A tragic bus accident has devastating repercussions for two families from opposite sides of the tracks of a tiny, New England paper milling town in this new novel from the best-selling author of the L
When Truly Plaice's mother was pregnant, the whole town of Aberdeen lined up to bet on the weight of the baby who could stretch a woman to such epic proportions. Young Truly would pay the price of he
"Strength and quiet beauty mark Baker's writing . . . Mercy Snow provides an authentic universe of damaged souls and a fantastical heroine."--Anita Shreve, Washington PostIn the tiny town of Titan Fal
When Truly Plaice's mother was pregnant, the town of Aberdeen joined together in betting how recordbreakingly huge the baby boy would ultimately be. The girl who proved to be Truly paid the price of
Darkness has shaped our lives for millennia, and in this beautifully written nature narrative, Tiffany Francis travels around Britain and Europe to learn more about nocturnal landscapes, investigate h
In the isolated Cape Cod village of Prospect, the Gilly sisters are as different as can be. Jo, a fierce and quiet loner, is devoted to the mysteries of her family's salt farm, while Claire is popular
Growing rapidly and unusually large in her small-minded New York community, part-witch Truly painfully comes of age in the shadow of her attractive older sister, whose young son comes into her care un
A prodigious talent blazes onto the American literary scene with this bold, original memoir of her perilous - yet life-saving - addiction to childbearing With the birth of her first child, Laura Jean
This practical pocket guide includes 200 edible fruits, nuts and seeds, flowers, greens and vegetables, herbs, roots, whole plants, fungi, seaweeds and shellfish that you can forage in the UK and Euro
