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To Have and Not to Hold: The Bonding of Two Mothers through Adoption
by Lorri Antosz BensonLorri Benson's memoir To Have and Not to Hold recounts the miracle that occurs when the daughter she gave up for adoption asks to reconnect 16 years later.
Here Be Dragons: A Parent's Guide to Rediscovering Purpose, Adventure, and the Unfathomable Joy of the Journey
by Annmarie Kelly-Harbaugh Ken HarbaughTwo parents challenge one another to find balance between work and family life. Their stories are both uproarious and poignant as they raise children and strive to leave their mark on the wider world. Filled with tender moments and plenty of laughs, Here Be Dragons recounts the adventures of a family trying to stay afloat, and offers a life raft to the rest of us in choppy waters.
Untying Parent Anxiety (Years 5–8): 18 Myths that Have You in Knots—And How to Get Free
by Lisa SugarmanIn Untying Parent Anxiety, nationally syndicated humor columnist and author Lisa Sugarman reminds us that our kids aren’t supposed to be perfect. (And neither are we.) They’re going to screw up, make mistakes, and lose their way. And as soon as we embrace the idea that parenthood is not a straight line, we unlock everyone’s full potential.Drawing on her life as the perfectly imperfect mother of two daughters and more than a decade of working in the school system, Sugarman deconstructs some of the biggest challenges facing parents and offers advice and strategies to help soothe anxious moms and dads.
Mothering with Courage: The Mindful Approach to Becoming a Mom Who Listens More, Worries Less, and Loves Deeply
by Bonnie ComptonMothering with Courage provides mothers a detailed guidebook for their journey as a mother, complete with the latest understanding and tips for healthy parenting and motherhood. Practical, educational, and inspirational, the book provides self-reflective questions and guided journaling exercises for mothers, specifically related to aspects of their lives and mothering.
The Present Parent Handbook: 26 Simple Tools to Discover that This Moment, This Action, This Thought, This Feeling Is Exactly Why I Am Here
by Timothy DukesThe Present Parent Handbook addresses both the dilemmas and delights in each parenting moment, providing practices to manage both. With an A-Z approach, parents will learn how to be more mentally and emotionally available to their children.
A New Way for Mothers: A Revolutionary Approach for Mothers to Use Their Skills and Talents While Their Children Are at School
by Louise WebsterSteps, inspiration, and connections for every mother wishing to discover and utilize her talents and achieve balance while her children are in school.
Finding Family: My Search for Roots and the Secrets in My DNA
by Richard HillEasy to read and hard to put down, Finding Family is the first book to chronicle the paradigm-shifting application of genetic genealogy to adoption search. Whether you're searching for your own roots or just craving a darn good read, Finding Family is a book you will likely devour in one sitting . . . and wholeheartedly recommend to others.
Being a Proactive Grandfather: How to Make A Difference
by Richard EyreBeing a grandfather is one of the most celebrated responsibilities a person can have. But what kind of grandfather will you be and what level of commitment will you provide for your grandchildren? New York Times #1 bestselling author, Richard Eyre provide you with proactive approach to becoming the best grandparent you can be. One of More Than Grand's Best Books for Grandparents.
Horizon Alpha: Homecoming
by D. W. VogelHomecoming is book three in the bestselling Horizon Alpha Series, a tale filled with otherworldly dinosaurs and the dangers of colonizing a new planet. Caleb&’s final adventures will be wilder and more thrilling than anything he&’s faced before.
Horizon Alpha: Transport Seventeen
by D. W. VogelRefugees from earth are fighting to survive. Readers will have to fight to put down this dinosaur-dominated and adventure-packed sequel to D. W. Vogel&’s bestselling Predators of Eden.
Nacho Figueras presents: High Season (The Polo Season #1)
by Nacho Figueras Jessica WhitmanNacho Figueras gallops into the world of scandal and seduction with his new series set in the glamorous, treacherous world of high-stakes polo.The naughty novel seems a dead cert to go down well... Ladies, get your reading specs on. - The TimesGeorgia Fellowes never wanted to be a jetsetter, plain old country vet was fine for her. But one call from her best friend and the next thing she knows she's surrounded by the glitz and glamour of the elite polo world - complete with gorgeous thoroughbreds, and even more gorgeous men!Alejandro Del Campo desperately needs his team to win the season's biggest tournament. He doesn't need some feisty vet telling him how to run his business - and distracting him at every turn.Can Georgia and Alejandro work together for the future of the team, and perhaps find a future for themselves?
Nacho Figueras presents: Wild One (The Polo Season #2)
by Nacho Figueras Jessica WhitmanDon't miss this sizzling novel where pursuing passions leads to high-stakes gambles in life - and love.When Kat Parker goes from Hollywood director to failure overnight she slinks home to Florida to lick her wounds.Kat knows she can write another hit... if only she can find the right story. What she finds instead is the gorgeous Sebastian Del Campo, who's just as well known for his tabloid exploits as he is for his prowess on the polo field.For Sebastian, everything in life has come easily - wealth, sports, women. But the perennial party life is starting to feel stale.As Sebastian tells Kat stories of his grandmother Victoria, Kat's inspiration fires and soon the pair are working together on a film that could make or break both of their careers. And though the chemistry between the two is building, the film's irresistible star has other ideas...
The Eye of the Sheep: Winner of the 2015 Miles Franklin Literary Award
by Sofie LagunaWinner of the 2015 Miles Franklin Literary AwardShortlisted for the 2015 Voss Literary Prize and the 2015 Stella Prize Longlisted for the 2016 International IMPAC Dublin Literary AwardMeet Jimmy Flick. He's not like other kids - he's both too fast and too slow. He sees too much, and too little. Jimmy's mother Paula is the only one who can manage him. She teaches him how to count sheep so that he can fall asleep. She holds him tight enough to stop his cells spinning. It is only Paula who can keep Jimmy out of his father's way. But when Jimmy's world falls apart, he has to navigate the unfathomable world on his own, and make things right.
Nobody's Fool (Vintage Contemporaries Ser. #Vol. 321)
by Richard RussoRichard Russo's slyly funny and moving novel follows the unexpected workings of grace in a deadbeat town in upstate New York - and in the life of one of its unluckiest citizens, Sully, who has been doing the wrong thing triumphantly for fifty years.Divorced from his own wife and carrying on halfheartedly with another man's, saddled with a bum knee and friends who make enemies redundant, Sully now has one new problem to cope with: a long-estranged son who is in imminent danger of following in his father's footsteps. With its sly and uproarious humour and a heart that embraces humanity's follies as well as its triumphs, Nobody's Fool is storytelling at its most generous.
Last Night at the Lobster
by Stewart O'Nan'A book that embodies what's best in us.' - Stephen KingWashington Post Best Book of the Year,2017 San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of the Year, 2017Entertainment Weekly Best Book of the Year,2017The Red Lobster chain restaurant perched in the far corner of a run-down American mall hasn't been making its numbers and has pulled the plug. But manager Manny DeLeon still needs to navigate a tricky last shift with a near-mutinous staff and the final onslaught of hungry retirees, lunatics, and office parties. All the while, Manny wondering how to handle the waitress he's still in love with, what to do about his pregnant girlfriend, and how to find the Christmas present that will make everything better.Stewart O'Nan has been called 'the bard of the working class', and Last Night at the Lobster is a American cult classic and a masterpiece of precision and empathy.
Wish You Were Here
by Stewart O'NanA year after the death of her husband, Emily Maxwell gathers her family at Lake Chautauqua for what will be a last holiday at their summer cottage. Joining her is her sister-in-law Arlene, silently mourning both the loss of the lake house and a bygone love affair. Emily's firebrand daughter Meg, a recovering alcoholic recently separated from her husband, brings her children from Detroit. Emily's son Ken, who has quit his job and mortgaged his future to pursue his art, comes accompanied by his children and his wife, who is secretly heartened to be visiting the house for the last time.Memories of past summers resurface, old rivalries flare up and love is rekindled and born anew, resulting in a timeless novel that 'succeeds beautifully [and] showcases some of the finest character studies a contemporary reader could ask for' (Boston Globe).
Everybody's Fool (Vintage Contemporaries Ser.)
by Richard RussoThe great American master Richard Russo, at the very top of his game, returns to the characters who made Nobody's Fool (1993) a contemporary classic.Richard Russo's new novel takes place in the decaying American town of North Bath over the course of a very busy weekend, ten years after the events of Nobody's Fool. Donald 'Sully' Sullivan is trying to ignore his cardiologist's estimate that he has only a year or two left. Ruth, his long-time lover, is increasingly distracted by her former son-in-law, fresh out of prison and intent on making trouble. Police chief Doug Raymer is tormented by the improbable death of his wife, while local wiseguy Carl Roebuck might finally be running out of luck. Filled with humour, heart and hard-luck characters you can't help but love, Everybody's Fool is a crowning achievement from one of the great storytellers of our time.
Hester and Harriet: Love, Lies and Linguine (Hester and Harriet #0)
by Hilary SpiersHester and Harriet are back and ready for more adventures!The gentle humour and relaxed pace make this an enjoyable read. - Daily MailHester and Harriet lead comfortable lives in a pretty cottage in an English village. Having opened their minds, home and hearts to Daria, a mysterious migrant, and her baby son Milo, the widowed sisters decide to further expand their own horizons by venturing forth to Italy for their annual holiday.Back in England, Daria and Milo are celebrating - they've received official refugee status with papers to confirm they can make England their home. Meanwhile, nephew Ben, who knows only too well how much he owes his aunts, is hurtling towards a different sort of celebration - one he's trying to backpedal out of as fast as he possibly can.With a huge secret hanging between the sisters, an unlikely new love on the landscape for Hester and new beginnings also beckoning for Harriet, Italy provides more opportunities for adventure than either of them could ever have imagined. But which ones will Hester and Harriet choose?As Hester and Harriet throw all their cards on the table in Italy, and potential catastrophe threatens Ben in England, it's anyone's guess how chaos will be kept at bay.
See You in September: An Original Short Story Featuring Characters From See You In September (Charity Norman Reading-Group Fiction)
by Charity NormanCassy smiled, blew them a kiss. 'See you in September,' she said. It was a throwaway line. Just words uttered casually by a young woman in a hurry. And then she'd gone. It was supposed to be a short trip - a break in New Zealand before her best friend's wedding. But when Cassy waved goodbye to her parents, they never dreamed that it would be years before they'd see her again. Having broken up with her boyfriend, Cassy accepts an invitation to stay in an idyllic farming collective. Overcome by the peace and beauty of the valley and swept up in the charisma of Justin, the community's leader, Cassy becomes convinced that she has to stay.As Cassy becomes more and more entrenched in the group's rituals and beliefs, her frantic parents fight to bring her home - before Justin's prophesied Last Day can come to pass.A powerful story of family, faith and finding yourself, See You in September is an unputdownable new novel from this hugely compelling author.
Nacho Figueras presents: Ride Free (The Polo Season #3)
by Nacho Figueras Jessica WhitmanAntonia 'Noni' Black has always known her place in the Del Campo family - the illegitimate daughter. And it will take a lot more than her skill with horses to truly belong within the wealthy polo dynasty. Enzo Rivas knows Noni is way out of his league. After all, he's the stablemaster, and she's the boss's sister. But he can't ignore the hurt in her eyes and he can no longer deny the electric tension jumping between them. Just when Enzo is ready to risk it all and change their relationship forever - showing her exactly how it feels to be safe, to be free, to be loved - a secret from Noni's past makes him question everything he thought he knew about her...
Mohawk (Los Antipodas Ser.)
by Richard RussoMohawk, New York, is one of those small towns that lie almost entirely on the wrong side of the tracks. Its citizens, too, have fallen on hard times. Dallas Younger, a star athlete in high school, now drifts from tavern to poker game, losing money, and, inevitably, another set of false teeth. His ex-wife, Anne, is stuck in a losing battle with her mother over the care of her sick father. And their son, Randall, is deliberately neglecting his school work - because in a place like Mohawk it doesn't pay to be too smart.In Mohawk, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Richard Russo explores these lives with profound compassion and flint-hard wit. Out of derailed ambitions and old loves, secret hatreds and communal myths, he has created a richly plotted, densely populated, and wonderfully written novel that captures every nuance of America's backyard.
Risk Pool (Vintage Contemporaries Ser. #Vol. 296)
by Richard RussoIn Mohawk, New York, Ned Hall is doing his best to grow up, even though neither of his estranged parents can properly be called adult.His father, Sam, cultivates bad habits so assiduously that he is stuck at the bottom of his car insurance risk pool. His mother, Jenny, is slowly going crazy from resentment at a husband who refuses either to stay or to stay away. As Ned veers between allegiances to these grossly inadequate role models, Richard Russo gives us a book that overflows with outsized characters and outlandish predicaments and whose vision of family is at once irreverent and unexpectedly moving.
Empire Falls (Emecé Lingua Franca Ser. #Vol. 2104)
by Richard RussoWINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTIONMiles Roby has been slinging burgers at the Empire Grill for 20 years, a job that cost him his college education and much of his self-respect. What keeps him there? It could be his bright, sensitive daughter Tick, who needs all his help surviving the local high school. Or maybe it's Janine, Miles' soon-to-be ex-wife, who's taken up with a noxiously vain health-club proprietor. Or perhaps it's the imperious Francine Whiting, who owns everything in town - and seems to believe that 'everything' includes Miles himself.In Empire Falls Richard Russo delves deep into the blue-collar heart of America in a work that overflows with hilarity, heartache, and grace.
Wonderful Feels Like This
by Sara LövestamA feel-good story of an unconventional friendship between an old retired jazz musician and a young girl who is trying to find her place in the world.What can a bullied teenager learn from an old man spending his days in a retirement home? For a start, she'll learn that it ain't got a thing, if it ain't got that swing...Passing by a retirement home on her way from yet another awful day at school, she hears a familiar song playing through an open window. An old man is playing her musical idol Povel Ramel - a quirky jazz musician from the 1940s - and it sparks a new stage of her life. The man's name is Alvar and just like Steffi, he has a huge interest in music.Before long he starts telling her his story. In his youth, as the Second World War tore across Europe, he travelled to Stockholm. Young, innocent and quite naive, Alvar began his life in the big city, struggling to become a famous jazz musician. Or at least someone who was in a band. Or at the very least someone who could dance the jitterbug and talk to girls.Intrigued and inspired by Alvar's story, Steffi spends more and more time at the retirement home, learning about jazz and forgetting about school. She begins to realize that she doesn't have to be the Steffi other people know; instead, as Alvar did, she can recreate herself through music.
Hold the Line: One woman’s observations of lockdown, love, letting go and going viral
by Kim StephensNavigating motherhood from the age of 18, Kim Stephens shelved her inner journo and embraced a life of media sales and sports marketing, working with some of the biggest sports brands globally, and locally, whilst pursuing her own ultra-running ambitions.Arguing vehemently against the possibility that she was running from her own truth, Covid-19 wiped out Kim’s possibilities for continued escape.After three children, two divorces and a gradual sexual awakening, Kim found herself at 40-something virtually unemployed, with all the time in the world to write, sip gin and study a general response to one of the world’s most draconian lockdowns.Her humorous observations of middle-class South African behaviour through the various levels of lockdown earned her a certain notoriety and a degree of viral success, and with that the courage to put it all into a book.Hold the Line tells the story of teenage pregnancy, the situational blindness of white South Africa, the disappointment of divorce and the deep joy found through true awakening.Stitched together with the lockdown writing that Kim penned for a growing base of followers, she shares a more in-depth life story with her usual candid self-deprecation.Written to rattle a few truths from within its readers, Hold the Line ends ironically as the world begins to follow a potential third World War via TikTok.