A happily married photographer named Callie Perry has her life turned upside down when a new, mysterious family moves in across the street. As Callie grows close to her new neighbor, the sophisticated and seemingly perfect Liddy, she is drawn into a world of wealth and secrets. But as she gets deeper into Liddy's life, Callie discovers that the glamorous exterior hides a darker truth.
A party of gilded youth of both sexes meet at a London railway station to travel by boat-train to the south of France, where a house party awaits them, the whole thing to be paid for by the wealthy and much courted Max...
Wonderful ... his bent for historical accuracy is unmatched in commercial fiction ... Jakes makes the reader care about his characters - San Francisco Chronicle
Peter and Steven offer a vision of the future that's truly awesome in both the most traditional and modern understandings of the word; it's as big as it is awe inspiring.
In 1927, Charles Lindbergh thrilled the world by becoming the first lone pilot to cross the Atlantic. Soon after he landed, however, the flight log was stolen from the cockpit of the Spirit of St Louis. It was never recovered. That much is fact ...When the flight log becomes available on the Black Market, Hella and her son Ari travel to the home of a shady millionaire in Depression-torn Key West to make their bid. But Hella soon discovers that she is not the only person willing to go to great, even murderous, lengths to obtain it ...
In this emotionally charged, heart-pounding thriller Lisa Scottoline has broken new ground. Look Again examines the very essence of parenthood and raises a question that will haunt readers long after they have finished the last page: 'What would I do?'
'Gordimer has the range and concerns of a mature and brilliant artist. Her writing has the tough precision of poetry and the closely observed naturalness of everyday life' - Diane Johnson, Washington Post Book World
Fleeing crushing poverty and ceaseless pogroms, many Lithuanian Jews left Europe in the early 1900's and set off to find refuge in a mysterious, faraway land - South Africa.On a dark continent, virtually devoid of the light of Torah, these Jews faced enormous challenges to maintain their faith. This important but relatively unknown slice of history forms the backdrop of this breathtaking novel by highly acclaimed author Gita Gordon. Spanning four generations and traversing the globe, South African Journeys brings the story of the Jews of South Africa to life.
This is the towering story of two families struggling against the tide of history. Some, pushed beyond the threshold of despair, do not survive. The others must find their way back to a place of peace and forgiveness. Through anger, injustice and betrayal, the family discovers that there is a force stronger than war.
Klima's achievement lies in his humane understanding of moral confusions and his sympathetic rendering of them, and especially in his ability to question while avoiding the polemical. Irish Times
Winner of the Orange Prize. This novel is a captivating exploration of climate change, poverty, and human resilience set in the rural community of Feathertown, Tennessee.
At the top of the Eiffel Tower, a young man proposes to his girlfriend, cheered on by delighted tourists. In that second, everything changes, not just for the happy couple, but for the family and friends awaiting their return in Bridgeport, Ireland ...
On the night of her thirteenth birthday, Jane Howard made a vow to her warring parents - she would never get married and she would never have children.But life, is a profoundly random business. Many years and many lives later, she is a professor in Boston, in love with a brilliant, erratic man named Theo. And then Jane falls pregnant.
Forty two and married for half of her life. Jessie Sullivan lives quiet conventionally. She honestly believes that she is happy. She has a lovely home, a good, dependable husband and an accomplished teenage daughter. But when she returns to the remote island of her childhood, to establish the cause of her mother's increasingly strange behavior, Jessie is drawn to Brother Thomas, a Benedictine monk on the verge of taking his final vows.
It's 1944 when twin sisters, Pearl and Stasha, arrive at Auschwitz. They take refuge in their identical natures, comforting themselves with the private language and shared games of their childhood, all under the watchful eye of Josef Mengele, the camp physician known as the Angel of Death ...
Eight years ago, Nova Kumalisi agreed to have a baby for Mal and Stephanie Wacken. Halfway through the pregnancy, the couple changed their minds and walked away, leaving Nova pregnant, scared and alone.
Yasmina Khadra is the nom de plume of the Algerian army officer Mohamed Moulessehoul, who is the author of five other books published in English, among them The Swallows of Kabul, Wolf Dreams, and In the Name of God
On a midsummer's night Paula lies awake, Mike, her husband of twenty-five years asleep beside her, her two teenage children, Nick and KAte, sleeping in nearby rooms. The next day, she knows, will redefine all their lives.
