A muizai is a mistress’s shadow, there to do her bidding . . .In nineteenth-century China, tightly bound feet, or “golden lilies,” are the mark of an honorable woman. When Little Flower is sold as a maidservant to Linjing, a daughter of the prominent Fong family, she clings to the hope that her golden lilies will someday lead her out of a life of slavery.Not only does Little Flower have bound feet—uncommon for a muizai—but she is ...

A bride arrives at the remote family estate of her new husband full of hope for the future, but Cloud Mountain is haunted by a curse and the ghost of another bride who died far too young1806, Cloud Mountain. Jiayi is the lowliest of the Gu family’s servants, so she is thrilled when their son and heir chooses her to be his “little wife.” But this quasi-marriage offers no security, and Jiayi’s situation becomes increasingly perilous as her husband’s ...

A muizai is a mistress’s shadow, there to do her bidding . . .In nineteenth-century China, tightly bound feet, or “golden lilies,” are the mark of an honorable woman. When Little Flower is sold as a maidservant to Linjing, a daughter of the prominent Fong family, she clings to the hope that her golden lilies will someday lead her out of a life of slavery.Not only does Little Flower have bound feet—uncommon for a muizai—but she is ...

A bride arrives at the remote family estate of her new husband full of hope for the future, but Cloud Mountain is haunted by a curse and the ghost of another bride who died far too young1806, Cloud Mountain. Jiayi is the lowliest of the Gu family’s servants, so she is thrilled when their son and heir chooses her to be his “little wife.” But this quasi-marriage offers no security, and Jiayi’s situation becomes increasingly perilous as her husband’s ...

**This program features multicast narration.Family secrets come to light as a young woman fights to save herself, and others, in a Nazi-run baby factory—a real-life Handmaid's Tale—during World War II.**In a sleepy German village, Allina Strauss’s life seems idyllic: she works at her uncle’s bookshop, makes strudel with her aunt, and spends weekends with her friends and fiancé. But it's 1939, Adolf Hitler is Chancellor, and Allina’s family hides a terrifying secret—her birt...

REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK""This story left me thinking about the ways we overcome setbacks and redefine what truly matters."" - Reese Witherspoon (Reese’s Book Club December '24 Pick)A once-famous ballerina faces a final choice—to return to the world of Russian dance that nearly broke her, or to walk away forever—in this incandescent novel of redemption and loveOn a White Night in 2019, prima ballerina Natalia Leonova ...

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFrom nationally bestselling author Marjan Kamali, this perfect book club read is “evocative...and a powerful portrait of friendship, feminism, and political activism” (People**) set against three transformative decades in Tehran, Iran.**In 1950s Tehran, seven-year-old Ellie lives in grand comfort until the untimely death of her father, forcing Ellie and her mother to move to a tiny home downtown....

**A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK • Named a BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR by Vogue, Good Housekeeping, Elle, and Electric Lit“Exceptional.” —Los Angeles Times“Unforgettable.”—The Washington Post“Storytelling magic.”—Oprah DailyFrom WWII to 2008, this searing story follows one couple across sixty years as world events pull them together and apart, exploring what it means to find home far from...

'A really thrilling and totally original story of Greek mythology that I can't recommend highly enough' JENNIFER SAINT, author of Ariadne and Atalanta'Lyrical, imaginative, visceral, urgent, moving, adventurous . . . brings The Fates startlingly back to life' SEAN LUSK, author of The Second Sight of Zachary Cloudesley'Passionate, angry, empowering and beautiful' LOUISE BEECH, author of Nothing Else

From an absolutely unmissable voice in cozy fantasy, this tale shares the story of fae, folklore, and found family, told by a charismatic lake-dwelling monster with a voice unlike any other.Beneath the still surface of a lake lurks a monster with needle sharp teeth.Hungry and ready to pounce. Jenny Greenteeth has never spoken to a human before, but when a witch is thrown into her lake, something makes Jenny decide she's worth saving. Temperance doesn't know...

'In Blackmore's striking fictional retelling of this true history, Costanza refuses to accept a fate as nothing more than a victim of male exploitation' SUNDAY TIMES, BEST HISTORICAL FICTION'Emotionally intense' DAILY MAIL'A stunning, visceral portrait of a woman and her life and a story as relevant now as it was then. I was gripped' JENNIE GODFREY'Wonderful... This novel took over my life for the tim...

In this charming and emotionally resonant follow up to the internationally bestselling Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, Satoshi Yagisawa paints a poignant and thoughtful portrait of life, love, and how much books and bookstores mean to the people who love them.Set again in the beloved Japanese bookshop and nearby coffee shop in the Jimbochi neighborhood of Toyko, More Days at the Morisaki Bookshop deepens the relationship between Takako, her uncle S...