In 2000, a Chinese woman gave birth to twins in a bamboo grove, trying to avoid detection by the government because she already had two daughters. Two years later, an American couple travelled to Shaoyang to adopt a Chinese toddler they thought had been abandoned. Their understanding had been that China's brutal one-child policy was leading to hundreds of abandoned girls, desperate for the care of adopted parents. What they didn't know - and what award-winning journalist Barbara Demick unc...

**Shortlisted for CANADA READS · Instant #1 National Bestseller · A Globe and Mail Best Book of the YearA tense psychological thriller about a mother who must keep watch at all times if she wants to keep her family safe—from USA TODAY and #1 national bestselling author Samantha M. Bailey.**Wherever you go…she’ll be watching.Sarah Goldman, mother to six-year-old Jacob, is relieved to move across the country. She has a lot sh...

New York Times bestselling author Axie Oh's ASAP is the much anticipated companion novel to beloved romance XOXO, following fan favorites Sori, the wealthy daughter of a K-pop company owner, and Nathaniel, her K-pop star ex-boyfriend, in a swoon-worthy second chance love story.Sori has worked her whole life to become a K-pop idol, until she realizes she doesn’t want a life forever in the spotlight. But that’s not actually up to Sori—she’s...

'A sharp, hilarious, unsparing mother-daughter story' Rachel Khong'Culturally incisive and relentlessly smart' Michelle Zauner'A magnum opus and a vibe' Bryan WashingtonStevie cannot wait to escape her mother. Whilst many people dream of moving to LA and into the spotlight, she is desperate to get out and start over.Moon is many things: an out-of-work actress, a recovering addict, a nineties iconoclast, a dysf...

The captivating and unforgettable saga of the Dollanganger family continues in Petals On the Wind, the New York Times bestselling sequel to Flowers in the Attic and the inspiration behind the Lifetime original movie and “tortured love story” (Variety).Forbidden love comes into full bloom. For three years they were kept hidden in the eaves of Foxworth Hall, their existence all but denied by a mother who schemed to inherit a fortun...

Bloomsbury presents The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories by Ken Liu, read by Corey Brill and Joy OsmanskiKen Liu is one of the most original, thought-provoking and award-winning short-story writers of his generation. This is the first collection of his work – sixteen stories that invoke the magical within the mundane, by turns profound, beguiling and heartbreaking.Included here are: The Man Who Ended History: A Documentary (Finalist for Hugo, Nebula, and ...

The first book in Suzanne Young’s New York Times bestselling series is a “gripping tale for lovers of dystopian romance” (Kirkus Reviews) about two teens in a world where true feelings are forbidden, teen suicide is an epidemic, and the only solution is The Program—now with a freshly reimagined look.Sloane knows better than to cry in front of anyone. With suicide now an international epidemic, one outburst could land her in The Program, the only p...

Prepare for pregnancy, birth, and the newborn months with this award-winning “thoroughly modern guide to pregnancy” (National Parenting Product Awards)—now newly revised with updated information on nutrition for you, bottle and breastfeeding, recovery, and more, from the author of Fertility Rules.Now in a new revised and expanded second edition filled with “clear, evidence-based, no-nonsense, and up-to-date answers” (Deena Shakir, investor and author of

Now a major Lifetime movie event—Book Four of the Dollanganger series that began with Flowers in the Attic—the novel of forbidden love that captured the world’s imagination and earned V.C. Andrews a fiercely devoted fanbase.They escaped their mother’s hellish trap years ago, but a cruel history of lies and deceit has come full circle…The forbidden love that blossomed when Cathy and Christopher were held captive in Foxworth Hall is one the Dollangan...

Bestselling author Cynthia Hand delivers a funny,awkward, and altogether honest coming-of-age story about one girl’s attempt tomake the most of a summer in paradise—perfect for fans of Sarah Dessen andJenny Han.Ada’s life is a mess. She just caught her boyfriend cheatingon her after a humiliating attempt at losing her virginity, and she’s had it upto here with her gorgeous older sister’s unsolicited advice.But things reall...

**AN AUDACIOUS BOOK CLUB PICK"Narrator Joy Osmanski's voice, accents, and characterizations sweep listeners into this realistic and emotional story..." —Kirkus on Yolk**"A sharp, hilarious, unsparing mother-daughter story." —Rachel Khong, *New York Times* bestselling author of Real AmericansBestselling young adult author Mary H.K. Choi debuts a brilliantly observed adult novel about mothers, daught...

WINNER OF THE 2015 BRAM STOKER AWARD FOR SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN A NOVELA chilling thriller that brilliantly blends psychological suspense and supernatural horror, reminiscent of Stephen King's The Shining, Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House, and William Peter Blatty's The Exorcist.The lives of the Barretts, a normal suburban New England family, are torn apart when fourteen-year-old Marjorie begins to display signs of ac...