On a remote lonely mountain, Constance (frustrated poet) skis toward her death and Harry Weinstein (brilliant author) loses himself in an avalanche. Meanwhile, back in the city, Gully Jillson (the ex-husband who won the GG) is the...
Humorous fiction
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Author:Frey, CeceliaSummary: - Author:McCall Smith, AlexanderSummary:
When the ever ethical Isabel Dalhousie bumps into Minty Auchterlonie for the first time in years, she is skeptical (again) of Minty's integrity. But Minty mentions the bank where she works is having internal troubles, and Isabel must...
- Author:Marston, MissySummary:
The Love Monster is the tall tale of one woman’s struggle with mid-life issues. The main character, Margaret H. Atwood, has psoriasis, a boring job and a bad attitude. Her cheating husband has left her. And none of her pants fit any...
- Author:Colgan, JennySummary:
It's true that Anna Trent is a supervisor in a chocolate factory... But that doesn't necessarily mean she knows how to make chocolate. And when a fateful accident gives her the opportunity to work at Paris's elite chocolatier Le Chapeau...
- Author:Fraser, GailSummary:
Nestled in the Northwest is a quaint little town that its quirky residents are proud to call home. With charming shops lining its one main thoroughfare, Lumby is home to the oldest apple tree in the county and the smallest bank in the...
- Author:Levoy, MyronSummary:
In 1890s South Dakota, Amy and Joshua escape from their mean aunt Vootch. They plan to find their grandparents in New York and manage to team up with a traveling magician, Mortimer Wintergreen, who owns a magic hat with a temperamental...
- Author:McCall Smith, AlexanderSummary:
In the hilarious new novel in the best-selling Detective Varg series, an eminent art historian is framed and the ace investigators of the department of sensitive crimes are on the case... Detective Ulf Varg is a man of refined tastes...
- Author:Wodehouse, P. G.Summary:
These early stories are fine vintage Wodehouse: the rivalry between the ugly policeman and Alf, the Romeo milkman; the plight of a "man with two left feet" who fell in love with a dance hostess; and the first appearance of Jeeves.
- Author:Shriver, LionelSummary:
In 2029, the United States is engaged in a bloodless world war. Overnight, the "almighty dollar" plummets in value. The Mandibles have been counting on a sizable fortune, but once the inheritance turns to ash, each family member must...
- Author:Harris, EveSummary:
Set in the Orthodox Jewish community in North West London, The Marrying of Chani Kaufman is the poignant and humorous story of nineteen-year-old Chani Kaufman and the lead-up to her wedding night. Nineteen-year-old Chani lives in the...
- Author:Bulgakov, MikhailSummary:
The Devil comes to Moscow; but he isn't all bad. Pontius Pilate sentences a charismatic leader to his death, but yearns for redemption; and a writer tries to destroy his greatest tale, but discovers that manuscripts don't burn. Multi-...
- Author:Perrine, Jane MyersSummary:
A traumatic experience as a college freshman left Gussie Milton afraid of relationships, but 'the widows' think she'd be a perfect wife for the church's young pastor, who shares a mutual attraction with Gussie.
- Author:Patrick, PhaedraSummary:
The house cleaner of a famous author must carry out her employer's shocking last wish in this delightful new novel from beloved author Phaedra Patrick Mother of two Liv Green barely scrapes by as a maid to make ends meet, often...
- Author:Harris, Neil PatrickSummary:
When a famous ventriloquist arrives in town, the Misfits are sure he (and his creepy dummy) are up to no good. Can the Misfits come together to stop another member of the villainous Emerald Ring?
- Author:Udall, BradySummary:
When he is seven, Edgar Mint is run over by a mailman. Three months later, the half-Apache and mostly orphaned boy miraculously wakes from a coma. Thus begins an odyssey that will take young Edgar from a hospital for indigents to a...
- Author:McCall Smith, AlexanderSummary:
A full-cast BBC Radio Scotland comedy dramatisation originally broadcast Oct. 1, 2008. An Edinburgh couple on holiday in the Highlands discover that centuries-old tensions are still very near the surface.
- Author:Jenkins, DanSummary:
Golf pro Bobby Joe Grooves is on a mission to qualify for the Ryder Cup team, but first he has to contend with his rival Knut "the Nuke" Thorssun. Bobby Joe taught Knut everything he knows--not that the Nuke appreciates it. In addition...
- Author:Friedland, ElyssaSummary:
At their milestone high school reunion, a group of friends makes a pact to finally achieve their high school superlatives one way or another in this lively new novel from the acclaimed author of Last Summer at the Golden Hotel. In 1997...
- Author:McLaughlin, EmmaSummary:
Read by Julia Roberts Based on the real-life experiences, the inside story on the real lives of the rich and privileged from the women who know all the secrets - the nannies. THE NANNY DIARIES deftly skewers the manner in which America'...
- Author:Palmer, LizaSummary:
If there's one thing Joan Dixon knows about herself, it's that she is a damn good journalist. But when she is laid off from yet another soon-to-be-shuttered newspaper, and even the soulless, listicle-writing online jobs have...
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