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"A provocative novel about an immigrant family living the American dream-and the daughter whose death raises questions about just how American they really want to become"-- Provided by publisher.

"Twelve books. Twelve months. One chance to heal her heart... When Tilly Nightingale receives a call telling her there's a birthday gift from her husband waiting for her at her local bookshop, it couldn't come as more of a shock. Partly because she can't remember the last time she read a book for pleasure. But mainly because Joe died five months ago.... When she goes to pick up the present, Alfie, the kind (and adorably bookish) bookshop owner, explains...

"Was this just a brief skirmish, or the beginning of a thirty-year feud? In the Rubenstein family, it could go either way. When their beloved older sister passes away, Sylvia and Helen Rubinstein are unmoored. A misunderstanding about apple cake turns into decades of stubborn silence. Busy with their own lives-divorces, dating, career setbacks, college applications, bat mitzvahs and ballet recitals-their children do not want to get involved. As for...

Leigh is the last of the Wildes. She knows this because she watched them all die. Grief never truly fades and even as the tragedy haunts her, Leigh carries on, because survival is in her blood. So, when the transport bus taking her to prison careens off the road, killing everyone onboard except her, she does what's in her nature. She survives. While searching for a place to hide, Leigh stumbles upon an unexpected sanctuary: a flower farm in rural...

Canadian high school sophomore Lexi is working hard to win a swimming scholarship to attend a local fine arts high school. And though nearly everyone around her is supportive, her father is not. He doesn't think the tuition is worth it and he wants her and her brother to help him launch his renovation business instead. Not wanting to disappoint her father, Lexi agrees, but soon finds herself pulled in too many different directions. When things come...

Remote Western Australia, 1958: here, for generations, the MacBrides have lived on a vast sheep station, Meredith Downs. It is a million acres, an ocean of arid land. On an ordinary day, on a lonely road, under the unending blue sky, patriarch Phil MacBride swerves to avoid a kangaroo. In seconds the lives of the entire MacBride family are shattered. And then, tragedy revisits when a twist of consequences claims the life of one sibling, and leads...

Siblings Ruby and Henry have an unusual kind of home life compared to their friends. Their family operates an animal sanctuary with a unique collection of full-time pet residents: a pig, a dog, the world's bossiest cat, two silly goats, and a llama who thinks he's a human. Not to mention, Ruby and Henry's mom is also a vet at the animal clinic in town. Let's just say, when it comes to animals, it's hard for Ruby and Henry's family to say no. But a...

Thornwalk, a once-stately English manor, is on the brink of transformation. Its keys are being handed over to a luxury hotelier who will undertake a complete renovation, but in doing so, what will they erase? Through the keen eyes of an enigmatic neighbor, the listener is taken on a guided tour into rooms filled with secrets and memories, each revealing the story of the five Gilbert siblings.

A middle-grade novel about a boy adjusting to changes in his family after the arrival of a new stepbrother. Feeling displaced and frustrated, Denver retreats to a forest where he encounters a solitary, magical tree that offers to temporarily transform his stepbrother. When the consequences of this action become more serious than expected, Denver must confront his feelings about family, belonging, and responsibility. The story explores themes of change,...

Brady Mason prefers a practical lifestyle centered on sports, familiar routines, and casual clothing. When her friends notice her resemblance to a well-known fashion editor, they begin an online rumor suggesting a family connection. What begins as a joke becomes reality when a DNA test confirms that Brady is the editor's biological daughter. Brady is asked to move to Manhattan to live with her mother, Elena Lavigne. The transition brings challenges...