Lucky Us by Amy Bloom Eva has no idea she has a half-sister until her mother abandons her on her father’s front porch with nothing but a suitcase. Nevertheless, she quickly finds kinship with her older sister Iris, and the two eventually escape their sleepy town in the dreary...
All Fall Down by Jennifer Weiner Allison Weiss is a mommy blogger living in the suburbs of Philadelphia. She has a big, beautiful house, handsome husband Dave and precious daughter, Ellie. From the outside, it looks like she has it all—the certifiably happy ending that most women spend...
The Opposite of Loneliness by Marina Keegan Five days after graduating from Yale and with a job at the New Yorker lined up, Marina Keegan tragically died in a car accident. Her untimely passing sent shockwaves through the New Haven community, and inspired her last essay called “The Opposite of...
The Glass Kitchen by Linda Francis Lee Portia Cutchcart was a Texan born and bred--and never planned to leave. That is, until an unexpected scandal led her to divorce her politician husband, Robert. Luckily, Portia’s aunt had a three story town house in Manhattan, and left one apartment to each...
The Witch of Belladonna Bay by Suzanne Palmieri Bronwyn "BitsyWyn" Whalen ran away from her home in Alabama when she was seventeen years old. Fourteen years later, she is living happily with her boyfriend Ben far away in the Northeast. After years no contact with her family, her father calls to tell her...
For All Time by Jude Deveraux In the second installation of Jude Deveraux’s Nantucket Brides series, the Montgomery-Taggerts are back, and more delightful than ever. The novel opens at a beautiful wedding on the picturesque island of Nantucket—but the sparks flying aren’t between...
Nantucket Sisters by Nancy Thayer When Maggie McIntyre and Emily Porter meet on Nantucket one summer as young girls, the duo become fast friends. Maggie is an island native, who lives on Nantucket year-round with her widowed mother and brother, Ben. Emily is cut from New York society, lives...
China Dolls by Lisa See Set in San Francisco pre-World War II, China Dolls follows the trials and triumphs of three Asian-American women coming of age in a tumultuous time. Around the time of the World’s Fair opening on Treasure Island, aspiring dancers Grace and Ruby meet Helen...
The One & Only by Emily Giffin Shea Rigsby has been best friends with Lucy Carr since childhood, and has come to be considered part of her famous football family. When Lucy’s mother tragically passes of cancer, it’s only expected that Shea be alongside Lucy and her father, Coach Carr,...
Cutting Teeth by Julia Fierro Cutting Teeth follows a Brooklyn-based playgroup that transports their social circle out East to Long Island one hot August weekend to enjoy a last hurrah before summer ends. Throughout the weekend, each parent is forced to confront his or her own internal...
