Set over the span of 20 years, The Sisters We Were uses both honesty and sensitivity to create a set of uniquely vivid characters and a lush, realistic story that never shies away from opening old wounds – but also leaving a little room for healing.
A funny, relatable and sometimes sad story about a man struggling with office life (and life in general) when the Covid Pandemic hits. A story of beginnings not endings though as the character realises through the process the really important things around him.
London 1969. While men are walking on the moon, a series of dramatic events threaten to have lasting repercussions for 16-year-old Jane and the people she loves. "A richly complicated, and deeply engaging coming-of-age tale." - Kirkus Reviews (starred review). "A rollicking good read" - BookLife Prize 2021 Quarterfinalist.
After her parents are killed in an auto accident, a runaway girl goes in search of her missing brother. “Girl, Interrupted” meets “She’s Come Undone”.
Six women. Four decades. One long, unexpected reunion.
Jewel Austin is a foster mother to dozens, but forms a special bond with five foster girls. Through handwritten letters, Jewel keeps in touch with these women she nurtured to adulthood. Will the five women be able to overcome the obstacles that stand in their way of granting the beloved matriarch of their family her last wish?
"Lifetimes & Life's Lines" is a delightfully wordy, profoundly bodacious YAWP about all things living. There's much to embrace here about awesome, average people, nature, & places. So,come along & partake in the celebratory sense of having arrived home one hopes they will inherit at the end of this earthy, glorious adventure we call "Life's Journey."
