A compelling story of suspense, deceit and discovery from the Booker Prize Winning author Searching through a little-used cupboard at home, TV history man Glyn Peters chances upon a photograph he has never seen. Taken in high summer,...
Sisters
- Author:Penelope LivelySummary:
- Author:Birdsall, JeanneSummary:
The Penderwick sisters are home on Gardam Street and ready for an adventure! But the adventure they get isn't quite what they had in mind ... Mr. Penderwick's sister has decided it's time for him to start dating--and the girls know that...
- Author:Birdsall, JeanneSummary:
With over one million copies sold, this series of modern classics about the charming Penderwick family from National Book Award winner and New York Times bestseller Jeanne Birdsall is perfect for fans of Noel Streatfeild and Edward...
- Author:Birdsall, JeanneSummary:
This summer the Penderwick sisters have a wonderful surprise: a holiday on the grounds of a beautiful estate called Arundel. Soon they are busy discovering the summertime magic of Arundel's sprawling gardens, treasure-filled attic, tame...
- Author:Hashimi, NadiaSummary:
In Kabul, 2007, with a drug-addicted father and no brothers, Rahima and her sisters can only sporadically attend school or leave the house. Their only hope lies in an ancient custom that will allow Rahima to dress and be treated as a...
- Author:Leroux, CatherineSummary:
Catherine Leroux’s The Party Wall shifts between and ties together stories about pairs joined in surprising ways. A woman learns that she may not be the biological mother of her own son despite having given birth to him; a brother and...
- Author:Buchanan, Cathy MarieSummary:
Set at a moment of profound artistic, cultural, and societal change--Paris in 1878--The Painted Girls is ultimately a tale of two remarkable girls rendered uniquely vulnerable to the darker impulses of "civilized society."
- Author:Clayborn, KateSummary:
Hairstylist Jess Greene has spent the last decade raising her younger half-sister, Tegan-and keeping a shocking secret. Ever since their reckless mother ran off with a boyfriend, Jess has been aware that he's the same accomplished...
- Author:Hadlow, JaniceSummary:
"Jane fans rejoice! ... Exceptional storytelling and a true delight."--Helen Simonson, author of the New York Times bestselling novels Major Pettigrew's Last Stand and The Summer Before the WarMary, the bookish ugly...
- Author:Harrow, Alix E.Summary:
When the Eastwood sisters join the suffragists of New Salem, they begin to delve into the oldest magics and draw new alliances in aims of turning the women's movement into the witch's movement.
- Author:GISSING, GeorgeSummary:
The impoverished Madden sisters are ill-equipped to support themselves when their father dies, and Monica sees her only chance of escape from a life of grinding misery in marriage. When she is befriended by two independent women, who...
- Author:Patterson, JamesSummary:
If you hear it, it's too late. Can two sisters save us all? In the shadow of Mount Hood, sixteen-year-old Tennant is checking rabbit traps with her eight-year-old sister Sophie when the girls are suddenly overcome by a strange...
- Author:Eldridge, ToriSummary:
After her sister is raped and murdered, Lily Wong dedicates her life and ninja skills to the protection of women. She has to hide her true self from her Hong Kong tiger mom, who is already disappointed at her less-than-feminine ways,...
- Author:Hannah, KristinSummary:
A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK A #1 New York Times bestseller, Wall Street Journal Best Book of the Year, and soon to be a major motion picture, this unforgettable novel of love and strength in the face of war has enthralled a generation...
- Author:Hannah, KristinSummary:
In love we find out who we want to be. In war we find out who we are. FRANCE, 1939 In the quiet village of Carriveau, Vianne Mauriac says goodbye to her husband, Antoine, as he heads for the Front. She doesn't believe that the Nazis...
- Author:Andrews, Mary KaySummary:
Mary Kay Andrews, the New York Times bestselling author and Queen of the Beach Reads, delivers her next summer listen in The Newcomer. Letty Carnahan is in trouble. She's on the run from New York City; she has her four-year-old...
- Author:Candela, MargoSummary:
Growing up with a kind but alcoholic father and a suspicious, passive-aggressive mother, the Bernal sisters each developed their own way of coping: Dulcina had her art and drugs and alcohol, Claudia plunged into her studies and fled to...
- Author:Wilde, LoriSummary:
Moonglow Cove, Texas was once home of the Clark sisters, brought up by their grandmother at the Moonglow Inn and nicknamed "The Moonglow Sisters." Then, a wedding-day betrayal tore them apart, and they scattered across the...
- Author:Baart, NicoleSummary:
From Florida's beaches to British Columbia's vineyards, Abigail pursues a handsome, charismatic man. On her quest, she is awash with memories of her beautiful yet vulnerable sister. But as past and present converge, Abigail's mission...
- Author:Elliott, LexieSummary:
Ailsa Calder has inherited half of a house. The other half belongs to a man who disappeared without a trace twenty-seven years ago--her father. Leaving London behind to settle the inheritance from her mother's estate, Ailsa returns...