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Set in 1956 Malibu, the story unfolds around Melanie Cole, a blacklisted actress, and her agoraphobic neighbor, Elwood. Their limited interactions take a turn when Melanie and her Eastern European maid, Eva, notice Elwood's sister-in-law, June, acting suspiciously in his garden. As Elwood mysteriously disappears, the women are drawn into a quest to uncover the truth, leading them to unexpected secrets and a surprising bond. The narrative explores themes of isolation, friendship, and the pursuit of hidden truths amidst Hollywood's glitz and shadows.

When farmers and pumpkin patch owners donate their extra pumpkins to the zoo, the animals chomp, chew, play, and give hearty hoorays for their favorite squishy squash! Grab a pumpkin and follow along as this read-aloud zoo book for preschoolers and elementary-age kids celebrates the fall season in the most entertaining way.

"A heartrending story about a young mother's fight to keep her daughter and the winds of fortune that tear them apart, by the New York Times bestselling author of The Nature of Fragile Things and The Last Year of the War. California, 1938-When she loses her parents in an accident, sixteen-year-old Rosanne is taken in by the owners of the vineyard where she has lived her whole life as the vinedresser's daughter. She moves into Celine and Truman Calvert's spacious house with a secret, however-Rosie sees colors when she hears sound. She promised her mother she'd never reveal her little-understood ability to anyone, but the weight of her isolation and grief proves too much for her. Driven by her loneliness, she not only breaks the vow to her mother, but in a desperate moment lets down her guard and ends up pregnant. Banished by the Calverts, Rosanne believes she is bound for a home for unwed mothers, and having lost her family, she treasures her pregnancy as the chance for a future one. But she soon finds out she is not going to a home of any kind, but to a place far worse than anything she could have imagined. Austria, 1947-After witnessing firsthand Adolf Hitler's brutal pursuit of hereditary purity-especially with regard to "different children"-Helen Calvert is ready to return to America for good. But when she arrives at her brother's peaceful vineyard after decades working abroad, she is shocked to learn what really happened nine years earlier to the vinedresser's daughter, a girl whom Helen had long ago befriended. In her determination to find Rosanne, Helen discovers that while the war was won in Europe, there are still terrifying battles to be fought at home"-- Provided by publisher

April 18, 1906: A massive earthquake rocks San Francisco just before daybreak, igniting a devouring inferno. Lives are lost, lives are shattered, but some rise from the ashes forever changed. Sophie Whalen is a young Irish immigrant so desperate to get out of a New York tenement that she answers a mail-order bride ad and agrees to marry a man she knows nothing about. San Francisco widower Martin Hocking proves to be as aloof as he is mesmerizingly handsome. Sophie quickly develops deep affection for Kat, Martin's silent five-year-old daughter, but Martin's odd behavior leaves her with the uneasy feeling that something about her newfound situation isn't right. Then one early-spring evening, a stranger at the door sets in motion a transforming chain of events. Sophie discovers hidden ties to two other women. The first, pretty and pregnant, is standing on her doorstep. The second is hundreds of miles away in the American Southwest, grieving the loss of everything she once loved. The fates of these three women intertwine on the eve of the devastating earthquake, thrusting them onto a perilous journey that will test their resiliency and resolve and, ultimately, their belief that love can overcome fear. From the acclaimed author of The Last Year of the War and As Bright as Heaven comes a gripping novel about the bonds of friendship and mother love, and the power of female solidarity.

Elise Sontag is a typical Iowa fourteen-year-old in 1943--aware of the war but distanced from its reach. Then her father, a legal U.S. resident for nearly two decades, is suddenly arrested on suspicion of being a Nazi sympathizer. The family is sent to an internment camp in Texas, where, behind the armed guards and barbed wire, Elise feels stripped of everything beloved and familiar, including her own identity. The only thing that makes the camp bearable is meeting fellow internee Mariko Inoue, a Japanese-American teen from Los Angeles, whose friendship empowers Elise to believe the life she knew before the war will again be hers. Together in the desert wilderness, Elise and Mariko hold tight the dream of being young American women with a future beyond the fences. But when the Sontag family is exchanged for American prisoners behind enemy lines in Germany, Elise will face head-on the person the war desires to make of her. In that devastating crucible she must discover if she has the will to rise above prejudice and hatred and re-claim her own destiny, or disappear into the image others have cast upon her. The Last Year of the War tells a little-known story of World War II with great resonance for our own times and challenges the very notion of who we are when who we've always been is called into question.-- Publisher's description

From the acclaimed author of The Last Year of the War comes a novel set during the Spanish flu pandemic of 1918, telling the story of a family reborn through loss and love. In 1918, Philadelphia was a city teeming with promise. Even as its young men went off to fight in the Great War, there were opportunities for a fresh start on its cobblestone streets. Into this bustling town, came Pauline Bright and her husband, filled with hope that they could now give their three daughters—Evelyn, Maggie, and Willa—a chance at a better life. But just months after they arrive, the Spanish Flu reaches the shores of America. As the pandemic claims more than twelve thousand victims in their adopted city, they find their lives left with a world that looks nothing like the one they knew. But even as they lose loved ones, they take in a baby orphaned by the disease who becomes their single source of hope. Amidst the tragedy and challenges, they learn what they cannot live without—and what they are willing to do about it. As Bright as Heaven is the compelling story of a mother and her daughters who find themselves in a harsh world not of their making, which will either crush their resolve to survive or purify it.

Una sciarpa, due donne: un secolo le separa, il destino le unisce «Una narratrice straordinaria.» Publishers Weekly «Una narratrice straordinaria .» Publishers Weekly «Una narrazione evocativa ed emozionante» Kirkus Reviews «Una narratrice straordinaria.» Publishers Weekly «Una narrazione evocativa ed emozionante.» Kirkus Reviews Ellis Island, settembre 1911. Dopo aver perso l’uomo che amava, Clara ha scelto di prendersi cura degli emigranti che ogni giorno approdano all’isola, in attesa di ottenere il visto d’ingresso negli Stati Uniti. Un giorno, tra le migliaia di persone, un uomo attira la sua attenzione. Ha la febbre, forse è destinato a morire, e non si separa mai da una bellissima sciarpa con un motivo floreale su cui è ricamato un nome: Lily… Manhattan, settembre 2011. Taryn lavora in un negozio di tessuti nell’Upper West Side. Rimasta vedova, è faticosamente riuscita a trovare un nuovo equilibrio e un po’ di serenità. Ma non riesce a cancellare il ricordo del giorno in cui le Twin Towers sono crollate, seppellendo suo marito. E neppure a cancellare il senso di colpa: lei infatti si è salvata grazie a uno sconosciuto che ora, a distanza di dieci anni, bussa alla sua porta, portando con sé la sciarpa che Taryn aveva quel giorno: una sciarpa antica, con un motivo floreale…

A ​háború bonyodalmai végzetesen összekötik három teljesen különböző nő életét 1946. február. A második világháború már véget ért, ám a személyes tragédiákból való gyógyulás még csak most kezdődik Annaliese és Simone számára. Annaliese német származású balerina, aki kétségbeesetten menekül a múltja elől, Simone pedig a francia ellenállás egyik kémjének a lánya. A két nő csatlakozik a RMS Queen Mary óceánjáró fedélzetén utazó több száz európai katonafeleséghez, akik az Atlanti-óceánt átszelve ismét együtt szeretnének lenni a férjükkel. Az Annaliese-re és Simone-ra váró új élet Amerikában reményteli és hívogató, egészen addig, míg a féltve őrzött titkaik felszínre nem kerülnek. Mikor az utazás véget ér a New York-i kikötőben, csupán az egyikük hagyja el a hajót… Napjainkban. Brette különleges képességgel rendelkezik, amelynek révén érzékeli a szellemek jelenlétét. Egy barátja kérésére ellátogat a mára már múzeumként üzemelő, legendás Queen Maryre. A hajó fedélzetén tapasztaltak arra ösztönzik, hogy egy régi tragédia nyomába eredjen, és közben bepillantást nyer a valaha a hajón utazó katonafeleségek fájdalmaiba és küzdelmeibe. Mindez végül hatással lesz a döntéseire is, hiszen fontolóra kell vennie, mit kell feláldoznia azért, hogy megkaphassa, amire a legjobban vágyik. „Teljesen lenyűgözött és elszédített ez a kísérteties történet.” – Jamie Ford, The New York Times bestseller szerző „Szédítő történetmesélés és a történelem egyik legrejtélyesebb hajójának egyedi bemutatása.” – Sarah McCoy, The New York Times bestseller szerző „Szimpatikus karakterek, akiket imádni fog az olvasó. Megható és inspiráló.” – Kirkus Reviews

Wartime intrigue spans the lives of three women—past and present—in this emotional novel from the acclaimed author of The Last Year of the War. February, 1946. World War Two is over, but the recovery from the most intimate of its horrors has only just begun for Annaliese Lange, a German ballerina desperate to escape her past, and Simone Deveraux, the wronged daughter of a French Résistance spy. Now the two women are joining hundreds of other European war brides aboard the renowned RMS Queen Mary to cross the Atlantic and be reunited with their American husbands. Their new lives in the United States brightly beckon until their tightly-held secrets are laid bare in their shared stateroom. When the voyage ends at New York Harbor, only one of them will disembark... Present day. Facing a crossroads in her own life, Brette Caslake visits the famously haunted Queen Mary at the request of an old friend. What she finds will set her on a course to solve a seventy-year-old tragedy that will draw her into the heartaches and triumphs of the courageous war brides—and will ultimately lead her to reconsider what she has to sacrifice to achieve her own deepest longings. CONVERSATION GUIDE INCLUDED

Lauren bricht mit den Erwartungen ihrer Familie und arbeitet für die 83-jährige Bibliothekarin Abigail, die sie bittet, das Tagebuch ihrer Vorfahrin Mercy Hayworth abzuschreiben. Fasziniert von Mercys Geschichte entdeckt Lauren, wie diese Ereignisse bis in die Gegenwart nachwirken. Ein fesselnder Roman über Liebe und Glauben.