Kathy knew, with a certainty from deep within, that one day she would find Chris gone…Chris just appears that summer, a dirty hitchhiker with no place to go, and Kathy’s family takes him in. During the golden days that follow, Kathy learns ...
College professor's daughter's embarrassment when he runs off with a student, leaving his wife and daughter devastated. Jen became so involved with her mother's problems that she is unable to deal with her own. A tender, heartwarming story about adol...
Doesn’t personality count for anything? Bet you don’t know about the war that started in California, sort of a a Beverly Hills rebellion. Well, one day my mom, Sharon Long â€" you know, the glamorous movie star â€" decided to declare war on ...
QUEEN OF THE IN CROWD Ellen must have been born under a lucky star. She was pretty and popular and smart. Not only that, she was so sweet, it was hard not to like her. She had a successful family and a cute boyfriend, who was captain of the high s...
This collection of nine stories is the most recent winner of Pushcart's annual editors' award for ``overlooked manuscripts of enduring literary value.'' Writing with a quiet humor tinged by pathos, Schwartz chronicles the endless permutations of midd...
This collection of nine stories is the most recent winner of Pushcart's annual editors' award for ``overlooked manuscripts of enduring literary value.'' Writing with a quiet humor tinged by pathos, Schwartz chronicles the endless permutations of midd...
This is a story of family love and loss, joy and tragedy, set against a background of contemporary terrorism. It is particularly relevant today. The heroine, Elizabeth Stern, is an affluent pediatric surgeon, whose husband and child are killed in th...
Growing Up Guilty is the story of a young girl's coming of age at the onset of World War II. Susan finds it difficult to understand life with her hostile mother and passive father.
It is also difficult for her to understand the social and politica...In a voice reminiscent of Cynthia Ozick, this Jewish/Gothic novel renders the fracture and healing of the Rosen family. Jane Rosen leaves her three daughters and husband Saul, a rabbi, to care for her mother in Florida. In Jane’s absence, Saul d...
ealous. That’s how Gayle feels almost all the time. Jealous of Prudence for getting a terrific boyfriend. Jealous of Stewart for winning the science award. Jealous of everybody. Gayle wants to change. Jealousy only gets her in trouble. She feels...
Ellen vows to marry a man rich enough to protect her from the harsher realities of life. After she marries Jeff, her dreams become reality. Their lives change when they join YPO, the Young Presidents Organization, the Solid Gold Circle of the title. ...