Product Description: Holly and Faith find ways to keep their family together after their parents divorce When their parents decide to separate, Holly and her sister Faith are really upset. Can they still be a family if their mom and dad are just friends?

Maya’s Notebook is a startling novel of suspense from New York Times bestselling author Isabel Allende. This contemporary coming-of-age story centers upon Maya Vidal, a remarkable teenager abandoned by her parents. Maya grew up in a rambling old house in Berkeley with her grandmother Nini, whose formidable strength helped her build a new life after emigrating from Chile in 1973 with a young son, and her grandfather Popo, a gentle African-American astronomer. When Popo dies, Maya goes off the rails. Along with a circle of girlfriends known as "the vampires," she turns to drugs, alcohol, and petty crime--a downward spiral that eventually leads to Las Vegas and a dangerous underworld, with Maya caught between warring forces: a gang of assassins, the police, the FBI, and Interpol. Her one chance for survival is Nini, who helps her escape to a remote island off the coast of Chile. In the care of her grandmother’s old friend, Manuel Arias, and surrounded by strange new acquaintances, Maya begins to record her story in her notebook, as she tries to make sense of her past and unravel the mysteries of her family and her own life.

Product Description: In 2000, Douglas A. Martin burst onto the American literary scene with his sexy debut novel, Outline of My Lover. Following up with three more books, including Branwell, a novel of the Brontë brother, Martin has established himself as an acclaimed and distinctive American writer of the new century...read more

With her life in a mess after accidentally stumbling upon her husband in a compromising position with his assistant, thirty-three-year-old Jessi Andrews is faced with a lack of self-esteem, excess weight gain, an adulterous husband, and the prospects of starting over, which she is about to do with the help of her two sons and her two best friends. Original.

Product Description: The actual events in this novel are based on the true story of my family: myself (thirty-two) and my children (three girls—ages eight, four and three—and a six-year-old boy). A dramatic change occurred in my family in an instant after my wife and the mother of these children abandoned them without even saying good-bye...read more

While her friends head for the amusement park, Karen is left to mourn her lack of money, until she discovers a lucky penny and ultimately a lesson about the value of money. Original.