A Novel
by Lisa O'Donnell

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by Annie Hartnett
Published Feb 2023
A lost young woman returns to small-town New Hampshire under the strangest of circumstances in this one-of-a-kind novel of life, death, and whatever comes after from the acclaimed author of Rabbit Cake.
by Leah Weiss
Published Jul 2021
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by Francesca Hornak
Published Oct 2018
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by Sara Young (Pennypacker)
Published Oct 2008
Mining a lost piece of history, Sara Young takes us deep into the lives of women living in the worst of times. Part love story and part elegy for the terrible choices we must often make to survive, My Enemy's Cradle keens for what we lose in war and sings for the hope we sometimes find.
by Julia Glass
Published Apr 2003
Elegantly detailed yet full of emotional suspense, often as comic as it is sad, this is a glorious triptych about how we learn to live beyond incurable grief and betrayals of the heart, and how family ties, both those we're born into and those we make, can offer us redemption and joy.
by Sue Monk Kidd
Published Jan 2003
A mesmerizing novel about women with extraordinary gifts coping with loss, finding forgiveness and especially, learning to forgive themselves. Kidd's strong, irresistible voice catches us up and doesn't let go.
by Anne Tyler
Published Apr 2002
Rebecca, a fifty-three-year-old grandmother, is caught unawares by the question of who she really is. How she answers it--how she tries to recover her girlhood self, that dignified grownup she had once been--is the story told in this beguiling, funny, and deeply moving novel.
by Mary Higgins Clark
Published Oct 1999
Another Christmas season mystery that will keep readers turning the pages -- all through the night.
by Jane Hamilton
Published Dec 1989
A stunning testament to the human capacity for mercy, compassion, and love.
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