In 1977, Innes Haldane was one of seven extremely dysfunctional teenagers incarcerated in the Unit, an avant-garde psychiatric hospital on the outskirts of Edinburgh. There, she and her fellow inmates were forced into each other's lives, exposed to each other's pasts, and now share a collective memory. Since then, they have spent their adult lives trying to forget the unspeakable acts that sent them there and the terrible secret that occurred behind its walls . . . until a message on Innes's answering machine with a voice from the past interrupts the quiet life she has tried so hard to make for herself. There is a murderer stalking the former inmates, and the only way for them to save themselves is by reuniting -- no matter what the emotional cost. If the killer doesn't shatter their new lives, the memories being brought back to light just might. Now Innes must contact the others before someone else finds them first. . . .
"When the Chance siblings, all unable to find love, reunite to plan the ultimate fiftieth anniversary party for their parents, they all must contend with romantic entanglements, sibling rivalries and the definitive end of their childhood.
'When I read back through my diaries, I come across completely unknown events, as if another person lived that time in my place. And still, a recollection can suddenly knife...
Aaron Miller, a Vietnam vet who works as handyman at a trailer park, was a decorated war hero. Returning home from the war, he lost everything. But God finds and redeems the lost things of life, and someone is searching for Aaron.
The popular sequel to Class Reunion, Rona Jaffe’s After the Reunion continues the heartwarming story of Daphne, Emily, Chris, and Annabel five years after their class reunion.
The family you thought you knew. A reunion you'll never forget. A love that lasts forever -"This is a tight knit family, along with their cousin Andy, his wife and their children. The kind of family we all wish we had.
Indeed, this book demonstrates the extent to which the victors' aims in 1865 were met--and at what cost"--
But when the hotel is chosen as the location for her high school reunion, Cait finds herself unable to resist the appeal of showing off her new life to the people who once made her existence miserable.
"They thought they'd be friends forever.
When their father passes away, three estranged brothers--Sam, a hardened cop currently on suspension; Leo, a foul-mouthed bondsman; and Douglas, a con artist who never even knew he had a family--must start a business together in order to ...
This original tale is black comedy at its best.”—People Book of the Week “A rich portrait of a complicated family, at turns violent and hilarious.”—Emma Straub, New York Timesbestselling author