Pat Cunningham Devoto had specific hopes for the women imprisoned at the Montgomery Women’s Facility who participated in her book club for the better part of seven years. She hoped the books they read would give some respite from their daily prison life and, at the same time, hoped the individual members might gain valuable knowledge that would have a positive impact on their future. Doesn’t that sound lovely?Instead, Devoto learned how to “brew” a batch of beer—right under the gua...

"Like To Kill a Mockingbird, this book paints a distinctly Southern picture of friendship, justice, and the bond between outcasts." — St. Petersburg TimesIn an Alabama town in the early 1950s during the last polio summer before the Salk vaccine, ten-year-old Tabitha "Tab" Rutland is about to have the time of her life. Although movie theaters and pools have been closed to stem the epidemic, Tab, a tomboy with a passion for Roy Rogers, still seeks ad...

John McMillan was only eight years old when his mother died and he was ripped, without warning, from his sheltered world of books and gentility. Now on his aunt's run-down tenant farm in southern Alabama, abused by his alcoholic uncle, and completely bereft, John longs for escape--his only hope for survival.He's about to get his wish in a way no one could ever predict....A twist of fate will bring John to the Bend, a black settlement that has become a refuge for outcasts, where he'l...

"The dawn of integration challenges the Southern smalltown conventions of Bainbridge, Ala. . . . in Devoto's gracefully written new novel." — Publishers WeeklyMy Last Days as Roy Rogers, Pat Cunningham Devoto's notable debut, received widespread praise in the Denver Post, Cleveland Plain Dealer, and Kirkus Reviews, among other publications. Born and raised in North Alabama, Devoto taps into her personal experiences and me...

It's 1948 on a tobacco farm in southern Virginia and a poor young farm girl hopes to break away from an abusive alcoholic father by finding a suitor to rescue her. But the life she is escaping is ideal compared to the hell she is about to enter.

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Weiner, her “best book yet” (ThePhiladelphia Inquirer) about a woman confronting her dependence on pills.**Allison Weiss got her happy ending**—**a handsome husband, an adorable daughter, a job she loves, and the big house in the suburbs. But while waiting in the pediatrician’s office, she opens a magazine to a quiz about addiction. She begins to wonder if a Perc...

Join Father Tim on a profoundly personal journey back to his childhood home in this charming novel in #1 New York Times bestselling author Jan Karon's Mitford series.Thirty-eight years have passed since Father Tim Kavanagh left his Mississippi hometown, determined not to return. Then he receives a handwritten note postmarked Holly Springs. Cryptic and unsigned, it says only Come home. These two words compel him to make the most challenging journey...

Everyone in Kenton Hills knows that short-tempered, tongue-tied Bob Talbert wasn't the one responsible for the brutal crime that ended Josie Eddleman's life. Nevermind that he was the last one to see her alive.But in a town filled with the likes of an amoral tabloid reporter known only as The Captain, a district attorney who'll do anything for a confession, and Bob's parents, who care as little for Bob as they do for each other, guilt and innocence are little more than a matter of p...

"[A] compelling debut…Townsend's writing [is] full of fresh turns of phrase and keen insights." —Ayana Mathis, New York Times Book ReviewFourteen-year-old Audrey Martin, with her Poindexter glasses and her head humming the 3/4 meter of gospel music, knows she'll never get out of Kentucky—but when her fingers touch the piano keys, the whole church trembles. Her best friend, Caroline, daydreams about Hollywood stardom, but both girls feel destined to languis...

A bizarre murder in an idyllic Southern town propels a boy and his father into a world of evil in this World Fantasy Award–winning horror novel.New York Times –Bestselling and Bram Stoker Award–Winning AuthorSmall town boys see weird sights, and Zephyr has provided Cory Jay Mackenson with his fair share of oddities. He knows the bootleggers who lurk in the dark places outside of town. On moonless nights, he's heard...

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERNamed a Notable Work of Fiction by The Washington PostFrom the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Big Summer comes another “ideal beach read, full of secrets and complicated female friendships” (Cosmopolitan).Daisy Shoemaker can’t sleep. With a thriving cooking business, full schedule of volunteer work, and a beautiful home in the Phil...

This volume assembles 15 complete novels by Mildred A. Wirt (writing as Mildred Benson). A rival to the Nancy Drew series (and created by one of the primary Nancy Drew writers), Penny is a plucky girl reporter whose nose for trouble always leads to a new mystery. Included in this volume are:DANGER AT THE DRAWBRIDGEBEHIND THE GREEN DOORCLUE OF THE SILKEN LADDERTHE SECRET PACTTHE CLOCK STRIKES THIRTEENTHE WISHING WELLSABOTEURS ON THE RIVER