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Lila Shaw’s life is falling apart. Her husband, charged with fraud, has fled the country. Her daughter, Bea, has been expelled from her private school. And their home has been seized by the federal government. What’s left, except to solve a 20 year-old murder and claim a reward.
What price freedom? How do you prioritize happiness? What’s the true meaning of family? Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney’s warmhearted novel, “Lake Effect,” tackles it all.
I immediately felt a connection with Suzannah Withers, the protagonist in Lisa Patton’s novel, “Kissing the Sky.” In August,1969, I was about to enter my senior year at Syracuse University. During the spring, the campus had been roiled with demonstrations against the Vietnam War.
After ten years, Bree Winter learns her daughter’s killer may still be out there. But learning the truth will put everything she has at risk.
For Women’s History Month, Marsha Solomon wrote a poem and created an artwork about Hildegard of Bingen.
She was a mystic in the middle ages and full of great talents and a great faith for life!
Elizabeth Gilbert lays bare her struggles in a memoir that will resonate with readers.
The Morgans seem like the perfect elderly couple. But when Claire overhears them planning a crime, she becomes determined to stop them. But will she put herself in danger?
Norwegian writer Jo Nesbø sets his latest mystery, “Wolf Hour,” in Minneapolis, a place that has been creating headlines for other reasons. Settle in by a fire and dive into this one.
Lila Shaw’s life is falling apart. Her husband, charged with fraud, has fled the country. Her daughter, Bea, has been expelled from her private school. And their home has been seized by the federal government. What’s left, except to solve a 20 year-old murder and claim a reward.
What price freedom? How do you prioritize happiness? What’s the true meaning of family? Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney’s warmhearted novel, “Lake Effect,” tackles it all.
I immediately felt a connection with Suzannah Withers, the protagonist in Lisa Patton’s novel, “Kissing the Sky.” In August,1969, I was about to enter my senior year at Syracuse University. During the spring, the campus had been roiled with demonstrations against the Vietnam War.
After ten years, Bree Winter learns her daughter’s killer may still be out there. But learning the truth will put everything she has at risk.
For Women’s History Month, Marsha Solomon wrote a poem and created an artwork about Hildegard of Bingen.
She was a mystic in the middle ages and full of great talents and a great faith for life!
Elizabeth Gilbert lays bare her struggles in a memoir that will resonate with readers.
The Morgans seem like the perfect elderly couple. But when Claire overhears them planning a crime, she becomes determined to stop them. But will she put herself in danger?
Norwegian writer Jo Nesbø sets his latest mystery, “Wolf Hour,” in Minneapolis, a place that has been creating headlines for other reasons. Settle in by a fire and dive into this one.
