From James McBride, author of the bestselling Oprah's Book Club pick Deacon King Kong and the National Book Award–winning The Good Lord Bird, a novel about small-town secrets and the people who keep them.
The Heavens
by Sandra Newman
Hardcover: Feb 2019
Paperback: Nov 2019
Transporting the reader between a richly detailed past and a frighteningly possible future, The Heavens is a powerful reminder of the consequences of our actions, a poignant testament to how the people we love are destined to change, and a masterful ...
The Help
by Kathryn Stockett
Hardcover: Feb 2009
Paperback: Apr 2011
Winner of BookBrowse's 2009 Reader Awards. Three extraordinary women start a movement that forever changes a small town in 1960s Mississippi, and the way women mothers, daughters, caregivers, friends view one another. The Help is a ...
The Hemingses of Monticello
: An American Family
by Annette Gordon-Reed
Hardcover: Sep 2008
Paperback: Sep 2009
This epic work tells the story of the Hemingses, an American slave family whose close blood ties to our President Jefferson had been systematically expunged from American history until very recently.
"Gripping, heartbreaking reading...The interweaving of Hemingway's story, the students' narratives of terror and Huntley's own tales of discovery make for a book that is stirring and nearly impossible to put down."
The Heretic's Daughter
: A Novel
by Kathleen Kent
Hardcover: Sep 2008
Paperback: Oct 2009
Martha Carrier was one of the first women to be accused, tried and hanged as a witch in Salem, Massachusetts. The Heretic's Daughter tells her story; a haunting portrait, not just of Puritan New England, but also of one family's deep and abiding ...
The High Divide
by Lin Enger
Hardcover: Sep 2014
Paperback: May 2015
Breathtaking portrait of the vast Plains landscape are matched by the rich expanse of characters' emotional terrain, as pivotal historical events blend seamlessly in this story of a family's sacrifice and devotion.
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