The sixth book in the Mitford series finds the community of Mitford awaiting the marriage of Father Tim and his bride-to-be, Cynthia.

For George and Mary Ann McCray, watching their disabled son Todd move out is unbearable--even though he's in his twenties. But Todd has a dog named Christmas and an entire community ready to help him find his way.

From a National Book Award Finalist comes a novel about a modern American family and a man on a secret mission to uncover the world's hidden truths-until his two lives come crashing together. Someone is telling the story of the life of Charlie Barnes, and it doesn't appear to be going well. Too often divorced, discontent with life's compromises and in a house he hates, this lifelong schemer and eternal romantic would like out of his present circumstances and into the American dream. But when the twin calamities of the Great Recession and a cancer scare come along to compound his troubles, his dreams dwindle further, and an infinite past full of forking paths quickly tapers to a black dot.Then, against all odds, something goes right for a change: Charlie is granted a second act. With help from his storyteller son, he surveys the facts of his life and finds his true calling where he least expects it-in a sacrifice that redounds with selflessness and love-at last becoming the man his son always knew he could be. A Calling for Charlie Barnes is a profound and tender portrait of a man whose desperate need to be loved is his downfall, and a brutally funny account of how that love is ultimately earned.

From the author of the bestselling Jalna series! Writing in isolation was never trickier than in this full house. In this short but poignant tale, Mazo de la Roche tells the story of a small boy from an orphan home who has come to work for two sisters — Mrs Morton and Lydia Dove — who are, in old age, suffering greatly reduced circumstances. They have rented out half of their house to a writer, Lindley, who has sought out this isolated spot for the writing of a novel. However, the seclusion promised him is broken by strange and frightening events. The sisters’ struggle over the boy, Lindley’s love for the boy, his efforts to keep himself aloof for the writing of his book, are related by Mazo de la Roche with that complete belief in her characters which makes them live for the reader.

In eight interconnected, finely wrought stories, Margaret Laurence recreates the world of Vanessa MacLeod - a world of scrub-oak, willow, and chokecherry bushes; of family love and conflict; and of a girl's growing awareness of and passage into womanhood. The stories blend into one masterly and moving whole: poignant, compassionate, and profound in emotional impact.

Everything is falling to pieces for Francesca Thayer. Her relationship with Todd collapses and he moves out. Her leaky house needs total restoration; yet, as the owner of a struggling art gallery, her mortgage still needs paying. So she's forced to advertise for lodgers. First arrives Eileen - a young, schoolteacher from LA. Then comes Chris, a newly divorced father with a difficult ex-wife, and his seven-year-old son who visits every other weekend. Last to arrive is Marya - a famous cookery author wanting to rebuild her life after her husband's death. Francesca finds that her tenants are the most important people in her life - as 44 Charles Street fills with laughter, hope and heartbreak - and discovers that she might be able to open her heart again after all...

The chilling novella featured in Stephen King's New York Times bestselling short story collection Full Dark, No Stars-soon to be a Netflix original film starring Thomas Jane and Molly Parker. A violence awakens inside a man when his wife proposes selling off the family homestead, setting in motion a grisly train of murder and madness.