"Remy Wadia left India for the United States long ago, carrying his resentment of his mother with him. He has now returned to Bombay to adopt a baby--and to see his elderly mother for the first time in several years. Discovering that she is in the hospital, has stopped talking, and seems to have given up on life, he is struck with guilt for not realizing just how sick she has become. His unexpected appearance and assiduous attention revives her and...

New York Times bestselling author Deborah Bedford sweeps readers into this compelling drama with her trademark style of beautiful, lyrical writing.

Since her divorce from Eric, Hilary has done everything she can to control life for herself and her son, Seth. Beneath a calm surface, she is terrified of failing Seth. She's worked hard to raise him on her own, and she's succeeded—he's now set to graduate from high school and enroll at

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From the author of The Gin & Chowder Club comes an exquisitely heartfelt and uplifting novel that explores the infinite reach of a mother's love—and the gift of second chances. . .
The modest ranch house where Callie Wyeth grew up looks just as she remembers it—right down to the well-worn sheets in the linen closet. But in the years since Callie lived here, almost everything else has changed. Her father, once indomitable, is...

Mama Bear tries to get Baby Bear to hibernate, but he keeps finding reasons to put it off, including eating a snack, taking a drink of water, and saying goodbye to the other animals in the forest.

In Poor People's Flowers, Suzanna runs fast. Twice she ran away from men. The first man was her husband. The second a stranger, who promised to take her from New Mexico to Colorado in the mid 1930s. Suzanna runs until she meets two other men, and a beautiful woman. One of them uses her, the other helps her. The woman taught her to work in a working class bar, and together they searched for the children Suzanna left behind when she ran.--Back cover....

Presents a literary memoir of poems, essays, and intimate family photos that reflect on the author's complicated relationship with his mother and his disadvantaged childhood on a Native American reservation.

A child imagines all of the great adventures that his mother and younger brother have while he is at school.

Froggy is afraid of the water until his mother, along with his flippers, snorkle, and mask, help him learn to swim.

"[This is the] story of a young boy and his alcoholic mother, whose love is only matched by her pride"--Provided by publisher.

"One of the most charming books I've read in a long, long time...made me laugh, cry, and cheer—as all good weddings do."

-Cassandra King, bestselling author of The Same Sweet Girls

Welcome to Jasper, South Carolina. A place where Southern hospitality thrives. Where social occasions are done right. And where, for generations, the four most upstanding ladies of this community ensure that the daughters of Jasper are married in the

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