Address Book is a rare glimpse into a present-day crisis and an intimate coming-of-age story set in a Jewish family in New York during the 1960s and 1970s. It invites readers to reflect on how earlier experiences shape the way they respond to illness, loss, and uncertainty, and how making meaning of those experiences can help move beyond coping and toward connection and healing. Transgenerational trauma, survivorship, the Holocaust, illness, and childhood are themes woven through this raw ...

The second book, Timothy and Tobias Go To School, has several life lessons, but is not "preachy." The first lesson is: there will always be people who will make us feel inferior or "less than", such as the kids (animals) in school who would not let the turtles play. but we can still find our "happy place." The other lessons are from the Bible: "Love your neighbor" and "Do unto others as you would want them to do unto you." The animals who had once rejected Tabitha, helped her because they ...

Love is on the menu in this sweet romantic comedy set in Italy.Ginny's Italian cooking course was supposed to be a peaceful escape from her troubles. But when she meets Preston, an infuriating know-it-all history professor, she quickly realizes her past has come back to haunt her.The last thing Ginny needs is for Preston to find out who she really is. Her plan seems foolproof—assume a fake identity and keep her distance from the pretentious jerk.But...

What would you do if your husband got you the worst anniversary present ever?Mollie McGhie is hoping for diamonds for her tenth wedding anniversary. Instead, her clueless hubby presents her with a rundown boat. She’s not impressed.When she discovers someone murdered on board, things get even worse. Mollie hopes it will convince her husband to rethink his hare-brained scheme of sailing off into the sunset. Instead, he's more determined than ever to fix the b...

Who needs a man?They're nothing but a distraction.A disappointment.They sweep you off your feet and promise you forever. Then, as soon as another beautiful woman shows interest, they leave you a bitter wreck.And the hot and tempting billionaire that keeps showing up everywhere I go is the definition of distraction and inevitable disappointment.I have everything I need in life. There's no reason for me to chance heartbreak with him.It's just a sh...

A modern fable beautifully illustrated in watercolor about the residents of a Hong Kong apartment whose lives are seemingly disrupted by a hardy banyan tree that begins to grow on the building's walls.There once was a bird that dropped a seed into a crack in a green tong lau. Nobody noticed, not even when a spindly root sprouted from the wall and curled past The Grandpa playing mahjong on his balcony, The Aunties belting Chinese opera, The Grandma lighting incense ...

Amsterdam, May 1943. As the tulips bloom and the Nazis tighten their grip across the city, the last signs of Dutch resistance are being swept away. Marijke de Graaf and her husband are arrested and deported to different concentration camps in Germany. Marijke is given a terrible choice: to suffer a slow death in the labour camp or—for a chance at survival—to join the camp brothel.On the other side of the barbed wire, SS officer Karl Müller arrives at the camp hoping to live up to h...

Women are sexual beings just as much as men are, however, they often experience an even "louder silence" regarding their sexual sin and temptation. Sexual brokenness often fills women with shame and confusion, and it takes a great amount of courage and humility to take the step forward and ask for support. With the help of the Holy Spirit, and the wisdom of God's Word, women can experience transformation that works from the inside out to bring about a new life of freedom and joy.In...

**NEWBERY MEDAL WINNER • Ellen Raskin's unforgettable, timeless classic continues to be cherished by young readers of each new generation."Great fun for those who enjoy illusion, word play, or sleight of hand." —The New York Times Book Review**A highly inventive mystery begins when sixteen unlikely people gather for the reading of the very strange will of the very rich Samuel W. Westing. They could become millionaires, depending on how they play a game. All they ha...

Five years of history. Four weeks on the road. Two rival copywriters learning love is the hardest sell of all.Mattie French has always known how to tell a good story. It’s why she stopped at nothing to land her dream career as a copywriter at a scrappy independent advertising agency. In fact, if it weren’t for one person, Mattie would probably be the most-talked-about rising star in town.Campbell Porter is a senior copywriter at Chicago’s slickest agency. A...

A darkly comic, posthumously published memoir about mortality, memory, and the messy business of being human.The telephone call makes her legs go weak and forces her to sit down: " The tests results from your biopsy came back. They're positive for malignancy."Ellen Vanstone, a writer and journalist of brilliance and biting wit, reacts by carrying on with what she's always done. Making notes. Putting it down on paper in an attempt to make sense of h...

One lost summer is time best left forgotten... When Minneapolis attorney, Billie Fredrickson, inherits her uncle's small California winery, she has no intention of actually moving to the west coast and starting a new life. Her only thought is to get it off her hands as quickly as possible. But her return to the winery after an absence of twenty years opens up more than the reading of her uncle's will. Childhood memories, long-buried, begin to surface, prompting questions that no one is abl...