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| Bridge of Sighs Louis Charles Lynch (also known as Lucy) is sixty years old and has lived in Thomaston, New York, his entire life. He and Sarah, his wife of forty years, are about to embark on a vacation to Italy. Lucy's oldest friend, once a rival for his wife's affection, leads a life in Venice far removed from Thomaston. Perhaps for this reason Lucy is writing the story of his town, his family, and his own life that makes up this rich and mesmerizing novel, interspersed with that of the native son who left so long ago and has never looked back. Bridge of Sighs, from the beloved Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Empire Falls, is a moving novel about small-town America that expands Russo's widely heralded achievement in ways both familiar and astonishing. From the Trade Paperback edition. Brand: Knopf Sales rank: 671 Usually ships in 24 hours Books / Subjects | ![]() $9.99 |
| The Almost Moon For years Helen Knightly has given her life to others: to her haunted mother, to her enigmatic father, to her husband and now grown children. When she finally crosses a terrible boundary, her life comes rushing in at her in a way she never could have imagined. Unfolding over the next twenty-four hours, this searing, fast-paced novel explores the complex ties between mothers and daughters, wives and lovers, the meaning of devotion, and the line between love and hate. It is a challenging, moving,... Brand: Little, Brown and Company Sales rank: 3272 Usually ships in 24 hours Books / Subjects / Literature & Fiction / Women's Fiction / Mothers & Children | ![]() $8.79 |
| Run Since their mother's death, Tip and Teddy Doyle have been raised by their loving, possessive, and ambitious father. As the former mayor of Boston, Bernard Doyle wants to see his sons in politics, a dream the boys have never shared. But when an argument in a blinding New England snowstorm inadvertently causes an accident that involves a stranger and her child, all Bernard Doyle cares about is his ability to keep his children -- all his children -- safe. Set over a period of twenty-four... | ![]() $9.56 |
| Away: A Novel Panoramic in scope, Away is the epic and intimate story of young Lillian Leyb, a dangerous innocent, an accidental heroine. When her family is destroyed in a Russian pogrom, Lillian comes to America alone, determined to make her way in a new land. When word comes that her daughter, Sophie, might still be alive, Lillian embarks on an odyssey that takes her from the world of the Yiddish theater on New York’s Lower East Side, to Seattle’s Jazz District, and up to Alaska, along... Brand: Random House Sales rank: 1041 Usually ships in 24 hours Books / Subjects | ![]() $8.00 |
| Loving Frank: A Novel I have been standing on the side of life, watching it float by. I want to swim in the river. I want to feel the current. | ![]() $8.40 |
| The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao This is the long-awaited first novel from one of the most original and memorable writers working today. Things have never been easy for Oscar, a sweet but disastrously overweight, lovesick Dominican ghetto nerd. From his home in New Jersey, where he lives with his old-world mother and rebellious sister, Oscar dreams of becoming the Dominican J. R. R. Tolkien and, most of all, of finding love. But he may never get what he wants, thanks to the Fuku - the curse that has haunted the Oscar's family... Brand: Riverhead Sales rank: 51 Usually ships in 24 hours Books / Subjects | ![]() $8.40 |
| Tree of Smoke Once upon a time there was a war...and a young American who thought of himself as the Quiet American and the Ugly American, and who wished to be neither, who wanted instead to be the Wise American, or the Good American, but who eventually came to witness himself as the Real American and finally as simply the Fucking American. That's me. This is the story of Skip Sands "" and the disasters that befall him thanks to his famous uncle, a war hero known in intelligence circles simply as the Colonel.... Brand: FSG Sales rank: 1673 Usually ships in 24 hours Books / Subjects | ![]() $9.99 |
| The Abstinence Teacher Stonewood Heights is the perfect place to raise kids. It's got the proverbial good schools, solid values and a healthy real estate market. It's the kind of place where parents are involved in their children's lives, where no opportunity for enrichment goes unexplored. Ruth Ramsey is the human sexuality teacher at the local high school. She believes Brand: St. Martin's Press Sales rank: 3162 Usually ships in 24 hours Books / Subjects | ![]() $9.99 |
| The Gathering In the taut latest from Enright (What Are You Like?), middle-aged Veronica Hegarty, the middle child in an Irish-Catholic family of nine, traces the aftermath of a tragedy that has claimed the life of rebellious elder brother Liam. As Veronica travels to London to bring Liam's body back to Dublin, her deep-seated resentment toward her overly passive mother and her dissatisfaction with her husband and children come to the fore. Tempers flare as the family assembles for Liam's wake, and a secret... Brand: Grove/Atlantic Sales rank: 621 Usually ships in 24 hours Books / Subjects | ![]() $8.80 |
| Out Stealing Horses Trond's friend Jon often appeared at his doorstep with an adventure in mind for the two of them. But this morning was different. What began as a joy ride on -borrowed- horses ends with Jon falling into a strange trance of grief. Trond soon learns what befell Jon earlier that day - an incident that marks the beginning of a series of vital losses for both boys. At age sixty-seven, Trond has settled into a rustic cabin in an isolated part of eastern Norway to live the rest of his life with... | ![]() $9.99 |