Eleanor, who ran the town library for forty years, inherits an attic chest of ephemeral things—programs, menus, postcards—from the women who frequented her reading groups. She recruits three friends from her era—a retired teacher, a former midwife, and a streetwise baker—to form an archive circle. Their experiment: instead of cataloguing every object, they pull out the emotional essences of the afternoons they cherished—the layered sunlight over tea, a shared confident laugh, the sur...

A hybrid of memoir and soft cultural manifesto, the book is organized around physical keepsakes—pressed flowers, ticket stubs, a silk scarf—that unlock memories of more romantic times and the feelings those relics encoded. The narrator, an older woman with a wry sensibility, uses each object as a springboard for exploring longing, grief, and the ethical joy of remembering, while offering gentle prompts for how readers can create new keepsakes and rituals today. It becomes both a meditation...

As Camille ages, Brian feels it's time that Camille moves closer to him. Camille doesn't share that view and proceeds to prove it through Adult Education Courses to show she is still relevant. She enlists her friend Sarah to attend 'Intro to French Cooking' with her. All goes well until their perfect souffle deflates with a thud. Camille's 'Internal Construction Class' leaves her nauseous from the dry wall and Camille's, entertaining but often inconvenient, rollator gets covered with wallp...

In this delightful novella, the second in the Last Chapter Living series, Camille and her friend Sarah continue to not let age define their spirit. From smiling at the birthday party hosted for her great grandson, to laughing out loud at their 'almost arrest' while protesting for a more accessible historic City Hall, you'll fall in love with these two seventy-three year old women who prove we can find our own unique voice at any age.

Margaret, once a celebrated concert pianist, now hears music through the thin walls of her retirement building. When a young neighbor admits she hasn't felt joy in years, Margaret gathers a trio of fellow elders—an ex-opera singer, a jazz-loving barber, and a retired music teacher—and begins to host a weekly salon in the common room. Rather than replicating past recitals, they mine the emotional cores of the concerts that once moved them: the hush before a first note, the intimacy of share...

The Seattle ChroniclesLevi can remember the exact moment the projection of his life changed entirely, from homeless dropout to college graduate. It was the day he found Jamie Donovan standing on his front porch—the boy Levi had secretly drooled over from afar would become the best friend he secretly drooled over up close.When Levi gets a full ride scholarship but Jamie doesn't, Jamie becomes an exotic dancer to help pay his tuition. Watching Jamie ...

Gentle and shy, William has lived life on the sidelines. Solitude and his tiny bookshop have been a safe haven, and he's watched New York evolve from Stonewall to the gay marriage bill. At 61, he falls in love with Tommy, a young veteran going to school on the GI Bill. William doesn't believe Tommy could possibly care for him, and he begins to fear that Tommy and his troubled roommate Marley are setting him up for a heartbreaking fall. When Tommy disappears, William has to risk leaving his...

Meet dentist Brian Mallory. He's always considered himself a grounded man. A rational man. A reasonable man. But what he finds in the mouth of nineteen year old Amy Gladwell one afternoon during a routine cleaning makes him begin to question his own sanity.It's amazing how quickly everything can change in a a blink of an eye.From the author of the Pandora's Children collection of short stories, the novellas Dogs of War and King of the Merge, and the short story Last Dance o...

Mark, a young man in his twenties, takes a trip to the mountains to finally learn what he can about his father, who had abandoned the family long ago and has since died. It's not a task he relishes, but he feels that it's something that he must do. While the search to learn about his father yields little, the trip is hardly a waste. He and his new acquaintance both get a Father's Day surprise.

Vanessa can't let go of the energy bubbling up inside about Beast. She wishes the mean girls would stop following her around. Their faces appear in the plants on her mom's patio, and she has conversations with ghosts and fantasy book characters, and a father who left a long time ago.

All alone at night a single noodle floats in a hotel resort swimming pool remembering a very active day. Share the fun and excitement that three young kids had with this noodle and other pool toys. The noodle may feel lonely tonight, but tomorrow is another day.

So, Let me share with you a little about me and what this book is about...It occurred to me that a lot of people are “ourselves” when we are truly by our self. The only person or animal that may see us for who we truly are ( other than the Almighty ) is our dog.If there ever were a time when our pet could voice his opinion or concern... I wonder how that would go for us...personally.The following is an interview with one of our four footed friends who came into the lig...