Fiction

A Good American Alex George

A GOOD AMERICAN remains a store favorite. This poignant, funny and heartbreaking tale follows a German immigrant's family from their arrival in America, through two generations. Along the way, we meet some of the most interesting characters in literature including a teen-age giant, a gumbo-cooking jazz musician, a...

First Comes Love Emily Giffin

FIRST COMES LOVE  is a story about family, friendship and the courage to follow your heart - even though we're reading about sisters with very different ideas.

 

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Acts of God Ellen Gilchrist

ACTS OF GOD is Ellen Gilchrist's finest collection of salty stories of tragedy and good. These characters run the gamut from fighters to believers to survivors.    

 

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Shadows of Berlin David Gillham

SHADOWS OF BERLIN is a truly unforgettable saga that examines learning to love and forgive in a powerful story set in New York of the 1950s with flashbacks to the horrors of war-torn Germany. David Gillham perfectly captures the thought patterns of a survivor's guilt over actions necessary to stay alive. This epic tale...

A House Among the Trees Julia Glass

A HOUSE AMONG THE TREES is an expertly written tale of a famous author of children's books who leaves his fortune to his long-time assistant, and her attempts to honor his final requests for the many people whose lives he touched with his work and his vibrant personality.

 

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And the Dark Sacred Night Julia Glass

AND THE DARK SACRED NIGHT is an exquisitely memorable tale of the search for an unknown father. There are unexpected twists and turns throughout the story to keep the reader mesmerized.

 

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Girl in the Walls A. J. Gnuse

GIRL IN THE WALLS is a bold, gothic, coming-of-age tale with a twist. An young orphan girl hides out in her old home. Critics have compared the writing in this spectactual debut novel as reminiscence of Shirley Jackson. It is both scary and literary.

 

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Flora Gail Godwin

FLORA is a delightful story of a precocious ten-year old girl being cared for by her late mother's twenty-two-year-old cousin. The tale is set during the final months of World War Two, at Oak Ridge, Tennessee, where the child's father is engaged in secret military work. By the end of the book, it's difficult to...

Wherever There Is Light Peter Golden

WHEREVER THERE IS LIGHT is based on the true story of traditionally African-American colleges in the 1930s rescuing Jewish-German professors and bringing them to the United States to teach. One such fictionalized case is presented with the faculty member's son falling in love with the university president's daughter....

Nothing Is Forgotten Peter Golden

NOTHING IS FORGOTTEN is the story of a budding radio host in 1950s New Jersey who travels to Khrushchev’s USSR to discover who was behind the murder of his Russian-Jewish grandmother, as well as to learn more about himself and his family's dark past. It's an absolutely fantastic look at the post-WWII global climate and how it...