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A New York Times Bestselling AuthorA Finalist for the 2015 National Book AwardEvery story has two sides. Every relationship has two perspectives. And sometimes, the key to a great marriage is not its truths but its secrets. At the core of this...
Looking back at a tragic event that occurred during his thirteenth year, Frank Drum explores how a complicated web of secrets, adultery, and betrayal shattered his Methodist family and their small 1961 Minnesota community.
"Riveting. A marvel of memory. Poignant proof of the human will to endure." -Amy Tan. "Brilliant, compelling, and unforgettable. A heart-rending modern day Cinderella story set against the turbulence of 20th century China. Autobiography at its...
Heather McHugh's new book, Eyeshot, is a brooding, visionary work that takes aim at the big questions-those of love and death. The poems suggest that such immensities balance on the smallest details, and that a range of human blindness is...
An unforgettable true story, The Midwife is the basis for the hit PBS drama Call the Midwife At the age of twenty-two, Jennifer Worth leaves her comfortable home to move into a convent and become a midwife in post war London's East End slums....