Finalist for The Thurber Prize for American Humor An Indie Next Pick Patrick O'Hara is called back to his guncle duties . . . This time for a big family wedding in Italy. Patrick O’Hara is back. It’s been five years since his summer as his niece Maisie...

Lovers of classical fiction will enjoy viewing life through the lens of Jane Ward as she grapples with the meaning of love in this 1931 Pulitzer Prize winning novel. Generational pressures are on full display over the course of four decades, as we see her struggle with her upbringing by Victorian parents, yet strain to understand her own children’s life choices, as the Roaring 20’s boasts dramatic changes in societal norms.

Grace has returned to London after twenty years abroad to manage her dying mother's affairs. When she receives a blank Mother's Day card in the post, she is confused and unsettled. Another Mother's Day card arrives. Then come the silent phone calls. Haunted by disturbing flashbacks, Grace starts to unravel. Someone is out to get her. Someone who knows what she has done. Someone who will make her face the past she has run from for so long.

PRAISE FOR BELLA MACKIE: 'Delicious' JOJO MOYES 'Super-sharp, lethally witty' NIGELLA LAWSON ‘Wonderfully wicked’ RED 'Very funny… I inhaled it' JOE LYCETT ‘Taut, pacy, seamless… a huge pleasure to read’ MARIAN KEYES 'You know Diana Leyland… she climbed the ladder by marrying a...

Audrey and Fraser just fit. They were meant to be forever. Until they weren't... Now each must forge a new, different life from the one they expected to live out together. But how to move ahead, when love has been left behind? How to make new beginnings, follow new paths, even find new loves?...

Stephanie is a mother of five, married to Tom—the boy she loved at thirteen, now the man who will not lie to her about the hard parts. She’s sober from the obvious, but temptation has learned new names: clean energy, thermic stacks, while-you-sleep miracles. The week we follow her through—Then/Now, hour by hour—is ordinary in the way a storm is ordinary if you live inside it: school calls and supper, a paper crown on the bathroom counter, a porch bulb that keeps choosing yes.

Una nonna, una madre e una figlia: le tre protagoniste hanno lo stesso nome, Ramona. È il 1894 e Ramona Jover affida al diario le speranze alla vigilia del matrimonio nella Barcellona di fine secolo. Nel 1938, sua figlia Ramona Ventura cerca il marito tra le rovine di un bombardamento, custodendo un segreto che la renderà succube per tutta la vita. Negli anni Sessanta, Ramona Claret assiste al fermento delle rivolte studentesche. Le vite di queste tre donne si intrecciano fra innamoramenti e delusioni, raccontando cosa significa vivere l'amore, la maternità e la costrizione dei ruoli sociali.

Georgie McCool sabe que su relación está en aprietos, lo ha estado por mucho tiempo. Todavía ama a Neal, y él sigue amándola también, profundamente, pero eso casi parece irrelevante ahora. Tal vez siempre fue irrelevante. Dos días antes de la visita que tenían planeada a la familia de Neal para Navidad, Georgie le dice que no podrá ir. Ella es guionista de televisión, y ha surgido un inconveniente en su programa, así que tiene que quedarse en Los Ángeles. Sabe que Neal va a molestarse -siempre está un poco molesto con Georgie- pero no espera que él haga las maletas y se vaya sin ella.

Une vie bascule, et commence une traversée dont on ne sort jamais indemne. Entre rives familières et horizons inconnus, un être avance, lesté de secrets, aimant encore ce qu’il lui faut quitter, apprenant à se tenir debout au cœur de la tourmente. Ici, les routes sont des cicatrices, la mémoire un courant capricieux, et chaque choix a le goût salé des départs.

Schreckliches ist geschehen und ganz Korea wird von finsteren Kreaturen in Schutt und Asche gelegt. Um ihre Schwester zu retten, muss Jia ins 18. Jahrhundert reisen, das Gemälde zerstören und danach den Künstler töten. Zu ihrem Entsetzen muss Jia jedoch feststellen, dass sie zu früh in der Vergangenheit gelandet ist. Zweiter Teil der mitreißenden Romantasy-Dilogie mit koreanischem Setting.

I Brancata sono una delle tante famiglie di origine siciliana che in Tunisia hanno cercato l'America, e non sempre l'hanno trovata. In questa cornice cosmopolita, Maria - una bella trentottenne fiera e determinata - vede le sue tre figlie adolescenti diventare grandi. Tutto intorno, una città vivace in cui i nostri protagonisti si muovono in un tempo sospeso tra malinconia e incertezza: con l'indipendenza della Tunisia per molti si avvicina la stagione degli addii.

Succeeding in the oil industry obsesses her. A friend’s tragic accident makes her face the truth. Is her future going to bring joy? Or destruction? Gerri Keffer is determined to excel in the rough world of oil extraction and climb the corporate ladder like her father and older brother before her. Now she’s landed a job as a production supervisor in the oil fields of Wyoming. She doesn’t have time for friends—old or new—or even a second glance at Kaiden Beck, a good-looking guy from Montana. The only valve she has for stress release is rock climbing where she too often takes ...

"This novel will grab you in the gut and hold you there. It’s absolutely outstanding. Once I entered this world I didn’t want to leave.” —Roxane Gay, author of Opinions "The cast delivers powerfully nuanced performances. [Narrator] Dion Graham’s Sabre is both cringe-inducingly unctuous...

A stunning new work from universally acclaimed Daniyal Mueenuddin, whose debut short story collection won the Story Prize and was a finalist for the Los Angeles Book Prize, the National Book Award, and the Pulitzer Prize. NAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2026: Town & Country, Bustle, AARP...

A NEW PRODUCTION NARRATED BY SAOIRSE RONAN, ACADEMY AWARD–NOMINATED STAR OF THE 2015 FILM ADAPTATION! Colm Tóibín’s New York Times bestselling novel—also an acclaimed film starring Saoirse Ronan and Jim Broadbent nominated for four Academy Awards including Best Picture—is “a moving...

Bella's living her dream life, running a beautiful, rural French B&B and has finally put her past behind her. But when her husband suddenly asks for a divorce, everything changes. Forced to abandon everything she'd built before, she finds herself moving to the beautiful town of Versailles, where she takes a job working in a hotel, and moves into a chaotic house share. At first, it doesn't feel like a problem that she can't seem to convince her young housemates she's older than them – it's quite nice to pretend she's in her 20s again.

From a New York Times bestselling author comes a gripping debut that defies all expectations—a story of feverish obsession, new motherhood, and a friendship pushed to the edge Emily is unmoored as a new mother in Manhattan—exhausted, broke, and slipping away from her well-meaning husband...

The "queen of the summer novel" explores the power of community, family, and honesty-and proves that even from the ashes of sorrow new love can take flight (Kirkus Reviews). A warm June evening, a local tradition: the students of Nantucket High have gathered for a bonfire on the beach. What...