When Marielle marries Carson Bishop and moves into Holly Oaks, his dead wife's Virginia family home, she investigates stories that the house is haunted by her ancestress, Susannah Page, who is rumored to have been a Civil War spy.
From the National Book Award–winning author of Three Junes, a richly imagined novel that begins just after the sudden death of world-renowned children’s book author Mort Lear, who leaves behind a wholly unexpected will, an idyllic ...
But his discovery has come at a terrible cost, not only for the islanders, but for Perina himself. Look for Hanya Yanagihara’s bestselling new novel, To Paradise, available now.
Her favorite. The little bell attached to the front door rings and I turn away from the dress I know I will never wear. h. Ramsey never returns my call. I guess I'm not surprised. 256 Susan Meissner.
That may sound like a silly question, but there is so much more to notice about a tree than first meets the eye. "Seeing Trees" celebrates seldom-seen but easily observable tree traits and invites you to watch trees with
It is soon apparent that no help is coming and that these trees, which seem the work of centuries rather than hours, span far beyond the town.
With an “impressive ability to connect with and portray the myopic grief of a bereft child,” this novel is filled with both sorrow and sweet humor, and with the buoyant life force of its unforgettable narrator (Kirkus Reviews). ...
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This genre-shattering anthology includes writings in a variety of styles by pensioners, prisoners, schoolchildren, drifting teenagers, praise-singers, and even a few poets.
The lives of Skip Sands, a spy-in-training engaged in psychological operations against the Vietcong, and brothers Bill and James Houston, young men who drift out of the Arizona desert into a war, intertwine in a compelling novel of America ...
They've just heard Bryant Durough tell the story of how his daughter, Lauren, was born. His only daughter. His only child. Born grappling for power. One of them titters. “So like a man to see it that way.” “I heard Bryant and Julia have ...