Sara is sixteen and pregnant. Her once-devoted boyfriend seems to have disappeared, so she decides her best and only option is an open adoption with George and Eva, a couple desperate for a child. After the birth it's clear Sara has a bond with the child that Eva can't seem to duplicate. When it seems that Sara cannot let go, Eva and George make a drastic decision, with devastating consequences for all of them.From Publishers WeeklyLeavitt's uneven but earnest eighth novel examines the emotional price a bright Massachusetts teen pays when she chooses "open" adoption for a baby she gives birth to at 16. It's 1987, and smart Sara Rothman has fallen in love with "black sheep" Danny Slade. When he vanishes after learning she's pregnant, Sara gives the baby up. Leavitt (Coming Back to Me) poignantly depicts the consequences of that choice for everyone concerned: Sara, who misses her baby and Danny both; Abby and Jack, Sara's well-meaning parents; Danny, the young father; George and Eva Rivers, the attentive but naive adoptive couple; and Anne, the child. At first, Sara visits the Riverses daily-she loves Anne, and the Riverses had cared for her while she was pregnant. But her presence becomes intrusive, and eventually, Eva takes a stand: "We adopted Anne," she tells Sara. "We didn't adopt you." Sara then makes a desperate attempt to steal the infant, and when she's found, the Riverses move and deny Sara visiting rights ("Open adoptions are only enforceable in Oregon," a lawyer tells her). Fifteen years pass, and Leavitt's focus wavers; a fuzzy reunion between Danny and Sara is particularly unconvincing. The novel's portrait of dreamy, adolescent Anne and her relationship with the older Riverses is sharper, as is the realistic, bumpy reunion of birth mother and daughter. An unflinching depiction of maternal need and the dynamics of adoption, this tale is a sharp reminder of the importance of honesty in life decisions.Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc. From Bookmarks MagazineGirls in Trouble flaunts "all the ingredients for a Lifetime television drama" (The Pittsburgh Post Gazette). In this earnest but uneven work, that's a compliment. Reviewers agree that Leavitt's eighth novel skips over one decisive event too lightly, then unconvincingly leaps forward 15 years. Leavitt has mined this territory before--the slow maturation of a lovesick girl. It's not a very remarkable journey, but the author handles it with sensitivity. The Washington Post calls Girls "a canny portrait of the trouble perfectly ordinary people can get into while trying to satisfy their perfectly ordinary needs for love and security and happiness." It's sure to appeal to Jacquelyn Mitchard fans. Copyright © 2004 Phillips & Nelson Media, Inc. Views: 32
When a local prosecuting attorney is killed by long-range rifle while dining at an exclusive Granite Creek, Colorado, restaurant, it seems obvious that a vengeful criminal is to blame. But orthodontist Manfred Blinkoe was sitting ten feet away and he insists that he was the intended victim. In fact, he claims that just before the shot was fired, he saw his doppelganger--an eerie lookalike--as he has in the past just before a near-death experience. Terrified, Blinkoe hires Charlie Moon to find the lookalike, but before Charlie can get anywhere, Blinkoe is murdered for real. As usual in Doss's clever, intricately drawn mysteries, the cagey Charlie Moon and his Ute shaman Aunt Daisy share the spotlight. Views: 32
There is a way that seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death.Proverbs 14:21Days after U.S. Senator Malcolm Phillips changes his vote on a bill he sponsored, he is murdered and his death disguised as an accident. He contacted one man before he died: investigative journalist, Jack Logan. He left Jack a single clue to help him uncover the truth and keep Phillip's widow, Taylor, safe. But safe from whom?Jack and Taylor's desperate hunt leads them to a vast network of corrupt authority controlling everything from social media and television programming to law enforcement and US legislation. The key to unraveling a complex web of lies is a set of ancient relics, dating back to the time of Christ. But what do these relics have to do with a senator's death?Allies turn to foes when Jack and Taylor discover that those closest to them are part of the conspiracy, and that they too have been manipulated. How long has a puppet master been pulling their strings—and will Jack and... Views: 32
Philip runs into an awful streak of bad luck at the same time as his best buddy Emery runs into a streak of good luck. When Emery reveals that he's been using a newly acquired luck charm, Philip sets out to find one of his own, but what he finds turns out to be more deadly curse than good luck charm. Views: 32
On July 19, 2489, after 4 years of searching, Dr. Isaiah Malanos and his team found a journal in the ruins of the Santa Fe Penitentiary. The journal was written on a Remington Noiseless Typewriter by the last human survivor on earth, Emil See Fwaha, approximately 10 years after human beings were destroyed. We have published this journal as close to the original as possible. Views: 32
It is Harry Potter's sixth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. As Voldemort's sinister forces amass and a spirit of gloom and fear sweeps the land, it becomes clear to Harry that he will soon have no choice but to confront his destiny. Can Harry succeed in the death-defying tasks ahead? Views: 32
Silliness trumps all in this giddy novel . . . Amid the madcap spy antics is the story of a once invisible girl who happily loses her knack for going unnoticed.—Kirkus Reviews"A good choice for precocious readers who want a book without mature themes." —School Library Journal Views: 32
A girl, a dog and a farm!The girl is nine, the dog is useless, and the farm is in really big trouble. When Gull's aunt and uncle find out their farm is threatened, fair-haired city girl, Gull, is told she is the only one who can save it. There is a family legend: a girl called Gull always saves the farm. But can she? Here is a mystery with a rotten ancestor, a forgettable descendant and strange forces. If this farm is lost, so are all the farms. And the town! Can Gull find out what's really going on? In time? Views: 32
The supermodel did not arrive when Twiggy first donned false eyelashes; the concept began more than 100 years previously, with a young artists' model whose face captivated a generation. Saved from the drudgery of a working-class existence by a young Pre-Raphaelite artist, Lizzie Siddal rose to become one of the most famous faces in Victorian Britain and a pivotal figure of London's artistic world, until tragically ending her young life in a laudanum-soaked suicide in 1862. In the twenty-first century, even those who do not know her name always recognise her face: she is Millais's doomed Ophelia and Rossetti's beatified Beatrice. With many parallels in the modern-day world of art and fashion, this biography takes Lizzie from the background of Dante Rossetti's life and, finally, brings her to the forefront of her own. Views: 32
Product DescriptionWomen being murdered in El Paso, TX, and Marta Villarreal, newbie crime tech on the scene, is dragged into the investigation as her Detective boyfriend, extremely familiar with cases from the past this killer's work resembles, has disappeared as a possible suspect. Filled with energy, Jones' frenetic story doesn't let you put your eReader down.From the Inside FlapPraise for Stephen Graham Jones: "What a thrill it is to see the world though Stephen Jones's sensibility. He is unquestionably one of our finest young writers."--Robert Olen Butler "Stephen Jones writes with a whole new aesthetic and moral sense. He doesn't sound like any of the rest of us, and I love that."--Sherman Alexie Views: 32
Riley loves Henry. Henry loves Riley, but he's dating Callie. Riley Davis is mixed up in an emotional love triangle that she wants out of. Views: 32
Exiled from the lands of Everfell, Quinn the empath tries to make a life for herself in the islands of Sha'sek–but no matter where she goes, she cannot escape what she was born to be.The Sea of Sighs will awaken an ability in Quinn that even her father had not anticipated. As the powers of the two kingdoms gather, each will want to use Quinn for its own purposes.If Quinn wants peace, she will have to fight for it. Views: 32
