Product Description: In this captivating novel, bestselling author Lisa Grunwald gives us the sweeping tale of an irresistible hero and the many women who love him. In the middle of the twentieth century, in a home economics program at a prominent university, orphaned babies are being used to teach mothering skills to young women...read more

Product Description: Historical events of the last three centuries come alive through these women’s singular correspondences—often their only form of public expression. In 1775, Rachel Revere tries to send financial aid to her husband, Paul, in a note that is confiscated by the British; First Lady Dolley Madison tells her sister about rescuing George Washington’s portrait during the War of 1812; one week after JFK’s assassination, Jacqueline Kennedy pens a heartfelt letter to Nikita Khrushchev; and on September 12, 2001, a schoolgirl writes a note of thanks to a New York City firefighter, asking him, “Were you afraid?”The letters gathered here also offer fresh insight into the personal milestones in women’s lives...read more

With the normal patterns of her life turned upside down, Sally Farber finds herself searching for the true definition of happiness in her life through her experiences of motherhood, marriage, an affair, writing, and home renovation, in the story of one woman's midlife crisis and quest for meaning. Reader's Guide included. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.

Product Description: "Immediate and evocative, letters witness and fasten history, catching events as they happen," write Lisa Grunwald and Stephen J. Adler in their introduction to this remarkable book.  In more than 400 letters from both famous figures and ordinary citizens, Letters of the Century encapsulates the people and places, events and trends that shaped our nation during the last 100 years...read more

After the accidental death of her young nephew, the child of her twin sister, Erica contends with her own daughter's conversations with her dead cousin, an obsession that threatens to sunder family relationships

After the accidental death of her young nephew, the child of her twin sister, Erica contends with her own daughter's conversations with her dead cousin, an obsession that threatens to sunder family relationships. 20,000 first printing. First serial, Good Housekeeping. Lit Guild Alt. Tour.

A time concept storybook follows the events of a child's day, from the rising of the sun to the shining of the stars at night, and invites young readers to think of their own day's highlights in terms of time.

Alexander Simon, a young scientist who is about to publish a unified theory of physics, finds his way of life shaken when his mother reappears after many years' absence and draws him into her world of palm readers and alchemists

Jen, the daughter of a famous sculptor, narrates the story of her family's summer on Sanders Island and their struggle to accept that their mother is dying of cancer and to summon the strength to let go of her