A first-generation Ivy League student uncovers the genius work of a female artist decades after her suspicious death. "Who gets to leave a legacy? 1985. Anita de Monte, a rising star in the art world, is found dead in New York City; her tragic death is the talk of the town. Until it isn't. By 1998 Anita's name has been all but forgotten--certainly by the time Raquel, a third-year art history student is preparing her final thesis. On College Hill,...

Paula Spencer is a thirty-nine-year-old working-class woman struggling to reclaim her dignity after marriage to an abusive husband and a worsening drinking problem. Paula recalls her contented childhood, the audacity she learned as a teenager, the exhilaration of her romance with Charlo, and the marriage to him that left her feeling powerless. Capturing both her vulnerability and her strength, Roddy Doyle gives Paula a voice that is real and unforgettable....

Single mother and full-time nurse Meghan Michaels, when it is revealed her patient with a traumatic brain injury didn't jump from a bridge but was pushed, mistakenly lets herself get too close to the case, realizing she and her daughter could be the nextvictims.

"Casandra heredo el departamento de su infancia, luego de la inesperada muerte de su madre. No vio el cadaver, pero lo sono por dias. Casi los mismos que le tomo ordenar las pertenencias y limpiar el espacio, deshacerse de aquellas fotos familiares que mama habia recortado para amputar su propio rostro. Bajo la promesa de estar solo por un tiempo, Casandra y su novio, Fernando, se instalan en aquel departamento aun habitado por rencores y secretos....

"Outside of a childhood nickname she can't shake, Piglet's rather pleased with how her life's turned out. An up-and-coming cookbook editor at a London publishing house, she's got lovely, loyal friends and a handsome fianc�e, Kit, whose rarefied family she actually, most of the time, likes, despite their upper-class eccentricities. One of the many, many things Kit loves about Piglet is the delicious, unfathomably elaborate meals she's always cooking....

Es en Brighton en la decada de 1950 cuando Marion ve por primera vez a Tom. El le ensena a nadar, la guia suavemente a traves del agua a la sombra del famoso muelle de la ciudad y Marion queda prendada, decidida a que su amor por si solo sera suficiente para ambos. Unos anos mas tarde, cerca del Museo de Brighton, Patrick conoce a Tom. Patrick esta enamorado y abre los ojos de Tom a un nuevo mundo glamoroso y sofisticado de arte, viajes y belleza....

"When A-list movie star Charlie Bingley moves next door, the five eligible Benedetto sisters, reality TV show has-beens, see this as an opportunity to reverse their fortunes, especially when June, the oldest, catches his eye, but their community is determined to keep them apart"--

"What a thing of wonder a mobile phone is. Six ounces of metal, glass and plastic, fashioned into a sleek, shiny, precious object. At once, a gateway to other worlds--and a treacherous weapon in the hands of the unwary, the unwitting, the inept. The Cleverley family live a gilded life, little realising how precarious their privilege is, just one tweet away from disaster. George, the patriarch, is a stalwart of television interviewing, a 'national...

En la vispera de su cuadragesimo cumpleanos, la vida de Alice no va del todo mal. Le gusta su trabajo, aunque no sea exactamente el que habia sonado. Esta satisfecha con su apartamento, su situacion sentimental y su independencia, y adora a su mejor amiga. Pero su padre esta enfermo, y tiene la sensacion de que le falta algo. Cuando se despierta a la manana siguiente, descubre que ha retrocedido hasta 1996, y tiene la oportunidad de revivir su decimosexto...

"Sharkita 'Kita' Hayes is always waiting. Waiting for her mama to mess up. Waiting for social services to be called again. Waiting for her and her siblings to be separated. Waiting for her worst fear to come true. But Mama promises things are different now. She's got a good job, she's stopped drinking, stopped going out every night -- it's almost enough to make Kita believe her this time. But even as Kita's life is going good, she can't shake the...