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When Kate travels to work in Greece in 1974, she is dropped into the cauldron of anti-Americanism that has begun to bubble following the end of Greece's seven-year dictatorship-but that doesn't stop her from falling in love with a handsome Communist and becoming embroiled in dangerous political intrigue. Will she return to America?or will she remain with her lover in Greece, which has also captured her heart?

A mother's impending death forces her three alienated middle-aged daughters-a diner waitress, a heartsick alcoholic, and a Las Vegas showgirl whose career is on a sharp decline?to finally face each other and the mystery of their father's disappearance.

In this past-the-blush-of-youth adventure story, Marianne Bohr and her husband head to Corsica to celebrate turning sixty by hiking the 124-mile GR20, Europe's toughest long-distance footpath, and find themselves confronted with universal themes-coming to terms with aging, surmounting physical limitations, and being kind to oneself?along the way.

In 1938, when the Nazis invade Czechoslovakia, a young Romani girl, Jana, discovers that everything she knows and loves is in danger. In this maelstrom of history, she and two new friends, Otto and Franz, must fight for their countries, their futures, and their lives.

Tuni Deignan spent most of her life using a whole host of coping mechanisms to avoid facing the trauma of her childhood: a sexually abusive father and a mother who seemed helpless to stop him. But when a bike accident rendered her immobile and dependent on narcotics at age fifty-five, she finally sat down to unwind and understand the circus of her life-a journey that led her to a place of understanding, peace, and even joy.

After a chance meeting in New York city, Bianca Curtis and "Eric," better known as insanely famous Korean actor Park Hyun Min, spend twelve perfect hours together-only to be torn apart at the end of the night by the inescapable realities of their very distinct worlds. But their story isn't even close to over yet.

January 2021, mid-pandemic, Christina Vo-single, childless, and in her early forties?sets off on a road trip with a close friend in search of a new place to call home. What ensues is an illuminating spiritual journey that finally allows her to make peace with the painful pieces of her past?as well as the unexpected shape of her present.

In the seaside town of Bantry in the west of Ireland, the O'Donovans struggle with the humiliation and poverty of living under a colonial power until events impel them to turn their backs on Ireland and set out for America.

Sixteen-year-old aspiring artist Leni O'Hare loves brainy, gentle Caleb McGrath-so much so that she keeps from him a secret that would prevent their escape from their crumbling families and the remote Texas town that will surely crush their dreams. But the choice she makes casts a shadow that follows them both for generations?from Vietnam-era East Texas to New York City's downtown art scene in the 1980s, up to the present day. What will it take for the secret to be revealed?

When writer and arts researcher Dee Schwartz meets famous actor Ryder Field outside a bar one night, the romance that blossoms seems like a fairy tale . . . until Dee disappears into thin air after an awards ceremony, making everyone wonder if the fairy tale will have a darker ending than anyone could have anticipated.

Deeply in love, Cal and Mary brave divorce, marry, and help each other succeed in their work. Cal becomes a renowned inventor, Mary a best-selling author. Then Alzheimer's strikes. Cal faces his disease courageously, Mary finds ways to sustain their relationship despite it. While they don't beat Alzheimer's, it doesn't win either. Their love persists throughout and beyond their battle.

After leaving home at eighteen in search of her Jewish roots in Israel and France, Paula learns far more than two new languages. To navigate her new life, she must also separate from her twin sister and forge her own identity.

Samantha, the fashionable wife of a successful Boston businessman, loves both her husband and her sister-but the two of them have fought a cold war for years. When her sister is diagnosed with lung cancer, Samantha's family and marriage are tipped into crisis.

An urgent exposé revealing the most widespread yet little acknowledged threat to child well-being: lack of acceptance. This daring memoir not only uncovers the truth about how our schools and communities treat unique children but also provides meaningful insights for a more dignified future, through the lens of Taylor¿s own experiences raising a neurodiverse child.

After learning that she inhabits a world where mirrors are portals to another dimension in which an ancient evil lurks, infecting us through our reflections, eighteen-year-old Alice, along with her three best friends, must battle gods and demons to protect mankind—and save her true love¿s soul.

In this personal and transformational memoir, Malaysia-born Amelia Zachry chronicles how the trauma of sexual assault and the challenges of living with bipolar disorder disrupted her life as a young woman?and how she managed to regain control of her life and, ultimately, find love, healing, and a sense of belonging after emigrating to the US.

She promised one year to live with her stubbornly independent mother, clean out the house her parents had stashed with musty history for five decades, and move her mother into assisted living. Four years later, daughter and mother are still in the kitchen fighting over food and territory, dementia and blindness in this fierce, compassionate, humorous story of self-discovery and forgiveness.

Intergenerational trauma is transformed into resilience and post traumatic growth in this gripping story of brutal domestic violence, family secrets, and uncommon wisdom. After Yvonne Martinez is taken in by her dying, once-prostitute grandmother, she later learns that her grandmother was long ago trafficked by her own mother in depression-era Utah¿a revelation that sends Yvonne on a search for answers ends in healing . . . and in her becoming an activist.

When Irene Sardanis was growing up, danger wasn't just the pimps, hustlers and drug dealers on the Bronx streets, it was something that lurked within the Bronx tenement she called home-and it took the form of her Greek immigrant mother.

Troost is a real street. East of it is where you can buy a house if you're Black. It's also where our middle-aged white narrator grew up-and where she has just returned to reboot her life. How will she fare in this vastly changed world? This fictional story, punctuated by factual memoir, is by turns soul-searching, entertaining, and heartbreaking.

In this haunting memoir, Carol Richmond relives the ten-year experience of raising three children on her own after her ex-husband abandons his paternal responsibilities. One of her sons attempts suicide, the other fails academically, and her daughter is sexually abused by a trusted acquaintance-yet the family endures, because they must.

When a life-threatening illness makes it necessary for Virginia Simpson¿s mother, Ruth, to come live with her, Simpson struggles to heal their relationship before Ruth dies.

What would you do if you wanted something but didn't know how to get it? What if you were incarcerated but didn't know why? What if you followed up on a decades-old whim? When is a society truly perfect, and who decides? And what awaits us at the end of our lives? In this fascinating short story collection, Nancy Joie Wilkie explores these questions and more.

With humor, lived experience, and actionable advice, positivity expert and author Jane Enright offers inspiration and hope to readers on accepting unplanned change, building resilience, and landing butter side up in in the game of life.