After discovering a map that may have been used by the Lewis and Clark expedition in her Aunt Edie's private collection, Anne Gibson tries to determine how her aunt came to possess a map stolen from the Blue Hill Historical Society one hundred years ago and worries about her nine-year-old son's increasingly strange behavior.

Rosalind Westwood, a volunteer at the hospital, amazes Alice when she offers her kidney to a woman she barely knows. Rosalind's generosity stuns Myra Swanson, the mother of three children and a dialysis patient. How can she accept such an incredible gift from a stranger; It falls on Alice to guide Rosalind into accepting her help. In the meantime, Louise helps Florence with her latest project, an Acorn Hill talent show, as Jane frantically gets the...

"In pursuit of happiness, a young woman's dreams extend beyond money and marriage in this aspirational historical novel by the international bestselling author of The Light After the War. It's 1927, and Helen Montgomery is coming of age on Philadelphia's Main Line, where privileged young women are set for life. But Helen has desires of her own. Debutante balls, eligible bachelors, and marriage aren't among them . . . until her father is embroiled...

"When a new life beckons, a dutiful Amish woman must decide what she owes her family...and what she owes herself. Since her mother's death, Naomi Esch has been devoted to caring for her father and siblings, sacrificing any hope of finding love or having a home of her own. Still, working at the local bakery and expanding her beekeeping business gives Naomi a satisfying sense of purpose. Then, in the weeks before Christmas, her father announces his...

Dooleysburg, PA, chock full of local celebrities like the cross-dressing car dealer who doubles as the town mascot and a police chief who had to get his own juvenile record expunged, prides itself on being progressive and tolerant, a great place to raise a family. Widowed Maggie Rifkin returns here with her fourteen-year-old son and her New York attitude, naively imagining she can leave her past behind. But this town where friendships ignore racial...

"Love Is Never Plain and Simple Strong family and community ties merge in Pennsylvania Amish Country where four young women seek God's will for their lives and their place in the modern world--while finding true love in the process. A Merry Heart The man of Miriam Stolzfus's dreams has decided to marry another woman. Miriam's bitterness threatens to cloud her future, until two special men enter her life--and she is forced to make a monumental decision....

Cita en Samarra, una de las grandes novelas de la vida de un pequeño pueblo estadounidense, es el mayor logro de John O'Hara. En diciembre de 1930, justo antes de Navidad, el circuito social de Gibbsville, Pensilvania, se electrifica con fiestas y bailes. En el centro de la élite social se encuentran Julian y Caroline English. Pero en un momento precipitado nacido dentro de un vaso alto, Julian rompe con la sociedad educada y comienza un rápido...

"Faith, hope, and love remain forever in season in this collection of four richly absorbing novellas set amidst the wonder of an Amish autumn. -- Under the Harvest Moon, by Beth Wiseman. When Naomi Dienner is suddenly widowed, she never expects to find love again. until she meets Brock Mulligan, an English family friend hired at harvest time. As a sinister presence begins to threaten Naomi, Brock seeks to prove himself trustworthy while struggling...