Happiness for beginners —Center, Katherine.

"A year after getting divorced, Helen Carpenter, thirty-two, lets her annoying, ten years younger brother talk her into signing up for a wilderness survival course. It's supposed to be a chance for her to pull herself to...

The girls of Mischief Bay —Mallery, Susan, author.

Three women in fairly happy marriages, question the sacrifices they make, the choices to support their spouses, to take control of their own needs, and settle for the humdrum lifestyle they are accustomed to. Together t...

Bittersweet —McCullough, Colleen, 1937-2015

"Returning to the sweeping romantic saga, Colleen McCullough presents a new major work: the story of four unforgettable sisters navigating work, love, and their dreams in 1920s Australia. Because they are two sets of twi...

Inheriting Edith : a novel —Fishman, Zoe, author.

"From the author of Driving Lessons, Saving Ruth, and Balancing Acts comes a poignant breakout novel about a single mother who inherits a beautiful beach house with a caveat--she must take care of the ornery elderly woma...

Flight patterns —White, Karen (Karen S.), author.

"The New York Times bestselling author of The Sound of Glass and coauthor of The Forgotten Room tells the story of a woman coming home to the family she left behind--and to the woman she always wanted to be ... Georgia C...

The light of Paris —Brown, Eleanor, 1973- author.

"Madeleine is trapped--by her family's expectations, by her controlling husband, and by her own fears--in an unhappy marriage and a life she never wanted. From the outside, it looks like she has everything, but on the in...

Left to chance —Nathan, Amy Sue, author.

Teddi Lerner left her hometown years ago, but Shayna persuaded "Aunt Tee" to return to Chance, Ohio, to photograph her father's wedding. Even though it's been six years since Shay's mother, Celia, died, Teddi can hardly ...

The book of longings —Kidd, Sue Monk, author.

"In her fourth work of fiction, Sue Monk Kidd brings her acclaimed narrative gifts to imagine the story of a young woman named Ana. Raised in a wealthy family in Sepphoris with ties to the ruler of Galilee, she is rebell...

Canary island song —Gunn, Robin Jones, 1955-

Daughters of Cornwall —Britton, Fern, author.

"1918. The Great War is over, and Clara Carter has boarded a train bound for Cornwall--to meet a family that would once have been hers. But they must never discover her secret ... 1939. Hannah has always been curious abo...

Summer secrets —Green, Jane, 1968-

"June, 1998: At twenty seven, Catherine Coombs, also known as Cat, is struggling. She lives in London, works as a journalist, and parties hard. Her lunchtimes consist of several glasses of wine at the bar downstairs in t...

The nearness of you —Garlock, Dorothy, author.

"Hooper's Crossing, New York, 1952. The post-war boom seems a million miles away, especially for a sheltered librarian who longs for the adventure and excitement of the big city. New York City. The hustle and bustle. The...

Summer secrets —Green, Jane, 1968- author.

When a shocking family secret is revealed, twenty-something journalist Cat Coombs finds herself falling into a dark spiral. Wild, glamorous nights out in London and raging hangovers the next day become her norm, leading ...

Becoming Ellen —Shattuck, Shari.

At the corner of King Street —Taylor, Mary Ellen, 1961-

"The author of The Union Street Bakery presents a new novel about a woman searching for a fresh start-while unable to forget the past. Adele "Addie" Morgan grew up in a house filled with pain and loss. Determined to live...

The view from Alameda Island a novel —Carr, Robyn.

From the outside looking in, Lauren Delaney has a life to envy--a successful career, a solid marriage to a prominent surgeon and two beautiful daughters who are off to good colleges. But on her twenty-fourth wedding anni...

A year on ladybug farm —Ball, Donna.

Happiness for beginners a novel —Center, Katherine, author.

A divorced women learns more than survival skills when she takes a wilderness course and finds her annoying brother's even-more-annoying best friend is in the same course.

Mary Ventura and the Ninth Kingdom : a story —Plath, Sylvia, author.

"Written while Sylvia Plath was a student at Smith College in 1952, Mary Ventura and The Ninth Kingdom tells the story of a young woman's fateful train journey. Lips the color of blood, the sun an unprecedented orange, t...

Bittersweet —McCullough, Colleen, 1937-2015.

The four Latimer sisters, two sets of twins famed throughout 1920s New South Wales for their beauty, train as nurses and become immersed in hospital experiences that spark maturity, independence and respective ambitions ...