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Emmeline Nelson and her sister Birdie grow up in the hard, cold rural Lutheran world of strict parents, strict milking times, and strict morals. Marriage is preordained, the groom practically predestined. Though it's 1958, southern Minnesota did not see changing roles for women on the horizon. Caught in a time bubble between a world war and the ferment of the 1960's, Emmy doesn't see that she has any say in her life, any choices at all. Only when...

Kate Walbert returns with twelve deft, acutely funny, and often heartbreaking stories. Her characters question the definitions assigned to them as wives, mothers, and daughters. They seek their own way within isolated, and often isolating, circumstances and revel in everyday epiphanies and quick moments of clarity.

"This remarkable, deeply moving story brings you deep into the hearts and souls of a tight-knit group of friends--girls growing up in Queens, the polyglot borough of New York, where the streets sprawl for miles and echo with voices from all over the world, and the scent of bubbling oil, chopped garlic, and grilled meats waft through open windows as night comes to the neighborhood. Here Nadira, Mae, Trish, and Aisha become friends for life--or so they...

Lou Clark sabe demasiadas cosas... Sabe cuántos kilómetros hay entre su nuevo hogar en Nueva York y su nuevo novio, Sam, en Londres. Sabe que su jefe es un buen hombre y sabe que su mujer le está ocultando un secreto. Lo que Lou no sabe es que está a punto de conocer a alguien que va a poner toda su vida patas arriba. Porque Josh le recordará tanto a un hombre que conocía que hace que el corazón le duela. Lou no sabe lo que hará a continuación,...

"The ... Elemental Masters series moves to America for the first time in a rich retelling of The Queen of the Copper Mountain, set against the backdrop of Tennessee coal country ... Anna May Jones is the daughter of a coal miner, but a sickly constitution has kept her confined to the house for most of her life. Hoping to improve her daughter's health--and lessen the burden on their family--Anna's mother sends her to live with her Aunt Jinny, a witchy-woman...

"Marta and her twin brother Nick have always been haunted and fascinated by an ancestral legend that holds that members of their family are doomed to various types of falls. And when their own family collapses in the wake of a revelation and a resulting devastating fight with their Catholic mother, the twins move to Prague, the city in which their 'falling curse' began. There, Marta and Nick try to forge a new life for themselves. But their ties to...

The fifth book in The Song of the Shattered Sands series is an epic fantasy with a desert setting, filled with rich worldbuilding and pulse-pounding action. The reign of the kings of Sharakhai has been broken. The blood mage, Queen Meryam, now rules the city along with the descendants of the fabled twelve kings. In the desert, Ceda has succeeded in breaking the asirim's curse. Those twisted creatures are now free, but their freedom comes at great...

"Poppy Wyatt casi no se lo cree. Nunca en la vida ha tenido tanta suerte! Pero, justo cuando está a punto de casarse con el maravilloso Magnus Tavish, su final feliz empieza a desmoronarse. No solamente ha perdido el valioso anillo de compromiso durante un simulacro de incendio en un hotel, sino que también le han robado el móvil. Aturdida, desesperada, mira a su alrededor y ve un teléfono tirado en una papelera. "Perfecto, para mi!", piensa "Ahora...

"It's fair to say that Maddie's life in London is far from rewarding. With a mother who spends most of her time in Ghana, Maddie is the primary caretaker for her father, who suffers from Parkinson's. At work, her boss is a nightmare and Maddie is tired of being the only Black person in every meeting. When her mum returns from her latest trip to Ghana, Maddie takes the chance to get out of the family home and finally start living. She finds a flat...