Pieces of the Heart
10 best books like Pieces of the Heart (Karen White): The Glass Ocean, Last Light Over Carolina, Time Is a River, Between the Tides, Summer in the South, Sweetgrass, Grand Central: Original Stories of Postwar Love and Reunion, Lowcountry Summer, Moon Shell Beach, The Favorite Daughter
Author | Beatriz Williams |
ISBN | 0062642472 |
From the New York Times bestselling authors of The Forgotten Room comes a captivating historical mystery, infused with romance, that links the lives of three women across a century—two deep in the past, one in the present—to the doomed passenger liner, RMS Lusitania.
May 2013
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Author | Mary Alice Monroe |
ISBN | 1416549706 |
From the "New York Times "bestselling author of "Time Is a River "comes a new lyrical and emotionally satisfying novel that will sweep readers away to the seductive southern landscape--in the tradition of Sue Monk Kidd and Anne Rivers Siddons.
With a warm voice that brings the South to life,...
Author | Mary Alice Monroe |
ISBN | 1416544364 |
With a strong, warm voice that brings the South to life, "New York Times" bestselling author Mary Alice Monroe writes richly textured stories that intimately portray the complex and emotional relationships we share with families, friends, and the natural world. "Every book that Mary Alice Monroe...
Author | Patti Callahan Henry |
ISBN | 0451221141 |
The scene of a childhood tragedy that forced her family to move, Seaboro, South Carolina, is the last place Catherine Leary wants to see again. But her father's last wish to have his ashes scattered there, and his young colleague's desire to write an article about him, conspire against Catherine. Hoping...
Author | Cathy Holton |
ISBN | 0345506014 |
Cathy Holton, author of the popular Beach Trip, returns with an intriguing and mysterious tale of dark deeds and family secrets in a small Southern town.
After a personal tragedy, Chicago writer Ava Dabrowski quits her job to spend the summer in Woodburn, Tennessee, at the invitation of her...
Author | Mary Alice Monroe |
ISBN | 0778323064 |
Sweetgrass is a historical tract of land in South Carolina that has been home to the Blakely family for eight generations. But Sweetgrass -- named for the indigenous grass that grows in the area -- is in trouble. Bulldozers are leveling surrounding properties. And the Blakelys could be forced to sell...
Author | Jenna Blum |
ISBN | 0425272028 |
A war bride awaits the arrival of her GI husband at the platform…
A Holocaust survivor works at the Oyster Bar, where a customer reminds him of his late mother…
A Hollywood hopeful anticipates her first screen test and a chance at stardom in the Kissing Room…
On...
Author | Dorothea Benton Frank |
ISBN | 0061961175 |
Dorothea Benton Frank is a native of the South whose novels vividly capture the wild beauty, laid-back atmosphere, earthy characters, and charming eccentricities of life in South Carolina's Lowcountry. Written with compelling honesty and emotional depth, her stories have touched readers from...
Author | Nancy Thayer |
ISBN | 0345498186 |
New York Times bestselling author Nancy Thayer delighted readers with her sparkling Hot Flash Club series. Now she has written a vibrant new novel set within a tight-knit island community, where two women struggle to rekindle a childhood friendship damaged by harsh words, betrayal, and the passing...
Author | Patti Callahan Henry |
ISBN | 0399583130 |
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Bookshop at Water's End, here is a lush, heart-wrenching novel about the power of memory, the meaning of family, and learning to forgive.
Ten years ago, Lena Donohue experienced a wedding-day betrayal so painful that she fled the small town...