Jenny Weaver is smart, she’s funny, and she’s so lonely it hurts. Two years after her husband committed suicide, Jenny begins writing to him, at first out of frustration and loneliness, then out of a deep need to look at what went so wrong in their lives. She waits until the children are bathed and in bed, then pours herself a glass of wine and writes,”We didn’t spend… Read more >
What happens when a successful, determined middle-aged man falls in love with a woman who has been happily married for twenty-seven years? If he’s Avery Laird, he hires her to work for him. Buddy Middleton is positive that the job his wife, Ginger, is offered is too good to be true, that Avery Laird has an ulterior motive, but he can’t prove it. Read more >
Laura Belmont has finished writing her first novel, and she hopes it will change her life. She quits her job, ends a ten-year affair with her married boss, and heads off to The Clymer Workshop. The conference is in a picturesque setting, but the atmosphere is anything but tranquil. From the moment Laura arrives, she feels the intensity of two hundred people who have…Read more >
Pregnant and alone at the age of forty, with five hundred dollars in savings and no prospect of help from anyone, Sara Barefield wants this baby more than she has ever wanted anything. She figures that she was born poor and had pulled herself up so she can pull herself up again. But the poverty she plunges into is beyond anything she had expected. …Read more >
A trusted nanny leaves without giving notice. A decent young man has a reason why he doesn’t want to be called a Korean War hero. A couple’s marriage falls apart after they buy an antique bedroom set. A family fights the Vietnam War in their living room. In the title story … Read more >
Meghan Danahy isn’t afraid to voice her opposition to the war in Vietnam. And when she falls in love with Dennis Kipphut, the political becomes personal. With his low lottery number, Dennis is sure to be drafted as soon as he graduates from college. Meghan’s father’s connections can help keep Dennis safely at home. But Coyle Danahy wants his only child…Read more >
Shy and unsure of herself, Lanie Strickland is dazzled when Alex Thurlow, one of the most popular boys in her high school, asks her to dance at a New Year’s Eve party. A star athlete, Alex is as fast with girls as he is on the football field. Soon they are going steady, and Alex is pushing her in a direction that she isn’t sure she wants to go. Read more >
The attorney, Charles Gustafson, listened with amazement to Benjamin Clymer’s plan for his bequest. He had never met a man as decent and trusting as Benjamin, who believed without question that his gift would be honored. Read more >What Readers Are Saying
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