The matriarch of a Long Island clan with a suicidal son and a defiant granddaughter, Esther has hired a Russian landscaper to watch over the family and the grounds of their waterfront estate. But...
Search Results
Search found 12 item
-
Author: Hoffman, AliceSummary: -
Author: Jackson, ShirleySummary:Six years after four family members died of arsenic poisoning, the three remaining Blackwoods live together in pleasant isolation, which they ensure through an idiosyncratic system of rules and...
-
Author: Ware, SusanSummary:
An acclaimed historian gives voice to the thousands of women from different backgrounds, races, and religions whose local passion and protest resounded throughout the land.
-
Author: Andrews, DonnaSummary:
A new side-splitting Meg Langslow mystery from award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of Terns of Endearment. When Meg's grandmother Cordelia hosts a Renaissance Faire at her craft...
-
Author: Andrews, DonnaSummary:
** An AudioFile Earphones Award-winning production. ** New York Times bestselling author Donna Andrews returns with another Meg Langslow mystery written "firmly in the grand tradition of Agatha...
-
Author: Gary, AmySummary:Drawing on newly discovered personal letters and diaries, Amy Gary reveals the eccentric and exceptional life of Margaret Wise Brown, author of the popular children's books Goodnight Moon and The...
-
Author: Manning, ChandraSummary:
By the end of the Civil War, nearly half a million slaves had taken refuge behind Union lines in what became known as "contraband camps." This book probes what the camps were like and how former...
-
Author: Langer, Ellen J.Summary:
With anecdotes and metaphors, Langer explains how the mindless develop habits of thought born of repetition in childhood and throughout schooling. To be mindful, allows free rein to intuition and...
-
Author: Andrews, DonnaSummary:A new side-splitting Meg Langslow mystery from the award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of Toucan Keep a Secret. Meg Langslow's grandfather has been booked by a cruise line to give...
-
Author: Berlin, LuciaSummary:Compiles the best work of the legendary short-story writer Lucia Berlin. With the grit of Raymond Carver, the humor of Grace Paley, and a blend of wit and melancholy all her own, Berlin crafts...
-
Author: Atwood, MargaretSummary:Months after the Waterless Flood pandemic has wiped out most of humanity, Toby and Ren have rescued their friend Amanda from the vicious Painballers. They return to the MaddAddamite cob house,...
-
Author:Summary:With this anthology, bestselling author Brad Meltzer introduces twenty-one original stories from today's most prominent mystery writers. These sometimes terrifying, sometimes funny, and always...