A man haunted by the death of his brother and a forty-year-old secret returns to his Tennessee hometown in this novel by the author of A Question of Mercy.A novel of homecoming, loss, and the power of story, Familiar Ground follows the return of Jaco...
Molly Hanner's marriage to William is slowly unraveling, and the pulls of entropy this exerts upon them and their three children painfully instruct Molly in the many ways people barely miss loving each other. But divorce is only a catalyst in Moll...
Recently Nominated for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, Night Talk has served as an inspiration for honest discussions of race around the country.
A beautiful, moving story of the unlikely and enduring friendship of two girls...
Fascinating tales of Southern California history from 1800 to 1920. Over 50 informative and entertaining short stories with dozens of photographs. Also contains authentic old California recipies, and sightseeing trips for revisiting history through s...
On an early spring night, Sophie and her boyfriend Crow slip away from a rowdy high school party and sneak off into the woods. But what is meant to be an idyllic, intimate evening turns into a nightmare. Sophie is attacked and refuses to speak; Crow ...
The mysterious death of a mentally disabled boy sends his stepsister on the run in this historical novel by the Robert Penn Warren Awardâ€"winning author.Rural North Carolina, 1950s. When young Adam Finney is found dead in a river, his teenaged steps...
In this finely crafted collection, acclaimed writer Elizabeth Cox examines the lives of common people and how they deal with life when uncommon things happen to them -- how they accept their fate, sometimes choosing to move on, sometimes not. The s...