- Location(s): Virginia
- Genre(s): Fiction, LGBTQIA+
- Era(s): early 20th century
Librarian Syd Murphy flees the carnage of a failed marriage by accepting an eighteen-month position in Jericho–a small town in the Appalachian Mountains of Virginia. Her plans to hide out and heal her wounds go by the wayside as...
- Location(s): Northampton
- Genre(s): Miscellaneous
- Era(s): Various
Alan Moore creator of Watchmen, From Hell, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Lost Girls and V for Vendetta pens a grandiose tome about his hometown of Northampton, employing an extremely wide variety of styles, including a poem and a...
- Location(s): Jerusalem
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): early 20th century
The poignant, colorful, and unforgettable story of a young woman in early 20th-century Jerusalem who must choose between her faith and her passion, Jerusalem Maiden heralds the arrival of a magnificent new literary voice, Talia Carner. In the bestselling...
Jerusalem, Drawn and Quartered
- Location(s): Jerusalem
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs, Nonfiction
- Era(s): Modern
On a night in 1999 when Sarah Tuttle-Singer was barely 18, she was stoned by Palestinian kids just outside one of the gates to the Old City of Jerusalem. In the years that followed, she was terrified to explore...
Jerusalem: Chronicles from the Holy City
- Location(s): Jerusalem
- Genre(s): Travelogue
- Era(s): 1990s
“Neither Jewish nor Arab, Delisle explores Jerusalem and is able to observe this strange world with candidness and humor…But most of all, those stories convey what life in East Jerusalem is about for an expatriate.”–Haaretz “Engaging… highlights the...
- Location(s): Scottish Highlands
- Genre(s): Fantasy, Romance
- Era(s): Modern
“The dead of night, Jess, I wish they’d leave me alone.” Jessamin Wade’s husband is dead – a death she feels wholly responsible for. As a way of coping with her grief, she keeps him ‘alive’ in her imagination...
- Location(s): The Outback, Australia
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): WW1
Jessica is based on the inspiring true story of a young girl’s fight for justice against tremendous odds. A tomboy, Jessica is the pride of her father, as they work together on the struggling family farm. One quiet day,...
- Location(s): New York City (NYC)
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): early 1900's to 1960's
“Jessica Lost Her Wobble” is psychological in nature. At mid-life, Jessie, the main character, after many upsets, moves to an island for contemplation of her life and to make a new start. While there she reflects back on her...
- Location(s): Mississippi
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 2nd half 20th century
In the backwoods of Mississippi, Jewel and her husband are truly blessed; they have five fine children. When Brenda Kay is born in 1943, Jewel gives thanks for a healthy baby, last-born and most welcome. “Jewel” is the story...
- Location(s): China, North Korea
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
The first novel about present-day North Korea to be published in the West. A moving and true-to-life tale of courage in the face of oppression and exile. Hyejin Kim’s Jia follows the adventures of an orphaned young woman, Jia,...
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