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...

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 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...

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 wife's tale —Lansens, Lori.

Hot milk —Levy, Deborah, author.

"I have been sleuthing my mother's symptoms for as long as I can remember. If I see myself as an unwilling detective with a desire for justice, is her illness an unsolved crime? If so, who is the villain and who is the v...

Adults —Unsworth, Emma Jane, author.

'Adults' is the newest book from the author of 'Animals', and is the story of one woman learning how to fall back in love with her life. It will remind you that when the world throws you a curve ball (or nine), it may ta...

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 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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

The orphan sky —Leya, Ella.

Beneath my mother's feet —Qamar, Amjed.

When her father is injured, fourteen-year-old Nazia is pulled away from school, her friends, and her preparations for an arranged marriage, to help her mother clean houses in a wealthy part of Karachi, Pakistan, where sh...

180 seconds : a novel —Park, Jessica, author.

After a life spent bouncing from one foster home to the next, Allison is determined to keep others at arm's length. Adopted at sixteen, she knows better than to believe in the permanence of anything. But as she begins he...