In The Little Shadows, written by Marina Endicott, we follow the lives of the three Avery sisters (“The Belle Auroras, “as they become know on the stage): Aurora, the eldest and most conventionally beautiful; thoughtful Clover, a year younger; and headstrong sprite Bella, the youngest. The girls, overseen by their fond but barely coping Mama, set out to make their living as a singing act after the untimely death of their father. The sisters begin with little in their favour besides youth and hope, but each one slowly and steadily evolves into a unique and accomplished artist while navigating her way to adulthood among a cast of extraordinary charmers, charlatans, eccentrics, impresarios, and once in a rare while, a bright star with transcendent gifts.

There’s no police training stronger than a cop’s instinct. Faith Mitchell’s mother isn’t answering her phone. Her front door is open. There’s a bloodstain above the knob. Faith’s infant daughter is hidden in a shed behind the house. All that the Georgia Bureau of Investigation taught Faith goes out the window when she charges into her mother’s house, gun drawn. She sees a man dead in the laundry room. She sees a hostage situation in the bedroom. What she doesn’t see is her mother...Faith is no longer a cop-she’s a witness and a suspect. In Karin Slaughter’s book called Fallen, Faith will have to go up against the people she respects the most in order to find her mother and bring the truth to light-or bury it forever.

Sam, the ugly duckling who grew into a swan. Beautiful and wealthy, no one can figure out why she’s still single. But when she meets a stranger on holiday, things finally seem to be falling in place... Meagan, a true survivor. The teenage runaway who worked her way off the streets, she was swept away by Tom, an army officer, finally escapes the family she loathed...Dani, a beautiful misfit, desperately looking for daddy in all the wrong places, and finding a man who will teach her everything that is wrong and corrupt about love...Abby, the model wife, everything her husband and family could want, but never being herself. Until a dark secret threatens to pull her life apart. A Private Affair, by Lesley Lokko, proves that no matter who you are, love comes at a price.

Unlucky in work, love, and life, the Andreas sisters return to their childhood home. Each has a secret she’s unwilling to share-each has come home to lick her own wounds. With this burden, the Andreas sisters have a difficult time communicating with their parents and their lovers, but especially with one another. Each sister has found her life nothing like she had thought it would be-and now, as they are faced with their parents’ frailty and their own disappointments and setbacks, their usual quick salve of burying themselves in a book can’t solve what ails them. The Weird’ Sisters, by Eleanor Brown, proves that as siblings, we can love each other, but not necessarily like each other very much.

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Each year people suffer the death of someone close to them. Now for those who face the challenges of sudden death, there is a hand to hold, written by two women who have experienced sudden loss. These pages have offered solace to thousands of people, ranging from seniors to teenagers and from the newly bereaved to those who lost a loved one years ago. Those dealing with a new loss will find a special chapter offering insight into surviving those first few weeks. I Wasn’t Ready To Say Goodbye, by Brook Noel and Pamela Blair, shows grieving readers how to endure, survive and grow from the pain and turmoil surrounding human loss. For survivors, this valuable book provides a rock-steady anchor from which to weather the storm of pain and begin to rebuild their lives.

Are you ready to be rescued from creative chaos? Professional scrap booker Wendy Smedley and professional organizer Aby Garvey are ready to help! They have skills and the know-how to take you from overwhelmed and frustrated to organized and inspired. Overflowing with tips, quizzes, projects, and inspired scrapbook spaces, this book will help you define your scrap booking approach, and it will guide you as you create a scrapbook space that works the way you work. Turn scrap booking into a sustainable hobby that fits comfortably into your life and home.