It’s love at first sight for Jon and Jillian, who meet in a fitness class and instantly hit it off. Jillian may not be accepted by Jon’s mother, but the pair agree to put their relationship first . . . until the FBI send him into a Witness Protection program that requires him to leave Jillian behind. Fatima grew up in war-torn Syria, having lost both of her parents and sister to tragedy. Every time she rebuilds her family, more tragedy strikes, leading her to wonder if she is cursed by Allah. At last, when she has lost everyone dear to her, she decides to take matters into her own hands. She couldn’t protect her family, but maybe she can save the world. As Fatima grows more desperate, Jon and Jillian must find a way to carry on without one another. Their stories intertwine as the conflict comes to a head with the fate of the world as we know it resting in the balance.
At Laurel Street she remembered the Saturday night parties that were an institution at Quilcene Park. She veered left and sped down the hill. Ten minutes later she turned the last corner and whizzed onto the driveway of the old park, ...
Visitors to the Maust house were inevitably taken first to the swimming pool behind the house. It was still a badge of affluence in Cascade, a conspicuous luxury in a community where ostentation HOME AGAIN • 87.
You Can't Go Home Again
DISTANT SHORES “There are real-life lessons here told with truth, humor, and courage. You will love this story.”—Adriana Trigiani Elizabeth and Jackson Shore married young and weathered the storms as they built a family.
Told from the perspective of a house, this story's heartfelt text and beautiful illustrations convey a warmth of feeling as two families change and grow at different times within the same four walls.
Unflinching and riveting, this story is the firsthand account of the brutal, unforgiving inner-city streets and prison life, as well as a difficult lesson in accepting responsibility and moving on.
Mommies and daddies are coming home after military service. Different children react in different ways.
How they survived. What they lost--and how you keep on living, despite it all. Jessica Bab Bonde has, based on survivor's stories, written an important book. Peter Bergting's art makes the book accessible, despite its difficult subject.
Can Mona and her friends save their home before it's too late? In the final installment of the Heartwood Hotel series, Mona faces her greatest challenge yet, and she might discover just what family truly means.
A family therapist uses the family trees of famous dynasties--such as the Kennedys--to show how behavior repeats itself from one generation to the next and to examine the effects of birth order and other factors