“There are so many things I’d love to tell you girls, but, well—I just don’t know…”Alma Johansson confides this to her grown daughters, Louisa and Michelle, shortly
The riveting story of one brave young woman’s struggle to free herself from a web of deceit.For misfit Libby Archer, social expectations for young women in Rochester, New York, in the mid-1950s don’t
Can lighting really strike twice? Just ask Eve, whose husband walks out on her in the middle of a garage sale. Eve's beloved Ivan died thirteen years ago in an automobile accident. Her charming, bo
An exquisite tour de force, The Laws of Gravity is a testament to what it means to be a family, what it takes to save a life, and the lengths we will go to protect the ones we love.Two families, bound
Feeling the pressures of life, Stephanie faces her junior year with little optimism, but her new friendship with fellow writer and poetry-lover, Denny Pistill, helps her cope with her troubles and get
Agnes Hussein, descendant of the last sultan of Singapore and the last surviving member of her immediate family, has grown up among her eccentric relatives in the crumbling Kampong Glam palace, a once
An anthology of poems that heal, offer hope, and inspire."She walks in beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies;And all that's best of dark and bright Meet in her aspect and h
Sitting by the barbecuewaiting for sausages and hot dogs..........I see a tiny spider..........a silver speckglisteningat its mouth,climbing the invisible ladder--from "Dinner Together" by Diana River
The teenage years are a time filled with sadness, madness, joy, and all the messy stuff in between. Sometimes it feels that every day brings a new struggle, a new concern, a new reason to stay in bed
A funny, heartfelt, perfectly pitched story about misunderstandings and the importance of true friendship.When a little girl thinks that her best friend James has been saying bad things about her behi
An affecting biography of the author of Anne of Green Gables is the first for young readers to include revelations about her last days and to encompass the complexity of a brilliant and sometimes trou
An affecting biography of the author of Anne of Green Gables is the first for young readers to include revelations about her last days and to encompass the complexity of a brilliant and sometimes trou
An affecting biography of the author of Anne of Green Gables is the first for young readers to include revelations about her last days and to encompass the complexity of a brilliant and sometimes trou
An affecting biography of the author of Anne of Green Gables is the first for young readers to include revelations about her last days and to encompass the complexity of a brilliant and sometimes trou
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In this best-selling collection of almost fifty essays and stories about the mikvah (the Jewish ritual bath), women and men contribute their thoughts on this ancient Jewish tradition. The issues of mi