The Kissing List
by Stephanie Reents
"An inventive debut that recalls the imagination of Aimee Bender and the sardonic wit of Lorrie Moore. The interlocking stories in The Kissing List feature
an unforgettable group of young women – Sylvie, Anna, Frances, Maureen –
as their lives connect, first during a year abroad at Oxford, then
later as they move to New York on the cusp of adulthood.
We follow each
of them as they navigate the treachery of first dates, temp jobs and
roommates, failed relationships and unexpected affairs – all the things
that make their lives seem full of possibility, but also rife with
potential disappointment. Shot through with laugh-out-loud lines, yet still wrenchingly emotional and resonant, The Kissing List
is a book about women who bravely defy expectations and take outrageous
chances in the face of a life that might turn out to be anything less
than extraordinary." - publisher
Cross My Heart
by Carly Phillips
"Ten years ago Lilly Dumont was the ultimate poor
little rich girl, complete with a huge inheritance...and an uncle
determined to take it from her. With the help of her first love, she
faked her own death and ran away to New York City, leaving behind
everything, including her own name. Lilly Dumont was gone, but Lacey
Kincaid was going to make it. Only, neither one ever forgot Ty Benson.
Now Lacey's back to claim her inheritance. And her sizzling reunion with
Ty has made her homecoming something to remember! Though not
everybody's thrilled to see Lacey alive and well.... And it's up to Ty
to make sure his childhood sweetheart doesn't disappear again--this time
for good!" -publisher
Marrying Up
by Jackie Rose
"After
writing her own obituary as an experiment, Holly Hastings realizes that
her life isn't exactly blazing a trail of glory. The
twenty-eight-year-old is broke, bored at work and perpetually single.
But after watching an old Marilyn Monroe movie she realizes what she can
do about it: Marry a millionaire--and write about how to do it! This had
to be the answer to the prayers of an obituary writer who's spent more
time lauding other people's lives than living her own...." - publisher
A Life of Bright Ideas
by Sandra Kring
"Nine years ago Button and Winnalee began recording observations in their
Book of Bright Ideas, a tome they believed would solve the mystery of
how to live a mistake-free life. Now it's 1970, a time of peace, love,
war, and personal heartbreak. Button's mother is dead and her grieving
father has all but abandoned his children. Quiet, thoughtful Button has
traded college for a sewing job in her mother's bridal shop to help her
Aunt Verdella raise her whirlwind six-year-old brother. In Button's free
time, she writes letters to the boy she loved from afar through high
school, hoping he will come to love her as more than a friend.
Then,
like that magical Wisconsin summer of '61, Button is greeted with the
wild, gusty arrival of Winnalee. Now a beautiful flower child, Winnalee
is everything Button is not. She's been to Woodstock and enjoys "free
love," but their steadfast bond of friendship is tested as Button begins
to notice the cracks in Winnalee's carefree façade. And then Winnalee's
mother arrives with a surprise that Button never sees coming, and the
fiery determination to put things right in both families once and for
all." -publisher
Sunday, November 18, 2012
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