- Location(s): Oaxaca, Los Angeles
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
Once a promising young concert pianist, Camille Childs retreated to her mother’s Santa Barbara estate after an injury to her hand destroyed her hopes for a musical career. She now leads a solitary life teaching piano, and she has...
- Location(s): Paris
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): N/A
When a deed to an apartment in Paris turns up in an old attic trunk, an estranged mother and daughter must reunite to uncover the secret life of a family matriarch–perfect for fans of The Little Paris Bookshop and...
Lost in the Jungle: A Harrowing True Story of Survival
- Location(s): Bolivia
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs, Travelogue
- Era(s): Contemporary
Four travelers meet in Bolivia and set off into the heart of the Amazon rainforest, but what begins as a dream adventure quickly deteriorates into a dangerous nightmare, and after weeks of wandering in the dense undergrowth, the four...
- Location(s): United States (USA)
- Genre(s): Adventure, Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 1969
Three generations of women, an unforgettable summer of music, and the epic cross-country road trip they’ll never forget. Summer, 1969. Eleanor Bell doesn’t have anything to lose. According to her doctors, she might not remember how to sing or...
- Location(s): Switzerland
- Genre(s): RomCom
- Era(s): Contemporary
Charlotte Egerton and family are off to Switzerland, after husband Dom bags a big-time job promotion. But Charlotte isn’t exactly yodelling with delight at the prospect. Not since a chance discovery cast a shadow over her ten-year marriage. And...
- Location(s): Georgia
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): early 21st century
From the author of the beloved bestseller Garden Spells comes a beautiful, haunting story of old loves and new, and the power of the connections that bind us forever… The first time Eby Pim saw Lost Lake, it was...
- Location(s): New Jersey
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): early 1980s
A poignant and magical coming-of-age story Over 20,000-copies sold in hardback. 50,000-copy first printing; It’s the early 1980s and the suburban streets are filled with Bruce Springsteen-era teenagers searching for answers…In The Lost Legends of New Jersey, Rick Reiken...
- Location(s): South Korea
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 1932 - 1945
In this classic tale, Richard E. Kim paints seven vivid scenes from a boyhood and early adolescence in Korea at the height of the Japanese occupation, 1932 to 1945. Taking its title from the grim fact that the occupiers...
- Location(s): Rome
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1980s-2000s
Vero has grown up in Rome with her eccentric family: an omnipresent mother who is devoted to her own anxiety, a father ruled by hygienic and architectural obsessions, and a precocious genius brother at the centre of their attention....
- Location(s): Ottawa
- Genre(s): Nonfiction
- Era(s): 20th century
Remember the Chickulator at the Science and Tech Museum? What about the Britannia Drive-In? The Green Valley Restaurant? The malted milks once sold in the basement of Freiman’s Department Store? If you answered Yes to any of these questions,...
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