"An impressive, bitter, and sweet debut."
-- Lisa See, bestselling author of Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet is a love story about two people who come from totally different worlds. Their story is about the conflicts between generations and cultures and how decades later they can heal the barriers and betrayals that separate them.
Inspired by history and his own family story, Jamie Ford’s debut novel is a perfect read for book clubs and introduces a talented new literary voice.
Now Available in Paperback: Now available in paperback, this heartfelt novel by bestselling author Elizabeth Noble celebrates family, friends… and the glorious, endless possibilities of life.
When Barbara realizes time is running out, she writes letters to her four daughters, aware that they'll be facing the trials and triumphs of life without her at their side. But how can she leave them when they still have so much growing up to do? By drawing on the wisdom in Barbara's letters, the girls might just find a way to cope with their loss.
From the 1940s to the present; from a convent in India to a cargo ship bound for Yemen; from an operating room in Ethiopia to a hospital in the Bronx: an epic debut novel of doctors and patients, temptation and redemption, home and exile --- and a riveting family story that grabs you from the first page and never lets you go.
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Now in paperback, the internationally acclaimed Israeli writer’s mesmerizing novel --- two love stories separated by half a century, yet connected by a single wondrous act of devotion. During Israel’s 1948 War of Independence --- when pigeons are still used to deliver battlefield messages --- a gifted young bird handler dispatches one last pigeon moments before his death. The bird carries his extraordinary gift to the girl he has loved since adolescence --- a gift that will bear unexpected fruit half a century later.
It’s Jake’s birthday. He is sitting in a small plane, being flown over the landscape that has been the backdrop to his life --- his childhood, his marriage, his work, his passions. Now he is in his mid-60s, and he isn’t quite the man he used to be. He has lost his wife, his son is in prison, and he is about to lose his past. Jake has Alzheimer’s.
Arrestingly understated and wise, The Wilderness is a courageous novel from an extraordinarily gifted writer.
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In the wilds of Topanga Canyon, Cassie Shaw has always felt right at home in the midst of nature, but everywhere else, life seems to be a little harder. At the age of 30, newly single and without a college degree, Cassie is in serious need of a paycheck. So in a desperate move, she lies on her resume when applying for an office job at an elite university. When she finds herself employed by two eccentric professors, Cassie begins to reinvent herself --- and soon encounters some very unexpected consequences.
When Assistant District Attorney Alex Cooper is summoned to Tina Barr’s apartment on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, she finds a neighbor convinced that the young woman was assaulted. But the terrified victim, a conservator of rare books and maps, refuses to cooperate with investigators. Then another woman is found murdered in that same apartment with an extremely valuable book, believed to have been stolen. As Alex pursues the murderer, she is drawn into the strange and privileged world of the Hunt family, major benefactors of the New York Public Library and passionate rare book collectors.
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For February we have two very special opportunities for Registered Book Groups. Our featured titles this month are Sleepwalking in Daylight by Elizabeth Flock and Shadows of Lancaster County by Mindy Starns Clark. Groups who have registered with us by Monday, February 16th have the chance to win author chats and/or free books. If your group is not registered, click here to register.
Whether your book club is just a few months old or has been around for a while, you might be in need of a Book Club Makeover from ReadingGroupGuides.com. After reading your emails --- and talking to book clubs across the country --- we see that book groups often can fall into a routine and need a bit of livening up. It’s ReadingGroupGuides.com to the rescue! We’ll select groups each month for makeovers, review the problems, and make suggestions. Interested in a Book Club Makeover for your group? Click here for details.
