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RACHEL IN THE WORLD

Jane Bernstein

 A mother’s attempt to know the heart and mind of a disabled daughter growing into adulthood What happens when love is no longer enough? Jane Bernstein thought that learning to…

One of our recommended books is Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson

THREE CUPS OF TEA

Greg Mortenson

Anyone who despairs of the individual’s power to change lives has to read the story of Greg Mortenson, a homeless mountaineer who, following a 1993 climb of Pakistan’s treacherous K2,…

AN ABSOLUTE SCANDAL

Penny Vincenzi

 Penny Vincenzi, master of the contemporary blockbuster, returns with a moving, engaging portrait of people coping with a notorious financial disaster and its unpredictable emotional repercussions. Set during the boom-and-bust…

One of our recommended books is Peace Like a River by Leif Enger

PEACE LIKE A RIVER

Leif Enger

In “lyrical, openhearted prose” (Michael Glitz, The New York Post), Enger tells the story of eleven-year-old Reuben Land, an asthmatic boy who has reason to believe in miracles. Along with…

AWAY

Amy Bloom

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…

BRIDGE OF SIGHS

Richard Russo

 Louis Charles “Lucy” Lynch has spent his whole life in Thomaston, a small town in upstate New York. He’s married to Sarah, the girl he fell in love with in…