The Ruins of Us
10 best books like The Ruins of Us (Keija Parssinen): February, Petersburg, Heidi's Guide to Four Letter Words, Inhale, Exhale, I am Forbidden, The Way We Were, The Nanny, At The Heart Of It, The Marrying of Chani Kaufman, Travelers' Tales China
Winner of Canada Reads 2013 and longlisted for the Man Booker Prize
In 1982, the oil rig Ocean Ranger sank off the coast of Newfoundland during a Valentine's Day storm. All eighty-four men aboard died. February is the story of Helen O'Mara, one of those left behind when her husband, Cal,...
| Author | Andrei Bely |
| ISBN | 0253202191 |
Taking place over a short, turbulent period in 1905, 'Petersburg' is a colourful evocation of Russia's capital—a kaleidoscope of images and impressions, an eastern window on the west, a symbol of the ambiguities and paradoxes of the Russian character. History, culture, and politics are blended...
Heidi's Guide to Four Letter Words
Cowritten by USA Today best-selling author Tara Sivec and award-winning narrator Andi Arndt, a hysterically funny, heartfelt romance about starting over and taking chances.
Nothing good ever comes from drinking a box of wine alone. So when I decided to entertain my drunken self by setting...
"I do."
Two words woven in love.
In sickness and in health.
For better or for worse.
Til death do us part.
And death dragged us apart.
We both said those vows.
But neither of us kept them.
This is not one of those happy stories.
Life isn't made of simple choices
and...
| Author | Anouk Markovits |
| ISBN | 0307984737 |
A family is torn apart by fierce belief and private longing in this unprecedented journey deep inside the most insular Hasidic sect, the Satmar.
Sweeping from the Central European countryside just before World War II to Paris to contemporary Williamsburg, Brooklyn, I...
| Author | Marcia Willett |
| ISBN | 0593057732 |
It was in the middle of a snowstorm when Tiggy arrived at the remote house on Bodmin Moor. She was alone, her partner tragically dead in an accident, and Julia, her dearest friend, welcomed her into her warm and chaotic family.Tiggy started to live again and await the birth of her child, but nearly thirty...
| Author | Melissa Nathan |
| ISBN | 0060560118 |
Twenty-three-year-old Jo Green knows that if she has to spend one more night in ultra-provincial Niblet-Upon-Avon she'll go completely bonkers! So she answers an ad in the paper, bids her devoted boyfriend Shaun adieu, and heads off to the big city. With a new job that offers excitement; a cool car;...
| Author | Penny Vincenzi |
| ISBN | 0755377621 |
AT THE HEART OF IT is vintage Penny Vincenzi: rich with characters, life-changing decisions, love, desire and conflict.
'There are few things better in life than ... the latest novel by Penny Vincenzi' Daily Express
1950s London. Tom Knelston is charismatic, working class and driven...
The Marrying of Chani Kaufman
| Author | Eve Harris |
| ISBN | 1908737433 |
19 year-old Chani lives in the ultra-orthodox Jewish community of North West London. She has never had physical contact with a man, but is bound to marry a stranger. The rabbi's wife teaches her what it means to be a Jewish wife, but Rivka has her own questions to answer. Soon buried secrets, fear and sexual...
| Author | James O'Reilly |
| ISBN | 1932361073 |
Travelers’ Tales China brings travelers — armchair or actual — a breadth and depth of experience from both new and well-known authors that will help make the China experience unforgettable and transforming. These pages cover 6,000 years of history up to modern-day socialist China, from the...
