By Anne Tyler

A travel writer who hates to travel, and to whom "things just happen," becomes involved with an unusual woman following the desertion of his wife.

By Lorna Landvik

Five friends share three decades of marriages, child raising, neighborhood parties and bad husbands.

By Barbara Ehrenreich
Recommended By Pam Martin, Assistant Library Director

“Americans are a "positive" people - cheerful, optimistic, and upbeat: This is our reputation as well as our self-image. But more than a temperament, being positive is the key to getting success and prosperity. Or so we are told… (From the Publisher).”

By David L. Robbins

Set against the backdrop of the Los Banos prison raid––one of the most daringepisodes of World War II - Broken Jewel tells a powerful story of war, love, and survival.

By Kate Morton
Recommended By Brenda Cherry, Reference Librarian, Meghan F., Children's Services Librarian

“This debut page-turner from Australian Morton recounts the crumbling of a prominent British family as seen through the eyes of one of its servants…. Morton triumphs with a riveting plot, a touching but tense love story and a haunting ending (From Publishers Weekly).”

By Anne Tyler

Anne Tyler’s 18th novel is an offbeat, bittersweet love story about life’s missed opportunities.

By Jennifer Cody Epstein

A fictional portrait of Pan Yuliang, a real-life 20th-century Chinese prostitute turned successful artist. It is the story of a woman forced to choose between following her heart and pursuing her art.

By Lisa See
Series May and Pearl Novels

May and Pearl, two sisters living in Shanghai in the mid–1930s are beautiful, sophisticated and well–educated, but their family is on the verge of bankruptcy. Hoping to improve their social standing, May and Pearl’s parents arrange for their daughters to marry "Gold Mountain men" who have come from Los Angeles to find brides.

By Raymond Khoury

When a scientific expedition is swallowed up by a shimmering sphere of light during a live report, a devastated viewer recognizes the phenomenon.

By Pat Conroy

Set in the late 1960’s, Leo Bloom King is living in Charleston, S.C. and trying to make sense of his brother’s suicide.