Sarah Summers is enjoying a holiday on a Nigerian beach when a young girl named Little Bee crashes irrevocably into her life. All it takes is a brief and horrifying moment of crisis — a terrifying scene that no reader will forget. Afterwards, Sarah and Little Bee might expect never to see each other again. But Little Bee finds Sarah’s husband’s wallet in the sand, and smuggles herself on board a cargo vessel with his address in mind. She spends two years in detention in England before maki...

The breathtaking new novel set during the Blitz by the bestselling and critically acclaimed author of the reader and bookseller favourite, Little Bee.As World War Two begins, Mary, a young socialite, is determined to shock her blueblood political family by volunteering for the war effort. She is assigned as a teacher to children who were evacuated from London and have been rejected by the countryside because they are infirm, mentally disabled, or—like Mary...

The spectacular new novel by the bestselling and critically acclaimed author of the reader and bookseller favourite, Little Bee.In the tradition of his beloved previous novel, Little Bee, Chris Cleave again gives us an elegant, funny, passionate story about friendship, marriage, parenthood, tragedy, and redemption. This time, the setting is the upcoming London Olympics. Goldis the story of two women, Zoe and Kate, world-class cycli...

**INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERWinner of the Somerset Maugham Award, the Prix Spécial du Jury, and Book of the Month Club’s First Fiction Award · Finalist for the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize Best First Book Award · Named a Best Book of the Year by The Washington Post and The Economist**Now a film starring Michelle Williams, Ewan Macgregor, and Matthew Macfayden!“Sensitive, artful, and deft . . . near-perfect debut.” —Baltimo...

From psychotherapist and #1 New York Times bestselling author of Little Bee and Everyone Brave is Forgiven, Dr. Chris Cleave, comes his first work of nonfiction: a hopeful, practical guide to understanding why so many of us feel overwhelmed, disconnected or stuck—and how we can restore our relationships with ourselves, one another and the world we’re living in.You’re not broken. You’re human.Why do so many of us—s...

From psychotherapist and #1 New York Times bestselling author of Little Bee and Everyone Brave is Forgiven, Dr. Chris Cleave, comes his first work of nonfiction: a hopeful, practical guide to understanding why so many of us feel overwhelmed, disconnected or stuck—and how we can restore our relationships with ourselves, one another and the world we’re living in.You’re not broken. You’re human.Why do so many of us—s...

**“Simonson is like a Jane Austen for our day and age—she is that good.” —Paula McLain, New York Times bestselling author of The Paris WifeInternationally bestselling author Helen Simonson returns with a splendid historical novel full of the same wit, romance and insight into the manners and morals of small-town British life as her beloved Major Pettigrew's Last Stand.**East Sussex, 1914. It is the end of England’s brief Edwardian summer, and in t...

A truly extraordinary, masterful novel of brilliant storytelling, sensuality, and psychological suspense set in post-WWI London, from the internationally bestselling author of The Little Stranger. Three-time Booker Prize finalist Sarah Waters is at the height of her powers.A psychological and dramatic tour de force from beloved international bestseller Sarah Waters. The year is 1922, and London is tense. Ex-servicemen are disillusioned, the out-of-work and...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR, BOOKPAGE, AND SHELF AWARENESS •“Paula McLain is considered the new star of historical fiction, and for good reason. Fans of The Paris Wife will be captivated by Circling the Sun, which . . . is both beautifully written and utterly engrossing.”—Ann Patchett, Country LivingThis powerful novel transports readers to the breathtaking world of...

In her stunning new novel, Gruen returns to the kind of storytelling she excelled at in Water for Elephants: a historical timeframe in an unusual setting with a creature who may or may not be the hero of the story.After embarrassing themselves at the social event of the year in high society Philadelphia on New Year's Eve of 1942, Maddie and Ellis Hyde are cut off financially by Ellis's father, a former army colonel who is already embarrassed by his son's in...

New York Times bestsellerAn unforgettable novel about a young Jewish woman growing up in Boston in the early twentieth century, told “with humor and optimism…through the eyes of an irresistible heroine” (People)—from the acclaimed author of The Red Tent.Anita Diamant’s “vivid, affectionate portrait of American womanhood” (Los Angeles Times), follows the life of one woman, Addie Baum, through a period of d...

**NATIONAL BESTSELLER#1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERFrom literary superstar Ian McEwan Ian McEwan comes Nutshell, a gloriously entertaining, wonderfully imagined novel—a mesmerizing thriller to delight all readers.**"Oh God, I could be bounded in a nutshell and count myself king of infinite space—were it not that I have bad dreams."--William Shakespeare's HamletTrudy has betrayed her husband, John, who trusts and adores her. She'...