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It should have been an ordinary birth, the start of an ordinary happy family. But the night Dr David Henry delivers his wife's twins is a night that will haunt five lives for ever. For though David's son is a healthy boy, his daughter has Down's syndrome. And, in a shocking act of betrayal whose...

Read by the authors. AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER — MORE THAN 250,000 COPIES SOLD! The engaging, uplifting antidote to traditional ADHD books (which, let's be honest, if you have ADHD you'd never read anyway). You live in a world that wasn't designed for you. A world where you're...

A gritty and thrilling anthology of 28 new short stories in tribute to pulp noir master, Cornell Woolrich, author of 'Rear Window', the inspiration behind Alfred Hitchock's classic film. Featuring Neil Gaiman, Kim Newman, James Sallis, A.K. Benedict, USA Today-bestseller Samantha Lee Howe, Joe R...

Strong female protagonists grace this collection of passionate stories dedicated to mothers, daughters, wives, and lovers. A woman splurges on an irresistible coat that becomes her; a feisty teenager who has grown up as her activist mother¿s poster-child realizes the strength of her own convictions; and a young peasant woman saved from drowning is suddenly drawn to her rescuer and hopeful about her life.

From Kim Edwards, the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Memory Keeper's Daughter, an arresting novel of one family's secret history Imbued with all the lyricism, compassion, and suspense of her bestselling novel, The Memory Keeper's Daughter, Kim Edwards’s The Lake of Dreams is a...

Nachdem ihre Mutter bei einem Autounfall verletzt wird, begibt sich die Weltenbummlerin Lucy Jarrett zurück in ihre Heimat nach Amerika. Dort wird sie mit ihrer Vergangenheit konfrontiert und stößt auf Dokumente, die sie auf die Spur lange verschütteter Familiengeheimnisse bringen: Nach und nach erfährt Lucy mehr über eine vergessene Vorfahrin namens Rose - und schon bald erkennt sie, daß die Familiengeschichte umgeschrieben werden muß.

This audiobook contains touching accounts of struggles and achievements of Korean Americans and serves an important primary source material for understanding the Korean teenage experience in the United States. This audiobook contains biographical accounts of a diverse group Korean Americans. Kenny Yoon, a junior at Horace Mann School in New York, is a part of the gifted music program at The Julliard School. Kenny describes how he came to play violin and how he hopes to bring joy to people through music.

The first story collection from the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Memory Keeper's Daughter With The Memory Keeper's Daughter, Kim Edwards touched hearts across the nation. In this, her first collection of stories-now with three new stories added-she explores the lives of those...

Kurz vor ihrem 30. Geburtstag kehrt Weltenbummlerin Lucy Jarrett in ihre Heimatstadt The Lake of Dreams zurück. Während ihr Freund Yoshi zunächst beruflich in Japan bleiben muss, empfangen sie zu Haus unerwartete und schmerzliche Konflikte: Ihre Mutter beginnt ein neues Liebesverhältnis, während Lucy den ungeklärten Tod ihres Vaters nie verwunden hat. Sie selbst begegnet ihrer Jugendliebe Keegan wieder, was alte Gefühle in ihr lebendig werden lässt. Schließlich findet sie in einem verborgenen Schrank geheimnisvolle Dokumente.

A #1 New York Times bestseller by Kim Edwards, The Memory Keeper’s Daughter is a brilliantly crafted novel of parallel lives, familial secrets, and the redemptive power of love Kim Edwards’s stunning novel begins on a winter night in 1964 in Lexington, Kentucky, when a blizzard forces Dr...