Sandra "Sandy" Wood is a kid like any other who is trying to learn the ways of people. Through her life's journey, she learns that people are not always as they seem on first impressions. As her conflicts with others, and circumstances beyond her control build, Sandra's dreams begin to haunt her. Not fully understanding what her dreams are trying to tell her, she seeks out the assistance of professional help. With time and growth, Sandra eventually...

The Eclipse of Mrs. Moon tells the story of Linda, a nine-year-old girl who is navigating the world in an emotional void until she meets Mrs. Moon, the elderly antiques dealer, who lives across the street. Both Linda and her mother, are in grave danger because Linda's mother has stolen a key from a very dangerous man, who desperately wants it back. The story weaves a beautiful, yet frightening tapestry of the powerlessness of childhood, and salvation...

The story of Judy Hartzell begins with the disappearance of her father and the murder of her mother--two events that shocked the small community of Lost Creek, West Virginia, a region of Appalachia in the 1940s. She is separated from her six siblings when she and her sister are eventually adopted by a couple in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with just stories and shadowy memories of her childhood. Judy finds a deep inner strength and independence that...

Jason Davies considers himself the head wrangler of his little community's sanctuary island, responsible for keeping his people happy, safe, and well. They're all settled in for the long winter, as prepared as they can be. The supply boat is due in any day now, but now there's an arctic storm of epic proportions bearing down on them. And then Joe/Jim had to go and find the stranger washed up on shore...

Run by Karen Morton, the eccentric, sex-fantasy-prone mother in a hilarious yet deeply troubled dysfunctional family in North Vancouver, the Footstop Cafe is a place to put your feet up near the beautiful but tragedy-plagued Lynn Canyon and its vertigo-inspiring footbridge. The canyon and the cafe serve as the nexus around which Karen's universe revolves. Things happen here. Amazing things. Karen's husband is a podiatrist with a foot fetish, her teenage...

Ten blocks long, Gamble Street is completely integrated and diverse. Charlotte Hayess family was one of the first white families to move into the neighborhood, and Noah Piedmonts was the first African American family to arrive on Gamble Street. Now Charlotte and Noah, both twelve years old, are the best of friends, drawing on each others strengths to make the most out of life. Noah, confined to a wheelchair since an accident years ago, and Charlotte...

After his eleven-year-old son dies, guitarist Quinn Porter does yard work for an aged Lithuanian immigrant, Ona Vitkus, whom his son had often visited and comes to a resolution about his son's death as Ona discusses his son's capacity to listen and learn.

"Truth: Sherri Griffin and her daughter, Katie, have recently moved to the idyllic beach town of Newburyport, Massachusetts. Rebecca Coleman, widely acknowledged former leader of the Newburyport Mom Squad (having taken a step back since her husband's shocking and tragic death eighteen months ago), has made a surprising effort to include these newcomers in typically closed-group activities. Rebecca's teenage daughter Alexa has even been spotted babysitting...

Two women. Two eggs. One life-altering mistake. Katherine finally has it all. She's spent her entire life striving for perfection-obsessing over her spotless home, maintaining her pristine reputation, building her perfect family-and her hard work has finally paid off. After seven difficult years of trying (and failing) to conceive, Katherine gives birth to Rose, her IVF miracle child, and at last has the one thing she's wanted most of all. But one...

With his mother on the phone, his father checking e-mail, and his sister playing with her friends, a little boy feels as if he is all alone in the house, and no matter how badly he behaves, no one comes to stop him.