As girls they had rejoiced in a world where dreams are born. . until the fateful day that changed their lives forever. Now grown women, the Season sisters-Jillian, Beatrice and Rose-have lost the ability to believe in life and in themselves. As they gather for the funeral of their youngest sister, Merry, they are reminded of a painful event from long ago, one that inspires a cross-country journey to find a stranger who might have the power to mend...

From the internationally bestselling author of The Marriage Lie comes a riveting exploration of grief and guilt in the wake of one family's shocking loss. When former DC journalist Abigail Wolff attempts to rehabilitate her career, she finds herself at the heart of a shocking conspiracy involving the death of a soldier in Afghanistan. This loss has unspeakable emotional consequences for the family and as news of what happened comes to light, Abigail...

Starting her life over after the death of her husband, a New England psychologist takes a job as an animal control warden and slowly heals from her grief through friendships with a young anorexic, an archery instructor, and an injured oversized dog.

Widow Anne Marie Roche owns a successful bookstore on Seattle's Blossom Street, but still feels empty. Anne Marie creates a list of 20 wishes, which leads her to volunteer at a school, where she meets eight-year-old Ellen. Soon, both learn that wishes can come true.

"With Writers & Lovers and Euphoria, Lily King's books catapulted onto bestseller and best-of-the-year lists across the country, further cementing her reputation as one of the most "brilliant" (NYTBR), "wildly talented" (Chicago Tribune), and beloved authors in contemporary fiction. Now, for the first time, King collects ten of her finest short stories-half published in leading literary magazines and half brand new-opening fresh realms of discovery...

Two years after nearly losing her life in the Boston Marathon bombing, Annie David is still far from "Boston Strong." Instead she remains isolated and defeated--plagued by guilt over her niece who was crippled in the blast, and haunted by an antique ring alongside a hazy hero's face. But when she learns the identity of her rescuer, will he be the hero she imagined? And can the long-past history of the woman behind the ring free Annie from the guilt...

Swindled out of his home by his gold-digging wife, successful accountant Gus Hollister returns to his grandmother Rose's Virginia farmhouse where he helps the residents of Blossom Farm expand their business and finds the courage to love again.

From the award-winning author of Old Filth. In 1904, six-year-old Polly Flint is sent by her sea captain father to live with her aunts in a house by the sea on England's northeast coast. Orphaned shortly thereafter, Polly will spend the next eighty years stranded in this quiet corner of the world as the twentieth century rages in the background. Through it all, Polly returns again and again to the story of Robinson Crusoe, who, marooned like her,...

Set over the course of one summer in upstate New York, this novel mixes the lives of strangers, family, friends, and neighbors to explore--with humor--the predatory side of human nature through conflicts of faith, trauma, desire, and longing.

When Percy Harding, head of the furniture factory that sustains Goliath, N.C., is found dead--an apparent suicide--the little town is launched into uncertainty. The man's death effects a range of people, from his secretary, Rosamond Rogers, to Vincent Bailey, the 14-year-old who discovered his body, and on out through the townspeople who grapple in other ways as the factory closes and the burg begins to die.